COMPASS
You carry the story. Compass helps organize the record.
Compass helps California families get ready for IEP meetings, IHSS conversations, and Regional Center reviews. Upload the documents you already have, talk through what you're facing, and get organized preparation materials you can review, edit, and use.
A preparation tool, not legal, medical, financial, or case-management advice. You stay in control of what you send, say, or submit.
How it works
- Tell Compass what you're getting ready for. Share the meeting, notice, or next step you're working through.
- Add the documents you want to use. You choose what to share, like letters, IEPs, assessments, or notes.
- Compass organizes what you gave it. It looks for themes, questions, places in your documents that may be incomplete, and anything that seems unclear.
- You review and decide. Compass gives you drafts and preparation materials. What you send, say, or submit is always your call.
What Compass helps with
Compass works from the documents and details you already have. It helps you turn a stack of letters, assessments, and notices into something you can actually use to prepare. Families use it for IEP meeting preparation, IHSS document organization, and getting ready for Regional Center reviews.
- Reads the records you share, like IEPs, assessments, notices, and agency letters
- Points out where your documents seem unclear or may be missing information
- Notes where records seem to disagree
- Helps you build a list of questions to ask
- Helps you prepare talking points for a meeting or call
- Drafts plain-language emails or notes you can review and edit
- Gets you ready for IEP, IHSS, and Regional Center conversations
What does Compass do, and where does it stop?
Compass is a preparation tool. It helps you organize what you already have so you can walk into the next conversation clearer. The decisions stay with you and the people who know your situation.
- Compass isn't a lawyer or an advocate. It can help you prepare questions and materials, but legal strategy and representation belong to a qualified professional.
- Compass isn't legal, medical, financial, or case-management advice. It helps you organize and prepare; the decisions stay with you and the people who know your situation.
- Compass doesn't decide what your child qualifies for. Only the agency, school district, Regional Center, or county can determine eligibility or approve services.
- Compass doesn't predict outcomes or guarantee approvals. It helps you get ready; it can't tell you how a decision will go.
- Compass doesn't file, submit, or contact anyone for you. You choose what to send, and you send it.
- Compass doesn't track your deadlines. Confirm them directly with the agency, straight from the source.
Knowing where Compass stops is part of how it helps. It keeps you oriented, and it points you toward the people whose job it is to decide.
When the stakes are high
If you are facing a deadline, a denial or reduction, a hearing, a medical or safety concern, possible abuse or neglect, or the loss of care your child depends on, Compass can help you organize what you have. It shouldn't be your only step. Confirm dates and options directly with the agency, and reach out to a qualified advocate, attorney, or medical provider when the outcome is serious. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911. For a mental health crisis, call or text 988. If you are worried that a child is being harmed, contact your local authorities.
Is Compass right for your situation?
Best for
- You have documents but aren't sure how they fit together
- You are getting ready for an IEP meeting
- You are preparing for an IHSS conversation, reassessment, or reduction
- You are getting ready for a Regional Center review or service conversation
- You want a clearer timeline, question list, or document checklist
- You want help turning messy notes into plain-language talking points
Not enough on its own when
- A deadline is close
- You have a denial or reduction notice in hand
- Your child's health or safety is at risk
- You need legal strategy or representation
- You need a medical or clinical opinion
- You need someone to review your records or act on your behalf
In those moments Compass can still help you get organized, but confirm your options directly with the agency or a qualified professional.
You stay in control
Compass gives you drafts and preparation materials, not final answers. Before you use anything for an important decision, look it over and, when it matters, get a second opinion from someone who knows your situation.
- Check the names, dates, and facts
- Confirm deadlines directly with the agency
- Edit any draft before you send it
- Don't send anything you don't fully understand or agree with
- Get qualified help when rights, services, health, safety, or deadlines are involved
Your documents
You choose which documents to share. How we handle them is described in our Privacy Policy.
You are not the only family trying to make sense of these systems. Compass is built around the patterns families face every day.
How much does Compass cost?
Simple, honest pricing
Compass is $20 a month. It renews automatically each month until you cancel. You can cancel at any time, and your cancellation takes effect at the end of your current monthly billing period. We don't give partial-month refunds unless the law requires it.
Built by a parent, for parents.