The North Los Angeles County Regional Center is a medical community that helps developmentally disabled people through a variety of services. The center s service coordinators and staff are trained to help customers find services and opportunities to help them live as independently as possible. The center provides some services directly, but most come from other agencies, organizations and businesses. The center helps its customers gain access to the services that it does not provide directly. Examples of the types of services the center provides include diagnostic evaluations, lifelong case management, advocacy in securing services from schools and other organizations, assistance in locating and using community resources, community resource development, genetic counseling, prevention programs, community education and outreach, parent support services and program monitoring, evaluation and technical assistance to service providers. The North Los Angeles County Regional Center is headquartered in Van Nuys, Calif.