Search is a community-based nonprofit. Our programs serve more than 500 people and their families annually at locations stretching from the southwest side of Chicago to the northern suburbs of Waukegan and Mount Prospect. Search has provided high-quality services and supports for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities since 1968. Our services include supported living arrangements, adult learning and employment programs, as well as medical, behavioral, therapy and home-based services.
Search empowers individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to achieve their full potential, accept a valued role in their community and lead rich, rewarding lives.
Search’s vision is of a world where all people live, learn, work and play alongside one another, bringing their unique abilities to the community.
Search got its start in 1968 as a grassroots movement of parents in the Cabrini Green neighborhood of Chicago advocating for the inclusion of their children into the public school system. Standing up against the segregation of people with disabilities from their communities is core to our legacy.
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Alan Nadolna, Chairman
Associates Group, Inc.
Ray Covyeau, Vice Chairman
International Real Estate Brokerage
Brett Johnson, Treasurer
Industrial Growth Partners
LaVon Green, Secretary
Purdue University Calumet
Suzanne Averill
Associates Group Inc.
Leo Durkacz
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Retired
John Friedland
Family Focus, Inc. – Retired
Ken Jenero
Holland & Knight
Thomas Nathan
Munday & Nathan
Paul Pappageorge
Ashland Capital Advisors
Pete Petersen
Rogers Benefit Group
Katie Schmid
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Beth Valukas
Chief Executive Officer
John Lipscomb
President
Search, Inc. is licensed by the Illinois Department of Human Services and is accredited by the Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL).
Search's Disability Awareness Training program was recently featured in the Wilmette Life!
We're proud to share that NetSuite's Grow Wire Show recently featured our good partners at Toad&Co and the origin story of Search's Planet Access Company Warehouse!
The Keystone Alliance was founded in 2009 through a unique partnership between two like-minded nonprofits with similar missions, Glenkirk and Search, Inc. The Keystone Alliance was created in the interest of generating administrative efficiencies and sharing best practices. Today, Search’s administrative overhead is just 8.5% of its total expenses. Glenkirk and Search have benefited greatly from sharing innovations and best practices with one another.
