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Start on Success serves students with disabilities, from Edison, Overbrook, University City, and West Philadelphia High Schools. A unique feature of the Start on Success program includes intensive job development for graduating students by the Marriott Foundations' Bridges from School to Work program.
Start on Success offers part-time, paid internships to high school students with disabilities. The interns acquire skills they need to succeed in the workplace, increasing the likelihood of a future of self-sufficiency. The program encourages students to discover that they have capabilities needed in the workplace, that they can be self-supporting, and that they can hope for a bright future. It helps employers and their non-disabled employees realize the advantages of hiring people with disabilities and helps communities demonstrate what can be accomplished with partnerships among students, parents, teachers, administrators, and employers.
Start On Success Factsheet (PDF)
Start on Success on NBC 10
Contact:
Claude Schrader
Program Officer, Start on Success
cschrader@cisphl.org
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