Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

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Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

• California Department of
• Developmental Services
• An overview of the
• state regional center system

Presented by Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center
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Regional Centers

• Regional centers are private, non-profit
  organizations under contract with the State of
  California Department of Developmental Services
  
• There are 21 Regional Centers throughout
  California
  
• They provide a local resource to help find and
  access the many services available to individuals
  with developmental disabilities

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Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

• Mission Statement
• Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center is committed
  to serving individuals with developmental
  disabilities and their families by promoting
  partnerships which empower them to achieve
  meaningful and fulfilling lifestyles in their
  communities

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Who is eligible?

• To be eligible for services funded by Regional
  Centers
  
• Individuals must have a Developmental Disability
  that begins before the their 18th birthday, be
  expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute
  a substantial disability. Conditions that are
  solely physical in nature are not included.

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Who is eligible? (continued)

• Developmental Disabilities included in the
  Lanterman Act
  
• Cerebral Palsy
• Autism
• Mental retardation
• Epilepsy, and
• Disabling conditions found to be closely related
  to mental retardation or require treatment
  similar to the at required for mentally retarded
  individuals

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Who is eligible? (continued)

• Eligibility Factors for Early Intervention
  Services
  
• Pre-maturity
• Assisted ventilation
• Neonatal seizure
• Exposure to drugs in-utero
• Established Risk

• Developmental delay
• Cognitive
• Communication
• Gross Motor
• Fine Motor
• Social / Emotional
• Adaptive

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What Do Regional Centers Do?

• Regional Centers coordinate services that are
  needed because of a developmental disability
  (service coordination)
  
• Regional Centers provide services and supports
  to individuals with developmental disabilities
  who live within their designated catchment area
  
• A child or adult who has been identified as
  eligible for regional center services is referred
  to as a consumer
  
• A service coordinator is assigned to help each
  consumer
  
• A service coordinator will help develop a plan
  for services, tell the consumer and family where
  services are available, and assist them to get
  the services.

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Regional Center Services

• Regional centers may coordinate services and
  supports for individuals with developmental
  disabilities and their families based on need.
  Some of the services are
• Advocacy
• Assessment Diagnosis
• Community Education
• Community Living Options
• Community Resource Development
• Counseling
• Consultation to other agencies
• Day Program Placement Services

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Regional Center Services continued..

• Early Intervention Services
• Evaluation and Diagnosis
• Information and Referral
• Parent Training and Support Services
• Person-Centered Life Long Planning
• Program Monitoring
• Purchase of necessary services included in the
  individual program plan
  
• Quality Assurance
• Service Coordination

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What Do Regional Centers Cost?

• There is no charge for diagnosis and assessment
  for eligibility
  
• Once eligibility is determined, most services are
  free
  
• Parents may have a share of cost for 24-hour
  out-of-home placements for children under age 18
  (depends on the parents' ability to pay)
  
• There may also be a co-payment requirement for
  other selected services for children between 3
  and 17 years of age.

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What Do Regional Centers Cost?

• Regional centers are required by law to provide
  services in the most cost-effective way possible
  
• They must use all other resources, including
  generic resources, private insurance and trusts,
  before using any regional center funds
  
• A generic resource is a service provided by an
  agency which has a legal responsibility to
  provide services to the general public and
  receives public funds for providing those
  services.

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What is an IPP? What is an IFSP?

• Regional Centers use person centered planning
  process to develop an IPP or an Individual
  Program Plan
  
• For Children ages 0 to 36 months, this plan is
  called IFSP or an Individual Family Services Plan

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What is an IPP?What is an IFPS?

• The plan is prepared by regional center staff and
  the individual or the parents of a minor child, a
  guardian or conservator (if any), or anyone else
  the consumer or family invites to participate
• The IPP/IFSP lists goals and the services needed
  to reach those goals
  
• It lists who will provide the service and who
  will pay for it
  
• All services listed in the IPP/IFSP may be
  provided by a generic or natural resource, and/or
  a regional center vendor (a business approved by
  the regional center) or other parties

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A Service Coordinator may assist in the
following ways

• Provide advocacy regarding school programs
• Securing services for the developmental need
  identified in the IPP/IFSP
  
• Assist the family in obtaining adaptive equipment
  (wheelchairs, braces, bath chairs, etc.)
  
• Provide information on the childs disability,
  and, opportunities for training and education
  
• Referrals for physicians and specialists
• Referrals for Support Groups and other community
  programs
  

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Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

• Serves the following communities
• Alhambra
• Boyle Heights
• City Terrace
• Commerce
• East Los Angeles
• El Sereno
• Highland Park
• La Habra Heights
• La Mirada
• Lincoln Heights

• Montebello
• Monterey Park
• Pico Rivera
• Rosemead
• San Gabriel
• San Marino
• South Pasadena
• Santa Fe Springs
• Temple City
• Whittier

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Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

• How to get started?
• Contact Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center to
  schedule an intake assessment
  
• We are located at
• 1000 S. Fremont Avenue
• Alhambra, CA 91802
• 626-299-4700
• www.elarc.org

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Living Options for Adults

• Lanterman Act guides priority
• Continuum of Living Options
• See A Guide to Living Options for Consumers
  brochure

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Lanterman Act

• . . . The planning team shall give highest
  preference to those services and supports which
  would allow minors with developmental
  disabilities to live with their families, adult
  persons with developmental disabilities to live
  as independently as possible in the community . .
  .

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Continuum of Living Options

• Least to most restrictive

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Living Options for Adults

• Familys Home
• Independent Living Services
• Supported Living Services
• Certified Family Home
• Community Care or Health Care Licensed
  Facilities
  
• State Developmental Center

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Least Restrictive Options for Adults

• At home with family
• Support Services
• Independent Living Skills (ILS)/Adaptive Skills
  Training
  
• Behavioral
• Day Programs
• Personal Aides
• Social/Recreational
• Respite
• In-home
• Out-of-Home

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Least Restrictive Options for Adults

• In own home with supports
• Natural Supports
• Independent Living Services
• Supported Living Services

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Least Restrictive Options for Adults

• Consumer may rent or own
• creating affordable housing session this
  afternoon Moving Out Resources for Housing
  
• Home ownership tomorrow morning session
  HomeChoice An Opportunity for Home Ownership
  

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Least Restrictive Options for Adults

• Family Home Agencies (FHA)
• 1or 2 adults live in a home with a family
• Recruitment, certification, training and
  supervision provided by the FHA
  
• Non-residential living option

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Who pays the rent?

• Consumers do through
• Work income
• Benefits (Supplemental Security Income)
• Subsidized apartments
• Project based
• Tenant based Housing Choice Vouchers (formerly
  called Section 8)
  
• Apply through local Housing Authority

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Housing Authorities

• Find them on the United States Housing and Urban
  Development Website (www.hud.gov)
  
• http//www.hud.gov/offices/pih/pha/contacts/states
  /ca.cfm

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Resources

• Service coordinator
• www.dds.ca.gov
• www.allenshea.com/CIRCL/CIRCL.html

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Contact

• Your service coordinator is the key to your
  individual plan
  
• Speaker today
• Doris Weis, Community Services Specialist
• Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

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Thank you for attending!

• Time to start the hope chest!