Who We Are
Who We Are
The following documents are assessment tools used by WRC for the determination of service needs for an individual. WRC is required by W&I Code 4629.5 (b)(5) to make these documents available for public view.
Family Respite Needs Assessment Guideline [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی] [Korean] [Arabic]
Supported Living Services Standardized Assessment Questionnaire [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی] [Korean] [Arabic]
Transportation Services [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی] [Korean] [Arabic]
Below is the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, Form 990. WIC 4629.5(a) & IRS.
The biennial Home and Community-Based Services Waiver program review was conducted by the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) and the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). DDS contracts with 21 private, non-profit corporations to operate regional centers, which are responsible under state law for coordinating, providing, arranging, or purchasing all services needed for eligible individuals with developmental disabilities in California. All HCBS Waiver services are provided through this system. It is the responsibility of DDS to ensure, with the oversight of DHCS, that the HCBS Waiver is implemented by regional centers in accordance with Medicaid statutes and regulations.
2019 HCBS Waiver Program Monitoring Review Report [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
2017 HCBS Waiver Program Monitoring Review Report
2015 HCBS Waiver Program Monitoring Review Report
2013 HCBS Waiver Program Monitoring Review Report
The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) conducted a federal compliance monitoring review of the Targeted Case Management (TCM) and Nursing Home Reform (NHR) programs at Westside Regional Center (WRC). Read the reporting findings below.
2017 TCMP/FNHR Monitoring Review Report [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
2015 TCMP/FNHR Monitoring Review Report
2021 Early Start Monitoring Report Summary [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
2017 Early Start Monitoring Report Summary [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
This is the Independent Auditors’ Report on WRC’s financial statements and related statements of activities, functional expenses, and cash flows for the years then ended.
June 30, 2021 Financials [Spanish, Farsi/فارسی]
June 30, 2016 and 2015 Financials
June 30, 2015 and 2014 Financials
June 30, 2013 and 2014 Financials
June 30, 2012 and 2013 Financials
June 30, 2011 and 2012 Financials
The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) conducted a fiscal compliance audit of Westside Regional Center (WRC) to ensure WRC is compliant with the requirements set forth in the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act and Related Laws/ Welfare and Institutions (W&I) Code; the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for the Developmentally Disabled; California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 17; Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars A-122 and A-133; and the contract with DDS. Read the reports below to learn about their findings.
Audit for Fiscal Years 2020-21 and 2021-22
Audit for Fiscal Years 2018-19 and 2019-20
Audit for Fiscal Years 2016-17 and 2017-18
Audit for Fiscal Years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016
Audit for Fiscal Years 2012-13 and 2013-14
Audit for Fiscal Years 2010-11 and 2011-12
In accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code section 4519.2(b), each regional center shall post Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Final Rule compliance information on its website, and shall update the information no less frequently than every six months. The below compliance information is based on provider self-assessment data.
HCBS Final Rule Compliance Report WRC 100121 (Spanish, Farsi/فارسی)
HCBS Final Rule Compliance Report WRC 083120 (Spanish, Farsi/فارسی)
Bylaws are the rules that outline how the WRC Board will operate.
This list contains the names, type of service, and contact information of all purchase of service vendors, except consumers or family members of consumers. WIC 4629.5(b)(6)
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Every year, the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) contracts with regional centers in California to serve consumers and families. And, every year DDS looks at how well the regional centers are doing. These reports will give you information about Westside Regional Center.
WRC Performance Contract 2023-24 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
WRC Performance Contract 2022 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
WRC Performance Contract 2021 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
WRC Performance Contract 2020 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
WRC Performance Contract For 2017 [English] [Spanish]
WRC Performance Contract For 2016
WRC Performance Contract For 2015
WRC Performance Contract For 2014
WRC Performance Contract For 2013
WRC Performance Contract For 2012
WRC Performance Contract for 2011
WRC Performance Contract for 2010
WRC Performance Contract for 2009
WRC Performance Contract For 2008
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report for 2022 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report for 2021 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report for 2020 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report for 2019
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report for 2018
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report For 2017
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report For 2016
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report For 2015
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report For 2014
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report For 2013
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report for 2012
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report For 2011
WRC Performance Contract Year End Report For 2010
Describes the nature of the working relationship between the Board and the Executive Director.
The Westside Regional Center (WRC) Board of Directors shall be committed to providing effective leadership and stability so that WRC’s mission statement can be met. The Board’s approach shall emphasize strategic leadership more than administrative detail, shall recognize its role as distinctive from staff roles, and shall focus on the future rather than the past or present. It is the Board’s goal to act proactively, rather than reactively.
