Residential Services

Residential programs often mean the same thing as licensed homes. Licensed sites are those housing arrangements for which the State of Ohio licenses the location for a specific person or number of persons. OVRS has 116 licenses. They range from a single site license to a setting of eight licenses, for eight people. All of the homes and apartments shown on the OVRS web site are licensed. They are either owned or  managed by OVRS.

Is there a value to a license in a world of Supported Living? OVRS believes strongly that licenses offer Individuals and families an additional oversight because those sites have to adhere to special rules and regulations that are reviewed and enforced by the Ohio Department of MR/DD.

The rules focus on the condition of the building, and the accountability of the Individual’s personal funds and personal possessions.

OVRS believes that a hallmark of its licensed sites is that each person has his or her own bedroom and private space. Additionally, seven of the sites are four-unit apartment buildings. Not only is there privacy of bedrooms, but the separation of apartment units allows individuals who may not interact with others easily to live in an extremely cost effective congregate setting.