Supports and Services

Participant direction of supports and services refers to accessing and controlling supports and services needed. In order to live a preferred lifestyle, most people with disabilities need supports and services.

We concentrate on the following components of marshalling and controlling supports and services:

• Personal staff and housemates – information about recruiting, hiring, training, scheduling and paying personal staff and housemates.
• Fiscal intermediary – information about working with a fiscal intermediary, whose responsibility it is to perform the payroll and financial functions on behalf of the person with a disability.
• Support brokers – information about working with a support broker, someone who works directly for the individual with a disability to do whatever the person needs and hires him or her to do. This might include facilitating person-centered planning meetings, helping with hiring and supervising staff, or making connections in the community.
• Housing – information about choosing appropriate housing.
• Employment supports – information about supporting people with disabilities to have meaningful, economically sustaining jobs. For more detailed information on employment supports see the employment section of the website.
• Supports for community integration – information about facilitating friendships and community participation.
• Positive Behavior Supports -  information about providing positive behavior supports so that people with disabilities and challenging behavior can participate in the community. (link to PBS).