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.
Key resources on the system, regional centers, and ARCA
- Understanding California’s Regional Center Service System
- Social Recreation and Camp – infographic and frequently asked questions
- Infographics for Early Start and Lanterman Act intake
- Family Support Services infographic and frequently asked questions
- Self-Determination Program infographic and frequently asked questions
Recursos clave sobre el sistema, los centros regionales y ARCA
- Comprendiendo el Sistema del Centro Regional de California
- Servicios de Recreación Social – folleto informativo and Preguntas Mas Frecuentes
- Folletos informativo para la Intervención Temprana y Servicios del Acta Lanterman
- Servicios de Apoyo Familiar folleto informativo y Preguntas Mas Frecuentes
- Programa de Autodeterminación folleto informativo y Preguntas Mas Frecuentes
- 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)
- Our 2021-22 Budget letter, dated February 9, 2021
- CA should include our community in distributing a COVID-19 vaccine
- ARCA supports TCAC proposal to increase accessible housing
- Comments on Alternative Service Delivery
- 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