Season 2, Episode 08: Aug. 3, 2026

Length: 9:59

This week’s episode goes full gadget mode, with plain language, Medicaid work requirements, scam awareness and contract administration standards all tucked into the trench coat of useful ODHS updates.

We begin with Deadline: ODHS with a plain language lunch and learn, plus reminders about Canopy’s sleep and stress training and ABLEnet’s session on ableism. From there, Fact of the Week highlights an OPB conversation with ODHS and OHA leaders about upcoming Medicaid work requirements, and Dateline covers a scam warning and updated contract administration standards for Child Welfare and Self-Sufficiency Programs.

4Minutes4U:

• Nothing this week

Deadline: ODHS:

• Aug. 19: Plain language lunch and learn

• Reminders:

• Aug. 11: Canopy training on stress, insomnia and sleep

• Aug. 13: ABLEnet session on ableism

Fact of the Week:

• OEP Director Nate Singer joined OPB’s Think Out Loud to discuss upcoming federal changes affecting people enrolled in OHP

Dateline: ODHS:

• Scam alert about callers impersonating law enforcement

• Updated Client Service Contract Administration Standards for CW & SSP

Writer’s Round-Up: “Sometimes a Great Gadget”