Participant-directed services: for some regional center services, you choose who provides them, such as a worker you hire or a class or camp in your community. A company called a financial management service (FMS) pays them. Start of this guide
Find your regional center
Regional centers explain participant-directed services in different places and under different names. Below is some of what each one has published, any other name it uses, and its rates. Your service coordinator is the place to start at every one of them.
Alta California Regional Center
- Names you may hear here
- FMS respite, short for fiscal management service respite
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $24.21 an hour; independent living $24.79; supported employment $33.26; community-based training $25.12. What these numbers mean
Central Valley Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $24.21 an hour; independent living $24.79; supported employment $33.26; community-based training $25.12. What these numbers mean
Regional Center of the East Bay
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Your case manager, which is what East Bay calls a service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $28.69 an hour; independent living $29.39; supported employment $39.62; community-based training $29.79. What these numbers mean
Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
Far Northern Regional Center
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $24.21 an hour; independent living $24.79; supported employment $33.26; community-based training $25.12. What these numbers mean
Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
Golden Gate Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Your social worker, which is what Golden Gate calls a service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $28.69 an hour; independent living $29.39; supported employment $39.62; community-based training $29.79. What these numbers mean
Harbor Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
Inland Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Your service coordinator, called a CSC at Inland. Inland also names its Participant Choice Specialists as a contact for participant-directed services.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $24.21 an hour; independent living $24.79; supported employment $33.26; community-based training $25.12. What these numbers mean
Kern Regional Center
- Names you may hear here
- Participant Choice respite, which uses a financial management service. Family Select respite can use a financial management service or a respite agency.
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $24.21 an hour; independent living $24.79; supported employment $33.26; community-based training $25.12. What these numbers mean
North Bay Regional Center
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
North Los Angeles County Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Your service coordinator, called a CSC at North Los Angeles County.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
Regional Center of Orange County
- Names you may hear here
- Parent voucher, for respite. Ask whether it is through a financial management service or an agency.
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
Redwood Coast Regional Center
- Names you may hear here
- Vouchers, for respite, nursing and transportation. Ask whether it is through a financial management service.
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $24.21 an hour; independent living $24.79; supported employment $33.26; community-based training $25.12. What these numbers mean
San Andreas Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $28.69 an hour; independent living $29.39; supported employment $39.62; community-based training $29.79. What these numbers mean
San Diego Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Your service coordinator. San Diego's site says who to ask for each kind of question.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
Tri-Counties Regional Center
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean
Valley Mountain Regional Center
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $24.21 an hour; independent living $24.79; supported employment $33.26; community-based training $25.12. What these numbers mean
Westside Regional Center
- Names you may hear here
- The FMS bill payer option, for social recreation
- What it has published
- Who to ask
- Start with your service coordinator.
- Hourly rates, from January 1, 2026
- Respite and personal assistance $25.33 an hour; independent living $25.94; supported employment $34.84; community-based training $26.28. What these numbers mean