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Mains’l
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Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Community Interface Services
Dromen Inc.
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Home of Guiding Hands
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sisk Financial Services
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Balance FMS
Accura FMS
Stro FMS
HR Alliance
AAA FMS

All Posts

78

Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center
(12/26/2023) Billing Requirements for Services
(12/21/2018) FMS INFO
(01/11/2019) Individual Budget Development and Spending Plan
(02/13/2019) Initial Person-Centered Planning Services
(09/03/2019) PCP Funding for SDP Participants
(11/04/2019) Service Provider Background Checks
(03/02/2020) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP
(09/18/2020) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2020/2021
(10/30/2020) Payments to IF for Initial PCP Services
(07/07/2021) SDP Statewide Rollout
(07/15/2021) Consumer Support Transitioning into SDP
(11/04/2021) Participant Choice Specialists
(01/13/2022) SDP Goods and Services
(01/28/2022) Updates to Individual Budget and Certification Tool and Spending Plan FAQ
(02/11/2022) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2021/2022
(03/17/2022) HCBS Setting Assessment
(07/22/2022) LVAC Meetings
(07/27/2022) Regional Center Payment of FMS for SDP Participants
(07/28/2022) Person-Centered Planning and Self Directed Supports Guidance
(09/12/2022) FMS Payments and Notifications
(09/15/2022) Adjustments to Individual Budget
(09/27/2022) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2022/2023
(12/02/2022) Extensions and Development of Standardized Vendorization Packet
(12/30/2022) Continuing the Individual Budget and Spending Plan
(01/20/2023) FMS Payments
(03/02/2023) Updates to Billing Processes
(03/20/2023) Standardized Vendorization Packet for Pre-Enrollment Supports
(04/26/2023) FMS Revised Rates
(06/30/2023) Final Extension of Initial Person Centered Plan and Pre-Enrollment Transition Supports
(07/20/2023) LVAC Meetings
(09/29/2023) FMS Payments Extension
(09/29/2023) Service Provider Background Checks
(10/31/2023) LVAC Meetings
(11/17/2023) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2023/2024
(11/22/2023) Coordinated Family Support Services in SDP
(11/22/2023) Remote Services
(11/22/2023) Updated Goods and Services
(12/22/2023) FMS Transition Supports
(12/22/2023) Updated Initial Person-Centered Plan and Pre-Enrollment Transition Supports Guidance
(01/22/2024) Clarification Regarding Updated Billing Requirements for Services
(04/22/2024) Billing Requirements for Services at “Other Rates”
(04/25/2024) Employer Burden and Other Employment Related Costs
(04/25/2024) Update to FMS Provider Requirements
Alta California Regional Center
Central Valley Regional Center
Regional Center of the East Bay
Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center
Far Northern Regional Center
Golden Gate Regional Center
Harbor Regional Center
Inland Regional Center
Kern Regional Center
North Bay Regional Center
North Los Angeles County Regional Center
Regional Center of Orange County
Redwood Coast Regional Center
San Andreas Regional Center
San Diego Regional Center
San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
Tri-Counties Regional Center
Valley Mountain Regional Center
Westside Regional Center
(06/14/2024) Updated SANDIS Reporting Requirements
(07/01/2024) Annual Regional Center Report on the LVAC
(07/08/2024) Updated Goods and Services
(07/08/2024) Coordinated Career Pathway Services in the Self-Determination Program
Generic Resources
Self-Determination Program Law
(12/21/2018) Independent Facilitators
(11/25/2024) FMS Payments
(12/27/2024) Funding for FY 2024/2025
(12/31/2024) Regional Center Performance Measures: Self-Determination Program Incentive Payment
(01/16/2025) Updated Funding for FY 2024/2025
(02/14/2025) New Financial Management Services Rates Effective January 1, 2025
(01/02/2025) Rate Reform Guidance: Transitional Rates
(07/02/2024) Initial Person-Centered Plan and Pre-Enrollment Transition Supports Guidance

Local Volunteer Advisory Committee

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Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center
Alta California Regional Center
Central Valley Regional Center
Regional Center of the East Bay
Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center
Far Northern Regional Center
Golden Gate Regional Center
Harbor Regional Center
Inland Regional Center
Kern Regional Center
North Bay Regional Center
North Los Angeles County Regional Center
Regional Center of Orange County
Redwood Coast Regional Center
San Andreas Regional Center
San Diego Regional Center
San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
Tri-Counties Regional Center
Valley Mountain Regional Center
Westside Regional Center

