Welfare and Institutions Code 4629 states that the State of California shall enter into five-year contracts with regional centers that shall include annual performance objectives that are specific, measurable, and designed to do all of the following:
- Assist individuals served to achieve life quality outcomes;
- Achieve meaningful progress above the current baselines;
- Develop services and supports identified as necessary to meeting identified needs, including culturally and linguistically appropriate services and supports;
- Measure progress in reducing disparities and improving equity in purchase of service expenditures;
- Measure progress, and report outcomes, in implementing the Employment First Policy.
Performance & Year-End Report
Every year, the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) contracts with regional centers in California to serve individuals and families. And, every year DDS looks at how well the regional centers are doing. This report will give you information about your regional center.