Family Voices Indiana has been asked a lot of questions by families who are getting conflicting information from different sources. We are committed to ensuring that families get accurate information. To that end, we contacted DDRS for clarification. We received the following clarification from Matt Rodway, Director of Client Services at BDDS: Q: Do families still need to contact BDDS when their child turns age 6 and request that eligibility be determined? A: There is not a new policy and when someone turns 6 they do need to contact the local office so that they can complete eligibility and Level of Care. Q: Is there a new application form for applying for the Family Support Waiver? A: We did update our application for services in an attempt to make the application more simple and clear to individuals and families. The Application For Developmental Disability Services can be located on the web at http://www.in.gov/fssa/ddrs/ 3349.htm . Currently we are still ac
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