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‘Project Search’ helps woman with disabilities find employment
- Project Search in Erie pairs students with internships at AHN Saint Vincent Hospital to build employment skills.
- Schultz interned in radiology, pharmacy, and family medicine before landing a receptionist job.
- The Erie program is a collaboration among multiple partners and supports a one-year internship model.
- Since its start in 1996, Project Search has expanded to hundreds of locations worldwide.
- Schultz credits the program with reducing her anxiety about entering the workforce.
- The next class of students will graduate from Project Search in Erie this year.
- So far, 37 of 49 graduates have found employment, with 13 working at Saint Vincent Hospital.
- Project Search began at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and has grown globally.
- Kaylee Schultz now works as a receptionist at AHN Saint Vincent Hospital.
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