Brief: #
Before adding something to an SDP budget, the team must make sure it helps meet a goal in the IPP and is not paid for by another program. SDP money can only be used for approved goods and services. A chart is available to help decide if it can be paid for under “Participant-Directed Goods and Services.”
Directive: #
January 13, 2022
TO: REGIONAL CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
SUBJECT: SELF-DETERMINATION PROGRAM – GOODS AND SERVICES
Deciding if a cost may be included in the SDP Budget: #
Before including any good or service in an individual budget or SDP spending plan, the planning team must first be clear about how the good or service addresses an identified need or goal in the IPP. Enclosure A provides detailed information about how the participant and the planning team can determine if a good or service addresses a need or goal in the IPP.
As noted in the Department of Developmental Services’ January 11, 2019 directive regarding the individual budget and spending plan, SDP funds can only be used for goods and services that:
- have been approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and,
- are not available through other funding sources (e.g., Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services, schools, etc.)
However, in some cases consumers may require additional goods and services outside of what is funded by the individual budget to support their IPP. Enclosure B provides guidance on goods and services that can be funded by the individual budget in the spending plan, as well as what will be handled outside of the individual budget.
Determining Service Designation (Participant-Directed Goods and Services): #
The SDP allows for a service type defined as “Participant-Directed Goods and Services.” Enclosure C contains a flow chart intended to help the planning team determine when a good or service can be funded through Participant-Directed Goods and Services, Service Code 333.
If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact sdp@dds.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
Original signed by:
MARICRIS ACON
Deputy Director
Federal Programs Division Enclosures
cc: Regional Center Administrators
Regional Center Directors of Consumer Services
Regional Center Community Services Directors
Association of Regional Center Agencies
State Council on Developmental Disabilities
Nancy Bargmann, DDS
Brian Winfield, DDS
Link to Directive: #
Self-Determination Program: Goods and Services (English)
