The Self-Directed Services (SDS) VISION is that individuals with developmental disability access and participate in community based activities they determine to be meaningful and beneficial.
The SDS MISSION is to assist families, through direct funding, resource identification, and technical assistance, to purchase the support services necessary for their family members with a developmental disability to access and participate in community based activities they determine to be meaningful and beneficial.
In achieving the SDS Vision and Mission, we VALUE respect for the people we serve, quality in the services we provide, and accountability in all that we do.
The SDS program was added to the CSB Employment and Day Support Services network in July 2007. Since the first five families began receiving services eleven years ago, a total of 182 families and their family members with a developmental disability (referred to as “service recipients”) have benefitted from the SDS philosophy to:
- Enhance individualized service plans to better meet the needs and preferences of the service recipient.
- Build on the natural supports of the service recipient and community.
- Reorient service use and expenditures toward the services each family and service recipient prioritizes.
As shared by one family:
“Self-Directed Services have given us the flexibility to provide our daughter with a unique experience of vocational and life skills training in the least restrictive environment that has helped her develop vocational experience, independence and confidence.”
Self-Directed Services are available to individuals with developmental disability who:
- Meet CSB service eligibility requirements.
- Currently receive or will be authorized to receive local (Fairfax County) funding for day support or employment services.
Consideration of SDS is appropriate for individuals who:
- Are interested in receiving service less than full time (6-7 hours per day or five days per week) and whose preferences for part-time service cannot be accommodated through traditional day support or employment services.
- Identify a need that cannot be met through traditional day support or employment services.
- Would like to receive services closer to home.
- Know people from whom they wish to receive services.
For more information, read the Self-Directed Services service description or contact Rana Jackson, Self-Directed Services Program Manager, 703-324-7471.