Choosing delivery, providers, payment, or a start
Compare provider-managed and self-directed services
Compare provider delivery with Section 29 self-direction only when program and service rules permit.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Compare Maine Self-Directed ServicesBefore you start
- Waiver enrollment, authorized services, living setting, ability to direct workers, representative support, employer and payroll duties, independent-broker need, backup plan, and desired schedule.
Who to contact
Use the official OADS intake or regional office, case manager, MaineCare, provider, grievance, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Ask which authorized services can be self-directed.
- Compare provider-managed delivery with participant direction, broker, worker, fiscal, documentation, and backup responsibilities.
- Document the choice, onboarding, provider or worker search, and readiness dependencies.
Expected next
A documented delivery choice, broker or provider contact, employer or fiscal onboarding, worker search, authorization update, or readiness plan.
Save this proof
PCP, authorization, options discussed, decision, broker and fiscal records, backup plan, and next event.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Use the case manager, current provider directory, or independent-broker directory for the applicable layer.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare provider-managed and self-directed services 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 Compare Maine Self-Directed Services, Search the Maine OADS provider directory
Official resources
Limits
Current OADS guidance identifies Section 29 self-direction. Choice does not prove authorization, a worker, payroll readiness, backup, 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.