Children’s Medical Services is a statewide program that coordinates and pays for medical care and therapy services for children under 21 years of age with certain health care needs.
Los Angeles County California Children’s Services (CCS) is part of the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health.
They work with: private insurance, Medi-Cal healthy families and healthy kids to provide services that they do not provide. We are the "payer of last resort" for your child's CCS-eligible condition. That means, if you have any of the list above, they will find out if other insurers can pay before they do.
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California State Council on Development Disabilities. The State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is established by state and federal law as an independent state agency to ensure that people with developmental disabilities and their families receive the services and supports they need.
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The California Department of Developmental Services is the agency through which the state of California provides services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities.
These disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and related conditions. Services are provided through state-operated developmental centers and community facilities, and contracts with 21 nonprofit regional centers. The regional centers serve as a local resource to help find and access the services and supports available to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
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Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center is a private, non-profit corporation that operates under contract with California’s Department of Developmental Services. The Center serves over 7,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities, who have or are at risk for a developmental delay or disability, and who are at high-risk of parenting an infant with a disability.
A developmental disability is defined by state law as:
- A disability that begins before the person’s 18th birthday,
- Continues or can be expected to continue indefinitely,
- Presents a significant disability in three or more functional life areas,
- And must be due to one of the following conditions:
- Autism
- Cerebral palsy
- Epilepsy
- Mental retardation
- Disabling conditions closely related to mental retardation or requiring similar treatment.
Lanterman Regional Center Service Area
Lanterman is one of 21 regional centers in the state of California, which together serve over 225,000 individuals with, or at risk for, developmental disabilities and their families. Lanterman serves residents in the following geographic areas:
- Hollywood-Wilshire
- Central Los Angeles
- Pasadena
- Glendale
- Burbank
- La Cañada-Flintridge
- La Crescenta
3303 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90010-1710
(213) 383-1300
kyrc@lanterman.org
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The following information is provided to assist you in your understanding of what a developmental disability is and to learn more about Westside Regional Center and their mission. Westside Regional Center offers assessment, case management and support to persons with developmental disabilities.
The regional center system that serves people with developmental disabilities in California has grown from the first two centers in 1966 to a network of 21 agencies covering every area of the state. Each center is a private, nonprofit corporation, funded by a contract with the State Department of Developmental Services. Each has a Board of Directors that includes clients, parents, professionals, and other concerned community members.
This site will introduce you to Westside Regional Center (WRC) and the services we offer, as well as provide general information that we hope you will find useful. But please feel free to ask us if you have questions not addressed here.
Everyone on the Westside Regional Center staff is dedicated to providing support and assistance to all our clients, and to developing a working partnership with families. Everything we do points to one mission: to help persons with developmental disabilities achieve the greatest possible enrichment and fulfillment in their lives.
Westside Regional Center
5901 Green Valley Circle, Suite 320
Culver City, CA 90230-6953
info@westsiderc.org
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North Los Angeles County Regional Center is a private, non-profit organization providing services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities and their families in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys for over 30 years. The Center provides lifelong partnerships and planning to persons with developmental disabilities by promoting their civil and personal rights, providing comprehensive information, advocating in cooperation with consumers, promoting and providing quality services, and supporting full participation of consumers and families in all aspects of community life.
North Los Angeles County Regional Center (Main Office)
Serving the San Fernando Valley
15400 Sherman Way, Suite 170
Van Nuys, CA 91406
(818) 778–1900
www.nlacrc.org
North Los Angeles County Regional Center (Santa Clarita Satellite Office)
Serving Santa Clarita, Valencia, Canyon Country, Saugus and surrounding areas
28470 Avenue Stanford, Suite 100
Santa Clarita, CA 91356
(661) 775-8450
www.nlacrc.org
North Los Angeles County Regional Center (Antelope Valley Satellite Office)
Serving Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill and surrounding areas
43210 Gingham Avenue, Suite 6
Lancaster, CA 93535
(661) 945-6761
www.nlacrc.org
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Tri-Counties Regional Center (TCRC) contracts with the State of California to provide supports and services for children and adults with developmental disabilities living in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. These services cover the life span of individuals, from early assessment and intervention for infants and young children, school-age children, transition-age young adults' recreational, employment and residential needs to the residential, service and medical needs of adults and seniors.
www.tri-counties.org
tcrcweb@tri-counties.org
Santa Barbara County Offices
Santa Barbara - Main Office and Headquarters
520 East Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103-3278
(805) 962-7881 (800) 322-6994
Santa Barbara Annex Building
505 East Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103-3274
Santa Maria
1234 Fairway Dr. Suite A
Santa Maria, CA 93455
(805) 922-4640 (800) 266-9071
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San Luis Obispo County Offices
San Luis Obispo
3450 Broad Street, Suite 111
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-7102
(805) 543-2833 (800) 456-4153
Atascadero
Hotel Park Business Center Capistrano, Suite E
Atascadero, CA 93422-7219
(805) 461-7402
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Ventura County Offices
Oxnard
2401 East Gonzales Road, Suite 100
Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 485-3177 (800) 664-3177
Simi Valley
1900 E. Los Angeles Ave. Second Floor
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 522-8030 (800) 517-2524
www.tri-counties.org
tcrcweb@tri-counties.org
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Social Security has two programs that pay disability benefits to disabled children: Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
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