DETROIT – A new program is working to teach adults with developmental disabilities how to cook, shop for groceries and even train for jobs in the restaurant industry. Wayne County nonprofit Services to Enhance Potential prepares, trains, and places more than 1,400 adults with developmental disabilities in jobs with dozens of companies across Metro Detroit.…
Courtney Taylor, 37, is a former special education teacher, so when she partnered with Chelsea Gheesling, 36, to start a business, they both wanted to provide an enjoyable space of work for people who experience disabilities. So the pair started Bundled, a business that creates gift boxes with products from local businesses that they sell to companies and…
STEP was so honored to have Andrea Isom WXYZ from Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit interview STEP consumer, Hassan, at his job at FEAST Detroit yesterday in recognition of Developmental Disabilities Awareness month. Director of Employment and Training Services, Terey DeLisle, was also present, along with Co-Founder and Managing Director of FEAST Detroit, Amit Makhecha. If…
We are so excited that PASC is featured on Metromode today! Click here to read the entire article featuring all that PASC artists are up to! “Just like with any other artists’ studio, the PASC studio is here to help people find their artistic style,” says Anthony Marcellini, project lead for PASC. “In the studio, we’re not…
Your purchases can provide employment opportunities to an individual with disabilities! STEP is proud to be a production partner of CH Enterprise. The STEP Packaging Crews fill retail orders for a product of CH Enterprise called Cathole, a kit for cat owners to hide their kitty’s litter box behind a closed inside door. The crew…
STEP’s Progressive Art Studio Collective was featured on FOX 2 Detroit! Check out the entire news clip here at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvpACcHyuuE
STEP is honored to announce that STEP President/CEO Brent Mikulski has been appointed by Governor Whitmer to serve on the Michigan Council for Rehabilitation Services. Brent Mikulski will be an amazing advocate! In response, Mikulski states, “I am honored to be recently appointed by Governor Whitmer to serve on the Michigan Council for Rehabilitation Services.…
Services To Enhance Potential Services To Enhance Potential, or STEP, is based in Dearborn and provides support and services to nearly 1,300 people with disabilities and other mental health needs in Wayne County. One of the organization’s main goals is to increase the number of individuals with disabilities who are employed, self-employed, or volunteer in…
