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Regional center · SCLARC

South Central 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 record11,581Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier9,969Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthSouth Central Los Angeles Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
03,0006,0009,00012,00020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202511,581
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PeriodSCLARC
20143,348
20153,356
20153,344
20153,349
20153,366
20153,375
20153,391
20153,404
20153,428
20153,435
20153,463
20153,480
20153,502
20163,532
20163,575
20163,577
20163,593
20163,600
20163,631
20163,658
20163,681
20163,724
20163,763
20163,783
20163,814
20173,835
20173,879
20173,897
20173,923
20173,993
20174,020
20174,068
20174,094
20174,157
20174,198
20174,233
20174,253
20184,299
20184,340
20184,402
20184,467
20184,496
20184,560
20184,599
20184,666
20184,740
20184,772
20184,816
20184,868
20194,914
20194,974
20195,016
20195,071
20195,117
20195,193
20195,225
20195,290
20195,339
20195,389
20195,512
20195,552
20205,612
20205,692
20205,774
20205,828
20205,925
20205,963
20205,992
20206,057
20206,124
20206,177
20206,207
20206,277
20216,313
20216,378
20216,435
20216,477
20216,551
20216,581
20216,652
20216,692
20216,730
20216,766
20216,814
20216,876
20226,913
20226,988
20227,069
20227,179
20227,253
20227,297
20227,363
20227,433
20227,470
20227,559
20227,640
20227,725
20237,780
20237,885
20237,987
20238,077
20238,177
20238,267
20238,342
20238,434
20238,513
20238,588
20238,696
20238,783
20248,828
20248,915
20249,023
20249,137
20249,249
20249,372
20249,482
20249,569
20249,678
20249,798
20249,969
202410,088
202510,217
202510,379
202510,561
202510,683
202510,829
202510,906
202511,015
202511,150
202511,283
202511,380
202511,581

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 SCLARC 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 SCLARC'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 33,166Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 3.0% from 3,073 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older1,258Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 2.2% from 1,231 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)1,610Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 27.6% from 1,262 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served26,454Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 8.1% from 24,479 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthSouth Central Los Angeles Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
01,0002,0003,0004,0002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-093,1661,2581,610
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-062,731734351
2022-072,751799419
2022-082,828844484
2022-092,878874543
2024-053,1911,0111,140
2024-063,1771,1661,159
2024-073,0881,2131,135
2024-083,1391,4521,106
2024-093,0791,5191,105
2024-103,0641,6301,141
2024-112,9751,4961,194
2024-122,9531,5371,207
2025-012,8971,5231,195
2025-022,9131,4871,197
2025-033,0461,4851,266
2025-043,0421,3811,256
2025-053,1361,4511,272
2025-063,1391,2561,269
2025-073,1091,2001,247
2025-083,0481,0951,254
2025-093,0731,2311,262
2025-103,0881,1951,262
2025-113,0791,3941,310
2025-123,0321,2651,365
2026-013,0621,3031,387
2026-023,0481,2361,447
2026-033,0141,1721,448
2026-043,0331,2641,455
2026-053,1091,3831,447
2026-063,0931,3551,494
2026-073,1391,2451,550
2026-083,1841,2431,570
2026-093,1661,2581,610

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 SCLARC 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 SCLARC 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$649MFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $548.7M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$21,093Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $19,148

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

FY 2023–24: 71.8%

California Department of Developmental Services
People with no purchased services9.7%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 11.5%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageSouth Central Los Angeles Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · SCLARC$7,283
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · SCLARC$9,375
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · SCLARC$57,196
  • 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 Native26$21,039$29,522Suppressed
Asian231$38,140$23,31210.4%
Black or African American6,101$38,939$33,29310.5%
Hispanic22,387$15,530$16,1249.6%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander37$26,455$24,565Suppressed
Other race or more than one1,380$12,657$13,6658.3%
White605$59,383$39,5908.1%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other103$76,742$31,902Suppressed
ChineseSuppressedSuppressed$30,2200.0%
English19,441$22,995$25,11111.6%
Spanish11,220$17,272$15,894Suppressed
VietnameseSuppressedSuppressed$20,3170.0%
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism12,701$16,928$18,99014.1%
Cerebral palsy1,530$36,163$50,4509.7%
Epilepsy1,749$48,926$58,5059.4%
Fifth category5,866$15,305$26,94212.2%
Intellectual disability9,213$45,215$44,45810.1%
Other8,473$4,192$5,3222.1%

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 SCLARC 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 disorder11,581Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability8,674Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy1,425Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy1,611Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category4,737Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at South Central Los Angeles Regional Center

We have not yet checked SCLARC'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 Compton, San Antonio, South, Southeast, and Southwest 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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    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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