Community Campus provides full-day and half-day programming based on eligibility and the student’s individualized needs for transition services/programming. Programming for each student aligns with the adult services the young adults may access once they age out of services with the SFSD (i.e., meaningful day, supported employment/volunteering, or competitive employment). Instruction focuses on fostering independence, social skills, simple cooking, and daily living skills, as well as accessing the community to generalize learned skills.  Depending upon each student, pre-vocational, supported vocational, or employment skills instruction is incorporated into each program.

Project SEARCH is an extraordinary life transition program for young adults with disabilities. It gives individuals who want to work a chance to explore careers and develop transferable job skills in a structured and accommodating environment. Designed as an internship program, Project SEARCH places participants in real-world situations where they learn all aspects of gaining and maintaining a job. Students who participate in the Project SEARCH @ Sanford must have a desire to work in the community at the conclusion of their experience.  Previous work experience and the ability to work independently after training are prerequisites for the Project SEARCH @ Sanford program.

A Supported Path to Postsecondary Success 

The Transcend Program provides individualized support to young adults as they transition from high school to their first year of postsecondary education.

Students with disabilities ages 18 through 21 receiving special education services who demonstrate foundational college readiness skills and have a desire to attend college and pursue a postsecondary degree and have completed the requirements for a standard diploma (will be deferred). The young adults remain SFSD students while accessing dual-credit classes in a college setting.

The Transcend Program focuses on the skill development and supported instruction young adults need to succeed in college by supporting the major adjustment to college and campus life expectations, organizing and managing their personal and college schedules, and continuing career exploration and life skills lessons.