Choosing delivery, providers, payment, or a start
Compare provider and self-directed delivery
Compare enrolled-provider delivery with employer-authority responsibilities for eligible 0208 services.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Compare Montana DDP self-directionBefore you start
- Approved PSP and services, desired control, ability and support to manage workers, representative role, current employer and employee training, support-broker need, fiscal-agent steps, documentation, incident duties, schedule, safeguards, and backup plan.
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.
Step by step
- Ask the TCM which approved services may be self-directed.
- Compare provider responsibility with employer-authority hiring, management, training, documentation, fiscal, incident, and backup duties.
- Document the choice and every plan, authorization, provider, broker, worker, training, payroll, and readiness dependency.
Expected next
A documented choice, PSP update, provider referral, support-broker or worker search, training, fiscal event, or readiness plan.
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Options, decision, PSP, authorization, contacts, training, payroll, incident and backup plans, and next event.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the TCM and current DDP self-direction contact to confirm applicable services and current requirements.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare provider and self-directed delivery 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, Compare Montana DDP self-direction, Open Montana's current DDP rate and billing hub
Official resources
Limits
The self-direction page links to support-broker lists and fee materials dated 2014–2020; those artifacts are not treated as current availability or payment authority. Choosing self-direction does not prove authorization, workers, training, payroll, 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.