In-Home Respite Service Usage Rates by Language and

Regional Centers Offering FMS

Fiscal Year Language Service Option Selected Regional Centers Number of Consumers Median Usage (Percent)
2016-17 English Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 35,786 78
2016-17 English Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 19,009 59
2016-17 English FMS Offers FMS 3,213 92
2016-17 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 2,266 90
2016-17 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,812 93
2016-17 Other FMS Offers FMS 523 100
2016-17 Spanish Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 14,128 94
2016-17 Spanish Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,569 87
2016-17 Spanish FMS Offers FMS 1,256 97
2017-18 English Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 39,190 79
2017-18 English Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 20,215 60
2017-18 English FMS Offers FMS 3,659 92
2017-18 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 2,407 88
2017-18 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,905 93
2017-18 Other FMS Offers FMS 564 100
2017-18 Spanish Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 15,217 92
2017-18 Spanish Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 4,827 87
2017-18 Spanish FMS Offers FMS 1,385 98
2018-19 English Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 43,690 78
2018-19 English Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 21,657 60
2018-19 English FMS Offers FMS 4,078 92
2018-19 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 2,579 82
2018-19 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 1,986 92
2018-19 Other FMS Offers FMS 573 100
2018-19 Spanish Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 16,572 92
2018-19 Spanish Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 5,113 87
2018-19 Spanish FMS Offers FMS 1,545 99
2019-20 English Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 48,123 68
2019-20 English Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 23,072 50
2019-20 English FMS Offers FMS 4,370 85
2019-20 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 2,684 82
2019-20 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,060 84
2019-20 Other FMS Offers FMS 573 98
2019-20 Spanish Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 17,974 85
2019-20 Spanish Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 5,340 80
2019-20 Spanish FMS Offers FMS 1,663 92
2020-21 English Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 51,628 62
2020-21 English Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 24,079 41
2020-21 English FMS Offers FMS 4,532 83
2020-21 Other Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 2,786 77
2020-21 Other Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 2,165 86
2020-21 Other FMS Offers FMS 584 98
2020-21 Spanish Agency/EOR* Does not offer FMS 19,244 82
2020-21 Spanish Agency/EOR* Offers FMS 5,610 75
2020-21 Spanish FMS Offers FMS 1,681 89

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.