Choosing a provider, delivery model, or start
Compare Traditional and Personal Options delivery
Separate IDDW program eligibility and enrollment from the delivery model used for applicable services.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Review West Virginia IDDW member and provider informationBefore you start
- IDDW enrollment, approved services and amounts, individualized budget, living situation, support needs, employer readiness, worker candidates, provider preferences, safeguards, schedule, backup plan, and questions.
Who to contact
Use the Acentra Health, IDDW, Medicaid, Case Manager, provider or Personal Options fiscal-employer agent, complete-notice appeal route, crisis service, or setting-specific protective-report route that owns this step.
Open the West Virginia IDDW application and Acentra instructions
Step by step
- Identify which approved services can be delivered through a traditional IDDW agency and which can be participant-directed through Personal Options.
- Compare provider responsibility with the member or representative's common-law-employer duties and fiscal-employer-agent support.
- Document the chosen model, plan and budget changes, authorization, provider or worker readiness, payroll, schedule, backups, and first service.
Expected next
Delivery-model decision, plan or budget action, provider referral, Personal Options enrollment, worker clearance, authorization, or named next step.
Save this proof
Comparison, choice record, plan, budget, referrals, worker and fiscal-agent records, authorization, schedule, and service proof.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the Case Manager and Personal Options fiscal-employer agent to identify which services and responsibilities apply.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Compare Traditional and Personal Options delivery 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 the West Virginia IDDW application, Review West Virginia IDDW member and provider information, Review West Virginia Personal Options
Official resources
Limits
Traditional agency and Personal Options delivery are distinct. A delivery choice does not prove eligibility, an available space, enrollment, service authorization, provider capacity, worker qualification, payroll readiness, 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.