DDSN Post-Secondary Transition Coordinator’s Role- 4 Areas of Focus Link

 

1.  Resources for best practices in transition education:

 

                                                                     

 

 

 

                                                            

 

 

2.  Resources available to everyone to increase outcomes during and after school:

 

                                                        

 

 

                                                        

 

 

 

                                                      

 

 

 

3.  Centers for Independent Living (focused on empowering individuals with disabilities - not available in all counties)

 

 

                                                    

 

Able SC Counties served: Abbeville, Anderson, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester, Clarendon, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, and York.

 

 

 

                                                                    

 

Access Ability Counties served: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Orangeburg and Williamsburg.

 

 

 

 

                                                              

 

Walton Options Counties served: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton, Edgefield, Hampton, Jasper, and McCormick.

 

 

4.  Planning for the future:

 

 

                                                         

   

 

 

                                

 

 

5.  Planning for work when you receive SSI or SSDI:

 

 

                                             

 

 

Able’s Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program serves the following counties: Everyone in these counties: Abbeville, Anderson, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marlboro, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, and York.

 

 

                                             

 

 

Walton Options’ Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program serves the following counties: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Edgefield, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Marion, McCormick, and Williamsburg.

 

 

                                                                  

 

 

Vocational Rehabilitation has benefit counselors that you can request through your local VR office and here is more information on their benefits counseling:

 

 

                                                                         

 

 

 

6.  How to apply for Medicaid (what is needed to use a waiver that SC DDSN manages):

 

 

                                              

 

 

7.  Need help or have questions about legal protection and advocacy services for people with disabilities, Disability Rights of South Carolina is the resource: