The Individual Program Plan (IPP) is a written document that you create with your planning team. This document should be person-centered and has information about you. It includes what is happening in your life, what is important to you and lists all your goals and future plans. The IPP will include a list of services and supports that you and your planning team agree will help you meet those goals. IPP meetings can happen as often as your needs or goals change. Your Service Coordinator will monitor this plan regularly. You may call together your planning team at any time by contacting your Service Coordinator.

Find tools and information about planning for your IPP by clicking through the tabs below.

Additional publications may be available from your local regional center.

In 2025, your regional center will start using a new format for your Individual Program Plan (IPP). To help you understand the new format and get ready for your IPP meeting, we have created a document called “Your Plan.” This guide can help you understand what a person-centered IPP is. “Your Plan” will also help you identify your preferences, strengths, and goals.

In the “Your Plan” guide, you will find:

• An opportunity to learn about Person-Centered Planning
• Tips for before, during and after your planning meeting
• A workbook called “About You.” that will include:
  • Questions to help you think about the important areas of your life
  • Space for you to write down your answers to those questions

It is your choice how you want to use “Your Plan.” You can read and fill out the pages on your own. You can also ask others who know you well to help you with some parts of this guide. You may want to take pages you’ve filled out to your IPP meeting. This can help you make sure you are talking about the areas of your life that are most important to you.

In September 2023 a new law was created that required DDS to create a standardized IPP template and standardized procedures that all regional centers will use.

Starting January 1, 2025, regional centers will use the new standard IPP template for all new IPP meetings, amendments, reviews and renewals. In the instance of biennial or triennial IPPs, individuals and families will have the option to transition to the new IPP template. If selecting the new IPP, regional centers must accommodate the request. By the end of 2027, all IPPs will transition to this new IPP template.

The new IPP template, agreement form and guide for service coordinators were rolled out to regional centers on June 28, 2024.