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Project SEARCH Site Locations

Every Project SEARCH site includes a local high-status business, a school, DVR, a Statewide Service Provider and a disability services agency, such as a managed care organization. The business provides an on-site training classroom, business liaison and rotational internships for on-the-job training. The school provides an instructor.

WDA 1 - Southeast
WDA 2 - Milwaukee
WDA 3 - WOW
WDA 4 - Fox Valley
WDA 5 - Bay Area
WDA 6 - North Central
WDA 7 - Northwest
WDA 8 - West Central
WDA 9 - Western
WDA 10 - South Central
WDA 11 - Southwest

WDA 1 - Southeast

Project SEARCH - WDA 1 Southeast site
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Racine Unified Project SEARCH Location: TBD	Goodwill Danielle Jemison (262) 366-0724	Beth Madecky (262) 956-6925	Racine Unified School District Beth Knuth (262) 412-0445

WDA 2 - Milwaukee

Project SEARCH - WDA 2 sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Childrens WI 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave Wauwatosa, WI 53226	CEO Taryn Kroll (414) 418-8181	Choua (Sandy) Xiong (414) 739-5079	CESA 1 Matt Jolliff (262) 787-9500 ext. 9545
Froedtert Hospital 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, WI 53226	CEO-Adult Program Taryn Kroll (414) 418-8181	Choua (Sandy) Xiong (414) 739-5079	CEO Taryn Kroll (414) 418-8181
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport 5300 South Howell Avenue Milwaukee, WI 532207	Goodwill Theresa Brugger (414) 429-0713	Natalie Goldman (414) 250-6576	Milwaukee Public School Pam Lippert (414) 640-6529
Milwaukee Zoo 10001 W Bluemound Rd Milwaukee, WI 53226	Goodwill Theresa Brugger (414) 429-0713	Megan Sowinski (414) 250-6585	CESA 1 Matt Jolliff (262) 787-9500 ext. 9545

WDA 3 - WOW

Project SEARCH - WDA 3 sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
West Bend Insurance 1900 S. 18th Ave. West Bend, WI 53095	Threshold Pam Kaye	Lynn Biertizer (262) 343-2307	West Bend School District Linda Stone (618) 406-1087
ProHealth Waukesha 725 American Ave. Waukesha, WI 53188	CEO Taryn Kroll (414) 418-8181	Shane Lee (920) 930-6555	CEO Taryn Kroll (414) 418-8181

WDA 4 - Fox Valley

Project SEARCH - WDA 4 Fox Valley sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital 1506 S. Oneida St. Appleton, WI 54915	Valley Packaging Katlin Gassner (262) 202-6548	Lisa Solberg (920) 930-6736	Appleton Area School District Kyle Deering (920) 831-1530
Mercy Medical Center 815 South Westhaven Dr. Oshkosh, WI 54904	Goodwill NCW Kailey Colwell (920) 581-8973	Thomas Healy (920) 594-1201	Oshkosh Area School District Dana Zander (920) 223-3214
ThedaCare 1818 N. Meade St. Appleton, WI 54911	Goodwill NCW Kailey Colwell (920) 581-8973	Elizabeth Hock (920) 930-6584	CESA 6 Sammie Michalski (920) 651-3500

WDA 5 - Bay Area

Project SEARCH - WDA 5 Bay Area sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Aurora Baycare Medical Center 2845 Greenbrier Road Green Bay, WI 54311	Aspiro Jessica Klemens (920) 593-4353	Amy Ten Haken (920) 404-6883	Aspiro Redebra Peters (920) 593-4313
Emplify/HSHS St Vincent Hospital 835 S. Van Buren St PO Box 13508 Green Bay, WI 54307	Aspiro Jessica Klemens (920) 593-4353	Amy Ten Haken (920) 404-6883	TBD

