Assuring Equitable Funding of Services for Children with Developmental Disabilities

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public is left to wonder if there were no requests for IPP translations into a non-threshold language, or if there were such requests but those requests were all timely met, or the regional centers have overlooked or ignored this reporting requirement. All regional centers, including TCRC, should post a report similar to TCRC’s 2014-2015 report to reassure the public that the regional centers are aware of these reporting obligations pursuant to WIC § 4519.5(a)(6). Conclusion DDS’ own compliance with WIC § 4519.5 is largely dependent on whether the regional centers themselves are in compliance, because DDS is simply providing direct links to the regional center’s webpage instead of maintaining its own online repository for these reports. DDS’ should carefully review its linkage system and collaborate further with the regional centers to develop a more uniform manner of accessing all the required reports in a more consistent and accessible way, per the above observations and recommendations. We lastly recommend that the data reports be posted in Excel spreadsheets or another accessible format so that they can be more accessible to independent analysis by the public.

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