Links / Websites

Community Service Options, Inc (CSO) is an organization dedicated to assisting persons with developmental disability to receive service and live in the “least restrictive” setting. CSO provides screening, eligibility assessment, service coordination, and advocacy throughout the Chicago area. The website provides links to their services and assessment tools.

What’s health got to do with transition? Everything…there is a generation of youth with special health care needs, chronic health conditions and disabilities who have survived beyond their diagnosis/prognosis. The HRTW Center’s desired outcome is for all youth with special health care needs (YSHCN) to receive the services necessary to transition to all aspects of adulthood, including adult health care, employment and independence. Review their tools and solutions for transition planning.

Federated Human Service Co-op exists to assist in the creation of Human Service Cooperatives (HSC) and to support those efforts in the most effective, efficient manner possible. They have developed two new resources to aid with the development of co-op groups. The Board of Directors Training Manual is designed for self-directed board of directors leading their own human service organization. The Policy and Procedures handbook is a template that can be modified to be program specific.

For more than three decades, CQL has been at the forefront of the movement to improve the quality of services and supports for people with intellectual disabilities and people with mental illness. Plan to attend one of their upcoming regional conferences or review the overview from last year's session on the Community Life Initiatives. Visitors to the website can register for Capstone, the CQL Newsletter, read archived issues, or review their innovative and one-of-a-kind tools and resources.

This website offers products, courses and services, online resources, and news and announcements for health professions education, and to improve access for people with disabilities to health, health education and health care services. Check out a number of their great resources including the Evacuation Preparedness Guide, Aging with a Disability information, and other tools for decreasing health care barriers.

The Home Care Quality Authority is a small agency of Washington State government. Their website offers several ways for users to find and hire an in-home providers plus a referral registry to find work as an in-home provider. The site also contains a resource clearinghouse, news and links, and training material.

This site provides quality ADHD/ADD information, resources, support and help. Attention Deficit Disorder Resources is a national non-profit organization that helps people with ADD or ADHD achieve their full potential through education, support and networking opportunities. The site offers reading material, teleclasses and membership information.

Popular with journalists, this guide is useful for those interested in health policy issues. Chapters contain key facts, an overview, expert sources with telephone numbers, story ideas and helpful websites. Topics presented for current policy discussion include: the uninsured, private health coverage, children's health coverage, Medicare, Medicare prescription drugs, Medicaid, long-term care, health care costs, quality and health information technology, disparities, mental and public health.

This new web site developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides information and resources to help families plan for future long-term care (LTC) needs. This site provides a wide range of information and options to help individuals who don't yet require long-term care plan for future needs. Information about understanding, planning and paying for long-term care can be downloaded including a new resource titled Own Your Future Planning Kit.

A public voice for caregivers, the Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) offers information education, services, research and advocacy programs to support and sustain the vital work of families caring for loved ones. The website offers fact sheets, audio archives, referrals, newsletters, issue briefs and reports. A newly updated resource map called Caregiving Across the States allows state administrators, policy makers, and caregivers to access state-by-state data from an interactive database.