New Directions

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New Directions

• Edward Willard and Jackie Golden

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New Directions Waiver

• What is New Directions is
• Marylands new self determination/self directed
  waiver
• Begins with a Person Centered Plan
• Uses a Support Broker and Resource Coordinator
• Individual budget
• Fiscal Management Services (FMS)

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New Directions

• Who can use New Directions
• If you need 5 hours a week this is for you
• If you need 24 hours a day, 7 days a week this is
  for you
• If you are a youth transitioning out of school
  this is for you.
• If you receive any type of DDA funding or in the
  case transitioning youth or waiting list dollars
  from DDA New Directions is for you
• if you are in a residential facility this is for
  you.

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Principles of Self Determination

• Freedom to live where and with whom they wish
• Authority over the public dollars that support
  them
• Support to make their lives and dreams come true
• Responsibility to not take more then they need
• Confirmation of the important role self advocates
  play in the newly design system

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Tools of Self Determination

• Person Center Plan
• Individual Budget that is designed by the person
  with trusted allies if needed
• Support Broker (also in Maryland a Resource
  Coordinator) that helps to set up supports
• Fiscal Management Services (FMS) that pays the
  bills and payroll

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New Directions

• How to make it work for you
• Contact your Regional Office New Directions
  Coordinator and Resource Coordinator
• Begin working on your Person Center Plan
• Forms may be found on
• www.tash.org/mdnewdirections/Index/forms

www.ddamaryland.org/waiver.htmnewdirections
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Regional Information

• Central Maryland
• Counties Served Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
  Harford, Howard and Baltimore City
• Sarah Crigger
• Rosewood Lane
• Owings Mills, MD 21117
• Telephone [phone]
• Toll Free 1-877-874-2494
• TDD [phone]

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• Eastern Shore
• Counties Served Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester,
  Kent, Queen Annes, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico,
  Worcester
• Mike Wool
• 1500 Riverside Drive
• Salisbury, MD 21802
• Telephone [phone]
• Toll Free 1-888-219-0478
• TDD 1-800-735-2258

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• Southern Maryland
• Counties Served Calvert, Charles, Montgomery,
  Prince Georges, St. Marys
• Daphne Pallozzi
• 312 Marshall Avenue, 7th floor
• Laurel, MD 20707
• Telephone [phone]
• Toll Free 1-888-207-2479
• TDD [phone]

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• Western Maryland
• Counties Served Allegany, Carroll, Frederick,
  Garrett, Washington
• Tina Swink
• 1360 Marshall Street
• Hagerstown, MD 21740
• Telephone [phone]
• Toll Free 1-888-791-0193
• TDD [phone]

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Person Centered Plan

• Once you pull down the DDA Person Centered Plan
  packet you begin your Person Centered Plan
• Your plan is your own, nobody elses. Filled out
  by you with help from people you trust (Friends,
  Family and others that you feel comfortable
  with).

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Who can help you fill out your plan?

• People you feel comfortable with that can help
  you write down the most important things about
  you and how you want to be supported
• Your Support Broker
• Resource Coordinator

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You are the BOSS!

• When you hire people to support you, you are
  their boss!
• You become the employer of record.
• Your Fiscal Management Service will help you with
  the required forms and information that you will
  need to do this.
• You send in your employees time sheets and other
  bills related to DDA funding.

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Trainings that you may need

• Your employees will need CPR and First Aid
  training
• If you take medications that someone has to give
  you your employees will need Medication
  Certification
• You will need to train your employees on how you
  want to be supported
• Your Support Broker will need to go through a DDA
  training and be certified

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To Find More Information

• You can find updated information through TASH or
  through DDA
• www.tash.org/mdnewdirections/Index.htm
• or
• www.ddamaryland.org/waiver.htmnewdirections