Empowered FuturesSelf-Determination, without the overwhelm.
Empowering your future.
Independent Facilitation for people across California. Building your Person-Centered Plan, handling the Regional Center, and keeping the whole process moving.
No out-of-pocket cost. Your plan and transition support are funded through your Regional Center. See what it costs. After we talk, you get an email with a breakdown of what we discussed and what I advised, so you have it to keep.
Your SDP journey
What to expect, step by step
A clear path from your first meeting to the day your Self-Determination Program begins, with me guiding you the whole way.
About
Who you'll be working with
Empowered Futures Independent Facilitation LLC provides Independent Facilitation for individuals and families receiving traditional Regional Center services: Person-Centered Planning, transition into California’s Self-Determination Program, SDP planning, and ongoing SDP support.
I am an SDP family myself. I have made these same decisions for someone I love, and lived with getting them right and getting them wrong.
Background
- Former Regional Center Service Coordinator. Direct involvement in IPP development, service authorization, and compliance
- Clinical Supervisor in Applied Behavior Analysis. Clinically intensive services and complex behavior topographies
- Residential home management and administration. Staffing, compliance, service coordination, and operational planning in medically complex and behaviorally intensive settings
- Self-Determination Program family. I have been through the transition, the budget, the spending plan and the year-end review from the inside
Family stories
In their words
What people say about working through Self-Determination together.
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Worked with me before? I would be grateful for a few sentences about your experience. Share as much or as little as you like; stories are published anonymously unless you ask otherwise. Email me or text (714) 824-0453.
Worked with me before? I would be grateful for a few sentences about your experience. Share as much or as little as you like; stories are published anonymously unless you ask otherwise. Email me or text (714) 824-0453.
How I help
How I can help
Independent Facilitation from start to finish, funded through your Regional Center or your SDP budget. No out-of-pocket cost to you.
Your PCP
We build a plan around your strengths, your goals, and the life you want: the foundation of your SDP budget. Flat rate.
Getting to SDP start
Answering the emails and preparing the paperwork, finding services and staff, pricing the spending plan against your certified budget, and getting everyone set up with your FMS. Around 40 hours over the transition.
After you start
New service requests, spending plan revisions, mid-year FMS changes, and the end-of-year review. Entirely optional.
Step one is the SDP Orientation
Before any family can begin the Self-Determination transition, the state requires you to complete the SDP Orientation. It is free, held over Zoom, and run by the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. It comes in two parts, Part A and Part B, two hours each. Part A comes first.
Connect with me and we will work on getting your orientation completed.
Next sessions
Part BEnglish November 4, 20266 PM PT Part AEnglish November 5, 202611 AM PT See all 15 upcoming sessions and register →Pulled from the SCDD orientation calendar on 02 November 2026.
Supporting individuals across every California Regional Center
Text or call me for a free consult
Text or call me for a free consult. No pressure, and no cost to get started. After we talk, you get an email with a breakdown of what we discussed and what I advised, so you have it to keep.
Serving self-advocates and families across every California Regional Center.
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