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Kern Regional Center

Serves Inyo, Kern, and Mono counties. Figures below are reported by the California Department of Developmental Services for the whole catchment area.

Tri-Counties Regional CenterAlta California Regional CenterSan Andreas Regional CenterGolden Gate Regional CenterRedwood Coast Regional CenterKern Regional CenterSan Diego Regional CenterRegional Center of Orange CountyFar Northern Regional CenterRegional Center of the East BayInland Regional CenterCentral Valley Regional CenterValley Mountain Regional CenterNorth Bay Regional CenterHarbor Regional CenterFrank D. Lanterman Regional CenterSan Gabriel/Pomona Regional CenterWestside Regional CenterSouth Central Los Angeles Regional CenterEastern Los Angeles Regional CenterNorth Los Angeles County Regional Center
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 record7,243Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier6,250Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthKern Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
02,0004,0006,0008,0002014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420257,243
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PeriodKRC
20141,917
20151,931
20151,928
20151,940
20151,950
20151,971
20151,996
20152,003
20152,021
20152,025
20152,051
20152,057
20152,070
20162,073
20162,083
20162,104
20162,110
20162,123
20162,142
20162,175
20162,187
20162,202
20162,233
20162,239
20162,241
20172,264
20172,285
20172,312
20172,326
20172,344
20172,387
20172,417
20172,431
20172,440
20172,472
20172,490
20172,529
20182,553
20182,563
20182,564
20182,592
20182,625
20182,657
20182,654
20182,677
20182,701
20182,733
20182,781
20182,811
20192,829
20192,880
20192,917
20192,953
20193,001
20193,036
20193,060
20193,088
20193,125
20193,154
20193,176
20193,198
20203,226
20203,279
20203,314
20203,328
20203,376
20203,416
20203,453
20203,512
20203,536
20203,557
20203,574
20203,591
20213,616
20213,633
20213,681
20213,704
20213,765
20213,791
20213,827
20213,875
20213,921
20213,961
20214,006
20214,056
20224,084
20224,120
20224,149
20224,190
20224,208
20224,237
20224,255
20224,300
20224,359
20224,408
20224,502
20224,551
20234,603
20234,670
20234,751
20234,825
20234,905
20234,974
20235,038
20235,074
20235,149
20235,223
20235,283
20235,358
20245,425
20245,482
20245,608
20245,672
20245,748
20245,855
20245,905
20246,000
20246,074
20246,152
20246,250
20246,337
20256,400
20256,454
20256,553
20256,646
20256,746
20256,825
20256,895
20256,984
20257,098
20257,159
20257,243

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 KRC 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 KRC'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 31,980Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 4.6% from 1,893 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older674Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 12.0% from 602 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)823Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 15.9% from 710 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served17,233Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 8.2% from 15,934 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthKern Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
01,0002,0003,0004,0002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-091,980674823
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-061,49833346
2022-071,52133361
2022-081,55032567
2022-091,55531878
2024-052,021580345
2024-062,070494365
2024-071,997505370
2024-081,999505387
2024-092,006516410
2024-102,001498421
2024-111,994519439
2024-122,007520466
2025-011,932490486
2025-021,974517504
2025-032,029576529
2025-041,956557538
2025-052,035597581
2025-062,043642626
2025-071,956675649
2025-081,909609684
2025-091,893602710
2025-101,857563734
2025-111,863594757
2025-121,872602779
2026-011,861648794
2026-021,896700809
2026-031,902664830
2026-041,909664834
2026-051,981630832
2026-061,972640831
2026-071,986690832
2026-082,018685822
2026-091,980674823

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 KRC 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 KRC 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$311MFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $249.9M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$17,462Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $15,445

California Department of Developmental Services
Share of authorized services used66.1%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 67.3%

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

FY 2023–24: 21.6%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageKern Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · KRC$5,391
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · KRC$8,316
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · KRC$43,389
  • 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 Native124$30,220$29,522Suppressed
Asian506$23,208$23,31219.6%
Black or African American1,314$22,712$33,29319.4%
Hispanic10,768$11,691$16,12418.2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander20$5,397$24,565Suppressed
Other race or more than one1,027$14,502$13,66521.6%
White4,053$30,794$39,59020.9%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other101$27,629$31,902Suppressed
ChineseSuppressedSuppressed$30,2200.0%
English14,660$18,272$25,11119.9%
Spanish3,040$13,210$15,89415.8%
VietnameseSuppressedSuppressed$20,31712.5%
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism7,171$13,951$18,99026.5%
Cerebral palsy856$35,187$50,45020.0%
Epilepsy1,062$47,119$58,50519.1%
Fifth category1,500$22,070$26,94225.5%
Intellectual disability5,995$33,768$44,45821.5%
Other4,752$4,521$5,3225.4%

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 KRC 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 disorder7,243Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability5,894Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy834Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy1,022Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category1,475Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at Kern Regional Center

We have not yet checked KRC'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

3 counties

InyoKernMono

Catchment description as published by DDS: “Inyo, Kern, and Mono 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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