Business etiquette is essential to a well-run, successful meeting. Everyone who attends WRC Board Meetings agrees to the following rules.
States the responsibilities of the Board of Directors and that of the Executive Director.
States how the Client Services Committee of the WRC Board of Directors will make sure that the POS Policy and individual Service Standards remain current with the Lanterman Act.
Westside Regional Center (WRC) continuously strives to identify qualified and interested persons as potential members of the Board of Directors.
The policy ensures that regional center board members and employees act in the course of their duties solely in the best interest of regional center consumers and their families without regard to the interests of any other organization with which they are associated or persons to whom they are related. Board members, employees, and others acting on the regional center’s behalf shall be free from conflicts of interest that could adversely influence their judgment, objectivity, or loyalty to the regional center, its consumers, or its mission. WIC, Section 4626(a).
The Westside Regional Center (WRC) recognizes the importance of transparency and accountability to the community it serves. As established in the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Lanterman Act), WRC is committed to reporting information with accuracy and transparency and maintaining full compliance with the laws, rules, and regulations that govern WRC’s business. The purpose of the Contract Policy is to establish guidelines for the approval of contracts in the amount of $250,000 or more by the WRC Board of Directors in accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) section 4625.5.
Consent to use of electronic transmissions by Westside Regional Center
View the policy | (Farsi/فارسی)
Employment enables adults to lead independent and productive lives while contributing to their community. Consistent with the Lanterman Act, inclusive and competitive work will be the first option considered by planning teams for every WRC working-age adult (16 years of age or older). WIC Sect. 4869(c).
A change in executive leadership is inevitable for all organizations and can present many challenges. It is the policy of the Westside Regional Center (WRC) to be prepared for such a change in leadership. This succession plan policy is a tool which is designed to prepare WRC for anticipated and unanticipated absences of, or vacancies in, the Executive Director position in order to maintain accountability and ensure the stability of the organization until new leadership is identified. The WRC Board of Directors shall be responsible for both implementing this succession policy and its related procedures and communicating with the Department of Developmental Services
(“Department”) in the event of a temporary or permanent vacancy in the WRC Executive Director position.
The Executive Director may neither cause nor allow any organizational practices that do not adhere to the following policies.
Westside Regional Center (WRC) faces an immediate need for qualified individuals to fill at least three and possibly four vacant positions on its Board of Directors. WRC’s Board Development Committee has been charged with locating individuals with legal, fiscal, and management experience to satisfy the requirements of the Welfare and Institutions Code. The Board Development Committee is responsible for recruiting, screening, interviewing, evaluating, and choosing for nomination prospective Board members to be presented to the full Board for consideration. Once individuals are chosen by the Board, the Board Development Committee is responsible for providing them with the support and training that they will need to become contributing, informed Board members. In addition to the experience requirements, new Board members should be selected on the basis of their ability to work collaboratively with others, their availability to dedicate the time needed to be an effective Board member, and their desire and willingness to support WRC’s goals and operations as a regional center. All candidates must be informed that the commitment to the Board requires a minimum of five hours per month.
The WRC contract with the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) includes a provision, under Article II. Program Provisions, (2) Resource Development that regional centers may choose to utilize POS funds for selected new program development. The contract requires that the regional center develop and maintain a written policy for the disbursement of start-up monies.
The WRC contract with the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) includes a provision, under Article II. Program Provisions, (2) Resource Development that regional centers must have a Board approved policy specifying the circumstances under which the regional center will issue requests for proposal to address a service need.
Westside Regional Center (WRC) provides services in accordance with the provisions of the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, our contract with the State Department of Developmental Services, laws relevant to specific service needs, and the service policies adopted by the Center’s Board of Directors.
The service standards of Westside Regional Center reflect the visions, philosophies, and values of the Center. These statements of value and direction have been developed and endorsed via input from Westside consumers, family members, and service providers.
We have provided a copy of the Westside Regional Center Service Standards for your review and to continue to provide you with information concerning service delivery.
Westside Regional Center (WRC) values the commitment that its Board Members make to the Regional Center and wishes to support that commitment through training and to encourage collegiality through shared experiences. The Board also recognizes that there is a need to bring its training offerings into alignment with current Department of Developmental Services (DDS) requirements.
The purpose of the board approved “Transparency and Public Information Policy” is to establish guidelines for timely public access to information and records in accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC), Section 4629.5, 4640.6(k), 4639, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the state’s contract with the regional center.
