Health and Human Services
4300 Department of Developmental Services

The Department of Developmental Services is responsible under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act for ensuring that persons with developmental disabilities receive the services and supports they need to lead more independent and productive lives and to make choices and decisions about their lives. The Department ensures coordination of services to persons with developmental disabilities; ensures that such services are planned, provided, and meet the needs and choices of these individuals at each stage of their lives; and, to the extent possible, accomplishes these goals in the individual's home community. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Budget includes $7.2 million ($3.9 million General Fund) in the current year and $9.2 million ($5.1 million General Fund) in the budget year to implement the Sonoma Developmental Center Action Plan necessary to demonstrate sustained compliance with federal Medicaid licensing requirements.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2014-15*
Positions
Dollars
10 Community Services Program
106.0
$4,663,192
20 Developmental Centers Program
4,499.5
540,776
25 Department of Justice Legal Services Program
-
112
35.01 Administration
240.5
27,945
35.02 Distributed Administration
-
-27,945
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
4,846.0
$5,204,080
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
4,846.0
$5,204,080

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Developmental Services Budget (pdf * - 221K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 3K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 7K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.
Developmental Centers In-Center Population Count (pdf * - 174K)
This table displays the actual or estimated population census for each state-operated developmental center or community facility on the last Wednesday of each fiscal year from Fiscal Year 2009-10 through Fiscal Year 2014-15. The table also shows the count and percentage change from the preceding year.