After High School
"School is ending, now what?" A 5-step plan for the transition
The supports that carried your family can disappear at graduation. Here's how to build what comes next, step by step.
Guidance & encouragement
Answers for the questions keeping you up at night
Plain language guidance on the Medicaid Waiver, life after high school, planning for the future, and building a life of belonging, written for families, by people who walk this road with you.
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The Florida Medicaid Waiver waitlist, explained simply (and what to do while you wait)
More than 22,000 Floridians are on the iBudget Waiver waitlist, and the wait can stretch past a decade. Here's how the priority categories work, how to apply through APD, and the support options, including the Bridge Scholarship, that can help your family right now.
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Caregivers
You can't pour from an empty cup: a caregiver's guide to respite
What respite care really is, why it matters, and how to ask for help without guilt.
Belonging
Finding "your people": building real community after the school years
Friendship and belonging don't have to end with the school bus. Here's how to build connection.
Employment
First jobs & real wages: what supported employment looks like
How job coaching, the right match, and on the job support turn a first job into lasting pride.
Independent Living
A place to call home: a roadmap to supported independent living
From daily routines to a first apartment, small steps that build a life of independence.
Bridge Scholarship
How the Bridge Scholarship works, and who it's for
A plain language look at our sliding scale scholarship for families who can't access the Waiver.
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