<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> SYLVIA REID <SHEVRA@verizon.net><br><b>Date:</b> April 12, 2025 at 11:10:13\u202fAM MST<br><b>To:</b> nfb-of-delaware-request@nfbnet.org, DCBVI@acblists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Fwd: UDiscover Summer Program</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Latshaw, Emerson (DHSS)" <Emerson.Latshaw@delaware.gov><br><b>Date:</b> April 10, 2025 at 9:30:37\u202fAM MST<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>UDiscover Summer Program</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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The Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) is offering a summer transition program for Delaware students with disabilities. </div>
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<b>UDiscover</b></div>
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<b>July 7- July 18</b></div>
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During this 2-week summer program students will...</div>
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</b>a variety of post-high school education options</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Learn
</b>essential self-advocacy. problem-solving, and other life skills </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There may be a fee for students to live on campus, although the Center for Disabilities Studies makes every effort
to make the program free for Delawareans.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The UDiscover Program is an intensive, two-week exploratory and discovery learning opportunity for high school students
with disabilities, ages 16 to 22.</span></p>
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The program offers a carefully orchestrated, person-centered sequence of individualized and group activities that will result in creating a post-high school plan of action targeting goals for continuing education, training, apprenticeships, internships or career
outcomes. Participating students also have opportunities to develop skills essential for independent living and social connecting.</div>
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Program activities will take place on campus at the University of Delaware July 7-18, 2025 and include job shadowing, course sit-ins, college visits and workshops on goals setting, self-advocacy and career exploration.</div>
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Interested candidates must submit a UDiscover application and participate in an interview. High school students with disabilities from all three counties in Delaware are welcome to apply for this program.</div>
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The opportunity to live on campus and engage in a number of independent living and advocacy-focused activities is partially funded by the Delaware Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and Freedom Center for Independent Living (FCIL).</div>
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COST: 2025 fees are yet to be announced. In addition to any program fees, there will be a required deposit that will be refunded upon successful completion of the program with deductions made for any lost/damaged university property or early exit from the
program for any reason.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you have questions about UDiscover or have trouble with an application, contact us at 302-831-4690 or
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UDiscover 2025 Application</a></span></p>
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Students from all three counties in Delaware can participate. Interested candidates must:</div>
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Attach documentation of disability (Question 21)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5em;">
Participate in an interview </li></ul>
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<b>*Applications are due by April 21. </b></div>
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<i>UDiscover is supported by a grant from The State of Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR). The Pre-ETS Grant (Pre-Employment Transition Services) provides innovative programs combining best practices to provide opportunities
for career exploration, vocational training, and employment preparation to increase the likelihood of successful transition to competitive, integrated employment post-high school. </i></div>
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<i>The opportunity to live on campus and engage in a number of independent living and advocacy-focused activities is funded by additional partners including the Delaware Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and Freedom Center for Independent Living (FCIL).
Our goal is for UDiscover to be FREE for Delaware students, however, there may be a fee to live on campus if sufficient funds are not secured. This application form will be updated as we have more information about costs for 2025.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: black;">Emerson Latshaw</span></p>
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