Choosing delivery, providers, payment, or a start
Compare provider-managed and Agency With Choice duties
Compare provider delivery with Agency With Choice only for applicable Family Support 360 services.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Review South Dakota Agency With ChoiceBefore you start
- Confirmed waiver and services, desired control, Agency With Choice applicability, representative capacity, provider or worker needs, co-employer duties, vendor steps, training, documentation, safeguards, schedule, and backup needs.
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
- Ask the coordinator which delivery options apply to each approved service.
- Compare who recruits, employs, trains, schedules, supervises, documents, pays, and supplies backup.
- Document the selected model and every outstanding readiness dependency.
Expected next
Documented choice, plan update, provider referral, worker search, vendor enrollment, training, or readiness plan.
Save this proof
Options supplied, decision, plan, authorization, contacts, vendor records, training, and backup plan.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the Family Support Coordinator and current co-employment vendor to confirm duties in writing.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare provider-managed and Agency With Choice duties 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 South Dakota Family Support 360, Review South Dakota Agency With Choice
Official resources
Limits
Agency With Choice is a Family Support 360 option for specified services, not a universal CHOICES or waiver option. Choice does not prove authorization, worker availability, vendor 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.