Minnesota Project SEARCH Sites
State of Minnesota
https://www.facebook.com/ProjectSEARCH.StateofMN
Location: Saint Paul
School Districts: North Saint Paul, Maplewood, Oakdale
Apply to become a State of Minnesota Project SEARCH Intern
Mission
The State of Minnesota – Project SEARCH site is a partnership between the Minnesota Governor's Office, North St. Paul, Maplewood, Oakdale District, Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Ramsey County Developmental Disability Services with supports from the Project SEARCH State Leadership Team. The outcome of Project SEARCH is competitive, integrated employment for each student intern.

Internship Opportunities include:
Non-Office Internships
General Maintenance Worker – Maintain restrooms and sanitizing common areas. Tasks include:
- Replacing paper products
- Wiping counters
- Emptying trash
- Mopping
- Vacuuming

Grounds keeping – Maintain exterior grounds. Tasks include:
- Mowing
- Weed whipping
- Edging
- Raking
- Planting
- Weeding
- Snow removal
- Trash and recycling collection
- Other tasks as able

Central Mail – Process outgoing mail. Tasks include:
- Assist on the postage machine by bundling mail
- Affix postage and labels on special mailings
- Process mail using postage machine
- Mail individual boxes/packages by entering in shipping information and affixing label
- Other tasks as able

Food Service – Cafeteria assistant/Food prep. Tasks include:
- Restocking beverage coolers
- Prepping food
- Grill
- Maintain cafeteria tables
- Refill utensils and condiments
- Empty trash and recycling
- Other tasks as able

Non-Office Internships
Governor's Office – Office assistant. Tasks include:
- Inventorying and ordering supplies
- Maintaining copier paper levels
- Scanning and renaming documents
- Copying and documenting policy mail
- E-mailing
- Filing paperwork and labeling files
- Special projects and more

History Center – Archiver. Tasks Include:
- Rehousing Military personnel files
- Basic data entry on excel spreadsheet
- Scanning and preserving newspaper articles
- Other duties in development

Military Affairs – Personnel file archiver. Tasks include:
- Redacting social security numbers within personnel files
- Scanning and processing of retired military files

Secretary of State Office – Digital documenting. Tasks include:
- Sorting documents by type (30+ different document types)
- Scanning and entering data into the database for public review
- Pulling files older than one year
- Preparing archives and special projects as assigned

Veterans Services – Application entry. Tasks include:
- Marking the Applicant's County
- Scanning
- Entering information into two databases
- Creating packets
- Processing letters
- Filing
- Sending out processed document
- Entering in payment information
- Other special projects

MN.IT – Still under development
