In-Home Respite Service Usage Rates by Diagnosis and

Regional Centers Offering FMS

Fiscal Year Service Option Selected Regional Centers Number of Consumers Median Usage (Percent) Diagnosis
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 26,420 77 Autism
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 11,763 58 Autism
2016-17 FMS Offers FMS 1,754 92 Autism
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 29,826 78 Autism
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 13,053 58 Autism
2017-18 FMS Offers FMS 2,083 94 Autism
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 34,128 78 Autism
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 14,479 59 Autism
2018-19 FMS Offers FMS 2,408 94 Autism
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 38,561 67 Autism
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 15,967 47 Autism
2019-20 FMS Offers FMS 2,677 88 Autism
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 42,465 62 Autism
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 17,106 40 Autism
2020-21 FMS Offers FMS 2,820 86 Autism
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,975 92 Cerebral Palsy
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,101 80 Cerebral Palsy
2016-17 FMS Offers FMS 867 95 Cerebral Palsy
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,200 92 Cerebral Palsy
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,078 82 Cerebral Palsy
2017-18 FMS Offers FMS 918 96 Cerebral Palsy
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,625 91 Cerebral Palsy
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,134 82 Cerebral Palsy
2018-19 FMS Offers FMS 984 96 Cerebral Palsy
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,891 84 Cerebral Palsy
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,189 72 Cerebral Palsy
2019-20 FMS Offers FMS 1,005 91 Cerebral Palsy
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 8,005 81 Cerebral Palsy
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,172 68 Cerebral Palsy
2020-21 FMS Offers FMS 1,003 87 Cerebral Palsy
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,528 92 Epilepsy
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,831 83 Epilepsy
2016-17 FMS Offers FMS 914 96 Epilepsy
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,742 92 Epilepsy
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,816 83 Epilepsy
2017-18 FMS Offers FMS 992 97 Epilepsy
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,138 91 Epilepsy
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,795 83 Epilepsy
2018-19 FMS Offers FMS 1,063 98 Epilepsy
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,376 84 Epilepsy
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,800 72 Epilepsy
2019-20 FMS Offers FMS 1,103 92 Epilepsy
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,493 81 Epilepsy
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,802 68 Epilepsy
2020-21 FMS Offers FMS 1,115 89 Epilepsy
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 28,290 90 Intellectual Disability
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 13,764 79 Intellectual Disability
2016-17 FMS Offers FMS 2,955 96 Intellectual Disability
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 29,825 90 Intellectual Disability
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 14,135 80 Intellectual Disability
2017-18 FMS Offers FMS 3,261 97 Intellectual Disability
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 31,965 88 Intellectual Disability
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 14,468 80 Intellectual Disability
2018-19 FMS Offers FMS 3,509 97 Intellectual Disability
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 33,823 80 Intellectual Disability
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 14,759 70 Intellectual Disability
2019-20 FMS Offers FMS 3,654 91 Intellectual Disability
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 35,119 76 Intellectual Disability
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 14,940 65 Intellectual Disability
2020-21 FMS Offers FMS 3,665 88 Intellectual Disability
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 4,072 91 Other Diagnosis
2016-17 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,383 54 Other Diagnosis
2016-17 FMS Offers FMS 480 92 Other Diagnosis
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 4,391 90 Other Diagnosis
2017-18 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,559 53 Other Diagnosis
2017-18 FMS Offers FMS 521 92 Other Diagnosis
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 4,917 89 Other Diagnosis
2018-19 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,846 55 Other Diagnosis
2018-19 FMS Offers FMS 578 94 Other Diagnosis
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,405 81 Other Diagnosis
2019-20 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,104 46 Other Diagnosis
2019-20 FMS Offers FMS 619 88 Other Diagnosis
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,912 76 Other Diagnosis
2020-21 Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,348 40 Other Diagnosis
2020-21 FMS Offers FMS 656 81 Other Diagnosis

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.