Disability Services Made Easy

Experienced guides through a complicated system

Financial Management Services is the fiscal intermediary that assists you with self-direction support. Our staff has gained the experience and insight required to navigate an ever-changing disability service system here in NJ. No matter the changes, Financial Management Services has persevered and continued to provide top-tier services to our program participants. This makes us the perfect partner to support you and yours so you make the most of the disability services in New Jersey.

The Agency with Choice program approach we take allows for delivering home and community-based services, increasing choice and authority over how and from whom an individual receives services. In other words, we are the employer, and you are a co-employer.

This model is an alternative to more traditional provider-managed services. Self-direction provides an opportunity for participants to manage the organization of the support and services they elect to receive, supported by their Support Coordinator through the person-centered planning process.

In sum, we are designed to ensure you get the support you need when you need it. If you have a question, you can give us a call or email us. We recognize that every dollar of your budget is precious, and we don’t want to waste your time or money. You hire your staff, select your services, and make decisions about your care – Financial Management Services just makes it all a whole lot easier.

We assist with the following:

  • Ensure SDEs complete DDD-mandated training within specified timeframes.
  • Process SDE timesheets and collect SDE service documentation.
  • Assist with implementing your Individual Support Agreement.
  • Process vendor invoices and collect vendor receipts.
  • Issue payments to SDEs and vendors.
  • Handle appropriate tax requirements.
  • Filing of labor laws.
  • Ensure SDE timesheets and service documentation, and vendor invoices and receipts, align with the Individualized Service Plan (ISP).
  • Provide benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Paid-Time-Off, retirement plans) to SDEs working 30+ hours a week – reducing employee turnover and improving service

If these things interest you, find out how you can start the enrollment process today!

Other Fiscal Intermediaries (FI)
& Agency With Choice (AwC)

You have enough on your plate. Let us help.

Feature Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent (VF/EA) Fiscal Intermediary: Acumen Agency with Choice (AWC) Fiscal Intermediary: Easterseals NJ
Employer (holds federal employer identification number / EIN) Individual enrolls as employer of record (holds EIN), or chooses a family member or friend to enroll. Fiscal intermediary is employer of record (holds EIN); individual is the managing employer.
Monthly fee (per-member, per-month / PMPM fee) State pays. State pays the same amount paid for the VF/EA fee; the remaining cost is deducted from the individual’s budget monthly (see PMPM Table).
Employer taxes Included in service bill rate, paid through the individual’s budget. Included in service bill rate, paid through the individual’s budget.
Workers’ compensation insurance State pays. Included in service bill rate, paid through the individual’s budget.
Training, CPR / First Aid Required; employee reimbursed through a state-funded stipend. Required; cost covered by the employer (Easterseals NJ).
Service documentation Required; employer of record and fiscal intermediary validate completion. Required; managing employer and fiscal intermediary validate completion.
Paid time off Sick time only, earned at 1 hour per 30 hours worked. Paid time off based on hours and years worked for the employer (Easterseals NJ).
Employer-sponsored health insurance Not available. Available for employees working 30 hours or more per week for the employer (Easterseals NJ).
Pre-employment fingerprints, drug test Required. Required.
Manages payroll and taxes Fiscal intermediary. Fiscal intermediary.
Chooses, hires, and directs workers Individual / employer of record. Individual / managing employer.
Chooses worker’s hourly wage Individual / employer of record. Individual / managing employer.
Approves timesheets Individual / employer of record. Individual / managing employer.
Notifies worker if the individual no longer wants them to provide services Individual / employer of record. Individual / managing employer, or fiscal intermediary.
Severs worker’s employment Individual / employer of record. Fiscal intermediary.

Source: New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities — February 2026.