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Local programs combat unemployment rates for people with disabilities
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Melissa Sanchez disinfects an exercise ball Friday at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center rehabilitation room. Through Project SEARCH, Sanchez is getting real-life work experience as an inpatient rehabilitation technician to help her make a successful transition from high school to adult life.
Omar Espinoza works the night shift at Mayfield Dairy Farms. “I wake up, work out and then get ready for work,” the 21-year-old said. “I go in at 10 p.m. and come out at 7 a.m.” Espinoza was hired as a temporary worker about five months ago, after a year of working at a local chicken processing plant where he was responsible for operating the machine that cuts the meat apart.