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Project Search Connects Disabled Young Adults to the Workforce

J. Froelich
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Thomas VanBebber, a "Project Search" graduate, now works part time in the local restaurant industry. (VanBebber is also an actor, recently performing as the "Cowardly Lion," for a Life Styles production of "Wizard of Oz.")

Fayetteville-based Life Styles Inc. operates '"Project Search," which provides job education and training to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Hundreds of interns have graduated in recent years.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.