Resources

Jacksonville Health and Transition Services (JaxHATS)

This collection of links is provided for your information and convenience. Please notify us of any additional websites that would be helpful to add this list of resources. Thank you.

Local & Regional

  • Children's Medical Services
    The Children's Medical Services (CMS) program provides children with special health care needs with a family centered, managed system of care. Children with special health care needs are those children under age 21 whose serious or chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions require extensive preventive and maintenance care beyond that required by typically healthy children.
  • Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. Jacksonville Florida
    The mission of Catholic Charities is to provide services to anyone in need, regardless of race or religion; to advocate justice, human dignity and quality of life; and to call all people to join in these efforts; thereby reflecting the compassion of God in Christ.
  • Counseling Support Jewish Family and Community Services
    Jewish Family & Community Services takes great pride in providing services to everyone throughout the North Florida community, Jewish and non-Jewish alike. Through nearly 100 years, Jewish Family & Community Services has remained true to the mission of helping people help themselves.

Statewide

  • Children's Medical Services
    The Children's Medical Services (CMS) program provides children with special health care needs with a family centered, managed system of care. Children with special health care needs are those children under age 21 whose serious or chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions require extensive preventive and maintenance care beyond that required by typically healthy children.
  • Family Café
    The Family Café, Inc., a non-profit statewide organization, was created to fulfill an unmet need in Florida: the need for information. The Family Cafe is proud to offer educational opportunities and information on meaningful topics for individuals with disabilities and their families in a family-centered environment. We hope this information will help individuals with disabilities make sensible and educated decisions regarding the services they receive.
  • Florida Health and Transition Services (FloridaHATS)
    This site includes a Health Services Directory which young adults can use to find health care providers in their area and a health care transition Tool Box that is filled with helpful documents and links to local, state and national resources.
  • Family Network on Disabilities, Inc.
    Family Network on Disabilities (FND) is a national network of individuals of all ages who may be at-risk, have disabilities, or have special needs and their families, professionals, and concerned citizens.
  • Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
    We encourage and advocate opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and their families, to enhance their quality of life within their communities. We support innovative initiatives that demonstrate new approaches to enhance the independence, productivity, inclusion and self-determination of individuals with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life.
  • Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
    An employment resource for businesses and people with disabilities. Our mission is to enable individuals with disabilities to obtain and keep employment.

National and Worldwide

  • Institute for Community Inclusion
    The mission of the Institute for Community Inclusion is to support the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the community.
  • Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities
    The mission of the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities is to promote the community membership of individuals with disabilities in school, work and society.
  • Royal Children's Hospital Transition Project
    Transition of patients to adult health care, information for patients, parents, and health care professionals.
  • Livestrong
    The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) believes that in the battle with cancer, unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist, Lance Armstrong, the LAF provides the practical information and tools people living with cancer need to live strong. Our mission is to inspire and empower people with cancer to live strong. We serve our mission through education, advocacy, public health and research programs.
  • DHMC STAR Program
    Steps Toward Adult Responsibility - The STAR Program promotes healthy psychological and social development for adolescents with a chronic physical health condition.

Helpful Documents & Resources

Below are additional publications and resources, from the Health Care Transition Initiative, Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida, that we suggest you download and look through. These documents are in Adobe PDF format, and may require Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.

Health Care Transition Workbooks

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Envisioning My Future: A Young Person's Guide to Health Care Transition

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