Social Enterprise

New Research Demonstrates the Benefits of Hiring People with Disabilities

08/15/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

Tracey celebrated three years at her job in March 2019. Since 2016, she has worked for Planet Access Company (PAC) warehouse, a logistics and fulfillment center in Des Plaines. Tracey started in Quality Control where she excelled. In 2017, her strong job performance earned her…

Q&A with Search Inc’s Ignite Team: Community Outings

07/31/19 - Accessibility in Public, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Transportation - 1 Comment

Ignite, a program of Search Inc, is an innovative, small and flexible licensed Adult Learning Program designed to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities pursue and achieve their personal goals and actively participate in community life. Ignite offers a dynamic mix of classroom instruction,…

PAC Makes a Difference in the Lives of People with Disabilities

07/30/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Employment First Act, Inspiring People, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

We recently sat down for a Q&A with Jackie Alfirevic, Production Coordinator at Search, Inc. to find out more about Planet Access Company!

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Q: What is PAC?

Jackie: Planet Access Company (PAC), a social enterprise of Search, Inc, is a third party logistics warehouse and vocational…

Promoting Self-Advocacy Through Reviews for Change Workshop

05/29/19 - Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Tools and aids, Using jjslist.com - 0 Comments

Workshop facilitator, Sarah Armour, assisting Ignite’s Erich

JJslist.com offers FREE Reviews for Change Workshops to agencies and organizations interested in teaching clients with disabilities a new way to self-advocate.

Reviews for Change Workshops, lead by Sarah Armour, Business Assistant at JJslist.com, teach individuals with disabilities how…

Who’s Who at No Boundaries

04/29/19 - Ask Adrian, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

EXTRA, Extra, read all about it! We have No Boundaries – and we’re going to shout it!

Courtesy of www.socialnorms.org

Here at No Boundaries we help people with disabilities gain more independence by preparing for employment. Our motto, “train for work, train for life,” means the skills…

No Boundaries Visits the Visual Comfort Group Warehouse

04/22/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

No Boundaries Participants Matt R and Abby S with Visual Comfort President Joe Higgins

Our No Boundaries team visited and toured the Visual Comfort Group Warehouse in Skokie in February. The Warehouse Manager, Scott Christman, gave us a tour of their warehouse and the President, Joe…

Equal Access Online Tool Connects People With Disabilities To Jobs

01/18/19 - Business News, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Employment First Act, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise, Tools and aids - 0 Comments

By Pat Maher, Director, Civic Engagement, SPR

Many great organizations, municipalities and companies have committed to improving work and career opportunities for people with disabilities…and yet? The objective truth is that from a participation and employment perspective we haven’t even nudged the needle since statistics have…

New Addition to No Boundaries!

09/07/18 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Education, Hop on the Bus to Independence, No Boundaries, Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

Jenny Higgins, No Boundaries Trainer

Welcome Jenny!

We are thrilled to introduce Jenny Higgins as the new No Boundaries Trainer.

No Boundaries, Train for Work/Train for Life is a unique program for teens and adults with disabilities that focuses on building and reinforcing skills necessary for independence and employment… Read More >

From “Earth Child” to the Internet Age: 50 Years of Search

04/23/18 - jjslist.com, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

In 2018, Search, Inc. celebrates 50 years of service to individuals with disabilities, their families and the broader community.

Search got its start in 1968 as a grassroots movement of parents in the Cabrini Green neighborhood of Chicago advocating for the inclusion of their children into…

Foundation Funded Trainings Experience Success

09/27/17 - Accessibility in Public, Business News, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

The Disability Awareness Players had another record-breaking year in Fiscal Year 2017!

JJsList.com Disability Awareness Players at Lincoln Elementary School in Highland Park

Overall 40+ Disability Awareness Trainings were provided to over 2,600 people in the most recent year. A recent grant from the Reva & David…