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Jackson Public Schools highlights Project Search and internships to transition scholars with disabilities into work

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Jackson Public Schools presented Project Search and related transition-internship programs designed to help scholars with significant cognitive disabilities gain real-work experience and employment skills.

Jackson Public Schools presented a year-round transition program and internship pipeline for scholars with significant cognitive disabilities, highlighting Project Search and local employer partnerships that offer hands-on work experience, employability skills and independent-living instruction.

Project Search partnership: District staff described Project Search as a collaboration facilitated by the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services that places eligible students in real-work settings while providing job coaches and career-readiness…

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