Montana action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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An offer, PSP, or adverse eligibility decision needs action

Build the Montana PSP and cost plan

Convert assessed needs, goals, safeguards, service choices, and costs into the Personal Support Plan.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Use Montana Targeted Case Management

Before you start

  • Eligibility, Medicaid and waiver records, assessments, strengths, goals, communication needs, health and behavior safeguards, requested services, amount and frequency, provider or worker choices, backup needs, schedule, current final rate authority, and disagreements.

Who to contact

Use the DDP Regional Office, Office of Public Assistance, Targeted Case Manager, provider, self-direction contact, Office of Administrative Hearings, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.

Find the DDP Regional Office serving your area

Step by step

  1. Prepare a needs-and-goals summary before planning.
  2. Document requested services, amount, frequency, providers or workers, self-direction, safeguards, backups, owners, and costs.
  3. Obtain the submitted and approved PSP and cost plan, authorizations or notices, referrals, and next schedule.

Expected next

A planning meeting, PSP or cost-plan submission, service review, approval, authorization, notice, referral, or written next step.

Save this proof

Assessment, PSP and cost-plan versions, meeting record, authorizations, notices, and next event.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Ask the TCM and Regional Office to identify the unresolved request, controlling current manual, decision owner, and required written result.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Build the Montana PSP and cost plan 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 Start Montana DDP eligibility and 0208 waiver access, Use Montana Targeted Case Management, Open Montana's current DDP rate and billing hub

Official resources

Limits

A PSP or cost plan does not prove service authorization, provider acceptance, worker onboarding, staffing, schedule, or first delivered service.

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.

Checked sources

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