Resources for Youth & Families

Got Transition:  Youth & Families

Got Transition is a national organization focused on youth health transition.  Many resources for youth and families are available on their website.

Center for Young Women’s Health and Young Men’s Health

Information for young adults on a variety of health topics, from Boston Children’s Hospital.

MedlinePlus Teens’ Page

Links to a wealth of teen health resources

Smokefree Teen

Information for teens on smoking, and resources for quitting.

Video:  This is Health Care Transition

Growing up and becoming an adult is difficult for all youth, but can be especially challenging for young people with special health care needs. This video was developed to help youth and young adults with chronic health conditions and their families be better prepared for adulthood, especially the move from pediatric to adult-oriented health care. This video was developed through a contract from Children’s Medical Services to the University of Florida. Run time: 29 minutes. (2007)

• ARC Dane County Information about Guardianship
• Got Transition Fact Sheet:  Guardianship and Alternatives for Decision-Making Support
• Guardianship Support Center (at the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources)
• Advance Directives Forms from the State of Wisconsin for Living Will and Powers of Attorney
• Pooled Trust Programs for People with Disabilities (from Arc of Wisconsin)
• Guardianship Information-Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Wisconsin

• ABC for Health
• Enrollment for Health Wisconsin (E4H)

National

• Healthcare.gov
•  The Affordable Care Act:  What Your Family Needs to Know (from healthychildren.org)
• From Coverage To Care:  A Roadmap to Better Care and a Healthier You
• Healthy/young/america (from Young Invincibles)

Public Benefits

• Adult Disability Starter Kit
• Wisconsin Supplementary Security Income
• Wisconsin Medicaid
• Wisconsin Chronic Disease Program (coverage for adults with certain chronic diseases)
• Medicaid Purchase Plan (MAPP)
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
• Children’s Long Term Support (CLTS) Waivers–Transition Planning
  
• Wisconsin Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs)
• Disability Rights Wisconsin Family Care and IRIS Ombudsman Program Publications
•  Family Care

• Every Woman Wisconsin
• Talking with Teens-Office of Adolescent Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
• Kids Health
• The Healthy Bodies Toolkit (booklets and resources for parents, to help them guide their teens with disabilities through puberty)
• Center for Young Women’s Health (includes reproductive health information and topics)
• Young Men’s Health (includes reproductive health information and topics)

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant (TIG)
• Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI)
• Wisconsin School for the Deaf and  Hard of Hearing:  Transition Resources
• Department of Public Instruction Opening Doors to Postsecondary Education
• Wisconsin PROMISE

National

• Off to College:  A Guide for Young Adults with Chronic Illness
• PACER Center Information Sheet on the ADA, Section 504 and Postsecondary Education

Employment

• Department of Public Instruction Opening Doors to Employment
• NCSET Preparing for Employment Parent Brief
• PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
• Employment Resources, Inc. – ERI – Wisconsin

Housing/Living Options

• Wisconsin Independent Living Centers
• In Control Wisconsin Supported Living Information
• PACER Center Information Sheet on the ADA and Transition
• PACER Center Information on Accessing Accommodations After High School
  

Recreation

• Wisconsin DNR Accessible Cabins
• Special Olympics Wisconsin