Project SEARCH^®

Interested?
Contact Marilee Boylan, M.S.
Director of Employment
Marilee Boylan
(585) 276-6449

Project SEARCH^® provides employment training and education for young adults with significant disabilities. The program is dedicated to workforce development that benefits the individual, community, and workplace.

Project SEARCH^® Sites in Monroe County

• City of Rochester
• Del Monte Hotel Group
• Jewish Senior Life
• University of Rochester Medical Center
• Wegmans

New York State Coordination

The Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities serves as the statewide coordinator for Project SEARCH^® in New York State. Working in collaboration with the Project SEARCH^® team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, we can provide technical assistance to communities interested in starting a Project SEARCH^® program. Please contact us for more information.

Current Project SEARCH^® Programs in New York State

• Beechwood Continuing Care, Buffalo
• Brooklyn Hospital Center
• City of Rochester, Rochester
• DelMonte Hotel Group, Rochester
• Finger Lakes Health at Geneva Hospital, Geneva
• Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern
• Herkimer County Community College, Herkimer
• Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital, Bath
• Jewish Senior Life, Rochester
• Medford Multicare Center for Living, Medford

• Montefiore Hospital, Bronx
• Montefiore Hospital, New Rochelle
• New York Presbyterian, Queens
• New York Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester, White Plains
• Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Binghamton
• RXR Realty, Manhattan
• Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island
• University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester
• Upstate Medical University, Syracuse
• Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester

Project SEARCH^® Evaluation

SCDD partnered with the National Project SEARCH team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to measure and evaluate the long-term impact of Project SEARCH on employment outcomes for youth and young adults with IDD. Analysis of longitudinal outcome data indicates that Project SEARCH not only prepares participants to enter the workforce, but that program graduates are successfully maintaining employment over time. Read more about the evaluation's findings.

The B. Thomas Golisano Foundation brought Project SEARCH^® to the Greater Rochester Area and provided the essential funding to develop local partnerships. The NYS Developmental Disability Planning Council and the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities provided funding to support the initial coordination and expansion of Project SEARCH^® across New York State.