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Regional center · VMRC

Valley Mountain Regional Center

Serves Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties. 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 record10,639Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier9,029Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthValley Mountain Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
03,0006,0009,00012,00020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202510,639
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PeriodVMRC
20142,935
20152,952
20152,969
20153,000
20153,034
20153,074
20153,107
20153,145
20153,154
20153,173
20153,216
20153,261
20153,275
20163,305
20163,333
20163,381
20163,427
20163,451
20163,488
20163,535
20163,576
20163,615
20163,633
20163,657
20163,696
20173,743
20173,765
20173,801
20173,837
20173,899
20173,929
20173,999
20174,059
20174,095
20174,143
20174,147
20174,214
20184,245
20184,257
20184,291
20184,329
20184,366
20184,393
20184,451
20184,486
20184,530
20184,565
20184,588
20184,627
20194,680
20194,697
20194,740
20194,778
20194,823
20194,870
20194,905
20194,946
20195,002
20195,051
20195,085
20195,154
20205,183
20205,240
20205,285
20205,327
20205,401
20205,462
20205,547
20205,587
20205,619
20205,674
20205,736
20205,809
20215,875
20215,925
20215,986
20216,055
20216,099
20216,140
20216,162
20216,200
20216,242
20216,328
20216,384
20216,475
20226,537
20226,601
20226,662
20226,756
20226,817
20226,915
20226,978
20227,063
20227,132
20227,239
20227,269
20227,293
20237,311
20237,358
20237,412
20237,446
20237,498
20237,521
20237,571
20237,636
20237,739
20237,823
20237,881
20237,963
20248,045
20248,124
20248,263
20248,334
20248,396
20248,472
20248,549
20248,667
20248,704
20248,836
20249,029
20249,131
20259,242
20259,371
20259,616
20259,761
20259,948
202510,073
202510,183
202510,363
202510,480
202510,525
202510,639

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 VMRC 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 VMRC'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 32,776Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 3.6% from 2,679 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older627Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 39.4% from 1,035 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)709Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 21.3% from 901 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served24,798Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 9.9% from 22,572 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthValley Mountain Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
01,0002,0003,0004,0002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-092,776627709
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-062,477470102
2022-072,518474121
2022-082,530497132
2022-092,506543156
2024-052,860952814
2024-062,8451,016784
2024-072,8451,052761
2024-082,8501,061790
2024-092,7871,117812
2024-102,7201,096831
2024-112,7721,110843
2024-122,7161,106848
2025-012,6721,042890
2025-022,6351,004922
2025-032,705952901
2025-042,664965905
2025-052,7051,014903
2025-062,706936927
2025-072,671944912
2025-082,692986897
2025-092,6791,035901
2025-102,6361,126897
2025-112,6591,200887
2025-122,6421,203893
2026-012,6811,274886
2026-022,6671,291858
2026-032,7181,291821
2026-042,7591,232770
2026-052,7951,071755
2026-062,794979728
2026-072,735855742
2026-082,768710760
2026-092,776627709

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 VMRC 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 VMRC 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$489.1MFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $389.9M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$18,902Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $16,335

California Department of Developmental Services
Share of authorized services used76.1%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 82.2%

California Department of Developmental Services
People with no purchased services15.2%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 16.1%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageValley Mountain Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · VMRC$6,259
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · VMRC$9,437
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · VMRC$47,917
  • 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 Native87$26,758$29,52217.2%
Asian2,564$16,652$23,31216.4%
Black or African American1,964$27,284$33,29315.2%
Hispanic11,043$13,416$16,12413.4%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander82$11,233$24,56520.7%
Other race or more than one3,330$12,183$13,66517.4%
White6,805$29,513$39,59016.7%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other503$24,057$31,90214.7%
Chinese32$47,516$30,220Suppressed
English21,259$19,737$25,11116.5%
Spanish4,027$13,549$15,8948.7%
Vietnamese54$24,335$20,317Suppressed
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism10,825$14,384$18,99019.9%
Cerebral palsy1,376$40,694$50,45010.5%
Epilepsy1,841$50,524$58,50510.6%
Fifth category3,035$16,025$26,94217.6%
Intellectual disability7,992$40,303$44,45813.6%
Other6,818$4,918$5,3229.1%

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 VMRC 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 disorder10,639Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability7,772Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy1,329Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy1,775Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category2,932Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at Valley Mountain Regional Center

We have not yet checked VMRC'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

5 counties

AmadorCalaverasSan JoaquinStanislausTuolumne

Catchment description as published by DDS: “Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne 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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