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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
The Regional Center works as a center to gather information and services by private and governmental vendors. Their client is evaluated for services such as Independent Living Skills, Supportive Living Services, public transportation training, and vendors are located and provided to the client to assist the client with living as independently as possible. THey do not financially support the client, so individuals who have very limited resources are still limited by their financial resources.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
work to minimize the salaries of the management, and use the funds for the clients. The management is highly compensated, and in these times with STate and Federal funding cuts, the management should share in the cuts to salaries and benefits because the clients are mostly living at the poverty level.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Quite well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
How did you find this group?
Professional referral. Also Protection and Advocacy, a state funded legal services organization for developmentally disabled.
What, if any, change in your life has this group encouraged?
WHat time I do not spend helping my niece is not my time.
The Great!
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the denial of benefits where the court of appeal found the evidence was overwhelming and undisputed that the claimant had a developmental disability.
Ways to make it better...
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Require the Board of Trustees to supervise the Executive Director and instruct her to follow the guidelines of the trade organization ARCA that was created to represent the 21 State Regional Centers.
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How does this organization compare with others in the same sector?
Badly
How much of an impact do you think this organization has?
Life-changing
Will you recommend this organization to others?
No
What is unique about this organization?
It is charged by the State of California to evaluate disabled individuals and grant them supportive living services so that they can main-stream into the general public, including living and vocational support. Individuals with disabilities cannot afford to be denied services and employ an attorney to litigate their claim where it is wrongfully denied. The organization has a State mandate to apply the law accurately and when the staff is unsupervised and undirected in this regard, the disabled community is harmed.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011