Not started or approaching school exit
Start South Dakota DDD intake
Contact Dakota at Home and choose option 2 to speak with a DDD Intake Specialist.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Start with South Dakota Developmental Disabilities intakeBefore you start
- Name, date of birth, address, contact information, disability and support needs, communication needs, representative information, available psychological and school records, and questions about CHOICES and Family Support 360.
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
- Contact Dakota at Home and select the DDD option or use the current DDD intake contact.
- Complete the intake conversation and ask for the current application route.
- Save the intake date, contact, requested records, and stated next event.
Expected next
Application route, document request, intake follow-up, or named next step.
Save this proof
Intake notes, contact information, application route, requests, and next-event date.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask DDD intake to confirm who owns the application and what makes it complete.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Start South Dakota DDD intake 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 Start with South Dakota Developmental Disabilities intake, Open the South Dakota DDD Application Guide
Official resources
Limits
An intake conversation or autism diagnosis does not establish DDD eligibility, Medicaid, level of care, CHOICES or Family Support 360 enrollment, authorization, or service 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.