Next Steps

Making the Move to Managing Your Own Personal Assistance Services (PAS): A Toolkit for Youth with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood is a complete guide with fact sheets and tips about Personal Assistance Services (PAS), with a focus on youth.

A Good Job is a six-minute animated video that talks about how to improve your relationship with a Personal Care Assistant (PCA).

Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rehabilitation Research and Training Center provides the resource Personal Assistance in the Workplace: A Customer-Directed Guide Manual.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has links to several good resources about Personal Assistance Services.

Read DB101’s article about Medicaid waiver programs to learn more about waivers and how to apply.

Call your local Aging and Disability Resource Connection site to see if you may be eligible for a Medicaid waiver or non-Medicaid services from the Division of Aging Services.

Social Security’s Ticket to Work Program helps people with disabilities who get Social Security benefits re-enter the workforce and become more independent. The Ticket to Work Program offers free access to employment-related services, such as training, transportation, and vocational rehabilitation. You can call the Ticket to Work Help Line at 1-866-968-7842 or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY).

A trained benefits expert can help you understand your benefits programs. Exactly who you need to contact depends on your situation and the benefits you get.

View DB101's full list of experts who can help you understand different benefits.

The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) helps people with physical and mental disabilities prepare for and find work. GVRA can help you get the training or other services that you need to return to work, enter a new line of work, keep working, or get a job for the first time. Services are carefully chosen to match your personal needs, and your GVRA counselor will work with you to decide which GVRA services are best for you.

Learn more about GVRA services and how to apply.