Project Search is a ten month internship-based program for adults with varying abilities that takes place entirely at a business host site; offering the interns to cycle through three internship rotations with a goal of competitive employment upon graduation.

We have added the Recite Me Accessibility and Translation toolbar to our website to make it accessible and inclusive for as many people as possible. It will help the one in four adults in the US who have a disability (according to the CDC), including those with common conditions like sight loss and dyslexia, to access this website in the way that suits them best. It also meets the needs of the over 20% of people in the US who don’t speak English as their first language, by being able to translate our web content into over 100 different languages.

We are very fortunate that we a have multi-faceted slate of trustees, giving much of their time and talent to Friendship House. At the end of 2020, we unfortunately lost two long-standing trustees and would like to take this opportunity to share a bit about them through the reflection of staff who worked very closely with them.