In-Home Respite Service Usage Rates by Age and

Regional Centers Offering FMS

Fiscal Year Age Group Service Option Selected Regional Centers Number of Consumers Median Usage (Percent)
2016-17 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,134 52
2016-17 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,493 33
2016-17 3 - 5 FMS Offers FMS 383 79
2016-17 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 9,859 69
2016-17 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,636 50
2016-17 6 - 9 FMS Offers FMS 810 91
2016-17 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 23,757 86
2016-17 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 11,505 73
2016-17 10 - 21 FMS Offers FMS 2,278 94
2016-17 22+ Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 13,438 94
2016-17 22+ Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 6,757 83
2016-17 22+ FMS Offers FMS 1,521 99
2017-18 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,877 58
2017-18 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,728 31
2017-18 3 - 5 FMS Offers FMS 439 88
2017-18 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 10,868 73
2017-18 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,839 50
2017-18 6 - 9 FMS Offers FMS 929 92
2017-18 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 25,471 85
2017-18 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 12,094 72
2017-18 10 - 21 FMS Offers FMS 2,445 96
2017-18 22+ Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 14,606 93
2017-18 22+ Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 7,285 85
2017-18 22+ FMS Offers FMS 1,794 98
2018-19 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,727 60
2018-19 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,867 33
2018-19 3 - 5 FMS Offers FMS 519 90
2018-19 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 12,158 74
2018-19 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 5,207 50
2018-19 6 - 9 FMS Offers FMS 1,008 92
2018-19 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 27,743 84
2018-19 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 12,844 71
2018-19 10 - 21 FMS Offers FMS 2,668 96
2018-19 22+ Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 16,220 92
2018-19 22+ Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 7,837 85
2018-19 22+ FMS Offers FMS 2,001 98
2019-20 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,510 48
2019-20 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,056 24
2019-20 3 - 5 FMS Offers FMS 486 84
2019-20 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 13,402 62
2019-20 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 5,476 42
2019-20 6 - 9 FMS Offers FMS 1,114 88
2019-20 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 29,985 74
2019-20 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 13,470 59
2019-20 10 - 21 FMS Offers FMS 2,836 87
2019-20 22+ Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 17,899 87
2019-20 22+ Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 8,471 74
2019-20 22+ FMS Offers FMS 2,170 92
2020-21 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,708 42
2020-21 3 - 5 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,999 20
2020-21 3 - 5 FMS Offers FMS 442 76
2020-21 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 14,323 55
2020-21 6 - 9 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 5,601 35
2020-21 6 - 9 FMS Offers FMS 1,129 83
2020-21 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 32,276 70
2020-21 10 - 21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 14,127 50
2020-21 10 - 21 FMS Offers FMS 2,920 84
2020-21 22+ Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 19,365 83
2020-21 22+ Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 9,128 71
2020-21 22+ FMS Offers FMS 2,306 91

Source: Analysis of DDS' consumer demographic, diagnosis, authorization, and claims data as of December 6, 2021.

Notes: We classified a regional center as not offering FMS if less than 1 percent of its consumers had an authorization for FMS in fiscal year 2020-21. To maintain confidentiality of those minimal numbers, we redacted details of FMS use at these regional centers. For this same reason, we also redacted details of respite usage of 10 or fewer consumers.

We used the median value when comparing respite care usage, which represents the middle value of a category’s respite care usage. This measure indicates that half of the consumers in the category use less than the median amount of respite and half of the consumers use more than the median amount.

*DDS tracks the number of families that use the Agency option and the EOR option in aggregate, but does not identify totals for each option.