Jan 10, 2019 | Amendment 2, Archives
We are not professional administrators or paid consultants, but we have a great deal of experience regarding the nuts and bolts of self-direction. Please engage in a dialogue with us. Although SDS participants represent a minority of DDA participants, they have led...
Jan 10, 2019 | Amendment 2, Archives
The Maryland Developmental Disability Administration (DDA) is proposing several changes SDS. Families and participants have expressed their concerns by written correspondence, and in meetings and webinars to DDA. The proposed changes violate...
Jan 10, 2019 | Amendment 2, Archives
Currently, about 14,000 Marylanders with significant developmental disabilities receive funding from DDA. Of those 14,000 only about 500 now participate in SDS. The remaining 13,500 continue to receive services from traditional providers. Many of those traditional...
Dec 11, 2017 | Archives, SDAN
December 11, 2017 From: Self-Directed Advocacy Network of Maryland, Inc. (SDAN) The Self-Directed Advocacy Network (SDAN) urges DDA to make the waiver as flexible as possible while remaining within CMS guidelines. SDAN stresses the importance of preserving the...
