In-Home Respite Service Usage Rates by Ethnicity

Fiscal Year	Ethnicity	Service Option	Number of Consumers	Median Usage (Percent)
2016-17	Asian	Agency/EOR*	8,565	83
2016-17	Asian	FMS	931	99
2016-17	Black/African American	Agency/EOR*	6,358	83
2016-17	Black/African American	FMS	197	95
2016-17	Hispanic	Agency/EOR*	32,560	91
2016-17	Hispanic	FMS	2,200	97
2016-17	Other	Agency/EOR*	8,491	67
2016-17	Other	FMS	470	92
2016-17	White	Agency/EOR*	21,464	59
2016-17	White	FMS	1,194	83
2017-18	Asian	Agency/EOR*	9,273	83
2017-18	Asian	FMS	1,049	99
2017-18	Black/African American	Agency/EOR*	6,846	81
2017-18	Black/African American	FMS	210	93
2017-18	Hispanic	Agency/EOR*	35,658	90
2017-18	Hispanic	FMS	2,486	98
2017-18	Other	Agency/EOR*	9,306	67
2017-18	Other	FMS	560	92
2017-18	White	Agency/EOR*	22,531	61
2017-18	White	FMS	1,302	89
2018-19	Asian	Agency/EOR*	10,107	81
2018-19	Asian	FMS	1,104	98
2018-19	Black/African American	Agency/EOR*	7,407	83
2018-19	Black/African American	FMS	218	94
2018-19	Hispanic	Agency/EOR*	39,386	90
2018-19	Hispanic	FMS	2,852	98
2018-19	Other	Agency/EOR*	10,531	68
2018-19	Other	FMS	619	92
2018-19	White	Agency/EOR*	23,964	59
2018-19	White	FMS	1,404	89
2019-20	Asian	Agency/EOR*	10,893	71
2019-20	Asian	FMS	1,136	96
2019-20	Black/African American	Agency/EOR*	8,052	74
2019-20	Black/African American	FMS	233	89
2019-20	Hispanic	Agency/EOR*	43,166	82
2019-20	Hispanic	FMS	3,109	91
2019-20	Other	Agency/EOR*	11,786	57
2019-20	Other	FMS	665	83
2019-20	White	Agency/EOR*	25,218	49
2019-20	White	FMS	1,463	75
2020-21	Asian	Agency/EOR*	11,473	66
2020-21	Asian	FMS	1,175	94
2020-21	Black/African American	Agency/EOR*	8,448	69
2020-21	Black/African American	FMS	246	78
2020-21	Hispanic	Agency/EOR*	46,545	78
2020-21	Hispanic	FMS	3,205	88
2020-21	Other	Agency/EOR*	12,964	48
2020-21	Other	FMS	707	83
2020-21	White	Agency/EOR*	25,937	38
2020-21	White	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.