Choosing programs, providers, payment, or a start
Compare services and delivery models
Compare Lifespan Waiver and DSHP Plus services, provider-managed and consumer-directed options, settings, and verified limits.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Compare Lifespan Waiver and DSHP PlusBefore you start
- Program status, assessed needs, desired setting and control, services, provider or worker preferences, schedules, risks, transportation, accessibility, safeguards, and backups.
Who to contact
Start with DDDS Applicant Services or the assigned Community Navigator, Support Coordinator, or Family Resource Coordinator. Use the complete notice for review or appeal and the correct DDDS incident or APS route for safety concerns.
Step by step
- Compare only the program and service features supported by current official sources.
- Ask who recruits, employs, schedules, supervises, pays, monitors, and supplies backup support.
- Document the selected model and every remaining enrollment, plan, authorization, provider or worker, and start step.
Expected next
A documented program or delivery-model choice, referral, worker or provider action, or written constraint.
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Comparison, choice, plan, referrals, direct responses, onboarding, and dates.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the case manager for lawful alternatives tied to the person's current status and a written explanation of any constraint.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare services and delivery models 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 DDDS waiver programs, Compare Lifespan Waiver and DSHP Plus, Current DDDS Lifespan Waiver authority, Diamond State Health Plan authority
Official resources
Limits
A program or delivery-model choice does not establish eligibility, enrollment, authorization, provider acceptance, worker qualification, staffing, 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.