WDA 6 - North Central

Project SEARCH - WDA 6 North Central sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Aspirus Rhinelander 1630 N Chippewa Dr Rhinelander, WI 54501	Goodwill Kalli Pethan (920) 968-6573	Natalia Graf (715) 679-5566	Rhinelander School District Rod Olson (715) 482-8957
Aspirus Riverview Hospital 410 Dewey St. Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494	ODC Sara Schueller (715) 387-1161	Melanie Kasun (715) 315-0178	Wisconsin Rapids School District Jackie Kitowski (715) 451-0247
Aspirus Wausau 333 Pine Ridge Blvd Wausau, WI 54401	ODC Sara Schueller (715) 387-1161	Kimberly Rasmussen (715) 218-6512	CESA 9 Arielle Mueller (715) 847-2000 ext.52596
Marshfield Medical Center 611 Saint Joseph Ave. Marshfield, WI 54449	ODC Sara Schueller (715) 387-1161	Kayla Schuebel (715) 350-1147	Marshfield School District Anne Dick (715) 305-3188
Aspirus Stevens Point Clinic 824 Illinois Ave Stevens Point, WI 54481	ODC Sara Schueller (715) 387-1161	Kassey Anderson (715) 216-8210	Stevens Point Area School District Dorothy O'Connor

WDA 7 - Northwest

Project SEARCH - WDA 7 Northwest sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Essentia Health St. Marys Hospital 3500 Tower Ave. Superior, WI 54880	Embark Shawna Anderson (715) 392-6171	Katey Perkkio (715) 919-4450	Embark Shawna Anderson (715) 392-6171

WDA 8 - West Central

Project SEARCH - West Central
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Mayo Clinic 1221 Whipple St. Eau Claire, WI 54703	CDC Brian Vanderwyst (715) 598-1002	Ranae Stewart (715) 308-2679	Eau Claire School District Brenda Swoboda (715) 492-7008
River Falls Hospital 1629 East Division St. River Falls, WI 54022	CDC Brian Vanderwyst (715) 598-1002	Heidi Murphy (715) 699-5224	River Falls Area School District Natasha Herum (715) 307-6023
Rice Lake Weighing Systems 230 West Coleman St. Rice Lake, WI 54868	Ventures Unlimited Kristin Frane (715) 468-2939	Cassie Miley (715) 590-4276	Ventures Unlimited Kristin Frane (715) 464-9145
UW-Stout 221 10th Ave. E. Menomonie, WI 54751	CDC Brian Vanderwyst (715) 598-1002	Shayla Schossow (715) 558-0245	TBD

WDA 9 - Western

Project SEARCH - WDA 9 Western sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Emplify Health 1900 South Avenue La Crosse, WI 54601	Aptiv Niki Steele (608) 785-3540	Samina Grimes (608) 519-6110	Holem School District Melanie Van Wicklin (716) 359-0619

WDA 10 - South Central

Project SEARCH - WDA 10 South Central sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Kalahari Resort 1305 Kalahari Dr. Wisconsin Dells, WI 53913	MARC Kim Watrud (608) 669-2306	Ann Feutz-Ahles (608) 742-6248	CESA 5 LaNae Jabas (608) 697-2241
Sauk Prairie Health Care 260 26th St. Prairie Du Sac, WI 53578	TBD	Shane Zertler (608) 355-3148	CESA 5 Terry McCoy (608) 617-7864
UW Health/William S Middleton VA Hospital 2500 Overlook Terrace Madison, WI 53705	MARC Cathey Loerke (608) 223-9100	Jennifer Spring (608) 405-4391	Madison School District Jason Penticoff (608) 575-2712
Marquardt Village 1045 Hill St. Watertown, WI 53098	DSAW Wendy Schmidt (414) 327-3729 ext.109	Jennifer Klein (262) 497-0849	TBD

WDA 11 - Southwest

Project SEARCH - WDA 11 Southwest sites
Name & Location	Service Provider	DVR Contact	Educational Partner
Mercy Health Hospital and Trauma Center 1000 Mineral Point Avenue Janesville, WI 53548	Community Solution Ken Denio (608) 785-3540	Kelvin Hogans (608) 215-7398	Janesville School District Nick Jones (608) 371-9310
UW-Platteville 1 University Plaza Platteville, WI 53818	Hodan Tom Schmit (608) 987-3336	Angie Persinger (608) 901-5713	CESA 2 Jim Nelson (608) 822-3276