COVID-19
Vaccination Planning
Online scheduling to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is available on the Lane County Public Health website at the following link: Lane County Public Health Vaccine Scheduling. If you are enrolled in services and need assistance with signing up please contact your Services Coordinator. More information about the vaccine and state sequencing plan can be found at https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov/.
Local and Statewide Announcements
Parents as Paid Caregivers - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) gave Oregon “emergency authorization” to allow parents/guardians of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to become paid Personal Support Workers and Direct Support Professionals for their child.
When the pandemic and current federal public health emergency declaration ends, we expect CMS to end this temporary exception.
Since the approval went into effect in January 2021, ODDS has heard your concerns and questions about why this emergency exception will expire in Oregon. We would like to invite you a webinar where we will explain the federal regulations and answer your questions. Here are the details:
- Webinar: “Parents as Paid Caregivers”
- Date: December 10, 2021
- Time: 1:30–2:30 p.m.
- Location: Online
- Meeting link: https://bit.ly/31fEz7e
Email Changes - The Lane County email domain has changed - all emails will need to end in @lanecountyor.gov
Please remember to update your address books.
Example - Old Timecard Email -
[email protected] (Do not use)
- New Timecard Email -
[email protected]
EVV Exception Form
EVV exception forms can be emailed to [email protected]
More EVV information is available on our Personal Support Workers page
PSW Timecard and Payment Schedule
Please remember to submit PSW timecards to [email protected]