Beginning in September 2021, DDS worked with the Regional Center Performance Measures Workgroup consisting of representatives from all aspects of the developmental disabilities services system to develop performance incentives and measures to promote improvements in consumer outcomes and regional center performance.This RCPM program has six focus areas identified by the Workgroup, including:
- Early Start
- Employment
- Equity and Cultural Competency
- Individual and Family Experience and Satisfaction
- Person-Centered Services Planning
- Service Coordination and Regional Center Operations
Each focus area has one or more performance measures tied to specific desired outcomes, with corresponding performance targets and incentives. This is a voluntary opportunity for regional centers to demonstrate performance above the minimum expectations established through statute or regulation. All regional centers are encouraged to take the opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality service that is responsive to the priorities established by the statewide stakeholder workgroup.
Resources
Contact Information
Email RCMeasures@dds.ca.gov
RCPM Workgroup Membership
The RCPM Workgroup was convened and started meeting in September 2021 and consists of the following members:
| Name | Representing Group |
|---|---|
| Edith Aris | Family Member |
| Ken Barnes | Family Member |
| Ardena Bartlett | Family Member and Director of Parenting Black Children |
| Harry Bruell | Service Provider: Path Point |
| Beth Burt | Family Member and Executive Director, Autism Society Inland Empire |
| Eva Casas-Sarmiento | Disability Rights California |
| Dora Contreras | Family Member and Advocate |
| Michi Gates | Executive Director, Kern Regional Center |
| Tim Jin | Self-Advocate |
| Sherry Johnson | Family Member |
| Liliana Manriquez | Project Coordinator, Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) and Proyecto Acceso |
| Maria Marquez | Self-Advocate |
| Joyce McNair | Family Member and State Council on Developmental Disability Advocate |
| Mark Melanson | California Community Living Network |
| NickoleRenee Mensch | Self-Advocate |
| Karen Mulvany | Family Member |
| Marty Omoto | Family Member and Executive Director, CA Disability/Senior Community Action Network (CD-CAN) |
| Diana Pastora Carson | Family Member and Disability Voices United Board Member |
| Gabriel Rogin | Executive Director, North Bay Regional Center |
| Kathy Sanders-Platnik | Family Member |
| Ronke Sodipo | Director, Client Services, Regional Center of the East Bay |
| Kavita Sreedhar | Family Member, PRAGNYA- Preparing Resources & Alliances Galvanizing NeurodiversitY Acculturation |
| Anna Wang | Family Member and Service Provider: Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) |
| Joshua Weitzman | Family Member, Executive Director, Alpha Resource Center and DTI Advisory Committee |
| Wesley Witherspoon | Self-Advocate and State Council on Developmental Disabilities Los Angeles Office Regional Advisory Committee |
| Kecia Weller | Self-Advocate |
| Larry Yin | University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles |
Correspondence
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October 26, 2023:
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Performance
As part of the performance measurement, a variety of incentives were associated with each measure. Recognition is a non-monetary incentive acknowledging an activity successfully performed by a regional center. The regional centers are recognized for their work related to the following RCPM focus areas and measures.
Last modified: September 23, 2025