Section 7.2:  for Sponsored Residential contains substantial changes and will make it extremely difficult for anyone in a Sponsored Service to receive the Customized Rate.   The criteria within this section forces the committee to count 2 or more people providing services and living in the home as one person within the Customized Rate Model. This proposed guidance could discount hundreds hours of work being provided by other Direct Support Professionals living in the setting. 

If a Direct Support Professional is hired, trained and paid by the identified Sponsor then the hours worked by the DSP should be counted toward the customized rate regardless of where they live or any other status they may hold such as spouse, significant other, adult child or live-in DSP. You must recognize all staff necessary to provide the service who are hired, trained and paid by the identified sponsor/host.