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.
Montserrat Works as a Student Assistant at Cal State Long Beach While Pursuing a Degree in English
Montserrat (right) is pictured with Britt Wilson, her ILS Instructor and Career Navigator
Written by Montserrat herself, she shares: "My name is Montserrat Ruiz and I am a current student attending California State University Long Beach. As a student with ADHD and Autism, I have gone through many obstacles in life from struggling to make friends, or find work. But now that I am older and more immersed in regional center programs, such as Start to Finish Services, I am more confident in applying for internships, training and advocating for myself. You can find me working at my college campus as a student assistant for the College of Arts, while pursuing a degree in English: Rhetoric & Composition.”