Web Links
National Links
- Got Transition? (Center for Health Care Transition Improvement)
- HealthCare.gov
- Medical Home Portal: Transition to Adulthood (from University of Utah)
- Health Care Transition Research Consortium (an international group of researchers)
- Physician-Parent Caregivers
- NAHIC (National Adolescent and Young Adult Health Information Center)
- Catalyst Center (National Center on Insurance for CSHCN)
- Innovative Strategies in Transition (National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability/NCWD). A clearinghouse of transition strategies for youth/young adults with disabilities and other special populations.
- Sex, Etc. (an award-winning teen web site from Rutgers University)
- KASA (Kids -and young adults – As Self Advocates)
- Consumer Wellness Websites (a list of top websites compiled by the University of South Florida)
- Social Security Online (learn about SSI and SSDI)
- Think College (college options for students with intellectual disabilities)
- Resource for Online Schools provides a compilation of every college program offered online, including both full and part-time programs. A Schools Directory organizes programs by state, with Florida programs listed here.
Florida Links
- Transition Toolkit (from Northeast FloridaHATS)
- Health Care Transitions Initiative (ICHP/UF)
- Welcome to Health Care Transition (FDDC)
- Family Network on Disabilities (multiple programs for families of children/students with disabilities)
- University of South Florida Adolescent Medicine
- Youth Transition – Health Care (CMS)
- FYI Transition (from FDDC/USF; focus on education and work)
- Partners in Transition
- TILES Transition Tool Kit (from the Family Network on Disabilities)
- Find-a-Ride Florida Resource Directory
- CMS Provider Search
- Where To Find Help in Florida
- 2-1-1 Helplines in Florida
- Project 10
- Department of Education (disability services)
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Online certificate in Education and Health Care Transition (EdHCT) at the University of Florida, https://education.ufl.edu/education-healthcare-transition
- Department of Children and Families – Foster Care (Independent Living Services)
- WaiverProvider.Com (Search for Medicaid Waiver services and providers)
- Florida’s Children First
- Department of Juvenile Justice – Health Services
- Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
- Florida Center for Inclusive Communities at USF
- Florida Office on Health & Disability
- Family Cafe
- Shriners Hospitals
- Florida Special Olympics-Healthy Athletes Program
Other State and Organizational Links
- CHAT Project (from North Carolina’s Mountain Area Health Education Center)
- Healthy Transitions (excellent educational web site from Upstate Medical University, NY)
- California Youth Transition Toolkit (from Talent Knows No Limits in CA)
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
- Transition One Stop (tools for all transitions)
- National Transitions of Care Coalition
- National Health Council (for people with chronic diseases and disabilities and their caregivers)
- An Online Sex Ed Guide (a wealth of resources for students, parents and teachers)