by Miya Ingram | Feb 6, 2024 | Black History Month, General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Give it up for Nic, who recently received some nice recognition for the great he’s doing in his position at Lowe’s. Nic has been working there since 2021. In three years, Nic has learned and excelled at the ins and outs of his daily job responsibilities, and...
by Miya Ingram | Feb 5, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
2024 is off to a roaring start at CIS, where 29 participants started new jobs in January! 🤯 From the Philadelphia School District to the Wells Fargo Center, from positions as printmakers to jobs as administrative assistants, line chefs, and salespeople, CIS...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 30, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Staff Spotlights
Hit the ‘like’ button for all our participants and staff who attended last week’s LIFE Conference, Delaware’s premier conference on disability. While we had a number of CIS staff-members attend the conference, it was really our participants who played a...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 25, 2024 | Delaware, General, News, Participant Stories
We had an absolute blast hanging out at Dogfish Head for two nights of food, beer, and fundraising over the course of January! The night was a huge hit, with a great mix of CIS staff and participants (and their families and friends too) coming out to Dogfish Head for...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 22, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Did you know that The School District of Philadelphia has a Print Shop? Not only that, but CIS participant Nicholas just had his first day working there, and he’s already looking like a pro! Nick was hired at the District’s Print Shop in early January. In his first...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 19, 2024 | Employer Focused, General, News, Staff Spotlights
Recently, our Director of Operations, Kelly Carrol, and Director of Employment Services, Melissa Good, had the fantastic opportunity to attend the 2024 Everyday Lives Conference in Hershey, PA! The Everyday Lives Conference is a training conference hosted by the...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 17, 2024 | General, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
At CIS, we love to spotlight our standout employer-partners doing so much to provide meaningful employment opportunities to CIS participants. One of them is Aramark, who recently hired not one but three Project SEARCH participants in customer service positions at the...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 12, 2024 | General, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Ready, Set, CIS! The Eagles are flying into the playoffs, and we couldn’t be prouder of our CIS game day staff, who all season long played a key part in making the Philadelphia Eagles home games such a success. Pictured are two of our participants–Amira and...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 8, 2024 | General, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
2024 is the year of progress, and one of our Delaware participants is already embodying that ethos in her new job. Gloria, a new employee at Micheal’s, was recognized by her our own Kate Holzbaur as going above and beyond! In October, Gloria started as a temp-to-hire...
by Miya Ingram | Jan 5, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
It was so great to see so many folks come out to the recent hiring event for job-seekers with disabilities that we hosted with our partners at Transition Pathways, an initiative of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. The hiring event was one of our biggest...
by Miya Ingram | Dec 26, 2023 | General, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023
The festivities are not over yet! One of our participants is still in high spirits as she celebrates the holidays in the wake of completing a huge milestone! Elizabeth graduated from our Project SEARCH – Bayhealth program in May. The skills she developed in the...
by Miya Ingram | Dec 19, 2023 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023
We are filled with pride this morning to see CIS participant Greg Tino featured on 6 action news! Greg is no stranger to the spotlight: he’s published two books; he writes a blog; he’s an advocate for people with autism and other disabilities; and he’s been...