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Alabama Family Support & Transition Toolkit

Choose one next step. Keep the person’s priorities, the right application and the next responsible contact clear.

Alabama toolkit and actual guide cover

Five useful PDFs. No duplicate binders.

Start with the quick reference, open the guide section you need and choose one working form. The same workbook works on screen and in print. You do not need to complete all 42 forms.

107 total pages across five PDFs. The combined binders and duplicate printable workbook are omitted. The state guidance, all 42 planning forms, contacts, source notes and completed examples are retained.

Practical Alabama content

Services and support

ADMH intellectual-disability intake, local support coordination, separate Medicaid review, priority/funding and actual staffing. ID, LAH and the eleven-county CWP boundary; waiver-specific self-direction roles, family-worker limits, personal assistance, respite and backup planning.

School, work and adult life

ADRS Child Find, VR and student transition; IEP transition at 16 or ninth grade, school-rights timing at 19 and the August 1 school-exit rule. Alabama ABLE, category-specific Medicaid applications, NET medical-trip assistance and separate waiver/school review routes.

Actual Alabama guidance, blank planning form and completed fictional example

Source note

Sources checked October 2026. Program rules, availability and timelines may change. See the included dated source record for details.

One digital ZIP with five blank final PDFs. No physical binder. Save the workbook in a form-capable PDF reader, close and reopen it to check entries. Print the blank forms you need. The three clearly marked fictional examples are static planning models.

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