Innovative Services

Innovative Services

Self-Directed – Self-Directed Services provides the ability for an individual and/or family to hire his/her own staff to self-direct supports. This program promotes responsibility and self-determination by placing control and power with individuals and/or families to meet their own needs by managing the supports and services that work best for them, how and when they are provided, and the staff that provide them. If you try Self-Directing your services and it is not right for you, you can always switch back to a more traditional model of supports. Click Here to view our Self-Direction brochure.

Fiscal Intermediary (FI) – FI services include completing background checks for self-hired staff, billing Medicaid for services in the budget, paying staff, tracking expenditures, and providing monthly statements to the person Self-Directing their services. Click Here for information on Fiscal Intermediary services.

Support Broker – Support Brokers works with people who Self-Direct their services to build their Circle of Support team, plan a budget for their services, provides education on services and community resources, develop habilitation plans, and assists with communicating with the person’s FI.

Who will help me get started?

If you choose to Self-Direct your services, you will work with a team of people who will help you select your services and put together a budget. This team, or Circle of Support, is a group of people chosen by you. Your Circle of Support could include family and close friends, your Care Coordinator, A Support Broker, and staff who know you well.

Click Here to meet our team.

What is my next step?

To learn more about The Arc Allegany-Steuben’s Self-Directed Services, please contact Jonathan Stromsness, Director of of Innovative Services, at jonathan.stromsness@thearcas.org.