MATRIX is hosting a training that will introduce or reinforce basic concepts necessary for understanding your child’s IEP.

Click here to register for Solano Co Office of Education, 5100 Business Center Dr, FAIRFIELD, Friday, September 27th:

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Click here to register for Sonoma Co Office of Education, 5340 Skylane Blvd, SANTA ROSA, Friday, September 27th:

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Documentary about autism and inclusion – UCSF Oct 11th 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.

There will be a free, public screening of the award-winning documentary, “Deej” at UCSF on Friday, October 11.

Deej is a documentary about autism and inclusion.

Details about the event can be found here, as well as on this Flyer. Please come and help us spread the word!

Public Meeting to Review 2020 Performance Plan

Wed, September 4, 2019

 6-8 pm

Solano Co Office of Education

5100 Business Center Dr

Fairfield, CA 94534

North Bay Regional Center wants to make sure that we are continuously improving. We strive to exceed our mission, desired outcomes, and that we are in compliance with all requirements.

The NBRC Performance Plan measures our ongoing performance on desired statewide outcomes, and compares North Bay Regional Center’s performance with the statewide average for all 21 regional centers in California. These desired outcomes reflect the state’s public policy direction for developmental services in the community.

We continue to fulfill all planned activities with the intent of improving outcomes as directed by our community members, Board of Directors, and NBRC staff.

How do we implement this plan?

We are continuing activities from this year and prior years, such as the continued development of licensed homes, day activities, family support and training,  and more in 2019/20, such as:

• Efforts to address purchase of service disparities among our Spanish speaking and Latino population

• Support for children to live with families (their own family, foster family, or with a guardian)

• Support for adults to live in home environments (in their own home with or without supported living services as needed, with their family)

• Coordination of employment preparation and training, job development, and ongoing support for adults to find and maintain

You are invited to hear a presentation of our proposed plan and provide your input.

We will present the plan and listen to your comments during the Public Meeting of the NBRC Board of Directors on September 4, 2019.

or send your performance contract 2020 comment form by mail or email to:

January Crane, MPA

Department Manager

PO Box 3360 NAPA CA 94558

email: jcrane@nbrc.net

HCBS Final Rule and How it is Supported by Person-Centered Planning

Monday, Sept 9 in Sacramento and Tues, Sept 10 in Los Angeles; see Flyer below for more details:

CMS HCBS Final Rule Training Flyer

An initial introduction to person-centered thinking, and a review of

the person-centered service planning requirements specified in the HCBS Final Rule.

Registration Link: https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5140996/CA-DDS-Person-Centered-Planning-Training-Registration

Anyone interested in learning more about the HCBS Final Rule is welcome to register and attend the trainings, at no cost to training participants. When registering, please provide any needed accommodations.

For questions about this training series or registration assistance, please email: CADDSHCBS@pcgus.com

Public Meeting to Review 2019/20 Disparity Project Grant Funding

Tuesday, Sept 17^th, 2019

 6-8 pm

Solano Co Office of Education/Waterman Room

5100 Business Center Dr

Fairfield, CA 94534

RSVP: jcrane@nbrc.net

Disparity Funds Program Presentation 19.20

Disparity Proposal comment form

Disparity Proposal comment form_Spanish

Disparity Project announcement 2019.20_Spanish

North Bay Regional Center wants to make sure that we are continuously improving.

We strive to exceed our mission, desired outcomes, and that we are in compliance with all requirements.

The Disparity Funds Program supports projects that aim to increase equity in service access.

Proposals must link to an identified issue or barrier in the local community or statewide, which has been identified through POS data, stakeholder feedback, and/or RC plans and recommendations to promote equity and reduce disparities.

We continue to fulfill all planned activities with the intent of improving outcomes as directed by our community members, Board of Directors, and NBRC staff.

How do we continue to improve in our efforts to address disparities in purchases of service?

We are continuing activities from this year and prior years, such as the continued outreach and education, staff training, use of social media, providing orientation to Regional Center services to new families, and increased collaboration with community partners:

• Promotora project

• Translation of materials and information into Spanish and Tagalog

• Cultural Sensitivity presentations to staff and vendors

• Agency-wide implementation of Person Centered Thinking, Planning, and Practices

You are invited to hear a presentation of our proposed plan and provide your input. We will present the plan and listen to your comments at the Solano Co Office of Education on Tues, Sept 17, 2019 from 6-8pm.

or send your Disparity Proposal comment form or Disparity Proposal comment form_Spanish by mail or email to:

January Crane, Department Manager

PO Box 3360 NAPA CA 94558

Email: jcrane@nbrc.net

Mandatory Orientation

If you have been selected to participate in the Self- Determination Program, you must attend a Self- Determination Program Orientation before you can move on. 

    Orientations are held in Napa (610 Airpark Road) on the 3rd Friday of every month from 10-12 

 in Santa Rosa (2351 Mendocino Ave) on the 3rd Monday of every month from 10-12.

RSVP to: SDP@nbrc.net

Orientations are required and will cover critical information about the Self-Determination Program including information about person centered planning.

What is an independent facilitator?

What is Financial Management Service?

The Self-Determination Program is based on the practice that people —

• Plan their own lives and make their own decisions
• Determine how funding is spent for their services and supports
• Plan and choose their own formal and informal supports
• Take responsibility for the decisions made
• Validate those decisions through maintaining ongoing control

NBRC is committed to providing all five principals of self-determination.

• The five principles of self-determination are —
  • Freedom to exercise the same rights as all citizens; to establish, with freely chosen supports, family and friends, where they want to live, with whom they want to live, how their time will be occupied, and who supports them;
  • Authority to control a budget in order to purchase services and supports of their choosing;
  • Support, including the ability to arrange resources and personnel, which will allow flexibility to live in the community of their choice;
  • Responsibility, which includes the opportunity to take responsibility for making decisions in their own lives and accept a valued role in their community, and,
  • Confirmation, in making decisions in their own lives by designing and operating the service that they rely on.