California law and regulation requires that regional centers display on their Web sites information about the dollar value of services they purchase for clients. These data (called "purchase of service" or "POS" data) must be reported separately by clients' ethnic/racial group, langauge and diagnosis.
Intake and Assesment Unit
The Intake and Assessment unit coordinates the eligibility determination process for both the Early Start program that serves children from birth to 3 with, or at risk for, a developmental disability, and for the ongoing program that serves people with developmental disabilities over the age of 3.
The intake coordinators process approximately 110 new referrals each month for the Early Start program and work closely with the Center’s Early Intervention service coordination teams. The intake specialists coordinate the intake applications for about 35 monthly referrals for individuals over 3 years of age.
Contact Information
To contact the regional center in your area, view this map provided by the Department of Developmental Services. Additionally, you can visit the Department of Developmental Services Web site at www.dds.ca.gov/RC/Home.cfm and access a directory of regional centers, look up a list of regional centers by counties served and lookup regional centers in Los Angeles County by zip code.
If you determine you are served by Lanterman Regional Center our Intake and Assessment unit can be contacted at referrals@lanterman.org or via the Intake referral line at 213.252.8610. Please provide the following info:
- your name,
- your telephone number,
- your address,
- your child’s name and birth date,
- and a short explanation as to your concerns.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Team
The Center’s Autism Spectrum Disorder team is also part of this unit. The team has two primary roles:
- to increase the level of expertise among Regional Center staff about autism-related disorders and their effective treatment and
- to develop the capacity among individuals and organizations within the community to better serve children and adults with autism in integrated settings.