Hawaii action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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Not started or approaching school exit

Connect school exit and Hawaii Rehabilitation Services

Coordinate final school records, DDD intake, and vocational rehabilitation as separate tracks.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Apply for Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation services

Before you start

  • IEP and transition records, exit date, evaluations, work history, employment goal, accommodations, communication needs, DDD status, representative information, and questions.

Who to contact

Use the DDD Intake Office, DDD, Medicaid, Case Manager, provider or Consumer-Directed fiscal agent, complete-notice appeal route, crisis service, or setting-specific protective-report route that owns this step.

Find the Hawaii DDD Intake Office

Step by step

  1. Request final school records and documented adult-agency referrals.
  2. Submit the current Hawaii DVR application to an official DVR office and complete its assessment process.
  3. Track DDD eligibility and waiver admission separately and save proof from each system.

Expected next

School deliverable, rehabilitation contact or application, DDD event, or written next step.

Save this proof

Records, referrals, applications, confirmations, owners, and dates.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Contact each system separately and confirm receipt; do not assume one referral opened another.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Connect school exit and Hawaii Rehabilitation Services checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner and program
  • Date started
  • Documents supplied
  • Written result
  • Open dependency
  • Next event and date
  • Escalation contact

Derived from Start Hawaii DDD intake and eligibility, Find the Hawaii DDD intake office and Case Management Unit, Apply for Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation services

Official resources

Limits

School transition, vocational rehabilitation, DDD eligibility, Medicaid, waiver enrollment, and service delivery 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.

Checked sources

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