Which statement best describes how services for a participant with a developmental disability should appear on the SSP?

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All supports related to a participant's developmental disability should be listed on the SSP, even if they aren’t funded in the current budget. This comprehensive approach ensures a complete picture of what the participant relies on, so family, brokers, and providers can coordinate effectively, identify gaps, and plan around both paid and unpaid supports. Listing unpaid supports—such as family involvement, friends, or community supports—helps ensure these natural supports are recognized and integrated into daily routines and goals, not assumed to be automatic but overlooked in planning.

Plans should also reflect more than medical and therapeutic services. They encompass a wide range of supports, including transportation, respite care, home modifications, assistive technology, and other non-medical services that enable participation and independence.

Why the other options don’t fit: focusing only on funded services misses critical unpaid or non-budgeted supports; excluding unpaid supports ignores essential parts of the participant’s network; and limiting the SSP to medical and therapeutic services leaves out important everyday supports that enable functioning and goal achievement.