Adult Day Programs
Adult day programs give adults with disabilities a place to go during the day. People build life and job skills, spend time with friends, and take part in the community. Some programs focus on work and job training.
Listings
Ohio DODD Waiver Services list
Lists waiver services such as adult day activities, therapy through Medicaid, respite, and help getting a job.
Goodwill Columbus Adult Day Services
Helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities explore their communities, build skills, and enhance their quality of life.
Services: Adult day services, Community integration, Wheelchair accessible non-medical transportation
RMS Adult Day Support (Milo ADS)
Provides social, recreational and habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities, tailored to each person.
Services: Adult day support, Habilitation services, Community activities
ARC Voyagers
Supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities from young adulthood through retirement with jobs, skills and community connections.
Services: Adult day services, Employment services, Services for children, teens and adults
Ability Matters
Provides day services that let people with autism and neurological disabilities enjoy parks, libraries, museums, volunteering and other community activities.
Services: Day services, Supported living, Intervention services, Education services
Boundless Adult Day Programs
Offers vocational training, center based and community based adult day programs for adults with disabilities or behavioral health challenges such as autism.
Services: Center-based day programs, Without Walls community program, Vocational training, Non-medical transportation
Dungarvin Ohio Adult Day Services
Structured day programs where adults with disabilities build skills, socialize, and take part in community activities.
Services: Adult day services, Community activities, Skill building
The Shepherd's Hands Adult Day Support
Adult day support programs offer a safe and supportive environment for people with disabilities who need daytime supervision and socialization.
Services: Adult day support, Supervision and socialization
Open Door (Columbus Center for Human Services)
Open Door is a Columbus nonprofit that offers adult day programs, residential supports and creative programs for people with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day services, Career, activity and community program, Art studio and gallery, Waiver based in home support
Life Builders
Life Builders runs adult day programs that help adults with developmental disabilities build life skills and take part in the community.
Services: Adult day program, Life skills, Volunteering, Employment First through OOD
Caring Hearts Adult Day Services (CHADS)
Caring Hearts Adult Day Services is a Columbus day program with groups of up to 16 people that builds skills and community connections for adults with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day support, Community outings, Small group programs
Hattie Larlham Franklin County Recreation and Excel
Hattie Larlham offers an evening and weekend social activity program and day support for adults with developmental disabilities in Central Ohio.
Services: Evening and weekend recreation, Adult day support (Excel)
Open Arms Health Systems
Open Arms offers paid work experiences, small group vocational training, a day program and rides for adults with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day program, Vocational training, Employment training, Non medical transportation
Optimum Care Corporation
Optimum Care Corporation provides direct care and social and recreational programs for people with developmental disabilities in Central Ohio.
Services: Adult day program, Direct care, Recreation programs
PALS Chrysalis Health
PALS runs adult day centers where adults with disabilities join outings, learning, art and work activities.
Services: Adult day services, Vocational activities, Community outings, Art programs
Raphael Health Care Adult Day Center
Raphael Health Care operates an adult day center in Columbus that is listed as a waiver day program by the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
Services: Adult day center
Learning Never Ends (Upreach)
Learning Never Ends runs five day centers across the Columbus area for adults with developmental disabilities, with programs built with OSU's Nisonger Center.
Services: Day habilitation centers, Social and recreation programs, Employment services, Behavior plans
The Alpha Group
The Alpha Group is a nonprofit that offers adult day, work training and employment services for people with disabilities in Delaware and nearby counties including Franklin.
Services: Integrated adult day, Work training, Community employment, Transportation
The Alternative Center
The Alternative Center offers an adult day program, job readiness coaching and learning support for people with disabilities and their families.
Services: Adult day program, Employment skills course, Homemaker personal care, Transportation
ViaQuest Day and Employment Services
ViaQuest runs day programs in the Columbus area that combine community outings, skill building and job coaching for adults with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day support, Job development and job coaching, Paid vocational training, Nursing and behavior support, Transportation
Secure Haven Care
Secure Haven Care supports adults with developmental disabilities with home care, supported living and waiver services in the Columbus area.
Services: Developmental disabilities waiver services, Adult day program, Supported living, Homemaker personal care, Non medical transportation
Benevolent Care and Love LLC
Benevolent Care and Love offers adult day care, daily living help and rides for people with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day program, Living assistance, Transportation
Omega Healthcare Services
Omega Healthcare Services is a DODD certified day program that offers care, meals, nursing support and rides for adults with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day program, Nursing support, Meals, Door to door transportation
Hand to Hand Homecare
Hand to Hand Homecare runs a small ratio adult day program in Westerville for people with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day program, In home care, Transportation, Art, music and community outings, In home care for people with developmental disabilities
Good Hands Supported Living
Good Hands runs a homelike habilitation center in Columbus for adults with developmental disabilities.
Services: Adult day habilitation center, Supported living
Morning View Care Center Community Services
Morning View provides adult day services, personal care and transportation for people with developmental disabilities in Franklin and Delaware counties.
Services: Adult day services, Homemaker personal care, Transportation
REM Ohio (Sevita)
REM Ohio, part of Sevita, runs day programs and community supports for adults with developmental disabilities and employment barriers.
Services: Day programs, Community employment supports, Skill building
Food for Good Thought
Food for Good Thought offers supported employment, job coaching and a transition program on the Ohio Dominican campus for people with autism.
Services: Supported employment, Job coaching, Career exploration, Summer work program, Transition program
Functional Training Services (FTS)
Functional Training Services provides career and job search help for people with disabilities in Central Ohio and works with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities.
Services: Community employment supports, Job development, Employment planning, Vocational training
Provider listings come from public sources and have not been claimed by the provider yet. Details can change. Confirm with the provider, and check certification with Ohio DODD.
Common questions
What is adult day programs?
Adult day programs give adults with disabilities a place to go during the day. People build life and job skills, spend time with friends, and take part in the community. Some programs focus on work and job training.
Who pays for adult day programs?
Often paid through an Ohio DODD waiver after it is added to the person's plan. Some programs also take private pay.
Can my Service Coordinator recommend a provider?
No. Under Ohio's Free Choice of Provider rule, county staff cannot promote one provider over another. They can point you to the Ohio DODD provider search and help set up interviews with the providers you choose.