A decision is adverse or decision support is needed
Plan benefits, housing, and decision support
Keep Social Security and housing work moving while documenting the adult's choices and using Delaware supported decision-making correctly.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Delaware Supported Decision-Making ActBefore you start
- Medical, work, education, daily-function, income and resource records; SSA and housing records; adult preferences, trusted supporters, communication needs, decision areas, existing legal documents, and two eligible adult witnesses for an agreement.
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
- Use SSA's official disability route and DSHA's official housing search as separate workstreams.
- Map the decisions where the adult wants help and the supporter roles and limits.
- If using a statutory agreement, follow the current written, dated, signature, witness, supporter-declaration, and revocation requirements and obtain legal advice when needed.
Expected next
A benefit or housing event and a documented support map, valid agreement decision, accommodation, or legal-consultation plan.
Save this proof
SSA and housing records, support map, agreement and witness records if used, revocations, documents used, and advice received.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Use official status routes and qualified Delaware legal help for authority or agreement questions.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Plan benefits, housing, and decision support 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 Apply for Social Security disability benefits, Delaware Supported Decision-Making Act, Find affordable housing in Delaware
Official resources
Limits
A supporter assists but may not make decisions for the principal. Supported decision-making does not establish DDDS, Medicaid, waiver, housing, or benefit eligibility and is different from guardianship, agency, and representative-payee authority.
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.