DDS & Other Resources
Clients & Families
Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
The California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) works to ensure Californians with developmental disabilities have the opportunity to make choices and lead independent, productive lives as members of their communities in the least restrictive setting possible.
Links
DDS Main Website (opens in a new tab)
DDS Office of the Ombudsperson (opens in a new tab)
Regional Center Dashboard – DDS Website (opens in a new tab)
Wellness Toolkit – DDS Website (opens in a new tab)
Initiatives – DDS Website (opens in a new tab)
Regional Center Services and Descriptions – DDS Website (opens in a new tab)
National Core Indicators – DDS Website (opens in a new tab)
Appeal Process – CA Department of Developmental Services (opens in a new tab)
Resources
Kern Regional Center would like to share these documents and links to resources that you might find helpful.
KRC EARLY START PAMPHLET
KRC LANTERMAN PAMPHLET
MEDICARE INFORMATION
RESPITE ASSESSMENT
EARLY START NEWSLETTER
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
WELLNESS TOOLKIT
VOTER REGISTRATION Website
COVID-19 Websites
California for All (opens in a new tab)
CDC COVID19 (opens in a new tab)
Kern County Public Health (opens in a new tab)
California Department of Public Health – COVID-19 Vaccines (opens in a new tab)
A Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development – Harvard University (opens in a new tab)
COVID-19 Guidance for Immigrant Californians (opens in a new tab)
Kern County Latino COVID-19 Task Force (opens in a new tab)
CASH ASSISTANCE Websites
PROTECTIVE SERVICES Websites
Kern County Aging and Adult Services (opens in a new tab)
Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (opens in a new tab)
Adult Protective Services (opens in a new tab)
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) (opens in a new tab)
Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault (opens in a new tab)
Kern County Child Protective Services (opens in a new tab)
Mono County Child Welfare Services (opens in a new tab)
Inyo County Report Child/Elder Abuse (opens in a new tab)
Kern County Long Term Care Ombudsman (opens in a new tab)
Inyo County Aging Services (opens in a new tab)
Mono County Senior Programs (opens in a new tab)
Mono County Adult Protective Services (opens in a new tab)
MISCELLANEOUS Websites
Kern County Department of Human Services (opens in a new tab)
2-1-1 Kern County (opens in a new tab)
United Way of Kern County (opens in a new tab)
Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) (opens in a new tab)
Family Resource Centers Network of California (FRCNCA) (opens in a new tab)
Ready.gov (opens in a new tab)
California Foundantion for Independent Living Centers – Find an ILC (opens in a new tab)
FOOD SECURITY Websites
HOUSING & UTILITIES INFORMATION Websites
FINANCIAL Websites
EDUCATION Websites
Documents
- Recognizing Abuse and Neglect (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Reconociendo el Abuso y la Negligencia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Pagkilala sa Pang-aabuso at Kapabayaan (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Report Abuse and Neglect (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Reporte el Abuso y la Negligencia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Pag-ulat Pang-aabuso at Kapabayaan (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- COVID-19 Variants and Vaccination (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Variantes de COVID-19 y Vacunación (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Mga Variant ng COVID-19 at Pagbabakuna (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Vendor Recognizing Abuse and Neglect (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Vendor Reconociendo el Abuso y la Negligencia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Vendor Pagkilala sa Pang-aabuso at Kapabayaan (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Vendor COVID-19 Variants and Vaccination (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Vendor Variantes de COVID-19 y Vacunación (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Vendor Mga Variant ng COVID-19 at Pagbabakuna (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- DSP Preparing for an Emergency (opens in a new tab)
- DSP Dehydration (opens in a new tab)
- Self-Advocate Preventing Dehydration (opens in a new tab)
- Self-Advocate Excessive Heat and How to Stay Healthy in the Heat (opens in a new tab)
- DSP Excessive Heat and Heat-Related Illness (opens in a new tab)
- Self-Advocate Preparing for an Emergency (opens in a new tab)