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In order to promote transparency and accountability and maintain the trust or our community, North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC) provides timely access to public information about the center and about services we purchase. While providing access to information we also comply with applicable federal and state law relating to the confidentiality of client information and records.

1. To promote transparency, we include on our Website the following information:

1.1. IRS Form 990. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5 (a)*]

1.2. Annual independent audits. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(1)]

1.3. Biannual fiscal audits conducted by the Department of Developmental Services. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(2)]

1.4. A complete current salary schedule for all personnel classifications. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(3)]

1.5. Prior fiscal year expenditures from the regional center operations budget for all administrative services, including managerial, consultant, accounting, personnel, labor relations, and legal services, whether procured under a written contract or otherwise. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(3)]

1.6. Contract awards, including the organization or entity awarded the contract, and the amount and purpose of the award. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(4)]

1.7. Regional center purchase of service policies. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(5)]

1.8. The name, type of service, contact information of all purchase of service vendors, except consumer or family members of consumers. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(6)]

1.9. Board meeting agendas and approved minutes of open meetings of the board and all committees of the Board. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(7)]

1.10. Bylaws of the regional center governing board. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(8)]

1.11. The annual performance contract and year-end performance contract entered into with the Department of Developmental Services. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(9)]

1.12. The biannual Home and Community-Based Services Waiver program review conducted by the Department of the Developmental Services and the State Department of Health Care Services. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(10)]

1.13. The Board-approved transparency and public information policy. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(11)]

1.14. The Board-approved conflict-of-interest policy. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(12)]

1.15. Reports required pursuant to Section 4639.5. (Annual DDS Report. Information contained under section 1.4). [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(13)]

1.16. A link to the page on the department’s internet website, specified in subdivision (d). [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(14)]

1.17. The salaries, wages, and employee benefits for all managerial positions for which the primary purpose is the administrative management of the regional center, including, but not limited to, directors and chief executive officers. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(15)]

1.18. Regional center-specific reports generated pursuant to, and for the purposes of, subdivision (h) of Section 4571. (Quality Assessments) [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5(b)(16)].

2. We also provide timely public access to information, including, but not limited to:

2.1. Information regarding requests for proposals and contract awards. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5 (a)]

2.2. Service provider rates. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5 (a)]

2.3. Documentation related to establishment of negotiated rates. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5 (a)]

2.4. Audits. [Welf. & Inst. Code, §4629.5 (a)]

3. Procedure

3.1. Requests for public information may be made under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). Please refer to the CPRA Policy located on our website under the Transparency tab.

3.2. The regional center will respond to the requester in writing or e-mail within 10 working days, informing the requester whether the records are available and whether and when they will be provided. NLACRC may utilize a 14-day extension to respond under certain circumstances, as noted in the CPRA policy.

3.3. If the records are available on the NLACRC Website, the requester will be referred to the Website to obtain the information.

3.4. Written and email requests for records shall be directed to the following department at NLACRC:

Public Record Specialist
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9200 Oakdale Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311
publicrecordsact@nlacrc.org

3.5. If the records are not available on the Website, the regional center will either 1) provide a copy of the records to the requester; 2) notify the requester when the records will be available to him; or 3) inform the requester that the records are not available or that they are not subject to public disclosure.

3.5.1 If the request includes multiple records, the requester may be informed that the records can be available for viewing at the regional center. In this case, a mutually agreed-upon time will be established for the requester to view the records. The need to compile data, to write programming language or a computer program, or to construct a computer report to extract data.

3.5.2 The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine records during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor in the jurisdiction where the agency is located when the state of emergency currently affects, due to the state of emergency, the agency’s ability to timely respond to requests due to staffing shortages or closure of facilities where the requested records are located.

3.6. The regional center shall not disclose any information or records that are exempt from disclosure by statute or regulation or that are prohibited from disclosure by Section 4514 the Welfare and Institutions Code.

3.7. The regional center will charge a rate of $0.10 per page, plus the cost of postage, for duplication of records or if records are mailed. NLACRC will advise the requester of the estimated cost, if any, to fulfill their request before producing any records. Payment of fees must be received prior to the records being released. The regional center will not charge a duplication fee for records that exist in electronic form. Individuals served and/or their authorized representatives may continue to request copies of their own records at any time, without associated fees.