What is Support Coordination
It is the process by which the state helps a family with a child with developmental disability get most of the resources needed for daily support through a Support Coordinator.
The Support Coordinator will complete the following tasks:
1. Finds you benefits — SSI, food stamps, Medicaid, housing help
2. Builds your plan — called a Service Plan or ISP. Lists what you need: therapy, day program, job coach, housing, personal care
3. Finds providers — in your County who takes your Medicaid, and has openings
4. Manages budget — if you get a DDD/Medicaid budget, they help you spend it right
5. Checks in monthly — makes sure you're not losing services, helps with appeals
Misconceptions:
SC will help you get help without your involvement: please note that an SC will guide and support you with the help you need but will not follow you to the location; DSPS and SB can be hired to do so.
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What we offer
We offer help to families.
We offer advocacy.
We offer empowerment.
We offer Individualism.
With the help of an SC who is trained to listen to participants and their families.
Support Coordinator (SC): works with participants or the participant's guardian and service providers to advocate for, identify, develop, coordinate, and access services on behalf of the participant.
CSS Services
Support Coordination empowers individuals with disabilities and their families to stay in control of day-to-day activities by ensuring participants have a home, work-life balance, and the ability to function in their community.
Counties Served
Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren Counties
Learn the process
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Information
To obtain information on services and resources or find a DDD provider, please click the link below.
Bogg Center and Selecting Support Coordination Agency
Individuals receiving services through the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) can choose the service provider that best meets their needs. For more information, please click the link below.