Not started or approaching school exit
Connect school and Nebraska VR
Coordinate school transition while separately opening Nebraska VR and DD waiver work.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Start Nebraska vocational rehabilitationBefore you start
- IEP, MDT and transition records, exit date, employment and postsecondary goals, disability documentation, work experiences, accommodations, benefits, school contacts, and waiver-application status.
Who to contact
Use the official HCBS Waiver Eligibility, Nebraska Medicaid, service coordinator, provider, grievance, hearing, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Ask the school to document adult-agency connections, responsibilities, records, and exit deliverables.
- Contact the Nebraska VR service office, begin the referral and orientation, and complete the application with a counselor.
- Track VR eligibility or IPE and HCBS eligibility as separate workstreams.
Expected next
A school deliverable, VR appointment or eligibility event, HCBS contact, or named next owner.
Save this proof
IEP, MDT and exit records, VR referral and application, HCBS records, contacts, and plans.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Use Nebraska VR's local office route or 877-637-3422 and HCBS Waiver Eligibility at 877-667-6266.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Connect school and Nebraska 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 a Nebraska HCBS DD waiver application, Start Nebraska vocational rehabilitation
Official resources
Limits
School services, VR eligibility and IPE, and HCBS DD waiver eligibility 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.