Choosing delivery, providers, payment, or a start
Compare agency and self-directed delivery
Compare agency responsibility with the participant's worker-choice and management duties for eligible authorized services.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Compare Alabama self-directed servicesBefore you start
- Waiver and enrollment state, person-centered plan, authorized services, desired control, ability and support to choose and manage workers, representative role, documentation and training duties, backup plan, schedule, and risks.
Who to contact
Use the DD Call Center, designated support coordination agency, Regional Community Services Office, support coordinator, provider, Waiver Appeals Office, crisis service, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Ask the support coordinator which authorized services may be self-directed under the person's waiver.
- Compare agency responsibility with the participant's duties to choose and manage workers and decide when and how eligible services are delivered.
- Document the choice and every authorization, provider, worker, training, payroll, backup, and readiness dependency.
Expected next
A documented delivery choice, plan update, agency referral, worker search, training or onboarding event, or readiness plan.
Save this proof
Plan and authorization, options discussed, decision, agency or worker contacts, training and payroll records, backup plan, and next event.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the support coordinator for the current handbook, applicable service choices, and responsible self-direction contact.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare agency and self-directed delivery checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result or confirmation
- Current open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Use Alabama DD support coordination, Compare Alabama self-directed services
Official resources
Limits
Choosing self-direction does not prove service eligibility, authorization, worker availability, training, payroll readiness, backup coverage, schedule, or start.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.