Consumer Directed Services (CDS)
CDS offers you the opportunity to direct your own attendant care.
You become the employer and are responsible for recruiting, training,
managing and firing your attendants.
You hire a CDS agency, such as DSSW, to provide you with orientation and ongoing support.
The CDSA does your payroll and files your federal and state taxes.
DSSW offers CDS to consumers in the following programs:
- Community Attendant Services (CAS)
- Community Based Alternatives (CBA)
- Community Living Support Services (CLASS)
- Deaf-Blind Multiple Disabilities (DBMD)
- Family Care (FC)
- Home and Community-based Service (HCS)
- Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP)
- Personal Care Services (PCS)
- Primary Home Care (PHC)