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

Connect school exit and Mississippi VR

Coordinate final school records, Regional Center evaluation, and Vocational Rehabilitation as separate tracks.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Request Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation services

Before you start

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

Who to contact

Use the correct IDD Regional Center, Support Coordinator, Mississippi Medicaid Regional Office, DMH provider or helpline, complete-notice hearing route, crisis service, or setting-specific protective-report route that owns this step.

Find the Mississippi IDD Regional Programs

Step by step

  1. Request final school records and documented adult-agency referrals.
  2. Request Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation services and complete its referral or application process.
  3. Track the Regional Center evaluation separately and save proof from each system.

Expected next

School deliverable, VR contact or application, Regional Center 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 Mississippi VR 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 Mississippi IDD and ID/DD Waiver services, Request Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation services

Official resources

Limits

School transition, VR, Regional Center evaluation, 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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