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Regional center · ELARC

Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

Serves part of Los Angeles County. 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 record8,317Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier7,523Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthEastern Los Angeles Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
02,5005,0007,50010,0002014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420258,317
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PeriodELARC
20143,927
20153,949
20153,970
20154,003
20154,027
20154,036
20154,058
20154,082
20154,100
20154,126
20154,162
20154,174
20154,196
20164,213
20164,220
20164,224
20164,231
20164,260
20164,254
20164,275
20164,291
20164,338
20164,388
20164,400
20164,421
20174,436
20174,475
20174,485
20174,505
20174,503
20174,532
20174,542
20174,567
20174,590
20174,610
20174,647
20174,686
20184,702
20184,721
20184,742
20184,757
20184,779
20184,800
20184,833
20184,850
20184,849
20184,865
20184,888
20184,908
20194,926
20194,965
20194,984
20195,011
20195,036
20195,074
20195,113
20195,124
20195,160
20195,195
20195,237
20195,257
20205,270
20205,293
20205,330
20205,369
20205,425
20205,462
20205,474
20205,473
20205,461
20205,484
20205,510
20205,518
20215,516
20215,535
20215,541
20215,541
20215,560
20215,616
20215,667
20215,696
20215,735
20215,789
20215,822
20215,882
20225,908
20225,936
20225,971
20225,995
20226,018
20226,040
20226,101
20226,143
20226,183
20226,240
20226,273
20226,304
20236,321
20236,384
20236,408
20236,461
20236,500
20236,539
20236,614
20236,666
20236,732
20236,773
20236,826
20236,880
20246,928
20246,992
20247,056
20247,107
20247,158
20247,249
20247,311
20247,381
20247,434
20247,467
20247,523
20247,563
20257,601
20257,681
20257,767
20257,811
20257,899
20257,983
20258,036
20258,154
20258,238
20258,276
20258,317

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 ELARC 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 ELARC'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 31,885Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 0.0% from 1,885 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older303Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 16.1% from 261 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)221Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 110.5% from 105 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served16,698Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 4.4% from 15,996 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthEastern Los Angeles Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
01,0002,0003,0004,0002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-091,885303221
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-061,93827131
2022-071,95927934
2022-081,94430336
2022-091,89329039
2024-051,95728252
2024-061,96428851
2024-071,98725555
2024-082,04227752
2024-092,03827147
2024-102,02628447
2024-112,00629649
2024-121,94525650
2025-011,90024446
2025-021,89623550
2025-031,90323960
2025-041,91526063
2025-051,93427274
2025-061,91626982
2025-071,90527194
2025-081,88226695
2025-091,885261105
2025-101,899252105
2025-111,887285119
2025-121,865273132
2026-011,847295147
2026-021,858285160
2026-031,874298169
2026-041,892293175
2026-051,923306188
2026-061,929297201
2026-071,904294202
2026-081,918307205
2026-091,885303221

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 ELARC 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 ELARC 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$442.8MFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $360.9M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$24,726Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $20,940

California Department of Developmental Services
Share of authorized services used72.4%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 76.7%

California Department of Developmental Services
People with no purchased services13.2%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 15.2%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageEastern Los Angeles Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · ELARC$6,108
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · ELARC$10,716
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · ELARC$57,338
  • 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 Native27$25,064$29,522Suppressed
Asian2,247$25,792$23,31211.9%
Black or African American267$40,990$33,29316.1%
Hispanic12,584$21,559$16,12413.4%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander13$58,280$24,565Suppressed
Other race or more than one1,274$15,136$13,66513.5%
White1,496$54,729$39,59012.1%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other126$53,113$31,90212.7%
Chinese539$27,098$30,2209.6%
English14,287$24,107$25,11114.2%
Spanish2,863$26,366$15,8948.8%
Vietnamese93$17,004$20,31715.1%
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism8,553$20,840$18,99017.5%
Cerebral palsy1,024$58,085$50,45012.8%
Epilepsy1,363$65,712$58,50511.3%
Fifth category1,818$38,636$26,94213.5%
Intellectual disability6,155$46,470$44,45812.5%
Other3,777$5,280$5,3223.4%

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 ELARC 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 disorder8,317Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability5,933Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy978Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy1,306Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category1,710Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center

We have not yet checked ELARC'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

Los Angeles County, shared with other regional centers

Los Angeles

Catchment description as published by DDS: “The health districts of Alhambra, East Los Angeles, Northeast, and Whittier within the county of Los Angeles”

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
    Retrieved
    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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