core services


All CCDs in Ohio are required to provide the following services with some CCDs giving certain goals priority over other goals, depending on local needs. They include:

CASE MANAGEMENT

Services to meet the consumer’s goals including individual consumer advocacy, accessing community/governmental programs, independent living needs, money management, interpretation/reading of correspondence, and writing letters.

RSC/CCD COLLABORATION

Collaborating with the State of Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (RSC)
and Community Centers for the Deaf (CCDs). CCDs refer people who are deaf/hard
of hearing and in need of vocational rehabilitation services to appropriate
RSC offices. RSC refers consumers to a CCD for necessary social services
for support to succeed in their rehabilitation program and/or assists consumers
to function independently in their community.

EDUCATION

Learning programs provided through CCDs to benefit the deaf/hard of hearing
includes sign language instruction, consumer enhancement (e.g., deafness/hard
of hearing-related equipment for consumer, professional training, and leadership
training), and professional development (e.g., Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), Deafness101, and deafness/hard of hearing-related equipment for
consumers)

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY

Provides awareness and access to community services for deaf/hard of hearing
persons and their families, and accessibility consultation and advocacy to
the general public concerning ADA, deaf/hard of hearing issues and the rights
of deaf/hard of hearing persons.

INTERPRETING SERVICES

Interpreters are required to be qualified for the assignments within the community
and to follow the written qualification policy of the CCD and Deaf Advisory
Committee (DAC)

CCD/DAC LEADERSHIP

To increase and improve the involvement of deaf/hard of hearing people in the
governance of the CCDs and other community organizations.

RURAL OUTREACH

To promote the rural community awareness
in deafness/hard of hearing through sign language classes, awareness presentations and resources. To provide linkage and direct services to deaf/hard of hearing rural residents. To promote deaf/hard of hearing rural residents& accessibility to available services and to the utilization of appropriate support services including interpreters, case management and advocacy.

MINORITY OUTREACH

To promote services to deaf/hard of hearing consumers, who are also members of a racial, religious, or ethnic group that is smaller than, and differs from, the larger controlling group in a community.