California action guide · Verified July 27, 2026
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Choosing services or providers

Request provider options

Ask the service coordinator for qualified options tied to the exact authorized or proposed service.

Official sources checked 2026-07-27

Start here

Individual Program Planning

Before you start

  • Exact service, location, schedule, access and communication needs, safeguards, transportation, staffing needs, and non-negotiables.

Who to contact

Use the official destination above or the responsible regional center, county, program, or contact named in the current notice.

Step by step

  1. Give the service coordinator a written service-and-fit request.
  2. Ask for current qualified or vendored options serving the relevant area.
  3. Contact candidates and verify the exact service and inquiry status directly.

Expected next

A candidate list, referral activity, or written explanation of the unresolved resource need.

Save this proof

Request, candidates, contacts, service, geography, inquiry status, and next step.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Ask regional-center management how resource development will proceed if no qualified option is identified.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Request provider options checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner
  • Date started
  • Documents sent
  • Confirmation
  • Next event
  • Escalation contact

Derived from Individual Program Planning, Provider Directory, Vendorization Process

Official resources

Limits

The statewide Provider Directory is not directly available to families; a vendor record is not capacity, quality, endorsement, or fit.

Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.

Checked sources

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