In-Home Respite Service Usage Rates by Language

Fiscal Year	Language	Service Option	Number of Consumers	Median Usage (Percent)
2016-17	English	Agency/EOR*	54,677	73
2016-17	English	FMS	3,213	92
2016-17	Other	Agency/EOR*	4,074	92
2016-17	Other	FMS	523	100
2016-17	Spanish	Agency/EOR*	18,681	92
2016-17	Spanish	FMS	1,256	97
2017-18	English	Agency/EOR*	59,277	74
2017-18	English	FMS	3,659	92
2017-18	Other	Agency/EOR*	4,310	91
2017-18	Other	FMS	564	100
2017-18	Spanish	Agency/EOR*	20,026	92
2017-18	Spanish	FMS	1,385	98
2018-19	English	Agency/EOR*	65,175	74
2018-19	English	FMS	4,078	92
2018-19	Other	Agency/EOR*	4,557	88
2018-19	Other	FMS	573	100
2018-19	Spanish	Agency/EOR*	21,666	91
2018-19	Spanish	FMS	1,545	99
2019-20	English	Agency/EOR*	71,076	63
2019-20	English	FMS	4,370	85
2019-20	Other	Agency/EOR*	4,738	83
2019-20	Other	FMS	573	98
2019-20	Spanish	Agency/EOR*	23,296	84
2019-20	Spanish	FMS	1,663	92
2020-21	English	Agency/EOR*	75,577	56
2020-21	English	FMS	4,532	83
2020-21	Other	Agency/EOR*	4,947	81
2020-21	Other	FMS	584	98
2020-21	Spanish	Agency/EOR*	24,833	81
2020-21	Spanish	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.