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Regional center · RCRC

Redwood Coast Regional Center

Serves Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Lake 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 record2,358Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier1,961Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthRedwood Coast Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
01,0002,0003,0004,0002014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252,358
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PeriodRCRC
2014701
2015713
2015721
2015736
2015751
2015751
2015763
2015784
2015812
2015820
2015829
2015843
2015858
2016879
2016891
2016901
2016910
2016920
2016927
2016940
2016962
2016975
2016980
2016987
2016992
20171,008
20171,019
20171,040
20171,053
20171,062
20171,067
20171,083
20171,091
20171,108
20171,113
20171,120
20171,133
20181,142
20181,153
20181,175
20181,181
20181,180
20181,198
20181,209
20181,213
20181,230
20181,223
20181,232
20181,243
20191,262
20191,285
20191,293
20191,304
20191,300
20191,305
20191,320
20191,331
20191,344
20191,355
20191,365
20191,384
20201,387
20201,398
20201,404
20201,415
20201,415
20201,415
20201,414
20201,422
20201,428
20201,449
20201,457
20201,462
20211,471
20211,471
20211,475
20211,472
20211,488
20211,485
20211,501
20211,506
20211,520
20211,528
20211,538
20211,546
20221,557
20221,554
20221,565
20221,567
20221,587
20221,611
20221,599
20221,593
20221,611
20221,619
20221,622
20221,641
20231,653
20231,653
20231,679
20231,712
20231,729
20231,740
20231,747
20231,761
20231,762
20231,762
20231,775
20231,784
20241,791
20241,807
20241,842
20241,860
20241,878
20241,892
20241,912
20241,919
20241,945
20241,949
20241,961
20241,991
20252,018
20252,051
20252,087
20252,125
20252,159
20252,204
20252,242
20252,287
20252,321
20252,338
20252,358

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 RCRC 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 RCRC'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 3488Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 7.0% from 456 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older238Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 9.8% from 264 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)159Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 2.6% from 155 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served5,567Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 6.1% from 5,249 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthRedwood Coast Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
02004006008002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-09488238159
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-0638316938
2022-0738819346
2022-0840920951
2022-0942422658
2024-05449366126
2024-06442371122
2024-07443390121
2024-08424434125
2024-09419453119
2024-10424448122
2024-11434455114
2024-12417446121
2025-01406430131
2025-02421420134
2025-03440419140
2025-04437416139
2025-05449403150
2025-06451394150
2025-07459359152
2025-08457305153
2025-09456264155
2025-10450226147
2025-11445190152
2025-12450193152
2026-01460164154
2026-02459159151
2026-03457141154
2026-04462159160
2026-05472160163
2026-06477205165
2026-07472211169
2026-08478201160
2026-09488238159

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 RCRC 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 RCRC 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$194.8MFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $158.2M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$32,167Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $28,229

California Department of Developmental Services
Share of authorized services used53.8%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 53.3%

California Department of Developmental Services
People with no purchased services10.9%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 14.3%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageRedwood Coast Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · RCRC$8,504
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · RCRC$11,360
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · RCRC$67,012
  • 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 Native351$31,532$29,52219.4%
Asian111$22,927$23,31218.0%
Black or African American136$29,563$33,293Suppressed
Hispanic1,151$17,629$16,1247.4%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander18$43,180$24,565Suppressed
Other race or more than one507$14,878$13,66513.8%
White3,782$39,281$39,59010.8%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other51$29,750$31,902Suppressed
ChineseSuppressedSuppressed$30,2200.0%
English5,528$33,728$25,11111.4%
Spanish473$14,394$15,894Suppressed
VietnameseSuppressedSuppressed$20,3170.0%
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism2,401$23,591$18,99014.1%
Cerebral palsy389$78,837$50,4507.7%
Epilepsy459$87,254$58,5056.8%
Fifth category1,016$27,033$26,94211.0%
Intellectual disability1,971$65,261$44,4588.2%
Other1,214$5,973$5,3229.0%

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 RCRC 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 disorder2,358Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability1,869Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy360Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy442Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category852Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at Redwood Coast Regional Center

We have not yet checked RCRC'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

4 counties

Del NorteHumboldtMendocinoLake

Catchment description as published by DDS: “Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino and Lake 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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