Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare’s Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) DDD provides residential services; day/employment services, which includes assistance to an individual in obtaining and/or maintaining employment, and with transportation or job training; and family supports that are provided in the home or in the community to assist the […]
Category: Health & Disability Programs
The following are lists of state and territory resources that focus on disability and health Programs at the state level. The purpose is to provide visitors to the site a quick reference to available resources on state disability and health Programs. Each of the state listings include contact information for each state resource. For information on Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, and Virginia, please see www.cdc.gov.
Pennsylvania: Health & Disability Programs
Pennsylvania Department of Aging This department provides various home and community based services, including home health care; personal care; health support services such as housekeeping, shopping assistance, laundry and mending and other routine household chores; respite care (caregiver relief); transportation; home-delivered meals; Family Caregiver Support Program; Older Adult Day Services Center; the Options Program, which […]
Oklahoma: Health & Disability Programs
Oklahoma Department of Health’s Children with Special Health Care Needs This program provides specialty services to children with special needs and their families, including neonatal services, specialty services for children diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, formula for children with PKU, outreach clinics in rural areas, and respite care services. 2400 Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105 (405) 521-3679 […]
Ohio: Health & Disability Programs
Ohio Department of Aging Featured services include the Golden Buckeye Card Program, which extends savings to eligible Ohioans (age 60 or older, as well as adults age 18-59 who have disabilities as defined by Social Security) and includes the Ohio’s Best Rx prescription drug discount program; the Assisted Living Waiver Program, which provides another option […]
New Mexico: Health & Disability Programs
New Mexico Governor’s Commission on Disability-NM Technology Assistance Program The New Mexico Technology Assistance Program (NMTAP) is a program under The New Mexico Governor’s Commission on Disability (GCD). NMTAP offers free services to New Mexicans with disabilities to help them get the assistive technology (AT) services they need. NMTAP is a statewide program designed to […]
New Jersey: Health & Disability Programs
New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) Division of Child Behavioral Health Services DCF provides families with one point of contact that registers, tracks and coordinates care for children who are screened into its Children’s Behavioral Health Service System of Care; DCF contracts with PerformCare, a private entity that administers this service system that includes […]
New Hampshire: Health & Disability Programs
New Hampshire Department of Education’s Vocational Rehabilitation, Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Services for Blind and Visually Impaired provides needed services (mostly free) to help people with visual loss to enter, re-enter, or maintain employment. Rehabilitation services can include: consultation on the Americans with Disabilities Act, job and task analysis; reasonable job accommodation; counseling […]
Nevada: Health & Disability Programs
Nevada Department of Employment’s Training and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Division, Bureau of Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired (BSBVI) BSBVI provides services to eligible individuals, including adaptive training, which provides individualized training in home management, Braille, low vision aids, communication, and vocational skills; the Business Enterprise Program, which prepares legally blind people to operate food […]
Nebraska: Health & Disability Programs
Nebraska Department of Education’s Vocational Rehabilitation (Voc Rehab) Voc Rehab serves people with disabilities except consumers who are blind or visually impaired; these individuals are served by the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Voc Rehab staff provides services locally in multiple offices throughout the state, as well as in schools, one-stop centers, mental […]
Missouri: Health & Disability Programs
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation The Division is comprised of: vocational rehabilitation, which includes guidance and counseling, job-seeking skills and job placement, and vocational training, and provides assistance with transition services, supported employment services, assistive technology services, and the Ticket to Work Program; disability determination services, which determines medical […]