Extended Transition - Project SEARCH
Preparing Students with Significant Disabilities for Success in Integrated, Competitive Employment.

Documents & Files
Project SEARCH Frequently Asked Questions
Project SEARCH Frequently Asked Questions PDF
Project SEARCH Overview
Project SEARCH Overview PDF
Program Benefits for Partners
Program Benefits for Partners PDF
Guidance for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Support of Participants in Florida’s Project SEARCH
Guidance for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Support of Participants in Florida’s Project SEARCH PDF


Project SEARCH Overview

Project SEARCH is a nine-month transition-to-work internship program for people with disabilities. It is targeted for individuals whose goal is competitive employment. The program takes place in a business-led setting where total immersion in the workplace facilitates the teaching and learning process through hands-on training and the acquisition of employability and marketable work skills. Interns participate in three internships to explore a variety of career paths. The interns work throughout the year with a team that includes their family, an instructor and local and state agencies to create an employment goal. The outcome of this one year program is competitive, integrated employment.

Project SEARCH: Facts from 1996 to Today

How to Get Started

If interested in starting a program, follow the initial steps listed below.

A Typical Day in a Project SEARCH Program

Project SEARCH follows a typical school year calendar. Students will begin the program in August, have a 2-3 week orientation and then progress through three 10-week rotations with a week transition break in between each rotation. The program then wraps up in May like a typical school year.

Although there are site-to-site variations, a typical day for the students usually includes the following:

Contact For Additional Information

For additional information or if interested in starting a site, contact your local Regional Transition Representative (RTR).

Resources

Project SEARCH National Website

Project SEARCH 101 Video

Project SEARCH: Cincinnati Childrens Video

Project SEARCH - Gretchen's Story

WPTV News Clip - Boca West Country Club

Bay News 9 - Polk County

Find a Project SEARCH Site by District

Brevard

Project SEARCH Site: Holmes Regional Medical Center
Location: Melbourne, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Health First Cape Canaveral Hospital
Location: Cocoa Beach, FL

Broward

Project SEARCH Site: Memorial Hospital Miramar
Location: Miramar, FL
Note: This site is currently on hiatus for this school year. Please check back for future updates.

Charlotte

Project SEARCH Site: Bayfront Punta Gorda
Location: Punta Gorda, FL

Clay

Project SEARCH Site: Kindred Hospital North Florida
Location: Green Cove Springs, FL

Collier

Project SEARCH Site: Naples Community Hospital
Location: Naples, FL

Columbia/Hamilton/Suwannee

Project SEARCH Site: Lake City Medical Center
Location:
 Lake City, FL

Duval

Project SEARCH Site: University of North Florida
Location:
 Jacksonville, FL

Project SEARCH Site: UF Health-Jacksonville
Location:
 Jacksonville, FL

Duval/North Florida School for Special Education-Private

Project SEARCH Site: Medtronic
Location:
Jacksonville, FL

Escambia

Project SEARCH Site: Innisfree Hotel
Location: Pensacola, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Baptist Hospital
Location: Pensacola, FL

Flagler

Project SEARCH Site: Grand Villa Senior Living Community
Location:
Bunnell, FL

Lake 

Project SEARCH Site: Orlando Health South Lake Hospital
Location: Clermont
, FL

Lake Wales Charter School

Project SEARCH Site: Lake Wales Medical Center
Location: 
Lake Wales, FL

Lee

Project SEARCH Site: Golisano Children's Hospital
Location: Ft. Myers, FL

Marion

Project SEARCH Site: Hilton Ocala
Location:
 Ocala, FL

Project SEARCH Site: 
Bridgewater Park Assisted Living & Memory Care
Location:
 Ocala, FL
Note: This site is currently on hiatus for this school year. Please check back for future updates.

Martin

Project SEARCH Site: Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital
Location: Stuart, FL

Miami-Dade

Project SEARCH Site: City of Hialeah
Location: 
Hialeah, FL

Project SEARCH Site: City of Miami
Location: 
Miami, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Zoo Miami
Location: 
Miami, FL

Nassau

Project SEARCH Site: Baptist Medical Center Nassau
Location: Fernandina Beach, FL

Orange

Project SEARCH Site: Rosen Shingle Creek Resort
Location:
Orlando, FL
Note: This site is currently on hiatus for this school year. Please check back for future updates.

Project SEARCH Site:
 Burlington Colonial Marketplace 
Location:
Orlando, FL

Osceola

Project SEARCH Site: Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
Location:
 Kissimmee, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Florida Advent Health
Location:
 Kissimmee, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Osceola County School District Office
Location: Kissimmee, FL

Palm Beach

Project SEARCH Site: Bethesda Memorial Hospital
Location:
 Boynton Beach, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Boca Raton Resort & Club
Location: 
Boca Raton, FL

Pinellas

Project SEARCH Site: John Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Location:
 St. Petersburg, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Vineyard Inn at Seminole
Location:
 Largo, FL

Polk

Project SEARCH Site: Lakeland Regional Health
Location:
 Lakeland, FL

Santa Rosa

Project SEARCH Site: Gulf Breeze Hospital
Location:
 Gulf Breeze, FL

Seminole

Project SEARCH Site: Advant Health Altamonte
Location:
Altamonte Springs, FL

St. John's

Project SEARCH Site: Renaissance World Golf Village
Location:
 St. Augustine, FL

St. Lucie

Project SEARCH Site: Cleveland Clinic Traditiion 
Location:
 Port St. Lucie, FL

Volusia

Project SEARCH Site: Halifax Health Medical Center-Daytona
Location:
 Daytona, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Halifax Health Medical Center- Port Orange
Location:
 Port Orange, FL

Project SEARCH Site: Halifax Health Medical Center- Deltona
Location:
DeLand, FL

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