Deaf Alabama

Transition Services for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Project L.I.F.E. (Learning to Impact Future Experiences) is a collaborative leadership and career development program for eligible 14 to 21 year old high school students who are deaf or hard of hearing, living within the 65 counties of the Alabama Workforce Investment area.

Project L.I.F.E. is administered through the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services and endorsed by the Alabama State Department of Education. Services are coordinated through a partnership with E.H. Gentry Technical Facility a unit of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Janice Capilouto Center for the Deaf - Easter Seal, and Jacksonville State University.

Who is Eligible?
In-school youth who are deaf or hard of hearing, ages 14 - 21 who live within the Alabama Workforce Investment Act Service Area (all Alabama counties except Jefferson and Mobile.)

What are the Benefits for the Students?

Career exploration
America's Career Kit training
Orientation to one-stop career centers
Summer work experience
Job shadowing
Job coaching
Employment follow up services
Linkages with other services
Information and referral
Mentoring
Support for school staff
Leadership workshops for students
Transition Weekend for students and their parents

Jacksonville State University will provide a Leadership Workshop for students in:
ASD (Alabama School for the Deaf)
Huntsville
Talladega
Montgomery
Dothan
Baldwin County
Tuscaloosa

Jacksonville State University will provide quarterly Transition workshops for students and their parents in:
Huntsville
Talladega
Montgomery
Dothan
Baldwin County
Tuscaloosa

E.H. Gentry Technical Facility will serve city and county school systems in the following counties:

Bibb
Blount
Calhoun
Cherokee
Clay
Cleburne
Colbert
Cullman
DeKalb
Etowah
Fayette

Franklin
Greene
Hale
Jackson
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Marengo
Marion
Marshall

Morgan
Perry
Pickens
Randolph
Shelby
St. Clair
Sumter
Talladega
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Winston

Janice Capilouto Center for the Deaf - Easter Seal will serve city and county school systems in the following counties:

Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bullock
Butler
Chambers
Chilton
Choctaw
Clarke
Coffee

Conecuh
Coosa
Covington
Crenshaw
Dale
Dallas
Elmore
Escambia
Geneva
Henry
Houston

Lee
Lowndes
Macon
Monroe
Montgomery
Pike
Russell
Tallapoosa
Washington
Wilcox

L.I.F.E. Staff Service Areas