Direct funding for autism is great news but what does it mean for parents?

The news of the direct funding for autism in Ontario that would allow parents to form their own team of autism professionals to support their child with autism is great news but what does it really mean for parents? For one, the onus of getting qualified professional will now fall completely on the parents, some of whom may or may not be in a position to take charge of putting together a team of professionals, who have to be identified, interviewed, scheduled, monitored and paid on time. There is also the matter of providing space in the house for the program sessions. If parents are already financially strained (who isn't, really?), their available time stretched thin on managing work, running the household, caring for other other children in the family (aren't the plates of parents of special needs children already piled to the brim?), and if being organized is not one their strongest skillset (I struggle with it personally but have learned strategies to be as organized as I can be), then taking on the direct funding program might become a highly stressful challenge, which in turn could negatively affect the progress of their child with autism. This would then defeat the purpose of the new program, which is to get earliest possible intervention for the child for autism. But, with the right amount of information and guideline, and by setting up the foundation for success via initial detailed planning and organization, direct funding program is doable for parents.
One of the most important things for parents getting into this program is to lay emphasis on the qualification of the team that they are going to pull together. At this time, those qualified with formal credentials are nowhere near the number that will be needed to meet the demand that's going to hit the communities across Ontario the moment the direct funding begins to roll out by the end of this year. So, planning ahead is key and to plan effectively, one needs information. The first steps are to find out who do you need on the team and what will be their roles? What qualifications do you need to see in these professionals? How to interview them? How often to schedule the sessions? How will they be paid? How to manage the funding from the government, when it comes in.
I'll attempt to gather information on each of these questions and post them here as fast as I get them.