Options For All expands hands-on job training

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) - Options For All, an Imperial County based nonprofit, and its Project Search connects individuals with disabilities to hands-on internships that helps prepare them for meaningful employment.

The participants, age 18-30, are referred through the San Diego Regional Center. Program options include film production, hospitality, customer service, and more.

Project Search just wrapped up a partnership with Legoland in San Diego, where participants got the chance to work and train at the theme park.

Eddie Rendon, Area Manager at Options For All, described it as an "immersive internship program."

"Film, customer service, workplace etiquette, team building, financial literacy, and more, and we can really tailor it as well, specific to the host site which is really unique," Rendon explained.

Project Search is now looking for more businesses in the Imperial Valley to build similar partnerships with.

"It's one of those programs that we know is needed. It's a great opportunity here for the Imperial Valley, and we're always welcoming new conversations with any participants, you know, that are thinking about joining or even any potential host businesses that would like to partner up," Rendon said.

To learn more about the program, click here.