by Grady Chambers | Mar 16, 2023 | General, News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
CIS is back on the scene with another news broadcast highlighting our Project Career Launch (PCL) program! Take some time today check out this feature by FOX29 on PCL and all the wonderful ways the program is supporting youth with disabilities to find sustainable...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 10, 2023 | News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023, School to Work Transition
Talk about a great connection! Pictured here are Michael and Pedro, having a laugh as they chatted at Game on State, the inclusive arcade and candy shop in Media, PA. What makes their connection even more meaningful is the backstory: Michael is a student...
by Grady Chambers | Feb 27, 2023 | General, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
CIS is in the news, and we are so gratified to see our Project Career Launch and Project SEARCH programs featured in such a big way! On your coffee break, check out this Billy Penn article about the programs and the big impact they make in the lives of students with...
by Grady Chambers | Feb 10, 2023 | Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023, School to Work Transition
Kudos to Mount Airy’s Weavers Way Co-op, which recently celebrated 50 years of providing nutritious, high-quality foods in the Philadelphia area! Weavers Way was created to bring quality food to Philadelphia communities, and to give those same communities a stake in...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 31, 2022 | News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2022, School to Work Transition
CIS is on TV! We’re thrilled to see our Project SEARCH 440 program, centered at the School District of Philadelphia, featured on NBC10 Philadelphia. Project SEARCH is an incredible program that helps equip high school students with disabilities for employment...
by Grady Chambers | Jul 26, 2021 | News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
Big cheers to our Project SEARCH programs at Drexel University and the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), who each received an Excellent Outcomes Award at this year’s Project SEARCH awards ceremony!The annual awards are given to PS programs in which 70%...
by Grady Chambers | Jun 22, 2021 | News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
We’re excited to wrap up the graduation celebrations of our four Philadelphia-area Project SEARCH and Project Career Launch programs with these snapshots from the PCL ceremony! In the program’s second year, the student outcomes have been incredible: John’s got a...
by Grady Chambers | Jun 10, 2021 | News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
It’s been a joy-filled week here at CIS, where we’re celebrating the graduating classes of our Philadelphia-based Project SEARCH and Project Career Launch programs. Today we kick things off with a toast to the “great eight” graduating this year from Project SEARCH at...
by Grady Chambers | Jun 3, 2021 | News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
Last Friday marked a joyful celebration as parents, program participants, and program leaders of Project SEARCH at BayHealth convened in-person to celebrate the graduating Class of 2021. Project SEARCH gives high school students with disabilities real-world work...
by Grady Chambers | May 17, 2021 | News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
Spring is here, and it’s truly feeling like a season of renewal. In that spirit, we’re excited to celebrate Malik being hired at Sprouts Farmers Market. This is Malik’s very first job. He said he was nervous at first, but in just two months he’s taken on a range of...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 3, 2021 | News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
We couldn’t be more excited today to feature CJ, a CIS participant who’s been crushing it in his position at Kalan LP. We first connected with CJ through our school-to-work transition services, with give high school students with disabilities real-world work...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 9, 2020 | News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2020, School to Work Transition
We love to see participants land the exact job they envisioned for themselves, so we couldn’t be happier to share that Taliyah has been hired to join the Dining Team at St. Ignatius Nursing Home, where she’ll get to continue the work she loves of helping take care of...
