What You Need to Know About the 2020 Census
In mid-March, homes across the country will begin receiving invitations to complete the 2020 Census. Once the invitation arrives, you should respond for your home in one of three ways: online, by phone, or by mail. When you respond to the census, you’ll tell the Census Bureau where you live as of April 1, 2020.
Census takers will also begin visiting college students who live on campus, people living in senior centers, and others who live among large groups of people. For example, residential treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, group homes, etc. For a full list, click here.
For more information, visit 2020census.gov or view/download the resources below.
For more videos and in additional languages, click here.
- Census 101: What You Need to Know
- Información Básica Sobre El Censo: Lo Que Usted Necesita Saber
- How the 2020 Census will invite everyone to respond
- Cómo el Censo del 2020 invitará a todos a responder
- The 2020 Census and Confidentiality
- El Censo del 2020 y la Confidencialidad
Know Your Rights!
It has come to our attention that there may be potential raids in the city of Los Angeles by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, also known as “ICE.” These raids are targeting undocumented immigrants.
For individuals who may be impacted by these raids, resources are available on our website, Facebook and Instagram. If additional information is needed, please contact your Service Coordinator for supports and referrals.
Click here for a list of resources
Community Resource Development Plan-Community Placement Plan (CPP) FY19-20 Prioritized Projects
Westside Regional Center: Update FY19-20 Community Resource Development Plan Priorities
Post Date: May 31, 2019
Westside Regional Center (WRC) priorities considered for the Community Resource Development Plan (CRDP) proposals to the Department of Developmental Services include but may not be limited to development in the following areas:
- WRC12-13-4 Continued (EBSH-8013 Ramsgate) Additional funds needed for renovation work at this residential facility.
- WRC1617-6 Continued (EBSH Ainsworth) – Additional funds needed for renovation work at this residential facility.
- Housing services
- Multi-Family Housing Project (s) and renovation of existing units in MF buildings to be set aside for individuals with developmental disabilities at 30% of SSI.
- Housing Consultant service to cultivate relationships with existing developers in the community.
- Two Family Teaching Homes with substance abuse component
- Enhanced Behavior Support Homes
- Specialized Residential Facility to serve the LGBTQIA community. Project will be a joint partnership with FDLRC.
- Specialized Day Services for individuals with chronic health issues, severe sensory issues living in WRC community and ARFPSHN Homes
- Day Support services for individuals with Mental Health and Substance Abuse issues
- Development of partnership with specialized physicians and Medical Doctors to increase access to healthcare under the WRC Community Resource Development Health Plan.
- A joint project with TCRC, NLACRC and WRC for the ARMADILLO Training Series for Individuals with high-risk behaviors.
- Customized/Supportive employment for people with medical needs.
- TAY – DCFS and Emancipation
- Specialized Transportation Options for individuals with behavioral challenges
- Self-Advocacy Groups that provide outlets for individuals to socialize and establish friendships
- Ride Share/Van Conversions for individuals with Medical needs
Any additional input from persons served/family members, service providers and advocates in the WRC community should be submitted to WRC as soon as possible for consideration in the development of proposals for submittal to DDS for funding requests. Please submit input to Daniel Hoyos at danielh@westsiderc.org or (310) 258-4134.
*All projects for the WRC CRDP will be culturally and linguistically sensitive and will be in compliance with the Home and Community Based Services Settings Rule.
Day of Action: #KeepthePromise Phone Bank
The Senate Budget subcommittee responsible for the money our system gets had its last hearing on our issues. In a surprise turn of events, they not only approved Governor Newsom’s short-term limited funding increase, they…
Voted YES on a (minimum) eight percent increase for all providers.
Voted YES on making the increase permanent.
Voted YES on ending the Uniform Furlough Schedule.
Voted YES on restore social recreation and camp services.
Voted YES on a developing and implementing a rate reform plan.
