TransparencyFinancial Management Service (FMS)
Information and Contact List
You can see which FMS providers are available and their contact information by visiting the DDS website.
What is FMS?
Participants in the Self-Determination Program (SDP) will receive support from a person or business to help them pay for services they need. This person or business is called a Financial Management Services provider. There are three different models of Financial Management Services available in the SDP.
Read more regarding FMS from the Department of Developmental Services (DDS).
Developmental Services Trailer Bill SB 188 (Chapter 49, Statutes of 2022) amended Welfare and Institutions Code section 4685.8(c)(1), removing the requirement that the cost of financial management services (FMS) be paid by the participant out of the participant’s individual budget. This statutory change, effective July 1, 2022, supersedes the Department’s COVID-19 Directive 01-111920, which waived the requirement that SDP participants pay for the cost of their FMS provider during the State of Emergency. Effective July 1, 2022, the cost of the FMS provider will be paid by the regional center outside of the participant’s individual budget.
The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) issued a notice to regional centers on July 27, 2022, removing the requirement that the cost of financial management services (FMS) be paid by the participant out of the participant’s individual budget.