OCRA staff also serve on their regional centers’ Self-Determination Program Local Advisory Committees as required by Welfare & Institutions Code Section 4685.8(x)(1) and attend regular meetings. Some OCRA staff have partnered with regional centers to provide trainings to help interested parties better understand this new service delivery method. OCRA will be participating for the second year in a two-day Self-Determination Program conference in southern California and will continue to work with DDS, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities and regional centers on this program. OCRA currently operates offices throughout the state, most of which are staffed by one CRA and one Assistant CRA. This enables our staff to be accessible and best understand the local community. OCRA recently closed the Ukiah office which serves consumers of Redwood Coast Regional Center (RCRC), so we now have one office in Eureka to serve consumers in all four RCRC counties. We hired a second CRA in the Eureka office, who started in September 2015. Staff in that OCRA office have already provided outreach and trainings to regional center staff and the Native American community in Klamath. We also hired a new CRA for Alta California Regional Center consumers who started in August 2015. The former CRA for Westside Regional Center transferred to our Inland Regional Center office during this review period, so we have a new CRA for WRC as well. We also plan to hire a second Peer Advocate in Northern California to compliment the work of our Peer Advocate in Southern California. A list of the current staff and office locations is attached as Exhibit A. II. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES Disability Rights California’s contract with DDS requires performance objectives as established in Exhibit A, Page 14, Paragraph M, of the contract. Each of the specific required outcomes is discussed in the following Sections A through F. The contract does not set specific numbers for the performance outcomes.
OCRA staff also serve on their regional centers’ Self-Determination Program Local Advisory Committees as required by Welfare & Institutions Code Section 4685.8(x)(1) and attend regular meetings. Some OCRA staff have partnered with regional centers to provide trainings to help interested parties better understand this new service delivery method. OCRA will be participating for the second year in a two-day Self-Determination Program conference in southern California and will continue to work with DDS, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities and regional centers on this program. OCRA currently operates offices throughout the state, most of which are staffed by one CRA and one Assistant CRA. This enables our staff to be accessible and best understand the local community. OCRA recently closed the Ukiah office which serves consumers of Redwood Coast Regional Center (RCRC), so we now have one office in Eureka to serve consumers in all four RCRC counties. We hired a second CRA in the Eureka office, who started in September 2015. Staff in that OCRA office have already provided outreach and trainings to regional center staff and the Native American community in Klamath. We also hired a new CRA for Alta California Regional Center consumers who started in August 2015. The former CRA for Westside Regional Center transferred to our Inland Regional Center office during this review period, so we have a new CRA for WRC as well. We also plan to hire a second Peer Advocate in Northern California to compliment the work of our Peer Advocate in Southern California. A list of the current staff and office locations is attached as Exhibit A. II. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES Disability Rights California’s contract with DDS requires performance objectives as established in Exhibit A, Page 14, Paragraph M, of the contract. Each of the specific required outcomes is discussed in the following Sections A through F. The contract does not set specific numbers for the performance outcomes.
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