AUCD: Poster Symposium: Cultural & Linguistic Competence & Diversity: Racial Disparities in Regional Center Purchase of Services Data: Collaborating with Community Groups to Disseminate Data and Encourage Family Input

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Presenter

Fran Goldfarb, MA, MCHES, CPSP, Director, Community Education
USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND

Other Presenter(s)

Irene Martinez, MSW, Fiesta Educativa, Inc, Los Angeles, CA, United States;
Vanda Jung, MA, Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled (CPAD), Los Angeles, CA, United States;
Ivy Diaz, MPH, CHES, Los Angeles , CA, United States, CA - USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND;
Barbara Wheeler , PdD, Los Angeles, CA, United States, CA - USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND;

Description

The California Regional Centers for Developmental Disabilities are required to post their Purchase of Service data disaggregated by race/ethnicity, language, age, and disability annually on their website and have open meetings to discuss these data with the community. Families had difficulty understanding and responding to this data, so the USC UCEDD, in collaboration with minority serving groups, developed strategies to explain the data and help families provide public testimony.

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