Getting Started

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Getting Started

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What to Bring When You Meet with Us

If you are eligible, a registration appointment will be scheduled at IDS. You will be asked to bring:

Personal and demographic information
Social Security card
Medicaid or Access card
Birth certificate
Any supporting medical or psychiatric evaluations

IDS will request that you provide a completed physical exam form to the Supports Coordinator.

If you are not receiving Medical Assistance and are eligible, we will provide you with information on how to enroll.

The Process

Step 1: Meet with a Registration Specialist
The Registration Specialist will complete forms with you and your family. This includes the waiting list form, application for waiver services (if applicable), services preference, voter registration, and a social summary.

Step 2: Discussing Services
The registration specialist will help you begin to plan by discussing services you may need and offer you a choice of a supports coordination organization (SCO).
More information about SCOs

Step 3: Eligibility Notification
Within 10 days after the registration process is complete, you will receive an eligibility determination letter. Your rights in the mediation and appeal process will be included in the letter.

Step 4: Refer to an SCO and Develop an ISP
Within two weeks later you are referred to the SCO, you will be assigned to a supports coordinator. The supports coordinator will help you develop an individual support plan (ISP), as well as identify, locate, coordinate, and monitor community and system services and supports. Please note that you can transfer your SCO at any time you are not satisfied with services.

Additional information about state-funded benefits are available on the Compass website.

Adult Services

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My City, My Place Adult Services Logo Philadelphia Intellectual disAbility Services is an administrative entity under contract to Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to administer services in Philadelphia. IDS works with service providers to offer quality supports and services so individuals will have choices in their lives, meaningful relationships, and participation in their community as valued citizens.

Waiver Services

In addition to supports coordination, if determined eligible for the waiver, services include but are not limited to: home and community habilitation; adaptive equipment; behavior and other therapies; habilitation services; and residential, respite, employment, and day services. For further information you can access the complete list of service definitions available from the Pennsylvania Home and Community Services Information System. Services for individuals are reimbursed by the Pennsylvania state treasury, primarily through the Medicaid waiver, a provision of the Social Security Act. A limited amount of resources may be available to individuals not in the Waiver.

What You Need to Know

There may be waiting lists for Waiver services, but all eligible individuals receive supports coordinator services at no charge.
If you are not eligible for Medicaid waiver services, you will be helped to find other community services.
If you are not registered to vote, you will be offered the opportunity to complete an application.
It is important for all eligible individuals to register with Intellectual disAbility Services if he or she wants to receive services and supports.

Learn more about how to get started in accessing Adult Services.

Find out if you are eligible for IDS’ services.

Visit the IDS Resources page to learn about the array of resources available for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Calendar and Events

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IDS Logo, It's All About Community Philadelphia Intellectual disAbility Services (IDS) is an administrative entity under contract to Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to administer services in Philadelphia. IDS works with service providers to offer quality supports and services so individuals will have choices in their lives, meaningful relationships, and participation in their community as valued citizens.

We at IDS keep the emphasis on ability, rather than disability, and so we use the big “A” and little “d” on our letterhead, signage, and websites. As part of the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Srvices, our acronym is DBHIDS.

Respect and dignity towards all our citizens is one of the ways a great nation will be judged. The Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services is pleased to support the growing movement to eliminate stigma, and stop using the r-word.

People and their family members want to have an everyday life that is typical of the general population, and Philadelphia DBHIDS supports these values. To learn more about the Values, Beliefs, and Guidelines of Philadelphia IDS, use the links below.

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You can keep track of IDS events by following the link below. Be sure to keep up to date on everything that’s happening in the city and within the IDS community.

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Prevention & Early Intervention

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Prevention & Early Intervention

DBHIDS understands the earlier we intervene with behavioral health issues, the faster we are able to provide professional care as a community. This requires paying attention to social determinants of health, which include the availability of support, experiences of trauma, access to behavioral health care, educational and economic opportunities, and the social and physical environment. We do this by partnering with city agencies including the criminal justice, housing, school, and child welfare systems, as well as the behavioral health treatment system and the general public.

Community Response Teams

Community Response Teams provide community support and crisis response services to communities affected by disasters, violence, or other events which require emotional support and psychoeducation as part of coordinated response effort.
Crisis Intervention Team Training

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a collaboration between DBHIDS staff, the Philadelphia Police Department, and other stakeholders designed to reduce conflict during encounters between police and community members with mental health challenges. CIT training emphasizes the principles of violence prevention, de-escalation and community collaboration.

Intellectual disAbility Services (IDS)

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IDS Logo, It's All About Community Philadelphia Intellectual disAbility Services (IDS) is an administrative entity under contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Developmental Programs to administer services in Philadelphia County. IDS works with the Commonwealth and service providers to offer quality supports and services so individuals will have choices in their lives, meaningful relationships, and participation in their community as valued citizens.

We at IDS keep the emphasis on “ability,” rather than disability, and so we use the big “A” and little “d” in spelling our name, which can be seen on our letterhead, signage, and websites. We are a division of the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, our departmental acronym is “DBHIDS.”

Respect and dignity toward all our citizens is one of the ways a great nation will be judged. DBHIDS is pleased to support the growing movement to eliminate stigma, and stop using the “r-word.”

People and their family members want to have an “everyday life” that is typical of the general population, and DBHIDS supports these values. To learn more about the Values, Beliefs, and Guidelines of Philadelphia IDS, use the links below.