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Inland Regional Center

Serves Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Figures below are reported by the California Department of Developmental Services for the whole catchment area.

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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 record18,267Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier16,087Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthInland Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
05,00010,00015,00020,00020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202518,267
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PeriodIRC
20146,311
20156,385
20156,488
20156,553
20156,647
20156,756
20156,843
20156,892
20156,973
20157,037
20157,139
20157,221
20157,232
20167,312
20167,402
20167,473
20167,596
20167,667
20167,732
20167,826
20167,892
20167,937
20168,059
20168,131
20168,244
20178,300
20178,389
20178,494
20178,587
20178,659
20178,779
20178,885
20178,971
20179,056
20179,151
20179,209
20179,328
20189,406
20189,504
20189,607
20189,681
20189,792
20189,940
20189,992
201810,103
201810,234
201810,335
201810,448
201810,544
201910,616
201910,739
201910,825
201910,932
201910,990
201911,103
201911,177
201911,316
201911,438
201911,521
201911,644
201911,743
202011,865
202012,041
202012,172
202012,277
202012,404
202012,460
202012,534
202012,612
202012,699
202012,802
202012,864
202012,949
202113,025
202113,144
202113,277
202113,353
202113,511
202113,630
202113,722
202113,834
202113,948
202114,103
202114,214
202114,335
202214,459
202214,637
202214,786
202214,953
202215,107
202215,257
202215,402
202215,549
202215,586
202215,641
202215,675
202215,714
202315,748
202315,754
202315,726
202315,760
202315,802
202315,836
202315,745
202315,796
202315,840
202315,896
202315,941
202315,961
202415,973
202415,824
202415,710
202415,722
202415,741
202415,771
202415,818
202415,853
202415,916
202415,872
202416,087
202416,310
202516,533
202516,980
202517,359
202517,626
202517,688
202517,743
202517,776
202517,814
202517,898
202518,001
202518,267

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 IRC 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 IRC'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 35,507Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 4.6% from 5,773 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older4,271Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 12.2% from 4,865 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)2,679Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 53.5% from 1,745 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served57,323Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 5.2% from 54,502 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthInland Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
02,0004,0006,0008,0002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-095,5074,2712,679
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-065,179884123
2022-075,266965139
2022-085,2751,080158
2022-095,0581,257164
2024-055,4811,950669
2024-065,4652,030714
2024-075,4122,180747
2024-085,4112,347808
2024-095,3342,524842
2024-105,0442,314864
2024-115,1042,562910
2024-125,2362,644938
2025-015,8732,9541,042
2025-025,9263,1751,097
2025-035,9933,5581,183
2025-046,0703,7831,265
2025-056,0703,9941,399
2025-066,0094,1811,529
2025-075,8184,3101,569
2025-085,7504,7491,658
2025-095,7734,8651,745
2025-105,7385,0111,824
2025-115,7625,1631,950
2025-125,5904,3591,938
2026-015,4594,4901,961
2026-025,3244,8011,997
2026-035,6654,0672,174
2026-045,5953,8012,273
2026-055,5823,8362,404
2026-065,6033,7292,528
2026-075,5743,6912,584
2026-085,6803,9332,652
2026-095,5074,2712,679

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 IRC 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 IRC 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$1.1BFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $843M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$18,427Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $15,021

California Department of Developmental Services
Share of authorized services used66.6%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 63.5%

California Department of Developmental Services
People with no purchased services19.2%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 22.9%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageInland Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · IRC$4,377
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · IRC$9,902
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · IRC$39,288
  • 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 Native172$29,205$29,52222.1%
Asian2,409$18,464$23,31219.3%
Black or African American5,462$27,256$33,29321.4%
Hispanic25,295$16,637$16,12419.7%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander102$20,064$24,56527.5%
Other race or more than one15,047$7,990$13,66517.4%
White11,537$31,601$39,59019.5%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other437$25,458$31,90217.8%
Chinese145$13,314$30,22014.5%
English49,338$18,719$25,11120.0%
Spanish10,002$16,795$15,89415.6%
Vietnamese102$14,485$20,31733.3%
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism17,989$18,724$18,99025.6%
Cerebral palsy5,383$28,260$50,45021.6%
Epilepsy5,119$36,208$58,50520.7%
Fifth category2,507$24,631$26,94221.8%
Intellectual disability21,376$33,410$44,45821.1%
Other20,920$4,714$5,32211.5%

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 IRC 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 disorder18,267Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability21,013Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy5,230Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy5,001Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category2,409Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at Inland Regional Center

We have not yet checked IRC'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

2 counties

RiversideSan Bernardino

Catchment description as published by DDS: “The Inland Regional Center serves the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.”

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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    Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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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
    License
    Public information; de-identified under the CalHHS De-Identification Guidelines
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