Intake Process

Any resident of our ten-county service area with a known or suspected developmental disability is eligible for an assessment of diagnosis and a determination of eligibility for regional center services. Your first contact with the regional center will generally be through the Intake Unit. It is best to call ahead and make an appointment. You will be assisted through this process by an Intake Counselor. These masters level counselors are specially trained to provide you with information, assist with diagnosis, provide crisis intervention if necessary, and develop a psychosocial assessment of your unique history and situation. This counselor will arrange, if appropriate, for you to meet with one of our other specialists in order to do further diagnostic assessments. All of the information secured during the Intake process will be used to determine eligibility for regional center services. This process of eligibility determination is accomplished though a Multi-Disciplinary Team comprised of a physician, a psychologist, a nurse, and a social workers.

Once a person is determined to be eligible for regional center services, they ae assigned to a service coordinator who will be providing ongoing case management service and any other person the family or consumer would like to be there. During this meeting, an Individual Program Plan, based on individual needs and desires will be developed. The new service coordinator will work with the family to implement this plan, also known as an IPP.