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Alta California Regional Center

Serves Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties. Figures below are reported by the California Department of Developmental Services for the whole catchment area.

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Catchment areas from the California Department of Developmental Services. Select an area to open that regional center.
Regional centers · DDS

People served with an autism diagnosis on record

Monthly counts of people the center serves whose record includes an autism diagnosis. People not receiving regional center services are not included.

Autism diagnosis on record16,390Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier14,953Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthAlta California Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
05,00010,00015,00020,00020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202516,390
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PeriodACRC
20144,658
20154,719
20154,766
20154,824
20154,862
20154,946
20154,999
20155,050
20155,124
20155,175
20155,264
20155,337
20155,383
20165,452
20165,532
20165,616
20165,707
20165,750
20165,816
20165,873
20165,975
20166,042
20166,111
20166,177
20166,236
20176,301
20176,377
20176,432
20176,488
20176,560
20176,627
20176,690
20176,779
20176,874
20176,928
20176,969
20177,059
20187,122
20187,199
20187,284
20187,349
20187,434
20187,507
20187,577
20187,634
20187,757
20187,841
20187,906
20188,027
20198,096
20198,190
20198,289
20198,368
20198,470
20198,559
20198,659
20198,784
20198,869
20198,969
20199,069
20199,152
20209,192
20209,283
20209,369
20209,439
20209,546
20209,633
20209,700
20209,769
20209,832
20209,911
20209,958
202010,017
202110,066
202110,117
202110,168
202110,224
202110,319
202110,418
202110,505
202110,592
202110,677
202110,784
202110,830
202110,931
202210,974
202211,054
202211,181
202211,386
202211,474
202211,513
202211,596
202211,670
202211,749
202211,831
202211,892
202212,030
202312,098
202312,173
202312,249
202312,368
202312,511
202312,578
202312,695
202312,805
202313,015
202313,131
202313,281
202313,475
202413,589
202413,732
202413,834
202413,968
202414,081
202414,227
202414,335
202414,457
202414,573
202414,659
202414,953
202415,117
202515,231
202515,377
202515,564
202515,736
202516,032
202516,155
202516,247
202516,337
202516,355
202516,382
202516,390

What this measures: Counts people served by a regional center, not everyone with the condition. One person can have several diagnoses, so these counts cannot be added together. Figures cover the center's whole catchment area and are not split by county.

To ask ACRC for an evaluation, find its intake line in the DDS regional center directory. Early Start covers children under 3; regional center eligibility covers people 3 and older.

Regional centers · DDS

Caseload by status

Everyone on ACRC's caseload at the end of each month, from DDS's Monthly Consumer Caseload report. This counts people of every age and every qualifying condition, not only autism.

Early Start, under 32,338Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 2.9% from 2,408 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older1,601Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 5.5% from 1,695 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)1,141Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 67.1% from 683 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served36,605Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 7.8% from 33,952 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthAlta California Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
01,0002,0003,0004,0002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-092,3381,6011,141
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-062,274725115
2022-072,246712120
2022-082,206740124
2022-092,178757137
2024-052,5031,731337
2024-062,5351,755353
2024-072,5561,869358
2024-082,5561,926370
2024-092,5562,045390
2024-102,5512,184417
2024-112,5491,983427
2024-122,5161,958437
2025-012,4692,004454
2025-022,4092,091473
2025-032,4421,928495
2025-042,4972,283523
2025-052,5141,819561
2025-062,4891,747577
2025-072,4571,526614
2025-082,3211,427652
2025-092,4081,695683
2025-102,3651,720739
2025-112,3551,819790
2025-122,3312,014839
2026-012,3601,841883
2026-022,3171,888899
2026-032,3542,079950
2026-042,2682,074987
2026-052,2482,1851,020
2026-062,2652,2441,020
2026-072,2572,2471,071
2026-082,2182,5431,131
2026-092,3381,6011,141

The line breaks where DDS has no usable report: the files DDS posted between November 2022 and April 2024 all repeat the June 2022 report, so those 19 months are left empty rather than filled in.

What this measures: Everyone on the regional center's caseload at the end of the report month, by DDS status: intake (status 0, being evaluated), Early Start (status 1, under age 3), active under the Lanterman Act (status 2), state-operated (status 8) and provisional eligibility (status U, children under 5). DDS redacts cells of 1 to 10 people and builds its totals by rounding each redacted cell to the nearest ten, so a total can differ from the true count by a few people per redacted cell. Regional centers report for their whole catchment area, never by county.

