Wednesday March 16th at 12pm.  We heard from Liz Mahar from the Arc’s Center for Future Planning about the process of future planning including all of the free resources provided by the Arc. You can watch the meeting recording HERE. You can download the meeting slides HERE. Resources from the meeting: Future Home Wishlist HERE. […]

Our SDAN Zoom Membership meeting was on Wednesday April 6th at noon. We discussed ways to support participants through the Person Centered Planning process. We explored how to prepare for the participant's annual meeting and reviewed the timeline of the annual planning process in order to support participants to take an active role in development of the […]

Join us for our SDAN Zoom meeting on Wednesday April 27th at noon. The original topic, The Budget Process, has been rescheduled to May 18th due to illness. Instead, Patti Saylor, RN, will be discussing what you’ll want to know about Nursing Support Services and the Health Risk Screening Tool (HRST) if you self-direct your services. Much […]

Join us for our SDAN Zoom meeting on Wednesday May 18, at noon. We will be discussing ways to support participants through the Budget process. We will briefly explore how the budget is derived from the Person-centered plan and review the annual budget process in order to support participants to take an active role in this part […]

Our June SDAN Zoom Membership Meeting was held on Wednesday June 15th at 12:00pm. We discussed updates to laws and policies that affect Self-directing participants and their families, and listened to YOU to hear your concerns and issues. The PowerPoint presentation can be found HERE. The video recording of the meeting can be found HERE.

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 Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), and ·     Implementation of the Self-direction Act of 2022 We will have a membership meeting to share […]

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 self-direct. We also had an extended question and answer period on a range of topics. […]

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, several of which require waiver changes. Those provisions have been incorporated into the […]

Thursday, May 11th, at 12PM via Zoom SDAN’s May meeting will focus 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 when families are unavailable to support their participant.  The […]

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 to do so has been a long-term advocacy focus for SDAN. This project aims to support self-directing participants during a crucial period […]

Wednesday February 21, 2024 - 2:30pm Our membership meeting on Wednesday, February 21st at 2:30 pm was an important discussion on transparency and access under the new DDA administration: Legislation to limit IFDGS funding and how to advocate for preserving access. Unannounced DDA policy changes that could affect you. 1/1/2024 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA). Annual-Tax-Exemption-Form-Verification-of-Difficulty-of-Care.pdfSDAN-Feb21.2024-PowerPoint.pdfVideo of […]

Our March General Membership Meeting was a discussion of Participant Rights, Clarification Requests and Appeal Rights. We introduced our newest Board Members and enjoyed a presentation from guest speaker, Randi Ames, the Managing Attorney with Disability Rights Maryland. The recording of the meeting can be found HERE. The PowerPoint presentation can be found HERE. Here […]