Resources for transitioning to adult care

Medical conditions and wellness

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• KidsHealth

• MedlinePlus

• WebLitLegit

Medical decision making

• Advance Directives

• Disability Rights Texas

• Texas Law Help

• The Arc of Texas

• Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities

Health insurance

• A Roadmap to Better Care and a Healthier You – Booklet (pdf)

• Health Insurance Marketplace

• Medicare

• Supplemental Security Income

• Texas Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP)

• Texas Health Options

• Texas Department of Insurance

• Texas Health and Human Services

Future planning 

• Federal Student Aid

• Texas Education Agency (TEA)

• Texas Project First

• Texas Workforce Commission

• Think College! 

• Transition in Texas

• U.S. Department of Education

Foundations and programs

• Adult Congenital Heart Association

• American Association of Kidney Patients

• American Diabetes Association

• Arthritis Foundation

• Autism Speaks

• Child Neurology Foundation

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• Epilepsy Foundation

• GI Kids

• Got Transition/Center for Health Care Transition

• Hydrocephalus Foundation

• Lupus Foundation of America

• National Kidney Foundation

• Navigate Life Texas

• Partners Resource Network

• Pulmonary Hypertension Association

• Spina Bifida Foundation

• Texas Parent to Parent

• Texas Department of State Health Services – Children with Special Health Care Needs