Choosing delivery, providers, payment, or a start
Compare Indiana service-delivery options
Compare authorized provider delivery and any applicable participant-directed responsibilities.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Apply for Indiana BDS services and review the I/DD waiversBefore you start
- Approved waiver, plan and services, desired control, applicable participant-direction option, employer and representative ability, provider or worker needs, fiscal steps, training, documentation, safeguards, schedule, and backup plan.
Who to contact
Use the local BDS office, BDS Help, Division of Family Resources, case-management organization, provider, waiver ombudsman, notice-specific appeal route, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Ask the case manager which authorized services and delivery options actually apply.
- Compare provider responsibility with any participant, representative, fiscal, worker, training, documentation, and backup duties.
- Document the choice and every authorization, provider, worker, training, and readiness dependency.
Expected next
A documented choice, plan update, provider referral, worker search, training, fiscal event, or readiness plan.
Save this proof
Options, decision, plan, authorization, contacts, training, backup plan, and next event.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the case manager and BDS to confirm the current option and requirements in writing.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare Indiana service-delivery options 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 Indiana BDS services and review the I/DD waivers, Open current Indiana BDS policies, Review Indiana Medicaid HCBS provider and payment material
Official resources
Limits
Choice does not prove authorization, provider or worker availability, training, payroll readiness, backup coverage, schedule, or start. Do not generalize delivery options across FSW and CIH services.
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.