The NC Innovations Waiver offers participants both agency-directed and self-directed support options. Self-directed services are known as Individual and Family Directed Services (IFDS). Two options for IFDS under the Innovations waiver are Employer of Record and Agency with Choice. At Alliance, the orientation to IFDS is conducted as part of the annual Individual Support Plan (ISP) planning process by the Innovations Waiver care management team.
The following services can be self-directed:
- Community living and supports
- Community networking
- Individual goods and services (in conjunction with at least one other self-directed service)
- Natural supports education
- Respite care
- Supported employment
- Supported living
Please review Alliance’s updated IFDS Manual along with the IFDS training presentations below to learn more about Individual and Family Directed Services.
