Project SEARCH at Mercyhealth

Project SEARCH at Mercyhealth Project SEARCH is a one-year internship program for students with disabilities in their last year of high school.

Project SEARCH is a ten-month school-to-work transition program for students with disabilities with total workplace immersion, classroom instruction, career exploration, on-the-job training and job development support. It is targeted for students whose goal is competitive employment in the community. The program is headquartered at
Mercyhealth Hospital - Rockton Avenue. Students participate in u

p to three internships to explore a variety of career paths. Each student works with a team that includes his or her family, a teacher, employment specialists, and a rehabilitation counselor to create an employment goal and to support the student during the transition from school to work.

Tonight was our Family Welcome Night/ Summer Event! Thank you to the families for bringing your intern and a bigger than...
08/12/2025

Tonight was our Family Welcome Night/ Summer Event! Thank you to the families for bringing your intern and a bigger thank you to our graduates from graduating class 2024 and 2025 for showing up as well! I am truly so grateful to be in room with all of you! I look forward to starting a new year with class 2026

Congratulations to Ethan on gaining employment at Mercyhealth in the kitchen as a food service assistant! We are more th...
05/29/2025

Congratulations to Ethan on gaining employment at Mercyhealth in the kitchen as a food service assistant! We are more than proud of you! Ethan really showed hard work while in his 3rd rotation which resulted in employment with the host business. Keep being great it definitely is noticed by many!

Save the Date for Graduation!
04/29/2025

Save the Date for Graduation!

Assessment day went really well today! Thank you to everyone of our volunteers for making this a successful day!
04/03/2025

Assessment day went really well today! Thank you to everyone of our volunteers for making this a successful day!

Want to take the time and congratulate our intern Madison on her official first day of work yesterday!! Madison and Skil...
04/02/2025

Want to take the time and congratulate our intern Madison on her official first day of work yesterday!!
Madison and Skills Trainer also took time for bus training after Madison got off work and she did amazing!
Madison says “I love what I do at work” and we couldn’t be happier
for her way to go!!

Happy last day of transition week! Of course we end with pizza and a visit from our graduates from last year Kaitlyn and...
03/21/2025

Happy last day of transition week! Of course we end with pizza and a visit from our graduates from last year Kaitlyn ands Myles! Also we got to celebrate Ethan’s birthday! 🎉

It’s been a month since Aiden has accepted a position at Mercyhealth in the EVS (environmental services) department. We ...
03/18/2025

It’s been a month since Aiden has accepted a position at Mercyhealth in the EVS (environmental services) department. We are all veryy proud of you Aiden keepp up the good work!

And with that our interns have successfully completed their 2nd rotation in their departments! So proud of all of you!
03/14/2025

And with that our interns have successfully completed their 2nd rotation in their departments! So proud of all of you!

We just love our mentors ❤️. One of our mentors handed out roses to the girls of Project SEARCH! Thank you Alyssa for th...
02/14/2025

We just love our mentors ❤️. One of our mentors handed out roses to the girls of Project SEARCH! Thank you Alyssa for thinking of us 😊 Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy birthday to our Project SEARCH intern Karina. I hope you enjoy your day 😊Friday we celebrated with cupcakes 😊
02/09/2025

Happy birthday to our Project SEARCH intern Karina. I hope you enjoy your day 😊

Friday we celebrated with cupcakes 😊

One of my favorite things is seeing past graduates training/ mentoring the current interns in the departments. Image Des...
01/23/2025

One of my favorite things is seeing past graduates training/ mentoring the current interns in the departments.

Image Description: Left Photo 2024 Graduate Kaitlyn training current intern Madison in the Sterile Processing Department, both wearing blue scrubs and looking at an computer. Right Photo 2019 Graduate Kyle wearing grey scrub, training current intern Aiden, wearing Project SEARCH polo in the Central Supply picking supply order.

Address

Rockford, IL

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 2:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 2:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 2:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+18159687467

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