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 Office of the Ombudsperson
   Regional Center Dashboard – DDS Website
   Wellness Toolkit – DDS Website
   Initiatives – DDS Website
   Regional Center Services and Descriptions – DDS Website
   National Core Indicators – DDS Website
   Appeal Process – CA Department of Developmental Services
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
CASH ASSISTANCE Websites
PROTECTIVE SERVICES Websites
   Kern County Aging and Adult Services
   Behavioral Health & Recovery Services
   Adult Protective Services
   In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
   Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault
   Kern County Child Protective Services
   Mono County Child Welfare Services
   Inyo County Report Child/Elder Abuse
   Kern County Long Term Care Ombudsman
   Inyo County Aging Services
   Mono County Senior Programs
   Mono County Adult Protective Services
MISCELLANEOUS Websites
FOOD SECURITY Websites
HOUSING & UTILITIES INFORMATION Websites
FINANCIAL Websites
EDUCATION Websites
Documents
- Recognizing Abuse and Neglect (English)
- Reconociendo el Abuso y la Negligencia (Spanish)
- Pagkilala sa Pang-aabuso at Kapabayaan (Tagalog)
- Report Abuse and Neglect (English)
- Reporte el Abuso y la Negligencia (Spanish)
- Pag-ulat Pang-aabuso at Kapabayaan (Tagalog)
- COVID-19 Variants and Vaccination (English)
- Variantes de COVID-19 y Vacunación (Spanish)
- Mga Variant ng COVID-19 at Pagbabakuna (Tagalog)
- Vendor Recognizing Abuse and Neglect (English)
- Vendor Reconociendo el Abuso y la Negligencia (Spanish)
- Vendor Pagkilala sa Pang-aabuso at Kapabayaan (Tagalog)
- Vendor COVID-19 Variants and Vaccination (English)
- Vendor Variantes de COVID-19 y Vacunación (Spanish)
- Vendor Mga Variant ng COVID-19 at Pagbabakuna (Tagalog)
- DSP Preparing for an Emergency
- DSP Dehydration
- Self-Advocate Preventing Dehydration
- Self-Advocate Excessive Heat and How to Stay Healthy in the Heat
- DSP Excessive Heat and Heat-Related Illness
- Self-Advocate Preparing for an Emergency