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| ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY |
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| DISABILTY AWARENESS / PREVENTION |
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| EDUCATION |
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| EMERGENCY/DISASTER READINESS |
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| FAMILY & CHILDREN |
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Terminology and "lingo" in the developmental disability service system can be confusing. See below for often-used terms. |
- WLI-Waiting List Initiative: Primary caregiver is age 55 or older and access to funding depends on availability and date of application.
- WLEF-Waiting list Equity Funds: Funding for individuals whose care providers are age 76 and older. Access to funding depends on availability.
- ISS-Individual Support Services: Services for adults that cannot exceed $5000, per fiscal year.
- FSS-Family Support Services: Services for children that cannot exceed $3000, per fiscal year.
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- Crisis Resolution: Individual’s current situation must be critical. Individual may be eligible for immediate funding based on funding availability.
- Crisis Prevention: Individual’s name is on DDA’s waiting list. Individual may be eligible for available funds based on date of application.
- Current Request: Individual’s name is on DDA’s waiting list. Individual may be eligible for available funds based on date of application.
- Future Need: Individual’s name is on DDA’s waiting list. However, individual and family are not in dire need, or requesting services at this time.
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| INTELLECTUAL / DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES |
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| LEGAL (CIVIL) ASSISTANCE |
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| LOW INTENSITY SUPPORT SERVICES (LISS) |
| LISS is a statewide program funded through the DDA. LISS funding is flexible, dynamic and adaptable to the needs of the individual. LISS may be accessed multiple times throughout a year and across multiple years. It cannot exceed $3,000 in one year. Families and individuals must be specific in their requests. The agencies administering LISS in Baltimore City and Baltimore County are Humanim and PennMar |
| RECREATION |
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| SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & TRAINING LITERATURE |
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| SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST / ESTATE PLANNING |
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| STATE AND LOCAL |
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| TRANSPORTATION |
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