The Lanterman Act and Regional Centers

There are different services provided by the regional centers with individuals with developmental disabilities.

Community care facilities and their purposes aim to give each individual residential care, proper support, and services, this is through Homes operated by people or agencies who are granted a license by the State of California to provide residential care.

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Regional Center - One of 21 centers created by the Lanterman Act and located throughout California. 

Regional centers assist individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families to find and access services.

Regional centers may purchase many different types of services to meet individual needs.

These services include:

• Early intervention services—Infant development programs, and preschools.

• Health-related services—Assessment and consultation from doctors and other health care professionals as needed.

• In-home support services—Respite and family support.

• Day and vocational services—Day program services, independent living services, habilitation services, supported employment, and work activity programs.

• Residential services—Supported Living services, adult family home services, and community care facilities.

Regional centers have a responsibility to ensure the quality of services provided by vendors to individuals. The Lanterman Act requires regional centers to make at least two unannounced visits a year to vendor’s community care facilities— the places where you work—and to regularly monitor services to ensure they are of good quality and that individuals and their families are satisfied.

There is a whole network of people and agencies that are working to support individuals and their families in addition to DSPs. These agencies and individuals make up the developmental disabilities service system in California, and all have a common goal of ensuring quality services to support individuals to have healthy, safe, and fulfilling lives.

 To learn more about DSPs support and services, health care services, and community development programs,

you may visit:

www.elegantcarevilla.org/the-care-process

https://www.elegantcarevilla.org/ 

https://www.elegantcarevilla.org/supporting-our-neighborhood-1

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