As employees and representatives of Westside Regional Center (WRC), we must practice honesty and integrity in fulfilling our responsibilities to comply with all applicable work laws and regulations. This policy is established to ensure that clients, families, service providers, agencies, community members, and regional center staff can in good faith, report suspicions, concerns, or evidence of illegal, unethical, or other inappropriate activity without fear of retaliation.
Westside Regional Center will protect the rights of adults and children with developmental disabilities. Under the direction of the Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) 15630 and Public Code (PC) 1164-11174.3, WRC will maintain a zero-tolerance for abuse and neglect for the individuals we serve.
The following reports and/or PowerPoint’s contain information on the results from our annual public meetings, discussing purchase of service disparities.
2024 PowerPoint Slides [English, Spanish]
2022 PowerPoint Slides [English, Spanish, Farsi/فارسی]; Watch the Recording
2021 PowerPoint Slides [English, Spanish, Farsi/فارسی]; Watch the Recording
Westside Regional Center (WRC) presents the following data as required by the Lanterman Act (Welfare & Institutions Code, Section 4519.5).
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Expanded [Spanish]
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Legislative [Spanish]
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Summary [Spanish]
Insurance Expenditures by Ethnicity or Race [Spanish]
Insurance Expenditures by Language [Spanish]
Insurance Expenditures by Residence [Spanish]
No Services by Diagnosis – Expanded [Spanish]
No Services by Diagnosis – Legislative [Spanish]
No Services by Diagnosis – Summary [Spanish]
No Services by Ethnicity or Race [Spanish]
No Services by Language [Spanish]
No Services by Residence [Spanish]
Services by Diagnosis – Expanded [Spanish]
Services by Diagnosis – Legislative [Spanish]
Services by Diagnosis – Summary [Spanish]
Services by Ethnicity or Race [Spanish]
Services by Ethnicity – Home [Spanish]
Services by Ethnicity – ILS/SLS [Spanish]
Services by Ethnicity – Institutions [Spanish]
Services by Ethnicity – MRP [Spanish]
Services by Ethnicity – Other [Spanish]
Services by Ethnicity – Residence [Spanish]
Services by Language [Spanish]
Services by Language Home [Spanish]
Services by Language – ILS/SLS [Spanish]
Services by Language -Inst [Spanish]
Services by Language – MRP [Spanish]
Services by Language – Residence [Spanish]
Services by Language- Other [Spanish]
Service by Residence [Spanish]
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Expanded [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Legislative [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Summary
Insurance Expenditures by Ethnicity or Race [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Insurance Expenditures by Language – Overview [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Insurance Expenditures by Language [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Insurance Expenditures by Residence [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
No Services by Diagnosis – Expanded [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
No Services by Diagnosis – Legislative
No Services by Diagnosis – Summary [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
No Services by Ethnicity or Race [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
No Services by Language [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
No Services by Residence [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Diagnosis – Expanded [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Diagnosis – Legislative [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Diagnosis – Summary [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Ethnicity or Race [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Ethnicity – Home [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Ethnicity – ILS/SLS [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Ethnicity – Institutions [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Ethnicity – MRP [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Ethnicity – Other [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Ethnicity – Residence [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language Home [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language – ILS/SLS [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language -Inst [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language – MRP [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language – Residence [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language- Other [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Services by Language- Overview [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Service by Residence [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Changes in service delivery and billing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected individuals and communities differently. Care should be taken in comparing FY 20/21 data to data for previous years. In response to the pandemic and varied individual needs and circumstances, billing for some services changed to a monthly rate instead of hourly or daily rates. As a result, this may have reduced differences among individuals in service authorizations, expenditures, and utilization.
