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…
Bundled Founders Courtney Taylor and Chelsea Gheesling on their New Children’s Book “Happiness Is…” Courtney Taylor and Chelsea Gheesling, founders of local gifting company Bundled, are always looking for ways to grow their company’s mission: providing job opportunities to individuals with disabilities. So it’s fitting that their latest venture, a children’s book called, “Happiness Is…” did exactly…
Developmentally disabled hit hard with pandemic job losses When COVID-19 hit Michigan, one segment of the workforce was hit especially hard: people with developmental disabilities. Employment advocates in Michigan and across the country are working to overcome challenges amid the pandemic to keep their clients engaged in training and employed. They’re balancing the availability of jobs with…
TAKING STEPS TO COLLABORATE Consider this: we collaborate with office mates, we collaborate with competitors, we collaborate with friends. But, we give to non-profit organizations … our time, our financial resources. Imagine, for a moment, rethinking our relationship with philanthropy? Thinking differently, thinking in synchronicity, we’d make an even greater difference in terms of corporate altruism, employee…
Downriver thrift stores accepting donations again; some have fully reopened to shoppers, as well Brent Mikulski has a hunch that Downriver residents observing a safer-at-home lifestyles have spent plenty of time cleaning out closets, attics and drawers. Now, Mikulski figures, they are eager to bring piles of clothes and other items to donation centers and…
SERVICES TO ENHANCE POTENTIAL IS READY TO RESPOND TO ENHANCED NEED FOR EMPLOYEES Services To Enhance Potential (STEP) is a non-profit organization which provides supports and services to over 1,400 persons with disabilities and other mental health needs in Wayne County. STEP provides and supports a variety of employment and self-employment options including job training…
We have been working with Gentleman’s Box for over 2 years now. The crew packages and labels for shipping, monthly subscription boxes, which consists of high-end grooming products, accessories, etc. for men. We currently have 17 consumers that go to the Gentleman Box Headquarters every month for about 6-15 days out of the month while…
