This section includes reports, position papers, historical information, and other resources. These are meant to help better inform the general public, policymakers, and elected officials on our service system.
- Moving The Needle – Equity hearing testimony
- Restoring Suspended Services – One-page summary of (social recreation and camp) services
- Regional Centers webinar / Centros Regionales seminario web (disponible en español)
- Major talking points on the rate study from ARCA
- Funding request for 8% for service providers and regional centers
- ARCA’s 2019 Budget Position letter
- Tax policy – ARCA statement on federal tax code changes
- Federal funding – ARCA general statement on proposals impacting federal funds
- Historical Timeline – A brief history of the developmental services system
- Regional Centers 101 – Factsheet on regional center services and developmental disabilities
- Funds Flowchart – Pictograph showing how state and federal funds move
- Budget Demographics – Charts with top-level demographic and spending data
- The Lanterman Act – AB 225, the original Lanterman Act from 1969
- Making Sense of the… Final Rule – ARCA-generated PowerPoint giving an overview of the Rule
- HCBS Rule primer – Information on the rule from DDS
- Building A System For Tomorrow – ARCA report published October 2018
- The challenges caused by unfunded mandates
- Funding Reports – Short summary of three ARCA reports on the impacts of underfunding in our system