San Andreas Regional Center (developmental disability services)
Service coordination, respite, day programs and supported living for people whose disability began before age 18, and their families.
A directory listing, not an eligibility decision.
UniHealth can identify a possible match, but the responsible program makes the final decision.
What to know
- Why it may fit
- Your circumstances can be checked against the program’s published guidelines.
- What to do next
- Help for people of any age whose developmental disability began before 18, and their families. A regional center checks if you qualify, then plans services with you. Your income and immigration status do not affect whether you qualify.
- Who runs it
- San Andreas Regional Center, under contract with the California Department of Developmental Services
What the program may consider
- A disability that began before age 18 and is expected to continue
- Intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or a closely related condition
- You live in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito or Monterey County
How to get it
Help for people of any age whose developmental disability began before 18, and their families. A regional center checks if you qualify, then plans services with you. Your income and immigration status do not affect whether you qualify.
How to apply
San Andreas Regional Center intake request
The adult, or their conservator, asks for intake by phone or with the online interest form. For a child, a parent or guardian does.
- PhoneSan Andreas Regional Center intake, Santa Clara County: (408) 374-9960Call to ask for an eligibility assessment, for ages 3 and up.
- Online formSan Andreas Regional Center intake interest formFill out and sign the interest form online. The center then contacts you.
- In personSan Andreas Regional Center, San Jose office: 6203 San Ignacio Ave., Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95119
- PhoneCalifornia Department of Developmental ServicesAsk which regional center serves where you live.
Getting help
You start this yourself
San Andreas Regional Center serves this county. You must ask for intake yourself, by phone or with the online form. Family can help you get ready. If a court named a conservator for you, they ask instead. For a child, a parent or guardian asks. You can sign the online form. You can bring anyone you want to planning meetings.
Only you, or someone with legal authority for you, can sign.
What happens after you apply
Call San Andreas Regional Center intake, or sign its online interest form. You must do this yourself, or your conservator must. You do not need a diagnosis to ask.
The program or providerOnly you can do this
You sign consent forms. They let the center meet with you, test you, and get your records. Intake and testing cannot start until you sign.
YouOnly you can do this
An intake worker meets with you. You must be there in person. Bring any records showing the disability started before 18. If you cannot come to the office, ask about other options.
The program or providerOnly you can do thisWithin 15 working days of your request.
A team with a doctor and a psychologist reviews your records and may test you. They check if the disability started before 18 and limits daily life a lot. This center does not do emergency assessments.
Only if the center needs more testing
The program or providerA helper can help with thisWithin 120 days of intake. Within 60 days if waiting would risk your health or safety.
You hear if you qualify. If the answer is no, you get a letter within 5 working days. You have 60 days to appeal. You can also apply again later if your needs change.
The program or provider Appeal within 60 days of the letter.
A service coordinator is assigned to you. You meet with your team to write your Individual Program Plan, or IPP. It lists your goals and services. You can ask to meet by video. At the end, you get a list of the services you agreed on. You sign it so they can start.
The program or providerA helper can help with thisWithin 60 days after testing is done.
Your service coordinator helps you choose providers. Each service starts once you, the center and the provider agree.
The program or providerA helper can help with thisThere is no set time. Tell your service coordinator if a service is slow to start.
What only you can do
- Sign the consent and records forms, or have your conservator sign. Intake and testing wait until you do.
- Share records from before age 18, like school, medical or test reports. Bring copies of your health insurance cards.
- Take part in the intake interview and any testing.
- Go to your planning (IPP) meeting.
- Sign your plan (IPP) and the list of services you agreed on, or have your conservator sign. Services start only after that.
- Apply for Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and other programs you qualify for. The center will not pay for help those programs would cover.
- How long it takes
- At most about 7 months. Intake takes up to 15 working days. Testing takes up to 120 days. Your plan takes up to 60 more days.
- You are enrolled when
- You are enrolled when you have three things. You have a letter saying you qualify. You have a service coordinator. And you have a signed plan (IPP).
- To keep it
- Your plan is reviewed at least every 3 years. It is reviewed every year if you live in a licensed care home. It is also reviewed every year if you are on the DD Waiver, a special Medi-Cal program. You can ask for a review any time. It must happen within 30 days. From age 22, if you live with family, each year you talk about who will give care later.
Coming changes
- Starting February 1, 2027: Starting February 1, 2027, there is one simpler way to complain. Use it if your plan or services are not built around you. The center must look into it and answer. If you are not happy, you can ask the state to review it.