Show What These Cuts Really Cost

Concerned Citizens of SDS Maryland is documenting the impact of DDA's cuts over the past two years on participants and their teams. Fill in Cut #1 and Cut #2 with your staff's services, hours, and wages — we're not asking for your name, so this is anonymous. When you're done, you'll see the impact of both cuts across all the staff you entered. Then copy your results into the Statewide Tally so your story stands alongside others — whether you're reporting on your own or for your whole team — and together we can show the full, cumulative impact as part of our advocacy. We need this by September 6 so we can tell our community's story on Labor Day.

As of June 30, 2025
Rate chart in effect
July 1, 2025
First cut takes effect
Oct 1, 2026
Second cut takes effect
What county do you live in? Optional — helps us show the impact by county in the Statewide Tally. This is not shared with DDA.
CUT #1

As of June 30, 2025 → Starting July 1, 2025

Only the wage maximum changed in this cut — no hour caps applied yet. Enter your staffing as it actually was on each side of July 1, 2025.

Did you have an approved wage exception during this period? Both older charts pay a higher max with an approved exception.
Montgomery, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert, or Frederick County? These counties got a higher wage-exception max under both older charts.
CUT #2

July 2025 → October 2026

This cut lowers wage maximums again and adds hour caps (60 hrs/week shared across family staff; 40 hrs/week per non-family staff member). Enter your current staffing and what you expect it to be after Oct 1.

Do you currently have an approved wage exception? The current chart pays a higher max with an approved exception. The Oct 2026 chart has no exception tier.
Montgomery, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert, or Frederick County? The current chart pays more in these counties. The Oct 2026 chart has no county differential.
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Combined impact

Both cuts added together. Updates automatically as you fill in each section above.

The statewide tally

Add your numbers here. Anyone who runs the Two-Cut Estimator — whether reporting for yourself or for your whole team — can add your results to build one running total of what both DDA cuts cost, statewide and by county. You can report either cut, or both. No names, no identifying details.

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Add your numbers here

Two ways in — whichever's easier. You can report just one cut, or both.

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On the Two-Cut Estimator above, click "Copy this summary" after filling in Cut #1 and/or Cut #2.
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Click into the box below, then press Ctrl+V (Windows) or Cmd+V (Mac) to paste it.
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Your Google Form appears below, already filled in. Click Submit on it.
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Click "Add to the Statewide Tally" to see your numbers reflected in the statewide tally.

Submitting shares your numbers publicly and anonymously as part of a statewide and county-level total anyone can view — county only, no names or other identifying details are collected or stored.

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By county

Combined yearly loss and average cut for every county with at least one report.

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For press & legislators

A ready-to-send summary of the current statewide total, updated live.

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How this works: Numbers here are self-reported by participants and teams using the Two-Cut Estimator and are not verified against DDA or LTSSMaryland records. All figures are based on gross wages and do not account for taxes or withholding. Each report can cover Cut #1, Cut #2, or both — totals reflect whichever cuts were reported. Submissions are anonymous — county is the only identifying detail collected, and only if shared. This tally is maintained by Concerned Citizens of Self-Direction Maryland to document the real, aggregate impact of the July 2025 and October 2026 DDA rate and hour-cap cuts.