
Homemaker Personal Care with Choice
Goodwill of South Central Ohio’s Homemaker/Personal Care with Choice service provides individuals with disabilities and their loved ones more independence and control over who is providing care in the home. Our program is available with all 3 waivers (Level 1, I/O, and Self) and local funding in our 8-county service region (Athens, Fayette, Hocking, Jackson, Ross, Pickaway, Pike, and Vinton).

Service Options
Homemaker/Personal care, often called HPC, supports a person to be more independent while meeting their daily living needs. The HPC with Choice program is made available to individuals who would like to have more independence and control over who may be providing their care. This is done through an HPC Coordinator and a Direct Support Professional.
The HPC Coordinator is designated by the individual needing services and often is a parent or other family member.
HPC Coordinators help manage the care of the individual including things like:
- Finds one or more DSPs who they know or trust to provide care. Once identified, Goodwill hires, trains, pays, and oversees compliance of the coordinator’s chosen DSP(s) to work only for the designated individual.
- Makes the DSP’s schedule and provides natural supports when a DSP is unavailable for scheduled hours.
- Ensures the individual is cared for correctly.
Direct support professionals help people with household chores and personal care, including things like:
- Getting dressed and keeping clean.
- Making food.
- Cleaning and doing laundry.
- Getting out and being a part of the community.
- Helping people get to medical and dental appointments or other healthcare services.
HPC also includes support to improve a person’s ability to express their opinions and choices.
These services are provided through an individual’s SELF, Level 1, and I/O waivers.
Ohio Shared Living is often called OSL for short. It provides an option for someone with a developmental disability to get the support they need while living with a paid caregiver.
Caregivers make long-term commitments to sharing a home, helping with daily routines, and inviting someone with a developmental disability to be part of their family, resulting in lifelong relationships. OSL caregivers support people with developmental disabilities in a home setting, either the home of the live-in caregiver or the home of the person accessing services.

Transportation
Transportation services may be available based on an understanding of a person’s needs discovered during an assessment then listed in their individual service plan.
Whenever possible, family, friends, neighbors, or community agencies who provide transportation without charge should be used first.

Assistive Technology
Our Goodwill Services Center team provides assistance to individuals and families in obtaining assistive technology and other assistive items.
Typically, the request should first be communicated to your SSA for approval. Then you and the SSA can contact our Assistive Technology Specialist for a quote. Upon approval, the item(s) needed are ordered, shipped directly to the individual, and the waiver/funding source is billed.
Required Competency
All Goodwill HPC staff and OSL Contractors are required to:
- Use technology.
- Have reliable internet access.
- Have basic computer skills such as:
– Checking email daily.
– Replying to time sensitive emails.
– Completing online training and uploading documents to an email.
– Managing passwords and logins to programs used by Goodwill. - Document and track mileage the day services are provided.
- Clock in and out for all shifts in Goodwill’s payroll system.
The HPC Coordinator is a volunteer who is responsible for direct oversight of the coordinator’s chosen DSP.
The HPC Coordinator works with the Goodwill Services Centers management team to make sure all policies, procedures, and documentation are completed by Goodwill and state standards. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Incident reporting
- Making sure DSP’s abide by the ISP
- Timely documentation
- On-going and required staff training
- Scheduling of DSP hours according to what is approved in the ISP
Click below to download a HPC Coordinator Agreement. Signed agreements should be emailed to care@gwisco.org.
HPC COORDINATOR AGREEMENT
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