Fund our services through the Self-Determination Program (SDP)
To retain our services while removing the financial burden, our special needs clients primarily leverage the Self-Determination Program to cover all costs. For families in our area, SDP is offered through the Regional Center of the East Bay.
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What is SDP?
In October 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law the Self-Determination Program, which provides consumers and their families with more freedom, control, and responsibility in choosing services and supports to help them meet objectives in their Individual Program Plan.
In the Welfare and Institutions Code Section 4685.8, the services and supports will be directed by a participant through person-centered planning, as they are designed to assist the participant in achieving personally defined outcomes in community settings that promote inclusion.
How is SDP different than the traditional program?
Self-determination provides flexibility in choosing your services, supports, and providers.
In the Self Determination Program, you can buy different services from almost anyone in your community (such as BTR TMRW Skills Academy), not just those through the regional center.
In the traditional program, your service coordinator from the regional center is the person who helps you find the services you need. In Self-Determination, you get to decide who you want to help you. This can be your family, friends, or an Independent Facilitator. You will be given a budget and you will choose which services and supports to use to meet your goals.
Where can I get more information on SDP?
For a brief overview of how SDP works at the Regional Center of the East Bay, review the Self-Determination Slides that are available to the community.
Further details about SDP are available on the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) website.
Or, simply contact us and we’ll help get you started.