Project Description
The CBTPP is envisioned to become a community-based outreach program of the USC UCEDD at CHLA.
The Transition Pilot Plan Components:
Based on a community-integration approach provides service coordination for full range of transition services and supports that include:- Health care
- Social Supports
- Leisure
- Career Guidance
- Housing
- Education
- Financial Literacy
- Employment
Transition Pilot Plan Characteristics
- Sustainable
- Is equitable and comprehensive
- Feasible for implementation
- Meets the needs of ID/DD target population
- Can be easily implemented
- Blueprint including pilot partners available for CHLA UCEDD implementation
The goals/outcomes of this pilot program is to:
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to develop an equitable, comprehensive plan for a community-based transition pilot program (CBTPP) for youth and young adults (YYA) with ID/DD in an underserved and racially and ethnically diverse Los Angeles community that addresses both transfer of medical care as well as transition into community-based services and supports to promote independent living and employment
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Increase awareness of the transition needs of YYA with ID/DD
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Interagency collaboration through Partnership Advisory Team (PAT)
- Dissemination of transition resources to CBTPP and USC UCEDD network
Transition Summit Professional Day 2022
Transition Summit Family Day 2022
Additional Information
Cecily Betz, PhD, Principal Investigator
Christine Mirzaian, MD, MPH, Co-Principal Investigator
Funding: Administration for Community Living
Project Duration: 2021-2023
Collaborators: Partnership Advisory Team (PAT)
