DDA

You can apply for DDA services at any time and at any age. You must be found DDA eligible to receive any DDA services. If you are specifically applying for TY services, contact the servicing DDA regional office when your student is age 14. You may ask for assistance to update or complete the application for determining your eligibility. All DDA waiver applications must be completed by June 30 of the eligibility year to be considered for funding.

If the date of transition is after the 21st birthday, the person will be eligible for one year after the date of exiting or graduating from high school. Applications submitted later will be placed on a waiting list.

Fore more about the DDA application process and instructions, please click here

To be eligible for DDA Transitioning Youth Initiative, a person must be found fully eligible as developmentally disabled, based on the following criteria:

● Maryland resident
● Waiver eligible
● 21 years old
● Have a severe chronic disability that:
o Is attributable to a physical or mental impairment other than a sole diagnosis of mental illness.
o Results in the need to have services which are individually planned and coordinated.
o Results in a need for services that are likely to continue indefinitely.
o Results occurred before the age of 22.
o Results in the inability to live independently

Note: A sole diagnosis of a developmental disability does not mean a person is automatically eligible

DDA Application Status:
Britton.vanhorn@maryland.gov

Central Maryland Regional Office (for Baltimore City Schools inquiries):
1401 Severn Street, Baltimore, MD 21230,
410-234-8200