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Maine Works for Youth!

Maine's Healthy & Ready to Work Initiative

Transition Resources

Family Support

The Maine Health Care Notebook - this Health Care Notebook is an organizing tool for families who have children with special health care needs. Use The Maine Health Care Notebook to keep track of important information about your child’s health and care.

Health Care

A Primer on Health Insurance - an overview of health insurance and a glossary of insurance terms.

Health Insurance Curriculum: Learning about Health Insurance - a grade 5-12 curriculum aligned with Maine's Learning Results to assist teachers in educating students about health care and insurance.

The Maine Health Care Notebook - this Health Care Notebook is an organizing tool for families who have children with special health care needs. Use The Maine Health Care Notebook to keep track of important information about your child’s health and care.

Maine Resources

Service Tapestry Database - This database contains a listing of agencies and services available in the State of Maine to assist with transition planning for youth with special health care needs or disabilities.

Transition Planning

Trip Tik - a pamphlet entitled Roadmap to Success: A Path to Fulfilling Your Goals developed by the YEA ME! youth advisory council to Maine's Children with Special Needs Program, for youth to follow as they prepare for transitioning to adulthood.

Youth Leadership

Raising Our Voices: Youth Leadership Initiative - Photos and information from student leadership workshops.

Youth On-Line Discussion Board - a place where youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities can get information, ask questions, or just chat with others about issues they are interested in.

YouthSpeak is a collection of presentations developed by youth who have participated in leadership activities hosted by the Maine Adolescent Transition Partnership. These six presentations are used by youth to conduct workshops, keynote presentations and other educational activities for educators, employers, health care providers, parents, peers and policy makers throughout the state.

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