North Los Angeles County Regional Center

What North Los Angeles County Regional Center does

North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC) is a private, nonprofit corporation established in 1974 and one of 21 regional centers operating under California's Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act. The organization coordinates person-centered services and supports for approximately 35,000+ individuals with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and related conditions across the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valleys. Service offerings span the full life cycle, from Early Start infant intervention (birth to age 3) through school-age support, transition-age planning, and adult services including Supported Living, employment programs, and the Self-Determination Program with individualized budgets. NLACRC manages a network of 1,700+ vendorized service providers who deliver community-based supports on its behalf.

NLACRC operates under an annual contract with the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) and receives funding from state tax dollars allocated across two budget categories: Operations (covering approximately 800+ regional employees) and Purchase of Services (POS) for vendorized providers. There is no direct consumer pricing — services are provided at no cost to eligible consumers. The technology stack includes a web-based service coordination platform with online intake applications, an e-billing system for vendors, multilingual website delivery (English, Spanish, Armenian, Tagalog, Farsi), podcast distribution, and virtual meeting capabilities for public meetings and governance. Headquarters are in Chatsworth, California, with the organization having recently expanded its lease to approximately 166,870 square feet, the largest office lease in Los Angeles County in 2026.

The go-to-market motion is community-centered rather than commercial: outreach specialists and the "Regional Center on Wheels" mobile program drive engagement with families and underserved populations, while a multilingual content operation (eNews, podcasts, Parent University videos, social channels) supports top- and mid-funnel awareness. The Board of Trustees, whose composition is statutorily required to reflect the community served, provides governance and includes consumers, family members, and community leaders. NLACRC is fundamentally a public-purpose service delivery entity rather than a commercial enterprise, so conventional revenue, margin, and market-share metrics do not apply in the usual PE/VC sense.

Name

North Los Angeles County Regional Center

Legal name

North Los Angeles County Regional Center

Website

https://nlacrc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC) is a nonprofit founded in 1974 coordinating person-centered services for 35,000+ individuals with developmental disabilities across California's San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valleys under the Lanterman Act with state DDS funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Developmental Disability Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Assistive Technology & AAC for Young Children (EDACAFAL)

Keywords

• Developmental disability services
• Service coordination
• Early intervention
• Supported living services
• Community-based supports

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatsworth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. State Government Funding (DDS Contract): NLACRC is a private nonprofit corporation operating under an annual contract with the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS). Funding comes from state tax dollars allocated through two budget categories: Operations (employee salaries, benefits, operating expenses) and Purchase of Services (POS - services and supports purchased for eligible consumers).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC) is a private nonprofit corporation that coordinates and provides person-centered services for individuals with developmental disabilities across the lifespan, from Early Start (birth to age 3) through adulthood. Services are delivered through direct case management and a network of over 800 vendorized service providers across the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valleys, funded by the California Department of Developmental Services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early Start Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000+ consumers served as of June 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• California Department of Developmental Services (DDS)coreOthers · 1 January 1966NLACRC operates under an annual contract with the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS), one of 21 private nonprofit regional centers in California. DDS provides the primary funding and regulatory oversight for all regional center operations and services.
• California Policy Center for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (CPCIDD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPCIDD is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit policy center conducting research to improve services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They partner with NLACRC on Early Start Family Surveys and Focus Groups.
• Tri-County Regional CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership on HCBS Final Rule education content. Tri-County Regional Center initiated a video series explaining the HCBS Final Rule that NLACRC shares with families and individuals receiving regional center services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network): Nationwide provider of home and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including residential, day, and supported employment services that overlap with the vendorized provider network NLACRC coordinates.
• Easterseals Southern California: Large regional nonprofit delivering disability and community-based services (early intervention, supported employment, behavioral, adult day) overlapping substantially with the program types NLACRC purchases for its consumers.

Direct peers

• Alta California Regional Center: One of the largest California regional centers serving the Sacramento area under the same Lanterman Act framework, with a comparable multi-thousand-caseload, multi-county catchment, and DDS contract structure.
• Golden Gate Regional Center: Bay Area regional center providing Lanterman Act services to individuals with developmental disabilities, operating with the same legal mandate, funding mechanism, and service coordination model as NLACRC.
• Harbor Regional Center: LA County regional center providing the same Lanterman-mandated services to individuals with developmental disabilities, with similar catchment-based operations and DDS contract structure.
• San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center: Greater LA regional center under the Lanterman Act serving consumers with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with comparable programs (Early Start, Self-Determination, supported living) and consumer base.
• South Central Los Angeles Regional Center: Los Angeles-area regional center under the Lanterman Act serving individuals with developmental disabilities through case management and a vendorized provider network - operates the same statutory model as NLACRC.
• Westside Regional Center: Adjacent Los Angeles County regional center serving consumers with developmental disabilities via the same Lanterman framework, DDS funding, and vendorization model, making it one of the most directly comparable operating peers to NLACRC.
• East Los Angeles Regional Center: Another LA County regional center under the Lanterman Act and DDS contract, providing case management and purchase-of-service supports for individuals with developmental disabilities - directly comparable in mission, funding mechanism, and service mix.
• Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center: One of California's 21 nonprofit regional centers operating under the same Lanterman Act contract with DDS, serving a neighboring catchment within LA County with comparable service coordination, vendorization, and caseload profile to NLACRC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nlacrc
• Facebookfacebook.com/NLACRC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/north-la-county-regional-center
• Instagraminstagram.com/nlacrcofficial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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