Individual providers of Community guide Services must:

1. Be 18 years of age or older;
2. Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a human service field and experience in providing direct assistance to individuals
   with disabilities to network within a local community, or comparable training, education or skills;
3. Agree to provide required documentation of a criminal records check, prior to providing Community Guide services;
4. Be knowledgeable about resources in any local community in which the provider is a Community Guide;
5. Have  demonstrated connections to the informal structures of any local community in which the provider is a Community Guide;
6. Have an understanding of Community Guide services, DD waiver participant-direction service delivery requirements, and strategies for working effectively and communicating clearly with individuals with DD and their families;
7. Attend all mandatory, MHDDAD training.