Not started or approaching school exit
Connect school exit and Alabama VR
Coordinate school transition while separately opening Alabama Vocational Rehabilitation and the DD waiver pathway.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Open Alabama Vocational Rehabilitation servicesBefore you start
- IEP and transition records, exit date, Summary of Performance if available, disability and functional records, work experiences, employment goal, accommodations, communication needs, DD application status, and representative information.
Who to contact
Use the DD Call Center, designated support coordination agency, Regional Community Services Office, support coordinator, provider, Waiver Appeals Office, crisis service, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Ask the school to document adult-agency referrals, records, responsibilities, and exit deliverables.
- Contact the local VR office and request an appointment; public high schools have an assigned VR counselor for pre-employment and transition services.
- Open the DD Call Center pathway separately and preserve proof for each system.
Expected next
A school deliverable, VR appointment or application event, or DD intake and support-coordination contact.
Save this proof
School exit records, VR contacts and plan, DD Call Center record, submissions, owners, and next dates.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Contact each system directly and ask it to confirm receipt and ownership; do not assume one referral opened another system.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Connect school exit and Alabama VR checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result or confirmation
- Current open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Start the Alabama waiver application, Open Alabama Vocational Rehabilitation services
Official resources
Limits
School transition, VR eligibility and planning, DD waiver eligibility, Medicaid, waiting-list state, and services are separate.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.