If you have been temporarily displaced from your home or otherwise affected by a natural disaster, the Regional Center might be able to provide a temporary increase in services to help your family. This could include more respite hours if parents need extra time away from caring for children to manage logistics like securing replacement clothing and new housing. Young adult Regional Center clients may qualify for more independent living services in a new space. Some Undivided families have successfully gotten more transportation hours because their family had to travel more miles to see the same providers.
Regional Centers may help provide immediate aid in a disaster such as helping coordinate temporary housing and replacement supplies.
If your Regional Center is also impacted by the disaster, there are neighboring Regional Centers that could aid if warranted, and DDS is available to assist Regional Centers when necessary.
For more information about what kind of assistance your Regional Center can provide before, during, or after an unexpected disaster, talk to your service coordinator at your next IPP meeting so that you can make sure you have help keeping your child safe and supported in an emergency.
See also our full article California Emergency Preparedness Resources for Families of Kids with Disabilities.
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