Regional Center of Orange County
Regional centers are nonprofit private corporations that contract with the Department of Developmental Services to provide or coordinate services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities. They have offices throughout California to provide a local resource to help find and access the many services available to individuals and their families.
Regional centers help coordinate the services and supports that are needed because of a developmental disability. This is called case management or service coordination. A case manager or service coordinator will be assigned to help develop a plan for services, tell you where services are available, and help you get the services. The following are some of the services and supports provided by the regional centers:
- Information and referral
- Assessment and diagnosis
- Counseling
- Lifelong individualized planning and service coordination
- Purchase of necessary services included in the individual program plan
- Resource development
- Outreach
- Assistance in finding and using community and other resources
- Advocacy for the protection of legal, civil and service rights
- Early intervention services for at risk infants and their families
- Genetic counseling
- Family support
- Planning, placement, and monitoring for 24-hour out-of-home care
- Training and educational opportunities for individuals and families
- Community education about developmental disabilities
Alternate Email: [email protected]
keywords:
spanish
Chinese
English
Vietamese