DDS Directives

53

(12/26/2023) Billing Requirements for Services
(12/21/2018) FMS INFO
(01/11/2019) Individual Budget Development and Spending Plan
(02/13/2019) Initial Person-Centered Planning Services
(09/03/2019) PCP Funding for SDP Participants
(11/04/2019) Service Provider Background Checks
(03/02/2020) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP
(09/18/2020) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2020/2021
(10/30/2020) Payments to IF for Initial PCP Services
(07/07/2021) SDP Statewide Rollout
(07/15/2021) Consumer Support Transitioning into SDP
(11/04/2021) Participant Choice Specialists
(01/13/2022) SDP Goods and Services
(01/28/2022) Updates to Individual Budget and Certification Tool and Spending Plan FAQ
(02/11/2022) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2021/2022
(03/17/2022) HCBS Setting Assessment
(07/22/2022) LVAC Meetings
(07/27/2022) Regional Center Payment of FMS for SDP Participants
(07/28/2022) Person-Centered Planning and Self Directed Supports Guidance
(09/12/2022) FMS Payments and Notifications
(09/15/2022) Adjustments to Individual Budget
(09/27/2022) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2022/2023
(12/02/2022) Extensions and Development of Standardized Vendorization Packet
(12/30/2022) Continuing the Individual Budget and Spending Plan
(01/20/2023) FMS Payments
(03/02/2023) Updates to Billing Processes
(03/20/2023) Standardized Vendorization Packet for Pre-Enrollment Supports
(04/26/2023) FMS Revised Rates
(06/30/2023) Final Extension of Initial Person Centered Plan and Pre-Enrollment Transition Supports
(07/20/2023) LVAC Meetings
(09/29/2023) FMS Payments Extension
(09/29/2023) Service Provider Background Checks
(10/31/2023) LVAC Meetings
(11/17/2023) Funding to Support Implementation of SDP for FY 2023/2024
(11/22/2023) Coordinated Family Support Services in SDP
(11/22/2023) Remote Services
(11/22/2023) Updated Goods and Services
(12/22/2023) FMS Transition Supports
(12/22/2023) Updated Initial Person-Centered Plan and Pre-Enrollment Transition Supports Guidance
(01/22/2024) Clarification Regarding Updated Billing Requirements for Services
(04/22/2024) Billing Requirements for Services at “Other Rates”
(04/25/2024) Employer Burden and Other Employment Related Costs
(04/25/2024) Update to FMS Provider Requirements
(06/14/2024) Updated SANDIS Reporting Requirements
(07/01/2024) Annual Regional Center Report on the LVAC
(07/08/2024) Updated Goods and Services
(07/08/2024) Coordinated Career Pathway Services in the Self-Determination Program
(12/21/2018) Independent Facilitators
(11/25/2024) FMS Payments
(12/27/2024) Funding for FY 2024/2025
(12/31/2024) Regional Center Performance Measures: Self-Determination Program Incentive Payment
(01/16/2025) Updated Funding for FY 2024/2025
(07/02/2024) Initial Person-Centered Plan and Pre-Enrollment Transition Supports Guidance

Bill Payer

24

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Community Interface Services
Dromen Inc.
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Home of Guiding Hands
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sisk Financial Services
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Balance FMS
Accura FMS
Stro FMS
HR Alliance
AAA FMS

Sole Employer

17

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Dromen Inc.
FACT Family
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sisk Financial Services
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Balance FMS
Accura FMS
HR Alliance

Co-Employer

16

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Aveanna Support Services
Dromen Inc.
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
Ritz FMS
Sisk Financial Services
Sentinel Four
Arch FMS, Inc.
Balance FMS
Accura FMS
HR Alliance
AAA FMS

Alta

13

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.

Central Valley

12

GT Independence
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.

East Bay

15

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS

Eastern LA

16

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS
AAA FMS

Far Northern

9

Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Aveanna Support Services
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sentinel Four
PPL First

Golden Gate

14

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Accura FMS

Harbor

15

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Dromen Inc.
FACT Family
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS
HR Alliance

Inland

15

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS

Kern

13

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Community Interface Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
PPL First

Lanterman

14

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS
AAA FMS

North Bay

13

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.

North LA

16

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS

Orange County

12

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
Action FMS
Aveanna Support Services
Community Interface Services
FACT Family
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS

Redwood Coast

13

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Accura FMS
Stro FMS

San Andreas

15

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS

San Diego

18

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Community Interface Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Home of Guiding Hands
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS
AAA FMS

San Gabriel/Pomona

13

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
Ritz FMS
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS

South Central LA

14

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS

Tri-Counties

14

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Accura FMS
AAA FMS

Valley Mountain

12

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sisk Financial Services
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.

Westside

16

GT Independence
Cambrian FMS
Mains’l
ACE FMS
Action FMS
Acumen
Aveanna Support Services
Essential Pay – Casa Fiscal
FACT Family
FMS Pay
Ritz FMS
Sequoia Inc.
Sentinel Four
PPL First
Arch FMS, Inc.
Balance FMS

Waivers, Laws and Regulations

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Lanterman Written Law

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