Developmental Disability Services
If you or someone you care for has been found eligible for developmental disability services, the support is arranged through a plan agreed with a Coordinator of Community Services. This page explains the services we are established to provide, and — because the two rarely use the same words — how they line up with the service names you will see written in a plan.
Your plan says one thing. We call it another.
Plans are written in the service categories the funding programme uses. Providers tend to use their own names. This table connects the two, so you can see at a glance whether what we offer matches what your plan authorises.
Community Living – Group Home
Supported Living · Shared Living
Community Development Services
Day Habilitation
Respite Care Services
Personal Support Services
Nursing Support Services
Category names and the way services are grouped differ between programmes and can change over time. Your Coordinator of Community Services is the person who confirms exactly what your plan authorises — if anything here does not match what you are reading, ask them, or ask us.
How support is put together
Whichever services apply, the way we build them around a person is the same.
- We start from the person’s goals, not from a fixed menu. What does a good week look like, and what support does it take to get there?
- We work to abilities first. We ask what the person can already do and what they want to do themselves, before we talk about what needs support.
- The least restrictive setting that meets the need. Support should widen someone’s life, not narrow it.
- Decisions stay with the person. They and the people they choose lead the planning; we bring the professional input.
- Plans get reviewed. Needs change. We keep checking with the person, the family and the coordinator that the arrangement still fits.
Where to go next
- Not sure how eligibility and coordinators work? How to Get Started walks through the whole route in plain language.
- Wondering about cost? Paying for Care explains waiver funding and the other routes.
- Want the full service descriptions? They are on the Services page.
- Are you a coordinator or referral partner? For Coordinators has our provider snapshot and referral route.
Talk to us
Bring your plan, or bring your questions. If what you need is not something we can provide, we will say so and point you elsewhere where we can.