Earlier this year, the CIL was invited to take part in the Project Search initiative, whereby several Supported Employment consumers are selected to join forces with a host business, namely UF/Shand’s College of Medicine and the Alachua County School Board, to provide internships. The goal of these internships is to teach them marketable skills so that, upon graduation in May, they are able to obtain meaningful/gainful employment in our community, ideally with Shands Hospital.

Over the course of the next school year, they will be interning in various departments throughout UF/Shand’s College of Medicine. CIL staff and partners provide the support, coaching, and encouragement needed for these individuals to take an opportunity and hopefully turn it into a long and fruitful career!