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Federal law says they must have something called a "transition plan" created by their school district. its supposed to be a set of measurable goals designed to prepare young people for adult life. but nicks mom lenore hasnt received anything. so she and her husband mike call the school superintendent to complain. >> i have no transition plan. and the clock is ticking. which is why i said to you, im fearful that were just delaying and delaying here and nickolass needs are not being met. dateline ...

Some good news. his mom finds a social worker to take his case and after three months on the waitlist, hes approved for that self determination program. lenore now has state medicaid money to hire a support team for nick, including some familiar faces like his former teacher, holly. >> the team that comes to help him, helps me do better for him. because when theyre here they meet his needs. >> reporter: you can breathe. >> they carry him. and i get to sit back as mom and go, you go guy. like, lo...

>> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: why the deep intake of breath? >> cause thats a big scary thing. thats a big scary thing. >> reporter: with lenore working only part time, the family relies on her husband mikes income. so they decide to take a scouting trip to florida to find out if nick can get the same kind of support there. >> we went to medicaid. we went to providers down there and asked the questions. >> reporter: dateline is with lenore on her visit to florida agencies where employees are incre...

Federal law says they must have something called a "transition plan" created by their school district. its supposed to be a set of measurable goals designed to prepare young people for adult life. but nicks mom lenore hasnt received anything. so she and her husband mike call the school superintendent to complain. >> i have no transition plan. and the clock is ticking. which is why i said to you, im fearful that were just delaying and delaying here and nickolass needs are not being met. dateline ...

Something called a "transition plan" created by their school district. its supposed to be a set of measurable goals designed to prepare young people for adult life. but nicks mom lenore hasnt received anything. so she and her husband mike call the school superintendent to complain. >> i have no transition plan. and the clock is ticking. which is why i said to you, im fearful that were just delaying and delaying here and nickolass needs are not being met. dateline found nicks case is not unique. ...

Your husbands job is shifting to florida. >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: why the deep intake of breath? >> cause thats a big scary thing. thats a big scary thing. >> reporter: with lenore working only part time, the family relies on her husband mikes income. so they decide to take a scouting trip to florida to find out if nick can get the same kind of support there. >> we went to medicaid. we went to providers down there and asked the questions. >> reporter: dateline is with lenore on her visit to ...

>> at this point under the law, no. >> reporter: whats more, lewis says states split their medicaid dollars between the poor and people with disabilities. she says it all adds up to a system that cant take that much weight. back in new york, he is better off staying put, so they are breaking up the family. mike will move to florida for his job alone. >> what does it mean to the family? >> it will be long distance and it leaves nick and my daughter and i here to try to figure out how were going t...