Agency With Choice program brochure

Chester County

Agency With Choice

Agency With Choice

(AWC)

Agency With Choice (AWC) supports people with intellectual disabilities and autism and their families in recruiting, screening, and referring for hire Support Services Professionals (SSPs) of their choice.

The Arc of Chester County manages and fulfills the legal employer responsibilities in this service delivery model. This model also allows for maximum choice and control in the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families.

610-696-8090, ext. 241

The Arc’s Agency With Choice program offers individuals the ability to:

• Choose and control the services they receive • Recruit and initiate hiring of SSPs • Determine how and when services will be provided • Receive assistance and training from AWC to manage services • Have additional support through the use of a Supports Broker • Have Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) identified vendor services managed and paid for by The Arc’s Agency With Choice program

Services: • Respite • In-Home & Community Supports (IHCS) • Companion • Support broker • Supported employment • Homemaker/Chore • ODP identified vendor services

Benefits of Agency With Choice: • Self-determination • Community connections • Personal choices and control • Family support • Partnerships The Arc of Chester County’s Agency With Choice is available to people enrolled in the Person Family Directed Support (P/FDS), Community Living or Consolidated Waivers in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties of Pennsylvania.

info@arcofchestercounty.org

The Arc of Chester County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies on the generosity of others to help close the funding gap between what individuals with disabilities and their families need and what public sources fund.

Donations, no matter the size, are greatly needed and appreciated.

To donate, please visit: arcofchestercounty.org

For more information, please call the Director of Agency With Choice: 610-696-8090, ext. 241

900 Lawrence Drive West Chester, PA 19380

610-696-8090

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