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Regional center · WRC

Westside 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 record5,995Through Nov 30, 2025California Department of Developmental Services
Twelve months earlier5,377Through Nov 30, 2024California Department of Developmental Services
People served with an autism diagnosis on record, by monthWestside Regional Center, Dec 2014 to Nov 2025
02,0004,0006,0008,0002014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420255,995
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PeriodWRC
20142,845
20152,847
20152,855
20152,871
20152,875
20152,897
20152,909
20152,914
20152,930
20152,948
20152,967
20152,955
20152,960
20162,970
20162,986
20163,006
20163,014
20163,031
20163,045
20163,050
20163,054
20163,067
20163,072
20163,073
20163,079
20173,086
20173,102
20173,101
20173,126
20173,140
20173,155
20173,171
20173,179
20173,210
20173,207
20173,204
20173,222
20183,226
20183,234
20183,254
20183,258
20183,270
20183,277
20183,276
20183,289
20183,287
20183,306
20183,325
20183,337
20193,346
20193,345
20193,352
20193,357
20193,370
20193,390
20193,416
20193,447
20193,478
20193,489
20193,510
20193,514
20203,535
20203,562
20203,584
20203,599
20203,622
20203,626
20203,650
20203,668
20203,674
20203,695
20203,706
20203,709
20213,730
20213,743
20213,767
20213,781
20213,798
20213,817
20213,834
20213,853
20213,878
20213,901
20213,927
20213,954
20223,981
20223,991
20224,043
20224,096
20224,115
20224,131
20224,153
20224,205
20224,245
20224,277
20224,305
20224,321
20234,373
20234,421
20234,463
20234,525
20234,541
20234,554
20234,622
20234,646
20234,695
20234,732
20234,772
20234,845
20244,887
20244,921
20244,956
20244,989
20245,044
20245,121
20245,178
20245,257
20245,292
20245,331
20245,377
20245,420
20255,446
20255,497
20255,553
20255,610
20255,676
20255,721
20255,778
20255,853
20255,889
20255,936
20255,995

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 WRC 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 WRC'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 31,451Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 4.9% from 1,383 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
In intake, age 3 and older271Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 3.8% from 261 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Provisionally eligible (under age 5)306Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Down 23.9% from 402 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
All people served12,705Caseload at end of Sep 2026

Up 5.2% from 12,075 in Sep 2025

California Department of Developmental Services
Early Start, intake and provisional eligibility, by monthWestside Regional Center, Jun 2022 to Sep 2026
04008001,2001,6002022-062022-122023-062023-122024-062024-122025-062025-122026-062026-091,451271306
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PeriodEarly Start, under 3In intake, 3 and olderProvisional
2022-061,277192153
2022-071,282203157
2022-081,296205159
2022-091,335207157
2024-051,415350335
2024-061,407324350
2024-071,396338344
2024-081,383326341
2024-091,379363350
2024-101,378368357
2024-111,352332369
2024-121,342319373
2025-011,318306375
2025-021,298280374
2025-031,333312368
2025-041,367310380
2025-051,383317391
2025-061,390267393
2025-071,374257399
2025-081,369273398
2025-091,383261402
2025-101,369249401
2025-111,345268393
2025-121,360261391
2026-011,340252366
2026-021,364261364
2026-031,360297342
2026-041,367308342
2026-051,403294334
2026-061,445301323
2026-071,432278320
2026-081,460280310
2026-091,451271306

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 WRC 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 WRC 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$535.8MFiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $425.2M

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person counted$37,632Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: $31,758

California Department of Developmental Services
Share of authorized services used62.3%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 60.5%

California Department of Developmental Services
People with no purchased services14.0%Fiscal year 2024–25 (July–June)

FY 2023–24: 15.2%

California Department of Developmental Services
Spending per person, by ageWestside Regional Center, FY 2024–25. Statewide figures for comparison.
  • Ages 0–2 · WRC$6,556
  • Ages 0–2 · California$6,574
  • Ages 3–21 · WRC$17,897
  • Ages 3–21 · California$9,632
  • Ages 22 and older · WRC$86,841
  • 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 Native17$53,581$29,522Suppressed
Asian661$35,295$23,31213.5%
Black or African American3,153$45,807$33,29313.2%
Hispanic5,176$27,039$16,12416.2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander15$15,407$24,565Suppressed
Other race or more than one1,827$31,713$13,66514.6%
White3,389$49,873$39,59011.2%
Preferred language, all ages, FY 2024–25
Preferred languagePeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Other182$58,064$31,9029.3%
Chinese16$39,595$30,220Suppressed
English11,852$38,733$25,11114.0%
Spanish2,172$29,845$15,89414.3%
Vietnamese16$44,816$20,317Suppressed
Qualifying condition, all ages, FY 2024–25
Qualifying conditionPeople countedSpending per personStatewide per personNo purchased services
Autism6,179$35,318$18,99019.9%
Cerebral palsy777$96,906$50,4508.8%
Epilepsy852$105,747$58,5057.4%
Fifth category1,469$41,971$26,94218.2%
Intellectual disability6,302$56,523$44,45815.4%
Other3,289$4,725$5,3222.6%

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 WRC 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 disorder5,995Nov 30, 2025
Intellectual disability6,025Nov 30, 2025
Cerebral palsy742Nov 30, 2025
Epilepsy811Nov 30, 2025
Fifth category1,138Nov 30, 2025
How to ask for an evaluation

Intake at Westside Regional Center

We have not yet checked WRC'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 Inglewood and Santa Monica-West 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
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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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