To ask ACRC for an evaluation, find its intake line in the DDS regional center directory. Early Start covers children under 3; regional center eligibility covers people 3 and older.

Regional centers · DDS

Spending on purchased services

What ACRC paid vendors for services in FY 2024–25 (July to June), from DDS's Annual Purchase of Service Report. Staff time at the regional center itself, including intake and service coordination, is not included.

Total purchase-of-service spending$780.7MFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $630.5M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$21,295Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $18,468

California Department of Developmental Services
Share of authorized services used57.2%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 53.0%

California Department of Developmental Services
People with no purchased services14.8%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 15.7%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageAlta California Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · ACRC$4,629
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · ACRC$6,698
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · ACRC$47,809
  • Ages 22 and older · California$55,401
Race or ethnicity, all ages, FY 2024–25
Race or ethnicityPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
American Indian or Alaska Native166$23,513$29,52215.7%
Asian3,972$14,804$23,31216.9%
Black or African American4,126$23,693$33,29315.0%
Hispanic6,617$13,535$16,12413.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander180$12,010$24,56521.1%
Other race or more than one7,308$11,579$13,66513.6%
White14,291$31,060$39,59015.3%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other1,293$22,974$31,902Suppressed
Chinese111$16,179$30,220Suppressed
English32,536$22,095$25,11115.1%
Spanish2,548$10,839$15,89410.6%
Vietnamese172$15,504$20,31715.7%
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism16,610$13,990$18,99016.9%
Cerebral palsy2,338$51,573$50,45010.8%
Epilepsy2,233$56,458$58,50510.3%
Fifth category5,945$16,328$26,94216.9%
Intellectual disability12,079$42,172$44,45813.0%
Other6,065$3,683$5,3229.3%

What this measures: Fiscal year July to June. People counted are those active in January of the fiscal year or with any purchased service during it; someone who moved between regional centers can be counted at both. Spending covers services the regional center bought from vendors (purchase of service), not its own staff. Per-person spending divides by everyone counted, including people with no purchases, and is not adjusted for age or need: centers serving more adults in residential care spend more per person. DDS suppresses small cells. DDS changed how race and language are recorded late in FY 2024–25 and advises caution comparing those groups across years.

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To ask ACRC for an evaluation, find its intake line in the DDS regional center directory. Early Start covers children under 3; regional center eligibility covers people 3 and older.

Regional centers · DDS

Other qualifying conditions on record

A person can have more than one of these diagnoses, so the rows overlap. Adding them up would count some people twice.

Condition (DDS data dictionary)People with this diagnosis on recordThrough
Autism spectrum disorder16,390Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability11,667Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy2,236Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy2,134Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category5,524Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at Alta California Regional Center

We have not yet checked ACRC's intake contacts ourselves. The DDS regional center directory lists its phone numbers and offices. Children under 3 can be referred to Early Start without a doctor's referral; people 3 and older can apply for regional center eligibility.

Counties in this catchment area

10 counties

AlpineColusaEl DoradoNevadaPlacerSacramentoSierraSutterYoloYuba

Catchment description as published by DDS: “Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties”

Sources

Where these numbers come from

Figures are copied from public files without adjustment. Suppressed cells stay blank. Each source's own definitions apply.

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  1. Regional centers · DDSDDS Consumers by Diagnosis, Early Start Consumers, and Regional CenterCalifornia Department of Developmental Services, via the California Open Data Portal (CC BY)
    Editions used
    ckan-2026-10-08
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    Oct 16, 2026
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  2. Regional centers · DDSDDS Monthly Consumer Caseload, Regional Center Caseloads by StatusCalifornia Department of Developmental Services, Monthly Consumer Caseload report
    Editions used
    2026-09
    Retrieved
    Oct 17, 2026
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    Public information; DDS de-identified public release
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  3. Regional centers · DDSDDS Annual Purchase of Service (POS) Reports, machine-readableCalifornia Department of Developmental Services, Annual Purchase of Service Reports (WIC 4519.5)
    Editions used
    2024-25
    Retrieved
    Oct 17, 2026
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    Public information; de-identified under the CalHHS De-Identification Guidelines
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