FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
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Who is ARC / What does ARC do?
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Is ARC State certified?
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Registration?
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Payment?
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What to Expect?
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Arrival & Departure / Hotel Check-In?
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What to bring?
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What not to bring / Prohibited Items?
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Meals?
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Food Orders?
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Drop-Offs & Deliveries?
12. Medication Rules?
13. Medical Marijuana?
14. Accommodation / Shared Rooms vs Private Rooms?
15. Visitors Allowed?
16. Electronics Policy?
17. Leaving the hotel before completion?
18. Smoking Policy?
19. Hotel gym & pool access?
20. Service Dogs?
21. Completion documents / Duplicate records?
22. Schedule?
Have more questions?
Call / text (513) 201-8819
1. Who is ARC / What does ARC do?
Addictions Resource Center, Inc (ARC-ip) assists those with traffic offenses, especially if you have been arrested for a substance use associated driving offense like OVI, Reckless Operation, or Physical Control. We work with you to meet the requirements set forth by BMVs / DMVs, courts and attorneys. Our courses can be done pre-emptily, whilst on probation or on non-reporting probation and in lieu of jail time.
2. Is ARC State certified?
Yes ARC-ip is Ohio State Certified and has been assisting clients nationwide for over 30 years. We are an efficient knowledgeable company. Our goal is to help you get the program completed and not receive any other substance use associated offense. We have processed over 200,000 clients and pride ourselves on few repeat offenders.
3. Registration?
ARC is by appointment only.
To register, select your location and complete the registration block or text (513) 201-8819.
4. Payments?
Click the "PAY HERE" button on this website.
We recommend paying upon registering at latest 2 weeks in advance to be guaranteed a room.
ARC pre-books hotels by headcounts of those who have paid. Payment option includes card or money orders:
CARD PAYMENT OPTION - https://www.arcdip.com/pay-here
MONEY ORDER PAYMENT OPTION – contact (513) 201-8819.
5. What to Expect?
The weekend is about learning, so we at ARC-ip complete most of our educational objectives in groups, with a few lectures, utilizing workbooks and an interactive format. We also believe that breaks, snacks, cookies, and good coffee help the weekend go smoother. We provide an environment that allows our clients to voice their opinions in a neutral atmosphere, without negative judgment.
6. Arrival & Departure / Hotel Check-Ins?
Arriving at the hotel, please ask for the conference room and check in with ARC staff.
72- Hours / Residential DIP: Check-in Thursday 3-5PM, Check-out Sunday 3PM
48-Hour / Residential DIP: Check-in Thursday 3-5PM, Check-out Saturday 6 - 7PM
30-Hour / Non-Residential DIP: Check in is at 5pm through to 7pm. Friday & Saturday 8am-6pm. Sunday is 9am-3pm.
13-hour / Non-Residential DIP: Check in is at 5pm through to 7pm. Friday / Saturday 8am-6pm. (The non-remedial day)
8-Hour / Non-Residential DIP: Friday / Saturday 8am-6pm - sign in with the instructor before.
7. What to bring?
Bring what you can carry in one go for a weekend away from home. All meals are provided, apart from Thursdays dinner (Drury Inn locations provide Thursdays dinner); comfortable, appropriate and adequate clothing for 72-hours max, basic toiletries, chronic medication will be needed. Factory sealed drinks or snacks / extra money to buy drinks or snacks at the hotel.
**72/48-hour clients Recommendation: Sign up for ARC-ip Adult 8 Hour Remedial Driver Course is Certified by the Ohio Department of Safety to reduce points on your license. Offered at $100 when in DIP weekend
8. What not to bring / Prohibited Items?
No illicit / street drugs, no alcohol, no weapons, no open food, no open drinks. Do not bring pill planner with pills without verification. Use your best judgement, as we do inspect all luggage upon arrival and will notify you if anything is not allowed.
9. Meals?
All meals are provided, apart from dinner on Thursday (Drury Inn locations provide Thursdays dinner).
Breakfast - All of the hotels provide breakfast, usually buffets.
Lunch – We alternate between a few options, salads, sandwiches, soup, chips, fruit, & cookies, pizza.
Sharonville, Middletown, Dayton, & Dublin Drury Inns have buffet breakfast & dinners for all the days.
Baymont Inn, Comfort Suites provide breakfast buffets.
Wilmington Inn provides continental breakfast.
**Special Diets:
If you are vegetarian, vegan, or prefer special dietary items, please bring factory sealed food or restaurant delivered only. No home cooked food.
