The New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) serves individuals 21 years of age and older. Please read the important information below sent out by DDD on June 30, 2017. 

The email addresses two items:
  1. Important Update for SDE Option Participants Regarding Transition to New Fiscal Intermediary
  2. NEW WEBINAR: The Conversion of Housing Funding from Contract to the Supportive Housing Connection
  3. Updated Housing Development Policy 
Posted by DDD on 6.30.17
 
Important Update for SDE Option Participants Regarding Transition to New Fiscal Intermediary
 

As announced on Tuesday, June 27,  all individuals currently enrolled in the DDD Self-Directed Employee (SDE) Option -including those who are dually enrolled in both PPP and the DDD SDE Option and have requested to opt-out of the 90-day extension - should continue to submit timesheets to Easter Seals until they are notified by Public Partnerships and have received the Public Partnerships Welcome Packet with SDE Timesheets. All SDE Option participants who will transition effective July 1 have been notified by Public Partnerships.
 
If you participate in the DDD Self-Directed Employee Option - alone or dually with PPP - and you have not been notified by Public Partnerships and received SDE timesheets, then you are not transitioning effective July 1. You will transition when you are notified by Public Partnerships.
 
 
NEW WEBINAR :  The Conversion of Housing Funding from Contract to the Supportive Housing Connection

The Division has been in ongoing discussions with stakeholders regarding housing changes in the new fee-for-service system. This webinar is a resource for provider agencies that have housing costs funded via the current contract-based system but that soon will shift over to the Supportive Housing Connection for payment.  It will identify what to expect in terms of process, as well as steps that can be taken to ensure providers are well-prepared for a smooth transition.
 
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
10:00 AM  - 11:00 AM
Presenter/s: Jonathan Seifried, MA, Director, Housing and Community Transitions; Courtney Davey, Housing Subsidy Program Supervisor
 
 
 
Updated Housing Development Policy
 
Following ongoing stakeholder discussions, the Division has updated its  Housing Development Policy, effective July 1, 2017 . The July 1 policy rescinds and replaces the housing development policy distributed April 1, 2016. The updated policy, as well as other housing-related information, is available on the  Community Living Options page of the Division's website.