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Agency Description / Policy Analysis: Pathways John Gray & Brandon Raney SW 3601 April 15, 2015 For our groups agency description paper we decided to interview “pathways”. This is an agency contracted through opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities (OOD) and partnered with Goodwill industries and paint valley ADAMH board. The home office is located at 14 south paint street in Chillicothe Ohio. This organization can be contacted by email at www.ood.gov or http://gwisco.org and also by phone at 740. 702. 4000. The pathways organization was created in 2010. Pathways is an eligibility based program and serves those that have physical or mental impairment which constitutes or results in the substantial impediment to …show more content…

Lastly, to ensure excellence and accountability of OOD’s programs, services, and partnerships. Some of the objectives that pathways has are: to increase the number and percentage of individuals with integrated employment outcomes, to improve front door access, timeliness and effectiveness of services, to increase independent living and transition services throughout Ohio, increase service delivery capacity through statewide partnerships and provider networks, also to increase the number of employers who hire individuals with disabilities and improve awareness of OOD services through coordinated outreach and marketing efforts, to maximize the use and accountability of available funds, to increase the knowledge and productivity of their staff through training and lean processes and lastly to improve service delivery quality through innovation and modernization. The Pathways agency is structurally set up by the OOD state liaison assigning Pathways contract. The liaison reviews all work completed and submitted by the Pathways coordinators and the vocational rehabilitation supervisor. The vocational rehabilitation supervisor is the person that is in charge of the pathways coordinators. This organization attempts to address unemployment issues for those with disabilities. The Pathways organization specifies demographics as: “most specifically disabled” meaning they meet more

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