Residential Developmental Centers for the Developmentally Disabled. DCs serve people who require comprehensive programs, medical, behavioral, and residential services, and assure that an array of choices ensure that each resident may experience a life of increasing capabilities and independence. The staff support individuals through developing a person-centered plan and using Trauma Informed Care practices to identify the supports needed to achieve the individuals' goals. DCs provide temporary residential placement, offer programs that teach skills individuals need to live in a less intensive, more community-based setting. Centers also provide technical assistance and training to County Boards of DD, families and providers in order to assist an individual to remain in their own home and avoid admission to a developmental center. If the team determines the individual needs a short-term admission to assist in stabilization, the admission to a center is coordinated with the County Board in the county the individual lives. Planning for the person's return to their home begins at admission and includes the people who are important and necessary to make the individual's return to their home successful. It is also DODD's belief that all residents of its centers, with the appropriate supports and services, can live safe and enjoyable lives in their own homes in the community. Following the discharge of a person from a center into their own home, staff from DODD will provide follow-along services to the individual, county board and provider to ensure that services are being appropriately delivered and to address any situations that may arise as the individual adapts to his/her new home.