Description
Audit-Ready. Field-Tested. Customized for Your Agency.
This Academy for Professional Development Comprehensive Policy & Procedure Manual is a fully customizable, audit-ready operational system designed specifically for Ohio DODD-certified and DODD-licensed providers.
This is not a generic template. This manual has been:
✅ Successfully field-tested in real DODD compliance reviews
✅ Used by provider agencies during actual inspections and audits
✅ Refined based on real surveyor expectations and findings
✅ Built to withstand documentation, policy, and operational scrutiny
The result: a practical, defensible, real-world compliance system — not just a policy book.
Download Questions for Customizing Your Manual Here
What You’re Getting
This manual serves as your agency’s single, authoritative operational reference for:
- Day-to-day service delivery
- Staff supervision and training
- Health and safety compliance
- Risk management and incident response
- Documentation standards
- Internal monitoring and quality assurance
It ensures your services are delivered in a way that is:
✔ Consistent
✔ Defensible
✔ Survey-ready
✔ Fully aligned with Ohio DODD rules and expectations
Fully Customized to Your Agency
After purchase, you’ll download our Agency Customization Questionnaire.
📄 Download and complete the customization questions
📧 Email them to: info@academyforpd.com
🛠 We will customize the entire manual to reflect:
- Your agency name and branding
- Your services
- Your structure and operations
- Your policies and procedures
After purchase, download and complete the Agency Customization Questionnaire.
After downloading the questionnaire, save it, and complete the customization questions. Please email the completed form to info@academyforpd.com. We will use your responses to customize your manual.
Download Questions for Customizing Your Manual Here
What You Receive
- ✅ One fully customized, downloadable manual (Word/PDF)
- 🖨 Optional printed & bound copies available for $25 per manual
What’s Inside: 20 Comprehensive Sections
The manual is organized into 20 major operational sections covering every critical compliance area, including:
🧩 Service & Program Operations
- Person-centered planning
- Rights, confidentiality, and records
- Incident reporting & investigations
- Personal funds management
- Service delivery standards
🏥 Health & Safety Systems
- Medication administration & nursing coordination
- Infection control
- Emergency preparedness, fire safety & disaster response
- Medical documentation & follow-up
🏢 Agency Operations & Oversight
- Staff supervision and internal monitoring
- Transportation and driver compliance
- Background investigations & ongoing screening
- Quality assurance systems
👥 Human Resources & Training
- Hiring and onboarding standards
- Training and competency tracking
- Performance evaluations
- Personnel records and disciplinary systems
🧠 Service-Specific Compliance Sections
Includes detailed, rule-aligned sections for services such as:
- Homemaker Personal Care
- Shared Living
- Day Array
- Non-Medical Transportation
- Assistive Technology
- And more
Why Agencies Choose the Academy Manual
✨ Built by compliance specialists
✨ Written in plain, usable language for staff
✨ Designed for real audits and real operations
✨ Continuously refined based on actual DODD review experience
✨ Saves hundreds of hours of internal development work
✨ Reduces compliance risk and survey anxiety
Bottom Line
This is not just a policy manual.
It is a complete, field-proven compliance and operations system designed to:
- Protect your agency
- Train your staff
- Support your leadership team
- And help you pass DODD reviews with confidence









