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....Exploring
ways to support youth with special health
care needs and disabilities as they transition from
pediatric health care and high school to adult health care, higher
education, working and living within their communities.
Adolescent
Transition and HRTW
Nationally, successful transition is being recognized as critical
to improving the health, employment and social connections of
young adults with special health care needs and disabilities.
The Division of Services for Children with Special Health Care
Needs (CSHCN), of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
has a ten year action plan with six outcomes to create a comprehensive
system of care. Each state has a CSHCN Program and is addressing
the same six outcomes. The sixth outcome states, “All youth
with special health care needs will receive the services necessary
to make appropriate transitions to all aspects of adult life,
including adult health care, work and independence.”
In Wisconsin, our CSHCN Program is addressing the ten year plan
in several ways. First, we have five Regional CSHCN Centers to
address all six outcomes and to provide information and support
to families and providers. Second, we are one of five states who
has a Healthy and Ready to Work (HRTW) project to develop a model
for improving adolescent transition within the framework of the
CSHCN Regional Centers. During this four year period HRTW works
with each Regional Center in pilot communities to improve the
transition process by providing timely information, training,
and support as youth approach adulthood.
Purpose
of Wisconsin HRTW
- Expand
the capacity of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Regional
Centers to provide information and support to youth and families
in transition
- Increase
the number of youth who have a medical home and a transition plan
from pediatric to adult health care
- Increase
the capacity of communities to support youth with special health
care needs
- Build
family, youth and provider skills related to necessary components
of transition
- Connect
statewide organization around the area transition
HRTW
Activities
Community Development
- CSHCN
staff and HRTW community facilitators work
on issues of health, independence, advocacy, and
person-centered planning through community forums
and training in HRTW pilot communities.
Youth
Leadership
- HRTW
Youth Advisory Groups
- Youth
Speakers Bureau
- Youth
Conference Planning Committee
Person-Centered
Planning
- Youth
and their families in pilot communities have
the opportunity to participate in a person-centered
planning process.
Information
and Resources
Statewide
Transition Consortium
- Professionals,
consumers, and parents share resources, ideas, and expertise as
well as collaborate to enhance existing efforts and to initiate
new activities.
Wisconsin
Healthy & Ready to Work
Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
hrtw@waisman.wisc.edu
1-800-532-3321
Wisconsin
Healthy & Ready to Work is a project of the University Center
for Excellence in Developmental Disability at the
Waisman Center. Wisconsin HRTW is funded by the Division of Services
for Children with Special Health Needs (DSCSHN) in the
Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB),
Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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