Project Opportunity

The Tennessee Department of Human Services and Vanderbilt University Medical Center joined forces in the spring of 2005 to help high school students with disabilities find full-time employment. Project Opportunity is a pilot career training and employment program within the Department's Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) for students in their last year of high school. After successful completion of the program, which requires total immersion and on-the-job-training in the healthcare setting, the students will be eligible for full-time employment at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.

The pilot program is modeled on a similar program at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Project Opportunity partners include DRS, Williamson and Metro Nashville School systems, the Tennessee Department of Education, the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

For more information on our Comprehensive Programs Mailing address: Division of Rehabilitation Services Citizens Plaza State Office Building, 2nd Floor Phone numbers: (615) 313-4891 TDD (615) 313-5695 FAX (615) 741-6508