A result, plan, or notice arrived
Build the person-centered support plan
Turn assessed needs, strengths, preferences, outcomes, risks, services, safeguards, and backups into the member-led plan.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Review ECF CHOICES service definitionsBefore you start
- Eligibility and enrollment, assessments, strengths, communication, goals, employment, community and living preferences, health and behavior needs, risks, services, schedules, transportation, natural supports, safeguards, and backups.
Who to contact
Use the official TennCare, MCO, DDA regional intake, LTSS Help Desk, Beneficiary Support System, crisis, or protective-reporting route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Prepare the member's goals, choices, non-negotiables, risks, and questions.
- Review every assessed need, outcome, service, amount, frequency, owner, setting, safeguard, and backup.
- Obtain the completed plan and separately confirm authorization, provider or worker readiness, schedule, and start.
Expected next
A planning meeting, draft or final plan, revision, service request, authorization step, or written next event.
Save this proof
Assessments, planning notes, drafts and final plan, requests, authorizations, and contacts.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the MCO support coordinator which assessed need, plan element, service request, or authorization remains open.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Build the person-centered support 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 Review ECF CHOICES groups, eligibility, and services, Review the current ECF CHOICES brochure, Review ECF CHOICES service definitions
Official resources
Limits
A person-centered support plan does not by itself establish authorization, provider acceptance, worker qualification, fiscal readiness, schedule, 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.