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 click one button to add your numbers to 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 an hour cap for family staff (60 hrs/week shared). 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

Anyone who runs the Two-Cut Estimator above — whether reporting for yourself or for your whole team — can add their results here with one click to build a 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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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: The Two-Cut Estimator calculates Cut #1 and Cut #2 independently from the staffing you enter for each, so you can reflect real staffing changes between periods rather than assuming they stayed the same. Cut #2 applies the weekly hour caps taking effect Oct 1, 2026. Suggested rate-maximum figures come from DDA's published Reasonable and Customary wage charts for each period. All figures are based on gross wages and do not account for taxes or withholding. Neither the Estimator nor the Statewide Tally connects to DDA or LTSSMaryland, knows your official authorized budget, or substitutes for confirmation from your Coordinator of Community Services. Submissions to the Statewide Tally are self-reported, anonymous, and not independently verified — county is the only identifying detail collected, and only if shared, and you can report Cut #1, Cut #2, or both. An anonymous timestamp is logged when you use the Estimator so we can track participation — no personal information is included. Built for participants, families, and teams in Maryland's Self-Directed Services community to document the real, cumulative statewide impact of the July 2025 and October 2026 DDA rate and hour-cap cuts, maintained by Concerned Citizens of Self-Direction Maryland.