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Happy New Year!
Hosts Megan (Smallwood) and Patrick (Cadigan) continue their climb up the ladder, with Part 2 of their overview of the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA); the state agency that provides funding and services to eligible people with disabilities. They work to explain the difference between entitlement vs eligibility, more information on the differences between waivers and more.
Keywords:
young adult, DDA, transition, support, coordinator, parents, waiver, families, Coordinator of Community Service (CCS), traditional route, program, talk, staffing, meaningful, check, information, conversation, services, school, residential
Links:
What is Developmental Disability Agencies (page)
Find your Developmental Disability Agency (link)
Adult Agency Snapshot (page)
Maryland (specific) Links/Supports:
Person Centered Planning (site)
Developmental Disabilities Administration (site)
DDA Application Process (site)
Completing the DDA Application (parent resource page)
Family Supports Waiver (site)
LISS Supports (site)
Community First Choice (site) *Maryland
Coordinator of Community Service (site)
To download a copy of a transcript for this episode or any of our previous conversations, click here.
Also visit our Podcast webpage to find links to all of our other discussions; go to www.p2transition.com.
Additional information about post-secondary transition can be found at our website.
The Post-Secondary Transition Podcast Facebook page.
Visit our YouTube Channel to find additional video resources.
Intro/Outro music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay.
Transition music by Joseph McDade from Transistor.
