Happy New Year!
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) continue their climb up the ladder, with Part 2 of their overview of the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA); ​the state agency that provides funding and services to eligible people with disabilities. They work to explain the difference between entitlement vs eligibility, more information on the differences between waivers and more.

Keywords:
young adult, DDA, transition, support, coordinator, parents, waiver, families, Coordinator of Community Service (CCS), traditional route, program, talk, staffing, meaningful, check, information, conversation, services, school, residential

Links:
Adult Agency Providers Snapshot (Maryland) page
Self Directed Services page (with updated resource links!)
Family Supports Waiver site
Community Pathways Waiver site
Community Supports Waiver site
Person Centered Planning (Maryland) site

Download a transcript of the episode here.

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Intro music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay.
Transition music by Joseph McDade from Transitor.