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Student Profile
Basic information to get started. This is your portfolio — only what you choose to share goes in it.
👤 Basic Information
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🧑🏫 Connect Your Case Manager Optional — share your progress with your teacher
🗺️ Pathway After Graduation Choose up to 3 — it's okay not to have it all figured out yet
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Your Experience & Interests
Check anything that sounds like you. You might be surprised how much experience you already have — things you do every day count as real skills.
Work Experience
Paid jobs, cash work, family help — it all counts
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📝 Your Work Experience Summary
Community & Service
Church, volunteering, helping others, being part of something bigger
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📝 Your Community & Service Summary
Hobbies & Personal Interests
The things you do because you actually enjoy them
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📝 Your Hobbies & Interests Summary
School & Learning
Classes, programs, awards, and skills you've picked up at school
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📝 Your School & Learning Summary
🎯 Three Careers You're Thinking About
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Career #2
Career #3
💬 Anything Else You Want Us to Know?
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Work Samples
Upload three pieces of work you're proud of. They'll be embedded directly in your portfolio — giving people something real to look at.
Sample 1 — Presentation
A PowerPoint, Canva export, or Google Slides PDF — shows research, organization, and visual skills
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Sample 2 — Writing Sample
A formal essay, 5-paragraph paper, or any structured written work
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Sample 3 — Something You're Proud Of
A photo, project, certificate, artwork, repair job, or anything that shows what you can do
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Transition Resources & Options
Programs that can help you take your next step. Check the ones that sound right for you — they'll appear in your portfolio and your career plan.
🗺️ Programs That Can Help You — Check All That Apply
🌐 Alta California Regional Center (ALTA)
If you have a developmental disability (like autism or an intellectual disability), Alta can provide support services — including help finding and keeping a job, and support for living more independently. You need to apply before age 22, so don't wait.
🔗 altaregional.org
🔗 Am I Eligible?
🔗 Outside Sacramento? Find your regional center
🏕️ Job Corps
A free program for ages 16–24 where you live on campus and get real job training, help earning your diploma or GED, and support finding a career. Over 100 career areas available. Housing, food, and healthcare are all free. The Sacramento center serves this area.
🔗 jobcorps.gov
🔗 Explore Centers & Trades
🔗 Enroll
🌲 California Conservation Corps (CCC)
A paid program (ages 18–25) where you do conservation, environmental, and emergency work. You earn a real paycheck, gain professional work experience, and can work toward your diploma or GED. Great if you like being active and working outdoors.
🔗 ccc.ca.gov
🔗 Apply Now
🏛️ Los Rios Community College District — Vocational Programs
Four colleges near you — American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake, and Sacramento City — offer certificate and degree programs in auto, welding, culinary, healthcare, business, computers, and many more. Each campus has a disability support office (DSPS) that provides accommodations and help.
🔗 losrios.edu
🔗 DSPS at ARC
🔗 DSPS at CRC
🔗 Not near Sacramento? Find your community college
⚖️ California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)
A state program that can pay for your job training, college tuition, tools, technology, or job coaching if you have a disability. Apply in your junior year — don't wait. They have a special program just for students your age making the transition out of high school.
🔗 dor.ca.gov
🔗 Student Services
🏠 Thinking About Life After High School? Optional — check any that sound like you
Do any of these sound like you?
Your answers just decide which extra resources we show — and anything you check flows into your 5-Year Plan.
Nothing checked yet — that's completely fine. Check a box above if any of these are for you.
Living on your own · because you checked question 1
🧭 Independent Living Center (ILC) near you
California has a statewide network of disability-led centers that help you find accessible housing, understand your benefits, build daily-living skills, and move toward living on your own. Free, and not tied to your school.
🔗 Find your ILC
🔗 About Independent Living Services
📊 Disability Benefits 101 (DB101)
A plain-language tool that shows how a job affects your benefits (SSI, Medi-Cal, and more) — so working toward independence doesn't cost you the support you rely on.
🔗 ca.db101.org
💰 CalABLE savings account
A tax-free account that lets you save for housing, education, and daily expenses without losing SSI or Medi-Cal. Built for people with disabilities.
🔗 calable.ca.gov
🏘️ Rental assistance & housing vouchers · for age 18+
Once you turn 18, federal rental assistance and Housing Choice (Section 8) vouchers can help you afford your own place. Waitlists can take years, so it's worth learning about early — with an adult's help.
🔗 How rental assistance works
👤 A big step for later — plan this with your case manager or family
💡 If you have a developmental disability, your regional center (in the resource list above) also funds Independent & Supported Living Services.
Programs where you train and live on-site · because you checked question 2
💡 Job Corps and the California Conservation Corps (in the resource list above) both house you on-site — check them there if you're interested.
🎓 Taft College — Transition to Independent Living (TIL)
A residential two-year college program that teaches independent-living and job skills to students with intellectual disabilities. You live in program housing and learn to run your own day.
🔗 About the TIL program
👤 Talk it through with your case manager — spots are limited
Community college with dorms · because you checked question 3
🏫 California community colleges that have dorms
About 16 California community colleges let you live on campus while you earn a certificate or degree — a lower-cost way to go to college and live away from home. The state keeps an official list with a link to each one's housing page.
🔗 Official list of colleges with housing
🔗 Find a college
👤 Your case manager can help you compare campuses and apply
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Generate Your Transition Documents
Click any document to generate it instantly. Documents are written by Claude Opus 4.7 using only the information you've provided.
Professional Resume
Work experience bullets written by Opus 4.7 — professional, polished, and specific to your background
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Career Intent Cover Letter
A professional letter expressing your career goals and why you're a strong candidate
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Letter of Recommendation Fact Sheet
Printable info sheet to hand to 3 recommenders before graduation
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5-Year Post-Graduation Plan
Year-by-year milestones tied to your career goals, resources, and timeline
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Supporting Documents
Upload letters of recommendation, awards, certificates, and completed trainings. These will be embedded in your portfolio as evidence of your accomplishments.
📨 Letters of Recommendation
Upload completed letters from teachers, employers, coaches, or community members.
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🏆 Awards & Certificates
Upload photos or scans of awards, honor certificates, attendance recognitions, SkillsUSA placements, or any achievement you've earned.
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📋 Completed Trainings & Certifications
Upload certificates from CTE programs, CPR/First Aid, food handler cards, safety trainings, SkillsUSA, or any professional training you've completed.
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Build Your Portfolio
Choose a template and color scheme, then click Build Portfolio to generate your complete, print-ready document.
🎨 Choose Your Portfolio Format
All three formats use the same information — they differ in typography and layout. Pick the one that fits you, then choose a color scheme below.
Editorial
Warm serif · light paper · confident & human
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Corporate
Bold sans · color hero band · employer-ready
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Warm
Friendly serif · optional photo · personable
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🖌️ Color Scheme
Each format has a signature color, but you can recolor it any way you like.
Clay
Warm & editorial
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Sage
Calm & natural
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Teal
Sure Step signature
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Plum
Creative & bold
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Slate
Modern & cool
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📋 Choose What to Include in Your Portfolio
Select which generated documents and supporting files you want included. Unchecked items are excluded from the final print.
📄 Generated Documents (from Tab 5)
📎 Supporting Documents (from Tab 6)
💡 Items greyed out haven't been uploaded or generated yet. You can still include them — they'll appear empty in the portfolio.
📬 Stay in Touch After Graduation Optional — you're almost done, and this is completely up to you