Oct 23, 2023 | Meetings, Recent
October 17, 2023 SDAN’s October meeting announced the launch of its “The SDS Sustainability Project” ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) grant, awarded through the DDA. The ability of participants to continue self-directing for as long as they wish...
May 16, 2023 | Meetings, Recent
May 11, 2023 SDAN’s May meeting focused on the role of the Support Broker in Self-Directed Services. The Support Broker has a unique role in the team of people supporting each self-directing participant and their families, and making self-direction more sustainable...
Mar 9, 2023 | Meetings, Recent
Thursday, March 30, at 12PM via Zoom SDAN’s March membership meeting focused on the Self-Direction Act of 2022, which was enacted on October 1, 2022. After three years of advocacy, we now have key flexibilities in self-directed services guaranteed by Maryland law,...
Feb 16, 2023 | Meetings, Recent
Date: Thursday, February 16, at 1PM via Zoom February’s meeting focused on the recent EVV mandates and rollout and SDAN’s advocacy efforts to remove or mitigate the more burdensome aspects of this new system. We introduced advocacy efforts for our membership to...
Sep 30, 2022 | Meetings, Recent
Date: Thursday, September 29, at 12PM via Zoom September’s meeting focused on the upcoming waiver renewals and the changes that DDA has proposed. We highlighted DDA proposals that we that we see as improvements, as well as concerns, for people who...
Jul 27, 2022 | Meetings, Recent
Our SDAN Zoom meeting was held on Wednesday July 27th at 1pm. There are few upcoming significant changes that will impact people in SDS within the DDA system including: · Changes to the FMS vendors and policies, · Implementation of...
