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SELF-DIRECTION SERVICES (SD) | RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC.

* Promotes independence, as the Fiscal Intermediary, for individuals with developmental disabilities by allowing individuals to create and manage their own budgets, hire their own support staff, and engage in activities that will enhance their ability to live and work in the community.

* Provides individuals with developmental disabilities choices to control their care including:

  • Employer authority that enables individuals to hire, manage, and dismiss workers;
  • Budget authority that provides the individual with a flexible budget to purchase the supports and services needed to live independently;
  • Daily activities such as paid or volunteer work, continuing education, and recreation;
  • Support: family, coworkers, friends, support staff;
  • Where to live
  • Set the rhythms of daily life: what time to eat, when to go to sleep, etc.

Categories

Participant Directed Financial Management OrganizationsIndependent Living Skills InstructionDaily Money Management Services

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211 Mid New York

Physical Address

131 Genesee Street, Utica, NY 13503

Hours

24 hours.

Fax

(315) 797-4747

Application process

Call for appointment.

Fee

Medicaid.

Eligibility

Must be at least 2 years old,
Be Medicaid eligible,
Have a Medicaid Service Coordinator (MSC),
Go through the Front Door and be OPWDD-eligible (Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities),
Obtain a start-up broker, a Financial Intermediary (FI), and a Circle of Support (COS), and
Have chosen HCBS waiver services over institutional care.

Service area

Madison County, New York Oneida County, New York Herkimer County, New York

Agency info

RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC.

RCIL is a human services and civil rights organization working to ensure equality and independence for individuals with disabilities. RCIL provides assistance to all individuals with any disability regardless of age, income or ability.
RCIL's services are consumer-directed and geared toward increasing awareness of an individual's rights and options, as well as the various methods that are available to help them achieve the goals they have chosen for themselves.