In-Home Respite Service Usage Rates by Ethnicity and

Regional Centers Offering FMS

Fiscal Year Ethnicity Service Option Selected Regional Centers Number of Consumers Median Usage (Percent)
2016-17 Asian Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 4,693 83
2016-17 Asian Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,886 83
2016-17 Asian FMS Offers FMS 931 99
2016-17 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,137 86
2016-17 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,231 66
2016-17 Black/African American FMS Offers FMS 197 95
2016-17 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 24,438 92
2016-17 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 8,164 83
2016-17 Hispanic FMS Offers FMS 2,200 97
2016-17 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,224 69
2016-17 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,276 61
2016-17 Other FMS Offers FMS 470 92
2016-17 White Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 12,690 66
2016-17 White Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 8,833 50
2016-17 White FMS Offers FMS 1,194 83
2017-18 Asian Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,133 81
2017-18 Asian Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,153 83
2017-18 Asian FMS Offers FMS 1,049 99
2017-18 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,522 84
2017-18 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,338 61
2017-18 Black/African American FMS Offers FMS 210 93
2017-18 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 26,956 92
2017-18 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 8,755 83
2017-18 Hispanic FMS Offers FMS 2,486 98
2017-18 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,791 71
2017-18 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,540 60
2017-18 Other FMS Offers FMS 560 92
2017-18 White Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 13,410 67
2017-18 White Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 9,162 52
2017-18 White FMS Offers FMS 1,302 89
2018-19 Asian Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,641 79
2018-19 Asian Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,499 83
2018-19 Asian FMS Offers FMS 1,104 98
2018-19 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 5,979 86
2018-19 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,436 63
2018-19 Black/African American FMS Offers FMS 218 94
2018-19 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 30,007 91
2018-19 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 9,435 83
2018-19 Hispanic FMS Offers FMS 2,852 98
2018-19 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,765 71
2018-19 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 3,795 59
2018-19 Other FMS Offers FMS 619 92
2018-19 White Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 14,441 65
2018-19 White Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 9,592 50
2018-19 White FMS Offers FMS 1,404 89
2019-20 Asian Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,084 70
2019-20 Asian Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,828 72
2019-20 Asian FMS Offers FMS 1,136 96
2019-20 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,551 77
2019-20 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,511 54
2019-20 Black/African American FMS Offers FMS 233 89
2019-20 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 33,143 83
2019-20 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 10,059 75
2019-20 Hispanic FMS Offers FMS 3,109 91
2019-20 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 7,719 61
2019-20 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,088 49
2019-20 Other FMS Offers FMS 665 83
2019-20 White Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 15,285 56
2019-20 White Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 9,986 40
2019-20 White FMS Offers FMS 1,463 75
2020-21 Asian Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,412 66
2020-21 Asian Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 5,083 67
2020-21 Asian FMS Offers FMS 1,175 94
2020-21 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 6,913 73
2020-21 Black/African American Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,548 50
2020-21 Black/African American FMS Offers FMS 246 78
2020-21 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 35,904 79
2020-21 Hispanic Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 10,684 70
2020-21 Hispanic FMS Offers FMS 3,205 88
2020-21 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 8,650 51
2020-21 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,349 40
2020-21 Other FMS Offers FMS 707 83
2020-21 White Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 15,782 45
2020-21 White Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 10,191 29
2020-21 White FMS Offers FMS 1,464 72

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.