Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) Policy Manual

This manual is the primary source for consumer directed community supports (CDCS) policy. It is a reference for lead agencies, financial management services (FMS) providers, CDCS support planners and people who use CDCS.

What is CDCS?

CDCS is a service option available to people on:

· Alternative Care (AC) program.

· Brain Injury (BI) Waiver.

· Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver.

· Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver.

· Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver.

· Elderly Waiver (EW).

CDCS gives people more choice in how they receive their waiver/AC services. People who choose CDCS must also accept additional responsibilities for self-directing their services.

People decide how to use their approved CDCS budget within program rules, which includes the following tasks:

· Hire, train, schedule, supervise and dismiss their directly hired workers.

· Purchase goods.

· Purchase traditional waiver services.

· Purchase certain alternative services.

All providers must meet the qualifications for the type of service they are providing.

What’s new?

DHS will announce additions to this manual:

· On CDCS Manual – Updates to the CDCS Policy Manual.

· Via the AASD eList and the DSD lead agency eList.

Note: DHS finished transferring information previously found in the CDCS Lead Agency Operations Manual (DHS-4270) to this online policy manual. DHS-4270 is no longer available.