**ARC provides: Cup-O-Noodles; Cheese Crackers; Chips; and other snacks for free as we can.
10. Food Orders?
Depending on circumstances, this is discussed on site. Food should be delivered to the conference room of your hotel.
11. Drop-Offs & Deliveries?
Yes, you can have small items dropped at the front desk. All items (clothing, sealed cigarettes, or cash) should be in a bag with your name on it. Before anyone drops items for you, they should let you know. All items dropped for you while you are at the program are subject to search by ARC staff.
12. Medication Rules?
Please bring prescription medication, ONLY bring the amount needed for the weekend & in its prescription bottle.
Medications must be checked in to ARC staff and counted on the first night.ARC staff are subject to recount daily. If you bring 100's of pills, your medication will be counted last while you wait in the conference room as they are counted in front of their owner.
"OAC 5122-29-12 P) Pharmaceutical services:(2) Clients who take prescription medications and/or over-the-counter medications may "self-medicate" at driver intervention programs. Each driver intervention program that permits clients to self-medicate shall have written policies and/or procedures for client self-medication that include, at a minimum, the following:(a) Policy prohibiting clients from having prescription medication in their possession at the program site or while involved in program activities off site, unless required by a physician for medical necessity.(b) Procedures for obtaining and accounting for controlled substances from clients at the time of admission to or upon entering the program and return of same, as appropriate, at the time of discharge/departure.(c) Procedures for storing medications in a locked cabinet.(d) Procedures for reporting theft or loss of over the-counter medications or prescription medication."
13. Medical Marijuana Card?
Please bring prescription card with gummy medical marijuana.
You will not be allowed to use bud marijuana at the program.
Delta 8 is prohibited as well.
Examples of acceptable medication bottles
Do not bring pill planner with pills without verificaton.
14. Accommodation / Shared Rooms vs Private Rooms?
ARC books rooms for 72 / 48-Hour DIP participants only. Shared and private rooms are different process at different hotels.
Shared Rooms - Males are roomed with males and females with females.
Shared Rooms - Almost all of our locations have double sleeping rooms versus suites, these rooms are assigned two clients to a room. If the hotel is overbooked, rarely we have to use a hotel roll-away bed (which are very comfortable).
Private Rooms – Rooms may be a private sleeping room with one bed or two beds based on the hotel.
*Be advised that sometimes hotels may have room issues, if the room you are in has an issue, just contact on site staff and you will be moved. Hotels sometimes have plumbing problems or other malfunctions; we do the best we can to remedy the situation. A room issue does not initiate a refund.
15. Visitors Allowed?
No visitors are not allowed.
16. Electronics Policy?
You may bring your cell phone, iPad, and Laptop; however, these are not allowed to be used during program hours. They are for use in your sleeping rooms at nights mostly.
17. Leaving the hotel before completion?
Do not leave the hotel for any reason while your program is active.
Ask staff for assistance / advise / contact 513 201 8819 if you have indeed left.
18. Smoking Policy?
E-Cigarette/ Vaping: Nicotine vapes only. Nicotine patches / products welcome.
The Wilmington Inn has smoking rooms. All other locations must smoke outside of the hotel; thus you are given smoke breaks throughout the day and evening.
19. Hotel gym & pool access?
Gym & pool access is prohibited. We recommend exercises you can perform in your hotel room at night.
Examples of Service Dogs
Not a Service Dog
20. Service Dogs?
We welcome service dogs that are real service dogs, please see below the ADA's definition.
The ADA states: "Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA."
We will need ask two ADA approved questions:
(1) Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?
(2) What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?
A true service dog is well behaved and ONLY focused on the individual the animal assists. Because there is a trend for individuals to print fake paperwork, put fake tags on their pet, then attempt to bring their pet to the DIP we must scrutinize a service dogs’ behavior. Keep in mind, we have a lot of clients in the same room, and we must work to assist all clients; thus, if we have an individual with a fake service dog, it places risks on our other clients. If a service dog proves to be a distraction or acts in a manner not compliant with a service dog, you will be asked to leave the program with no refund. Separate hotel charges and policies may apply.
Cats are not service animals.
Emotional support animals are not recognized as formal service animals.
Email info@arcdip.com with your official certification or registry of your service animal.
20. Completion documents / Duplicate records?
Upon completion of a program, you (the client) will receive a receipt, the referring court / attorney / BMV will receive a completion report for you (the client) if you (the client) sign a release. Please provide attorney fax or email.
Completion documents / Duplicate records can be requested post program at a fee. Please email info@arcdip.com for the best results.
21. Schedule?
