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

Connect school, DDD, and Missouri VR

Coordinate school exit while separately opening DDD and Missouri VR work.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Start Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation

Before you start

  • IEP and transition records, exit date, Summary of Performance if available, diagnosis and functional records, work experiences, employment goal, accommodations, communication needs, Regional Office status, and responsible-person information.

Who to contact

Use the official Regional Office, TCM or Support Coordinator, MO HealthNet, provider-relations, hearing, Constituent Services, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.

Find the Missouri DDD Regional Office

Step by step

  1. Ask the school to document adult-agency connections, records, responsibilities, and exit deliverables.
  2. Complete the DDD referral, application, records, and MAAS work.
  3. Contact the county-serving Missouri VR office and begin its referral, eligibility, and employment-planning process.

Expected next

A school deliverable, DDD intake or eligibility event, VR contact or appointment, or named next owner.

Save this proof

IEP and exit records, DDD referral and application, VR contact, appointments, plans, and next dates.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Use the official Regional Office and county-linked VR office directories rather than assuming one agency completed another's work.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Connect school, DDD, and Missouri 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 Missouri DDD referral and application, Start Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation

Official resources

Limits

School transition, Division eligibility, MO HealthNet, waiver access, and VR eligibility and planning 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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