Partners in Lifelong Support Since 1966
Links:

Initial 2,500 Self-Determination Participants Selected


The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) has announced that the initial 2,500 participants for the Self-Determination Program were selected.
 
Clients can find out if they were one of the 2,500 people selected to participate by entering their Unique Client Identifier number at www.dds.ca.gov/SDPverification/index.cfm. DDS will also mail notification letters to all applicants to communicate their selection status. And clients can also contact Lanterman.
 
Those who were not selected initially to participate will remain on the list for subsequent selections if some of the initial 2,500 choose not to enroll or discontinue in the program. The Department will continue to collect and add names of those interested in the program for subsequent selections.

Visit www.dds.ca.gov/SDP/SDPUpdates.cfm for updated information on the program.

The Self-Determination Program is based on beliefs that people:

  • Plan their own lives and make their own decisions
  • Determine how funding is spent for their services and supports
  • Plan and choose their own formal and informal supports
  • Take responsibility for the decisions made
  • Validate those decisions through maintaining ongoing control

The five principles of self-determination are:

  • Freedom to exercise the same rights as all citizens; to establish, with freely chosen supports, family and friends, where they want to live, with whom they want to live, how their time will be occupied, and who supports them;
  • Authority to control a budget in order to purchase services and supports of their choosing;
  • Support, including the ability to arrange resources and personnel, which will allow flexibility to live in the community of their choice;
  • Responsibility, which includes the opportunity to take responsibility for making decisions in their own lives and accept a valued role in their community, and,
  • Confirmation, in making decisions in their own lives by designing and operating the service that they rely on.

Files


Quick Links

2023 Disparity Data on Purchased Services Report Now Online

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.

Click here to read the 2023 disparity data on purchased services report and view 30 other documents showing expenditures and authorized services

What Are Your Current Service Needs? Take the Survey and Let Us Know!

¿Cuáles son sus necesidades de servicio actuales? ¡Responda la encuesta y avísenos!

Lanterman is seeking your feedback and assistance in completing a short survey so we can better understand the current service needs. This survey is for our community to complete, including clients, family members, service providers or community partners. Thank you in advance for your time!

////////////////////////////////////

Lanterman busca sus comentarios y ayuda para completar una breve encuesta para que podamos comprender mejor las necesidades actuales del servicio. Esta encuesta es para que la complete nuestra comunidad, incluidos los clientes, los miembros de la familia, los proveedores de servicios o los socios comunitarios. ¡Gracias de antemano por su tiempo!

HCBS (CMS) Final Rule Compliance Report Now Available

Regional centers must post information regarding how providers are doing with ensuring individuals served are part of their communities (Welfare and Institutions Code section 4519.2(b)). This information is to be updated at least every six months until DDS has determined that statewide compliance has been met.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Info y Recursos

El Internet está inundado de información y recursos sobre el Coronavirus (COVID-19) desde el nivel federal hasta el estatal y local. Comenzamos esta página para compartir algunos de los recursos e información que encontramos más útiles y accesibles, además de compartir información específica para Lanterman sobre cualquier efecto que esto tenga en nuestras operaciones, nuestros proveedores de servicios y la comunidad en general.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Info and Resources

The Internet is awash in info and resources about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the federal to the state and local levels. We're starting this page to share some of the resources and info we found most helpful and accessible, plus to share information specific to Lanterman about any effects this is having on our operations, our service providers and community as a whole.

DDS Wellness Toolkit