News & Events

On October 1st, DDS will randomly select from the interest list for each regional center. Be sure to get on the list by September 16 …

The Department of Developmental Services is looking for people with developmental disabilities to apply to become members of the Consumer Advisory Committee. The Consumer Advisory Committee provides advice to the Department on policies, programs, legislation, and...

Self-Determination Program The Self Determination Program (SDP) roll-out is approaching! To learn more about this new way of receiving services, view and listen to the online narrated PowerPoint presentations below. Viewing this meets the training requirement to have...

We recently learned that the offices of DDS Legal and Audit departments were broken into and vandalized after hours. See details about the data breach at the DDS web site.

by TCRC Executive Director Omar Noorzad, Ph.D. Our vigilance and advocacy around budget issues has led to some good news from the State. This January Governor Brown announced the annual State Budget Proposal for the new Fiscal Year, 2018-2019, with funding set aside...

en español ¿Qué es el Programa de Autodeterminación?  The Self-Determination Program allows for individuals receiving services and/or their families to have the freedom to control and select the programs and services that support the goals in their IPP (Individual...

This new resource on the DDS web site allows persons served to confirm they are on the Self-Determination list by entering the UCI number.

The ABLE Act and CalABLE Click here for Cal ABLE Fact Sheet What is CalABLE? California Achieving a Better Life Experience (CalABLE) is a new program that allows people with disabilities to establish tax advantaged accounts and save up to $100,000 without losing...

Federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have regulations (or rules) for Medicaid waiver programs that provide Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). These federal rules require homes and programs where HCBS are delivered to meet new criteria in order...

Members of the public were invited to provide input on the TCRC Performance Contract Plan 2018 during a public meeting on Friday, November 3 at 6:00 pm in the Oxnard office, located at 2401 East Gonzales Road, Suite 100 Oxnard, CA 93036. Click here to see...

We want to let you know about an important change in the law. Currently, regional centers cannot purchase more than 90 hours per quarter of in-home respite and cannot purchase more than 21 days of out-of-home respite for a family, unless an exemption is granted....

by James O’Hanlon, Ph.D., Psychopharmacologist The rise of cannabidiol (CBD) to prominence began on August 11, 2013 with a CNN documentary about Charlotte Figi, a 5-year-old born with a rare, single-gene mutation that causes a devastating type of epilepsy – Dravet...

Peter Stoner’s chronicle of his early life in an institution. Additional excerpts will be featured in future issues of the TriLine. By Peter A. Stoner Early Years My earliest memories prior to moving to an institution, are those of a little boy with cerebral palsy in...