A notice, plan, or adverse decision needs action
Build the individualized service plan
Turn assessed needs, goals, safeguards, services, delivery choices, and providers into the applicable individualized plan.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Open the South Dakota DDD Application GuideBefore you start
- Assessments, strengths, goals, communication needs, health and behavior safeguards, requested services and frequency, CHOICES or Family Support 360 lane, provider or worker preferences, schedule, backup plans, risks, and disagreements.
Who to contact
Use DDD intake, the assigned CHOICES Case Manager or Family Support Coordinator, DSS, the provider or Agency With Choice vendor, the complete-notice hearing route, crisis service, or Adult Protective Services route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Prepare a needs-and-goals summary before the planning meeting.
- Ask that requested services, safeguards, delivery method, providers or workers, schedule, and backups be documented.
- Retain submitted and approved versions plus authorizations, notices, and referrals.
Expected next
Planning meeting, plan version, authorization, notice, provider or worker referral, or named next step.
Save this proof
Assessments, summaries, plan versions, meeting notes, authorizations, notices, and referrals.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the coordinator to identify the unresolved request and the person authorized to decide it.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Build the individualized service plan checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result
- Open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Open the South Dakota DDD Application Guide, Review the South Dakota CHOICES Waiver, Review South Dakota Family Support 360, Review South Dakota DDD and provider responsibilities
Official resources
Limits
An individualized plan does not itself prove authorization, provider or worker acceptance, staffing, payroll readiness, schedule, or first 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.