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JumpStart  

Perhaps you need training for a different job since your transplant. Or, maybe you never received your high school diploma. JumpStart can help connect you with resources to create a unique plan for your career development and your future.


Education and Training  

The University System of Georgia
http://www.usg.edu

Georgia's colleges and universities.

Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov/

Job Trends in Georgia.

Georgia Dept. of Technical and Adult Education
http://www.dtae.org

Oversees the state's system of education colleges, the adult literacy program and a host of economic and workforce development programs.

Employment & Training Administration
http://www.doleta.gov/

Training opportunities.

Computer Training
http://www.cprf.org/training.asp

Georgia Virtual Technical College
http://www.gvtc.org


Government Assistance  

Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov

The nation's, federal government, largest health insurance programs.

Georgia Division of Rehabilitation Services
http://www.vorehabga.org

Assisting people with disabilities to work

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov

Access to laws, regulations, guidance and local office contact

Benefits Navigator Project
http://www.benefitsnavigator.org

Information about how work will affect your Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and your Supplemental Secutiry Income (SSI)

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov

Full-service contact link for benefits, direct answers and information

Ticket to Work
http://www.yourtickettowork.com

Provides most people receiving Social Security Benefits more choices for receiving employment services

U.S. Dept. of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/

Job and Training resources


Employment  

Georgia Dept. of Labor
http://www.dol.state.ga.us/js/replace/chapter05.htm

Includes information for job seekers, employers, news, regulations, statistics, and contacts.

Dress for Success
http://www.dressforsuccess.org

Provides interview suits, confidence boosts, career development to low-income women.

Goodwill
http://www.goodwill.org

Provides job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities and disadvantages.

CareerBuilder
http://www.careerbuilder.com

Allows the user to search by category of job.

Experience Works
http://experienceworks.org

Senior workforce services.


Transplant-Specific Links  

How Organ Transplants Work
http://health.howstuffworks.com/organ-transplant.htm

Information from HowStuffWorks.com.

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
http://www.unos.org

Advances organ availability and transplantation by uniting and supporting its communities for the benefit of patients through education, technology, and policy development

Transweb
http://www.transweb.org

A nonprofit educational web site about transplantation and donation

LifeLink
http://www.lifelinkfound.org/

A non-profit community service organization dedicated to the recovery of an increasing number of high quality organs and tissues for transplant therapy

American Transplant Association
http://www.americantransplant.org

Transplant Patient Partnering Program
http://www.tppp.net/

Bringing together the expertise of transplant doctors and coordinators with the insights of transplant recipients, the TPPP hopes to provide you with a realistic understanding of the transplant experience.

Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc. (TRIO)
http://www.trioweb.org/

Transplant Health
http://www.transplanthealth.com/

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Transplant Services
http://www.choa.org/transplant

Offers the free videos "When Heart Transplant is an Option" and "When Liver Transplant is an Option." To request a copy, call 404-785-7614 or email jennifer.harry@choa.org today.

Living Donors Online
http://www.livingdonorsonline.org/about.htm

Seeks to be the preeminent online community for living donors, potential donors, their families, and medical professionals. "Living donors" are living individuals who have given a kidney, liver, lung, bone marrow, or other organ or tissue for transplantat

Transplant Success
http://www.transplantsuccess.org

Promotes organ donation awareness through shared personal experiences as transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families.

TTMed ( Timely Topics in Medicine)-Transplantation
http://www.ttmed.com/transplantation

Your Complete Transplantation Portal used by specialist physicians, general practitioners, students and patients to stay abreast of the latest advances in the transplantation field.


Organ-Specific Links  

American Liver Society
http://liversociety.org

Second Wind Lung Transplant Association
http://www.2ndwind.org


Financial Assistance  

Consumer Credit Counseling Services
http://www.cccsatl.org

A nationwide nonprofit service that offers free and confidential budget, credit, and housing counseling, plus debt repayment plans

Georgia Insurance Commissioner's Office
http://www.gainsurance.org/

Links to the official website of Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner and will help in finding consumer information regarding issues of health benefits and coverage, COBRA, Portability, and consumer rights .

Mason Guest House
http://www.emory.edu/HOUSING/CLAIRMONT/mason.html

Medical Access Program (MAP)
http://www.mapuga.com/

Seeks to increase access to prescription medications for solid organ transplant patients who reside in the state of Georgia

RxAssist
http://www.rxassist.org/

Provides health care providers with information on accessing more than 100 pharmaceutical manufacturers' patient assistance programs that supplies a limited amount of free prescription medication to eligible patients

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/

Together Rx
http://www.together-rx.com/

A prescription savings program that provides savings to eligible Medicare enrollees on more than 150 widely prescribed medicines


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