You will work with your Clinical Team Leader and your Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) to help choose the services and supports that are most important to you and then a budget will be created.

The IDT is a group of people who support you and who are also chosen by you.

Your IDT Team could include your family and close friends, your Clinical Team Leader, a Support Broker, Staff Members who you trust and know you well.

Before getting started, take time to think about which services and supports would best fit your needs at home and in the community and how Self-Direction can be most helpful to you.

With Self-Directed Services, you are in control of choosing the services that best fit your personal needs.

You also have the option of controlling the budget and how the funds are spent.

A Support Broker can help assist you to create a Self-Direction Budget depending on the services and supports that best fit your needs.

Your Support Broker can also set a plan to help you to work towards personal goals and outcomes you want to achieve in life.

• you are enrolled in PHP’s plan
• eligible for Office for People With Developmental Disabilities services (OPWDD)
• enrolled in the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver.

Self-Direction may be the right choice for you if:

• You want the flexibility in the services, supports, and schedule that you choose.
• You are ready to control which services and supports best fit your needs on your own or with help.
• You would like to take more responsibility in hiring, training, and scheduling your staff to meet your personal needs.