Alta California Regional Center creates partnerships to support all eligible individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, children at risk, and their families in choosing services and supports through individual lifelong planning.
Alta California Regional Center creates partnerships to support all eligible individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, children at risk, and their families in choosing services and supports through individual lifelong planning.
Alta California Regional Center is governed by a Board of Directors that establishes policies under which Alta operates. The Board is recuriting for new Board Members
In May 2015, Sonoma Developmental Center’s closure was announced. An ambitious date of December 2018 was set for the closure and to successfully move 400 residents from the developmental center to the community. Prior to the closure announcement, ACRC moved out approximately six clients a year from Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) through the Community Placement Plan (CPP). With the closure announcement being made, ACRC needed to move 54 individuals in a three and a half year period. ACRC completed these placements into the communi
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the Self-Determination program. Below is the announcement from Nancy Bargmann, Director of the Department of Developmental Services. As noted below, there is still some work to do to begin this new program. A timeline will be published by the DDS on June 18, 2018 with information on the implementation.
The Department of Developmental Services has contracted with Burns and Associates, a consulting firm to conduct a rate study of current regional center service providers. Click on the link below to access the survey. Below is the email from Burns & Associates to service providers.
We’re looking for a few talented and conscientious volunteer board members to lead and strengthen our services for people with developmental disabilities. If you can contribute your time, thoughtfulness and leadership to two meetings a month, nine months of the year, and are interested in exploring this opportunity, please call us at (916) 978-6245 to find out whether this opportunity is right for you. Click on the links below for more information.
We’re especially looking for people residing in Yolo and El Dorado counties, with a knowledge of services to individuals with developmental disabilities, a background in business, law, management, and/or finance, and a commitment to individuals with developmental disabilities.
ACRC continues to support clients who are working or desire to work. We recently learned about a video of four ACRC clients who work at SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District).
Taylor is a soft spoken, 26 year old young man who lives in Marysville and has been drawing and creating art since he was very young. It is his passion, and he spends hours a day working on it. He draws mythical-looking creatures, super-hero type creatures and cartoon people, but he says he enjoys drawing dragons most of all.
Richard who prefers to be called Rick, has kicked off 2018 with a bang – he has released his first rap album! The lyrics and beat in Rick’s rap songs offer a unique outlook into his life experiences, what he is grateful for, and what he is working towards. He even wrote a song called, “I Thank God” about his appreciation for the services and support arranged through Alta California Regional Center!
Jack is a young man with ASD who celebrated his 16th birthday in September. He is very talented with computers and computer gaming, and became interested in building one himself. Through the process, he practiced comparison shopping by researching the costs of individual parts and recording them into an Excel spreadsheet; both full price and sale prices so he could predict what the total cost would be. He wanted to get the best deals out there! Once he had all the parts he needed, he built his computer all by himself.
Vincent is a very motivated individual and has recently found a new job as a dishwasher and a polisher (polishes silverware and rolls in the napkins) at Season’s 52 located at 1689 Arden Way, Sacramento. He is very proud of getting this job on his own and the work he does. He reports he works five days a week and earns a competitive wage with some nice benefits.
