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Mat-Su Regional Medical Center - Mat-Su Project SEARCH
Mat-Su Project SEARCH is a community collaborative program that provides training to young adults with disabilities, so they can gain marketable skills and obtain competitive employment within their local community, including Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (MSRMC). Designed as an unpaid internship program, Project SEARCH provides intensive mentoring and hands-on job training through an immersion process. MSRMC provides internships in 16 areas for participants. Individualized job development and placement occurs based on the student’s experience, strengths and skills.
What is it?
Mat-Su Project SEARCH is a community collaborative program that provides training to young adults with disabilities, so they can gain marketable skills and obtain competitive employment within their local community, including Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (MSRMC). Designed as an unpaid internship program, Project SEARCH provides intensive mentoring and hands-on job training through an immersion process. MSRMC provides internships in 16 areas for participants. Individualized job development and placement occurs based on the student’s experience, strengths and skills.
Who is it for?
Young adults ages 18 to 27 who experience disabilities.
Why do they do it?
The Mat-Su Project SEARCH team collaborated with the goal of increasing vocational training and employment opportunities for young adults with disabilities.
Impact
Students who have completed the program have a 100 percent employment placement rate. MSRMC has led the community in hiring more than 30 percent of the Project SEARCH alumni. Mat-Su Project SEARCH currently has the capacity to support 12 students per school year. For more information, click here.
Contact: Cathy Babuscio
Human Resources Director
Telephone: 907-861-6576
Email: c.babuscio@msrmc.com
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