Self-Directed Services provides periodic email updates to keep you informed of important information and resources. For easy access, these updates are organized into the following categories: Organization Updates, Rates and Benefits Updates, Training Updates, and Wellness Updates.
Important Broker Guidance – 07.28.26
Independent Support Broker Resource Guide,
Independent Support Broker Interest Form – 07.10.26
SBCC Auspice Transfer – Transition to eVero for Self-Direction Services – 07.09.26
SBCC Auspice Transfer – Information for People Receiving SDS – 07.08.26
SBCC Auspice Transfer – Information for Independent Brokers – 06.24.26
SDS Employee Update: CAS vs. CANS Assessment – 5.19.26
Springbrook Community Connections Launches NEW Website – 4.27.26
SDS Department Update – 3.5.26
SDS Timesheet Processing Notification – 1.16.26
Fiscal Intermediary and Brokerage Monthly to CCOs – 9.22.25
Fiscal Intermediary and Support Brokerage Services – 8.22.25
New Broker Update – 8.14.25
External Evero Announcement – 7.11.25
Internal Evero Announcement – 7.9.25
New SDS Office in Syracuse – 2.17.25
Thanksgiving Payroll Email – 11.06.24
Contemporaneously Contemporaneous – 5.15.23
Need More Hours? Shivoo Can Help! – 10.24.22
Fiscal Intermediary Attendance at Life Plan Meetings – 9.9.22
Introducing Start-Up Navigation – 4.21.22
REMINDER – SDS Staff Action Plans Are Going Digital! – 3.18.22
SDS Staff Action Plans Are Going Digital! – 2.14.22
Winter Executive Update – Managing Employer Session – 2.2.22
Winter Executive Update – Employee Session – 2.2.22
SDS Funded Camp Change – 12.28.21
SDS Summer Announcements & Employee Incentives – 6.25.21
Webinar Recording and PDF Presentation Slides – 3.25.21
SDS EVV Announcement – 12.22.2020
Budget and Housing Subsidies Update – 12.8.20
Rate and Benefit Updates
SDS Clinician Rate Update – 5.21.26
SDS Mileage Rate Change – 1.6.26
SDS Clinician Rate Increase – 7.25.25
Free COVID-19 Home Test Kits – 3.29.22
Mask Protocol Update Clarification – 1.10.22
COVID-19 Vaccine Required for New SDS Employees – 9.30.21
URGENT: Get $250 For a COVID-19 vaccine for Self-Directed Services – 9.29.21
UPDATED OPWDD Mask Protocol – Important – 9.16.21
SDS/HCBS COVID-19 Protocol Update – 8.25.21
Mask Protocol Update – 7.29.21
Paid Time Off for Vaccine Shots – 3.24.21
Vaccine Verification – 3.2.21
Broome County Health Department Vaccine Clinic – 2.17.21
SDS Vaccination Appointments Available – 2.11.21
Vaccine Waitlist – 2.9.21
Training Updates
Updates to Self-Directed Services Training – 6.23.22
OPWDD Incentives, Training & You! – 4.25.22
URGENT – PAST DUE 10/1/21 – EVV Training – 10.22.21
URGENT – DUE 10/1/21 – EVV Training & Fact Sheet 09.20.21 – 9.20.21
Electronic Visit Verification (2021 EVV) Training DUE 8/1/21 – 7.1.21
Annkissam Training Dates – 5.21.21
SDS Training Update – New Software – 2.19.21
SDS Training Policy Update – 2.11.21
Workplace Violence Training Reminder – 12.23.20
Wellness Updates
Free COVID-19 Home Test Kits – 3.29.22
Mask Protocol Update Clarification – 1.10.22
COVID-19 Vaccine Required for New SDS Employees – 9.30.21
URGENT: Get $250 For a COVID-19 vaccine – 9.29.21
UPDATED OPWDD Mask Protocol – Important – 9.16.21
SDS/HCBS COVID-19 Protocol Update – 8.25.21
Mask Protocol Update – 7.29.21
Paid Time Off for Vaccine Shots – 3.24.21
Vaccine Verification – 3.2.21
Broome County Health Department Vaccine Clinic – 2.17.21
SDS Vaccination Appointments Available – 2.11.21
Vaccine Waitlist – 2.9.21