Sheltered workshops are significantly more costly, yet no more effective than supported, competitive employment at ensuring job prospects for individuals with disabilities, new research suggests. Two ...

The sheltered workshops that are still prevalent across much of the country were shut down in Vermont more than a decade ago. And now, the employment rate of people with developmental disabilities in ...

Leslie Winkler, 33, of Independence, recently took a break from repackaging plastic sprayers to chat with her mother, Barbara Winkler of Lee’s Summit, at JobOne, a sheltered workshop for adults with ...

Sheltered workshops, once considered a progressive alternative to institutionalizing the developmentally disabled, could soon be artifacts of a different era and philosophy. New York State ended new ...

It's a hectic day at Production Unlimited in Watertown, N.Y. Everyone has to drop his regular work — making plastic binders, safety equipment, office supplies — for a huge order. Beth Carpenter ...

Sheltered workshops are meant to employ adults with disabilities as they prepare to enter the regular workforce. But in Missouri, these subminimum-wage workers rarely "graduate" to higher-paying jobs ...

For 20 years, V.J. Trombley has begun most of her mornings by boarding a van and traveling the 20 miles from her home in Ticonderoga to Essex Industries, where she builds cane seats and other wooden ...

Sheltered workshops where people with disabilities do piece work are being phased out in New York. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling is prompting the change to have disabled people live%2C work in community ...

As details from President Joe Biden's stimulus bill emerged last week, concerns grew it would cause the end of sheltered workshops. The workshops employ people to do a wide range of tasks that ...

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Legislation that would raise salaries for those working in Missouri's sheltered workshops is on its way to the governor. About 5,600 mentally disabled Missourians are employed in ...

In sheltered workshops, people with disabilities are paid according to how quickly they're able to complete tasks. Usually, they make well below minimum wage. At Production Unlimited, they make office ...

The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News, White Plains, N.Y. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Janet Sugar's daughter, Rachel, used to work part time in a dress store, hanging up clothing. "No one paid any ...