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Expanded
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Legislative
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Summary
Insurance Expenditures by Ethnicity or Race
Insurance Expenditures by Language – Overview
Insurance Expenditures by Language
Insurance Expenditures by Residence
No Services by Diagnosis – Expanded
No Services by Diagnosis – Legislative
No Services by Diagnosis – Summary
No Services by Ethnicity or Race
Services by Diagnosis – Expanded
Services by Diagnosis – Legislative
Services by Diagnosis – Summary
Services by Ethnicity – ILS/SLS
Services by Ethnicity – Institutions
Services by Ethnicity – Residence
Services by Language – ILS/SLS
Services by Language – Residence
Services by Language- Overview
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Expanded
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Legislative
Insurance Expenditures by Diagnosis – Summary
Insurance Expenditures by Ethnicity or Race
Insurance Expenditures by Language – Overview
Insurance Expenditures by Language
Insurance Expenditures by Residence
No Services by Diagnosis – Expanded
No Services by Diagnosis – Legislative
No Services by Diagnosis – Summary
No Services by Ethnicity or Race
Services by Diagnosis – Expanded
Services by Diagnosis – Legislative
Services by Diagnosis – Summary
Services by Ethnicity – ILS/SLS
Services by Ethnicity – Institutions
Services by Ethnicity – Residence
Services by Language – ILS/SLS
Services by Language – Residence
Services by Language- Overview
By December 1 of each year, each regional center shall provide a listing of the current salary schedule for all personnel classifications used by the regional center. WIC 4629.5(b)(3) and (13).
Report on Personnel Classifications 2023
Report on Personnel Classifications 2022 [English] [Spanish][Farsi/فارسی]
Report on Personnel Classifications 2021 [English] [Spanish][Farsi/فارسی]
Report on Personnel Classifications 2020 [English] [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Report on Personnel Classifications 2019
Report on Personnel Classifications 2018
Report on Personnel Classifications 2017
Report on Personnel Classifications 2016
Report on Personnel Classifications 2015
Report on Personnel Classifications 2014
By December 1 of each year, each regional center shall report information on all prior fiscal year expenditures from the regional center operations budget for all administrative services, including managerial, consultant, accounting, personnel, labor relations, and legal services, whether procured under a written contract or otherwise. Expenditures for the maintenance, repair or purchase of equipment or property shall not be required to be reported for purposes of this subdivision. WIC 4629.5(b)(3) and (13).
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2021 [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2020 [Spanish] [Farsi/فارسی]
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2019
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2018
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2017
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2016
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2015
Report on Administrative Expenditures 2014
The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act is codified in the California Welfare and Institutions Code. This compilation, prepared by the Legislative Counsel, includes the 2018 revisions to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act and related laws (Divisions 4.1, 4.5, and 4.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and Title 14 of the Government Code). For the official and most current versions of the Lanterman Act and other California laws, please visit the California Legislative Information website. This edition shows all sections as they are in effect on and after January 1, 2019.
Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act – English
Ley Lanterman de Servicios para Discapacidades del Desarrollo – Español
Visit the DDS website to learn more about the Lanterman Act and Related Laws.
The publication, “A Consumer’s Guide to the Lanterman Act,” is a booklet for adults with developmental disabilities and was written with the help of consumers.
The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) monitors the performance of regional centers to ensure they uphold the values of the Lanterman Act and meet obligations outlined in DDS contracts, state law, and regulations. To view the efforts of Westside Regional Center, click the button below.
In 2010, in accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 4571, the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) implemented a nationwide quality assessment survey called the National Core Indicators (NCI) produced by the Human Services Research Institute and the National Association of Directors of Developmental Disabilities.
NCI is one tool that DDS uses to monitor the performance of the developmental disabilities service system as well as the performance of the 21 regional centers in providing services and supports for developmentally disabled adults and children.
The NCI surveys are conducted by the State Council on Developmental Disabilities through in-person interviews with adult consumers every three years and consumers who have moved out of a developmental center to the community every year.
Surveys collect data on consumer and family satisfaction, quality of services, and personal results. For more information, click here to view the website.
Fiscal Year (FY) 17/18
Previous FY Reports
Fiscal Year (FY) 19/20
Fiscal Year (FY) 16/17
Previous FY Reports
Fiscal Year (FY) 19/20
Fiscal Year (FY) 16/17
Previous FY Reports
Fiscal Year (FY) 18/19
Previous FY Reports
People with developmental disabilities seek to work, earn and be part of the economic life of their communities. On October 9, 2013, Governor Brown signed AB 1041 (Chesbro) into law, establishing an Employment First Policy in the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act. This dashboard presents up-to-date data on how well California is doing in implementing the new policy and supporting people to have regular jobs at regular pay.
In 2017, Westside Regional Center hired Kinetic Flow Corp to conduct their first survey to quantify the voice of people served and to determine their satisfaction with the regional center, coordination, and provision of services. This information will help us to better understand what they feel is important about services and supports provided by the regional center, work to make improvements, and provide the most appropriate services that encourage and support persons with developmental disabilities to live fully and safely as active and independent members of their community.
To read the full report, click below:
To read the overview of the results in English, click below:
To read the overview of the results in Spanish, click below: