Got Transition

09/16/2025

OUT NOW: The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/ Got Transition, in partnership with Family Voices, Inc. (National) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)'s Maternal and Child Health Bureau,, has published a new article in Pediatrics that examines individual, family, and health system characteristics to determine which are associated with disparities in receipt of preparation services for youth ages 12–17. The study brings attention to subgroups of youth who are least likely to receive guidance on health care transition and offers clinical and system-level approaches to help health care providers better prepare youth for this critical shift.

OBJECTIVES. Research pertaining to disparities in access to health care transition preparation is limited. This study examined a broad set of individual, family, and health system characteristics to determine which are associated with disparities in receipt of health care transition preparation serv...

09/16/2025

OUT NOW: A new article from The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition, in collaboration with State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, has published a new article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study, which was funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, analyzes health care gaps among adolescents and young adults across three age groups and explores how sociodemographic, health status, and health care access variables are associated with those gaps. The article highlights a higher rate of care gaps among young adults compared to adolescents and presents recommendations to help reduce lapses in care.

09/16/2025

Family Voices and the Center for Transition to Adult Health Care for Youth with Disabilities are excited to share Moving to Adult Health Care: Leading Your Health Care Visits and Interactions. This toolkit helps young people understand how to take charge of their health care visits. Visit movingtoadulthealthcare.org/toolkits to learn more. Got Transition LifeCourse Nexus SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, Inc.

06/17/2025

REGISTER TODAY: Got Transition, with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, will host a webinar on 7/11 featuring the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), who will present their findings and recommendations aimed at improving pediatric to adult health care transitions for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) covered by Medicaid.

Got Transition, with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, will host a webinar featuring the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), who will present their findings and recommendations aimed at improving pediatric to adult health care transitions for children and you...

06/17/2025

OUT NOW: The June 2025 MACPAC Report to Congress seeks to improve pediatric-to-adult health care transition for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) covered by Medicaid.

Chapter 1 includes four recommendations aimed at addressing challenges with transitioning from pediatric to adult care in Medicaid. Medicaid plays an important role in covering health care services…

04/01/2025

THIS THURSDAY! Register TODAY!

This webinar sponsored by NTACT:C and Got Transition, will explore the essential supports and effective resources needed for health care transition, emphasizing the roles of education, vocational rehabilitation, school nurses, and external supports.

03/06/2025

Register TODAY for our upcoming webinar "Bridging the Gap: Supporting Healthcare Transitions for Students with Disabilities" (4/3/25, from 2:00-3:00pm ET), co-sponsored with National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative. It will explore the essential supports and effective resources needed for transitioning from pediatric to adult health care for students with disabilities.

This webinar sponsored by NTACT:C and Got Transition, will explore the essential supports and effective resources needed for health care transition, emphasizing the roles of education, vocational rehabilitation, school nurses, and external supports.

01/10/2025

Registration is now open for the Waisman Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Health Care Transition ECHO virtual training series. This free, national 5-session series will be offered January to May 2025 11:30am – 1:00pm CST on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. This ECHO is for health care providers across the US who work with youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This includes primary and specialty care providers, advanced practice providers (NP/PA), nurses, social workers, and any other provider interested in health care transition. Continuing education credits will be available... register today!

Health care transition (HCT) is the process of preparing youth and young adults for the transition to a healthy adulthood. For many, this means moving from a pediatric to an adult model of health care. A lack of HCT preparation guidance is associated with gaps in care, worsening health conditions, d...

12/16/2024

One in five children in the United States has a special health care need requiring more than routine health services, and one in four adults report having a disability. As 70 million adults and 14.5 million children in the United States have a disability, the population impacted by issues in the agi...

10/03/2024

Transition for youth and young adults with requires careful planning and preparation on the part of the entire care team. During the October Spina Bifida Month, see these didactic ECHO lectures and care coordination infographics from the American Academy of Pediatrics to learn more.

Access professional tools and resources for spina bifida care through this AAP website. Discover comprehensive and up-to-date information, guidelines, and recommendations to support healthcare providers in delivering high-quality care to individuals with spina bifida. Explore educational materials,....

10/03/2024

Adolescents and young adults living with may face unique challenges as they shift from pediatric to adult care. See these Support Videos (available in English and Spanish) from the American Academy of Pediatrics to learn more.

These 6 educational videos will highlight key timelines for health care transition (HCT) from pediatric to adult-focused health care, and strengthen collaboration and coordination between clinicians, specifically for youth and young adults with spina bifida.

05/23/2024

The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health / Got Transition has released two new reports and three policy briefs on the significant challenges and inequities that youth and young adults with disabilities face when aging out of Medicaid, CHIP, SSI, and Title V Programs. With funding support from Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health and WITH, the reports are the result of a two-year effort to bring new attention to the challenges and inequities faced by this vulnerable population during such a difficult time in their lives.

The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition has released two new reports and three policy briefs on the significant challenges and inequities that youth and young adults with disabilities face when aging out of Medicaid, CHIP, SSI, and Title V Programs.