Legal and Financial Aspects

Of Transition for Students with Disabilities

These sites offer a wealth of information on understanding the law, one's legal rights, Medicare, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), guardianship, and legal and estate planning.

Age of Majority: Preparing Your Child for Making Good Choices
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
This document is designed for parents to help them to prepare their children for legal majority. It explains guardianship, the transfer of rights, and considerations about graduation.

Rights at the Age of Majority (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Transition Coalition
This two-page brochure was created "to assist families in understanding upcoming changes in their child's legal status and prepare accordingly through transition planning."

Supplemental Security Income
"Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a Federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes). It is designed to help aged, blind, and disabled people, who have little or no income; and It provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter."

Handbook for Implementing a Comprehensive Work-Based Learning Program According to the Fair Labor Standards Act
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
"This handbook provides guidance to schools operating Work-Based Learning (WBL) programs and encourages the adoption of WBL programs by schools not presently using this approach.

Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A Primer
George Washington University, Center for Health Policy Research
This document provides detailed information about how to use Medicaid funding to pay for a comprehensive range of home and community services for people with disabilities.

Guardianship and Developmentally Disabled Individuals
National Guardianship Association, Inc.
This one-page document offers a brief introduction to guardianship, including what it is and when it is needed.

Guardianship/Estate Planning
Utah MedHome Portal
This site provides an overview of guardianship, estate planning, a special needs trust, and online resources.