Empowered FuturesIndependent Facilitation
For professionals
Partner with Empowered Futures
Know a family who could use SDP help? For therapists, teachers, doctors, family resource centers and anyone outside the regional center who works with a family considering California’s Self-Determination Program. Here is what I do, what it costs the family, and the easiest way to connect us.
What I do
- Person-Centered Planning built around the person’s strengths, goals and the life they want
- Getting families from orientation to an SDP start date: paperwork, requests, budget and spending plan
- Setting up the Financial Management Service, staff and vendors
- Optional ongoing support after SDP starts
Who I work with
- Self-advocates and families at all 21 California regional centers
- Families just starting, and families already in SDP whose plan is not working
What it costs the family
| Person-Centered Plan | Funded by the regional center (service code 024) |
| Transition to SDP | Funded by the regional center (service code 099) |
| Ongoing support | Optional, funded from the SDP budget |
No out-of-pocket cost to the family. See the 099 rate at each regional center.
How to refer
- Give the family my number, (714) 824-0453, or the referral sheet below. They can call or text me directly.
- Or point them to ef-if.com/refer, a short form they fill out themselves.
- The first conversation is free, and the family gets an email summary of what we discussed.
- Please let the family reach out themselves. I do not take referrals with a family’s details from anyone else.
The easiest way: the family reaches out
Hand the family the referral sheet or show them the QR code. It takes them to a short form where they can send me their own details, or they can call or text me directly at (714) 824-0453.
See the family formPrint and share
Referral sheetOne page for your files or to hand to a family. PDF.
QR flyerFor waiting rooms, resource fairs and LVAC meetings. PDF.
Next step
Questions about referring?
Call or text me about how referrals work. Please do not share anything about a family until they have agreed.