• Service Planning Team/IDT Team

    Determines:

    • Services required by the individual
    • Effective Date/Service unit levels
    • Goals of services
    • Frequency of services
    • Individual plan of care
    • Services needing a back-up plan

    Approves:

    • Termination of the CDS option
    • Back-up plan

    Case Manager/Service Coordinator

    • Provides overview of service delivery options upon enrollment and annually
    • Assists with enrollment in FMSA
    • Provides information about Support Consultation
    • Visits as required by program rules
    • Provides service plan and changes to FMSA and employer
    • Reviews status reports from FMSA and documents reviews
    • Initiates interventions and program case management services
    • Convenes the service planning team
    • Assists with changes in service delivery option
    • Assists with changes in provider agencies
    • Notifies FMSA and employer of changes to service plan
    • Assists employer or LAR as needed with service backup plan if one is determined to be necessary

  • Employer (Consumer) or Legally Authorized Representative (LAR)

    • Submits applicant documentation and qualifications to FMSA
    • Hires/dismisses employees
    • Retains contractors and vendors
    • Provides training and supervision to service providers
    • Manages service providers
    • Submits time sheets, invoices and receipts to the FMSA
    • Revises/adjusts budgets as needed with FMSA approval
    • Implements interventions and corrective action plans
    • Develops a service back-up plan

  • FMSA

    • Provides initial orientation
    • Provides ongoing training and support
    • Assists, approves and validates budgets for funds
    • Assists with DPS criminal conviction history checks
    • Verifies credentials of potential service providers
    • Employer agent – handles payroll withholdings, deposits and reporting, time sheets, receipts, invoices and pays service providers
    • Provides quarterly budget reports
    • Contacts case manager to report noncompliance with employer responsibilities
    • Initiates interventions and corrective action plans
    • Can recommend termination of CDS for continued non-compliance
    • Provides support consultation if available in program and requested by employer

    Support Advisor Assists Employers With

    • Developing skills for training, recruiting, screening and hiring/dismissing staff
    • Developing job descriptions
    • Developing skills for effective communication/problem resolution
    • Developing/negotiating service agreements with contractors and vendors
    • Developing back-up plans
    • Developing decision making skills for employer and employment related situations
    • Developing and implementing corrective action plans

  • Program Provider

    • Provides non-CDS services