But now, we need to ask the Assembly, and the rest of the Senate, to support these bold proposals. If you want these changes to happen, you need to call your legislators today and say “support the Senate proposal for developmental disabilities funding!”
These calls will only take you a few minutes to make, but they will help solve a problem that’s years old. This success happened because advocates like you have been pushing legislators to support our system.
Join Westside Regional Center in letting YOUR representatives that they must Keep The Promise of the Lanterman Act alive!
What: Westside Regional Center is hosting a phone bank. You can join us at WRC or call from home. WRC will provide a script and legislative directory to support you with your calls in-person and via our website before the event.
When: Wednesday, May 29; 2pm-5pm
Come for part of the time or stay for the whole thing.
Where: Westside Regional Center Danneker Boardroom
5901 Green Valley Circle, Suite 320
Culver City, CA
OR
Anywhere you’d like to call from!
Who: Self-advocates, Service providers, Regional Center staff, family members, friends and anyone who cares about the rights of people with developmental disabilities
Script for Phone Bank 5.29 (English)
ATTENTION ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS: THIS IMPACTS EVERYONE!
The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) has released the Proposed Rate Models! It is imperative that you review this proposed rate structure as it has serious implications to how providers do business and what reimbursement rate will be assigned.
The WRC Rate Model can be viewed here. Our community has until April 5, 2019 to provide comments. We need your input!
WRC will host 2 sessions on Tuesday, March 26th to gather information to send to DDS and the Legislature. Sessions will be held from 9:30am-11:30am and 12:30pm -2:30pm in our Danneker Boardroom at WRC. A third session will be held at Empowertech located at 9100 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, on March 27th from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Please plan to attend at least one but you are welcome to all.
You should additionally provide your input by completing this survey. Please answer the questions that are relevant to the services you provide. You are able to skip to questions in the survey that apply to your organization. ALL feedback is valuable and needed.
All comments and input must be received by Monday, April 1st to be submitted by WRC to DDS.
Please get the word out to every service provider that you know. This is your last chance to provide input regarding this new rate structure.
Attention Service Providers!! Make Your Voice Heard About Rates: Surveys Available Now
Post Date: January 03, 2019
From the Los Angeles and San Diego Coalitions of Service Providers
To the Executive Leadership of all organizations providing services funded through regional centers,
As you all know, we are rapidly approaching the critical moment in Sacramento when the Department of Developmental Services will deliver to the Legislature its study on our current rates system as well as its proposals to bring sustainability to our system through increases in rates of reimbursements paid to providers.
We are working hard to prepare for this moment by meeting ahead of time with members of the Legislature and key Legislative staff. We must make sure that the Legislature understands how long overdue rate reform is in California. We must make sure the Legislature knows how much our system has been strained over the past two decades as a result of frozen rates and the imposition of arbitrary Statewide median rates for critically needed services.
We need everyone’s help to tell this story with the urgency necessary to justify the significant new funding that we expect the report to call for when it is delivered in March.
We are asking you to participate by responding to the two very brief online surveys whose links are included in this notice.
The first is the Provider Impact Survey initially distributed last March. We would like to get a much broader response to fully represent our State. If you did not take this survey last March, please take the few minutes necessary to do so now. This can be completed by the CEO or her/his designee.
Here is that link: https://surveyhero.com/c/e9650710
The Second Survey was created by the Arc/UCP to report on the status of our Direct Service Provider (DSP) workforce in California. For this survey – please distribute this survey to your DSP workforce and ask for their participation in advocating for higher wages for our highly valued DSP workforce by filling out the survey.
Here is that link:
Online Survey (English) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DSPenglish
Online Survey (Español) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DSPespanol
WE NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION. We would like to have as many responses as possible to these two surveys by January 7, 2019. Please try for this date – but if you can’t get it done by then – please respond as soon thereafter as possible.
Thank you!
For any questions or comments please contact Steve Miller: steve.sj.miller@gmail.com