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 PROJECT
INFORMATION
PROJECT PERIOD
SUMMARY
Consistent with the purpose of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Healthy and Ready
to Work initiative, this four year project is designed to enhance the successful
transition to adulthood, productivity, and financial independence for the diverse
population of adolescents with special health care needs through the development,
implementation, evaluation and expansion of a collaborative, accessible, comprehensive,
culturally competent model program. In the project's first year, a statewide system
development effort using force field analysis planning to develop adolescent-centered
strategies, policies and procedures to fill service gaps identified in the needs
assessment will be conducted using a participatory action design.
OUTCOMES
- Statewide partnership of policy makers and providers
- Adolescent centered strategies, policies and procedures to fill service gaps
- Enhanced post high school outcomes
PRODUCTS
- Adolescent centered transition policies and procedures
- Peer reviewed journal articles
- Curricular materials
IMPACT
Adolescents with special health care needs, including disabilities, will transition
smoothly to postsecondary educational programs, employment, and adult living with the
services and supports they require to lead successful, meaningful and inclusive lives in
the communities of their choice.
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