WINONA LAKE - Grace College and Cardinal Services are partnering to provide Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) to help area students with disabilities prepare for life after high school this summer.
Students will work on various projects over the summer with Grace’s Physical Plant as well as an on-site coach from Cardinal, according to a news release from Grace.
“This program aims to enhance the students’ hard and soft skills, allow them to explore employment and educational options and provide on-the-job training,” said Jen Hallstrom, supervisor of Pre-ETS at Cardinal Services. “This is an opportunity to ensure these students have access to meaningful career planning to help with a seamless movement — from high school to employment or post-secondary training.”
The program will take place through June and July and will host up to four students three days a week. To be eligible for Pre-ETS, students must have an IEP or 504 plan and attend a partnering school in Cass, Carroll, Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke, White and Kosciusko counties.
Pre-ETS’s core services include job exploration counseling, work-based learning experiences, workplace readiness training, post-secondary opportunity counseling and self-advocacy instruction.
“At Grace, we want to foster strong relationships with organizations like Cardinal Services within our surrounding community,” said Bill Wash, director of operations at Grace. “We value living God’s word, serving humbly and engaging our community. With programs and partnerships like this one, where we share services and amenities with others, we are able to live out several of our core values at once.”
To learn more, contact Wash at [email protected].