OhioRISE (Resilience through Integrated Systems and Excellence)

OhioRISE is a specialized managed care program for youth with complex behavioral health and multisystem needs. These youth often require services from multiple community systems, including juvenile justice, child protection, developmental disabilities, education, mental health, and addiction services. Through collaboration between state and local programs, OhioRISE integrates expertise across systems to provide community-based services that help kids thrive at home, at school, and in their communities while keeping families together and reducing the need for hospitalization and out-of-state care.

OhioRISE partners with 18 regional care management entities (CMEs) through Aetna Better Health of Ohio. Each youth is connected with a care coordinator who provides individualized, community-based support tailored to the youth’s emotional, behavioral, and physical health needs. By transforming how care is delivered across systems, OhioRISE is improving outcomes for Ohio's children, youth, and families navigating complex behavioral health challenges.

The Waldon Group is proud to partner with OhioRISE to support youth with complex behavioral health needs and their families. Through this partnership, we are able to provide flexible, high-quality care designed to stabilize, support, and strengthen each child’s home and community environment.

We offer both in-home and out-of-home respite services, giving caregivers the opportunity to rest while ensuring youth continue to receive compassionate, structured support. Our trained Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are carefully matched to each youth, providing supervision, engagement, skill-building, and behavioral support in a safe and nurturing setting.

For families needing a higher level of support, our out-of-home respite options provide a structured, home-like environment where youth can receive short-term care while maintaining continuity in their treatment and daily routines.

At The Waldon Group, our goal is simple: to provide relief for families and meaningful, individualized care for every youth we serve—all with warmth, professionalism, and a commitment to long-term success.