# SLS Compass San Diego

> Your Family's Guide to Supported Living, goal-driven funding, and true independence in San Diego — built the way California's system was supposed to work.

A free, deeply human educational resource and supportive navigation tool for San Diego families navigating Supported Living Services (SLS), the San Diego Regional Center (SDRC), government funding, and true independence for their loved ones with developmental disabilities.

## Mission

Most families never learn that California's developmental services system is supposed to be GOAL-DRIVEN — funding follows the life you want for the person, not a menu of services. SLS Compass leads with goals, then maps services and funding to those goals.

## Core public pages

- [Homepage](https://slscompass.org/en/): Mission, the 3-step "How Compass Works" model, the 2026 Self-Determination Conference, FAQ
- [The Guide](https://slscompass.org/en/guide): 5-minute personalized roadmap based on your loved one's life goals
- [Goals](https://slscompass.org/en/goals): The 10 person-centered goal categories used by California's planning process
- [Funding](https://slscompass.org/en/funding): SLS, ILS, IHSS, SDP, RDI, SSI, Medi-Cal, DOR explained
- [Resources](https://slscompass.org/en/resources): Checklists, templates, glossary
- [About](https://slscompass.org/en/about), [Privacy](https://slscompass.org/en/privacy), [Accessibility](https://slscompass.org/en/accessibility), [HIPAA](https://slscompass.org/en/hipaa)

## Audiences

- Families / parents / guardians (primary)
- SLS providers
- Case managers (SDRC or independent)

## Key terms

- **SDRC** — San Diego Regional Center (one of 21 California Regional Centers under the Lanterman Act)
- **SLS** — Supported Living Services (in-home support so adults with developmental disabilities can live in their own home)
- **IPP** — Individual Program Plan (the Regional Center's legal planning document for each client)
- **SDP** — Self-Determination Program (lets families control the Regional Center budget directly)
- **ILS** — Independent Living Services
- **IHSS** — In-Home Supportive Services (California state caregiver program)

## Source of truth

For deeper / structured content suitable for ingestion, see:
- https://slscompass.org/llms-full.txt
- https://slscompass.org/sitemap.xml
- Per-page markdown mirrors at https://slscompass.org/{locale}/{page}.md (where supported)

Authenticated user data (goals, funding, documents) is NOT included in this corpus and is never crawled.