- November 22, 2024
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by: John Guthrie
VP Communications, Halifax Health
Halifax Health, Volusia County Schools and Project SEARCH have partnered for the sixth year in a row to provide education and real world experience for six students at the medical center. Halifax Health Medical Center was the first site for Project SEARCH in Volusia County, which started in 2016. In 2018, the Project SEARCH site began in the Halifax Health Medical Center of Port Orange and in 2020, the site opened at Halifax Health | UF Health - Medical Center of Deltona.
Project SEARCH has grown from a single program site at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to a large and continuously expanding international network of sites. Now, worldwide with over 600 sites, there are 41 Project SEARCH sites throughout 25 counties in Florida. Even though the program originated in Ohio, Florida leads the nation as having the most sites.
The Project SEARCH High School Transition Program is a unique, business-led, one-year school-to-work program that takes place entirely at the workplace. Total workplace immersion facilitates a seamless balance of classroom instruction, career exploration, and hands-on training through worksite rotations. The program provides real-life work experience to help youth with disabilities make successful transitions from school to adult life.
For a sixth consecutive year, Halifax Health has been a host site for this nationally recognized program and successful local joint venture between Volusia County Schools, Progressive Abilities Support Services and the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
