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General Laborer

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Custodian

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Van Driver

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PASC Gallery Assistant Part-time

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PASC Gallery Assistant Part-time

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Supports Coordinator II Intake and Re-engagement

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Supports Coordinator II Intake and Re-engagement

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In worker shortage, remember untapped talent in people with disabilities

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Feb22022

Hour Detroit-Best of Detroit Contest

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We are Beyond Grateful to All who Nominated Us! Please Help Us Win in All Five Categories.

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Culinary Arts Instructor

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Secretary

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Sales Clerk

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Shopping at this thrift store can help people with disabilities

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STEP Thrift store may look like your average shop with cool finds ranging from home décor to clothing, but it’s a bit more special than the rest. STEP, which stands for Services To Enhance Potential, is a nonprofit in Wayne county that works with individuals with physical and mental disabilities, as well as severe mental…

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STEP debuts new Downriver digs

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Services To Enhance Potential held a grand opening event Nov. 12 for its newest STEP Thrift Store and Donation Center, and Progressive Art Studio Collective.  The new donation center and studio are located side-by-side on Eureka Road in Southgate and replace the previous Southgate location on Dix-Toledo Road.  READ MORE

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STEP’s Brent C. Mikulski Received Incompass Michigan Apex Award for Transformational Leadership

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Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), a nonprofit organization that brings employment and employment training to adults with developmental disabilities based in Dearborn, announced Brent C. Mikulski, its president and CEO, has been awarded the Incompass Michigan Apex Award for Transformational Leadership.  (CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE)

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STEP generates excitement with new thrift store

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Services to Enhance Potential is increasing its visibility Downriver in a big way, recently opening both a new thrift store and an art studio at the Southgate Shopping Center. Grand opening events were held Nov. 12 for the STEP Thrift Store and Donation Center, as well as its Progressive Art Studio Collective, located next door…

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STEP IN THE NEWS – President earns Incompass Michigan Apex Award for transformational leadership

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Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), headquartered in Dearborn, announced its president and CEO, Brent Mikulski, as the recipient of the Incompass Michigan Apex Award for Transformational Leadership at its virtual conference on Nov. 9.  Incompass Michigan is a statewide network of human service providers committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, optimal independence, and engagement in…

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President and CEO, Brent C. Mikulski as Recipient of the Incompass Michigan Apex Award for Transformational Leadership

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Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), Dearborn, Michigan, announces its President and CEO, Brent C. Mikulski as Recipient of the Incompass Michigan Apex Award for Transformational Leadership at the virtual re:con conference on November 9, 2021. Incompass Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, is a statewide network of human service providers committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, optimal independence,…

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STEP to Host a Grand Opening

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 Services To Enhance Potential (STEP) to host a grand opening event for its newest STEP Thrift Store and Donation Center, and Progressive Art Studio Collective (PASC), to date, on Friday, November 12, 2021, at 13705 and 13721 Eureka Road, (next door to each other in Southgate Shopping Center), at 10:00 AM. This new STEP Thrift Store and Donation Center replaced the Dix-Toledo…

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Detroit exhibit showcases artwork of people with developmental disabilities

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DETROIT – If you take a visit to the Scarab Club in Detroit this month, there will be amazing local artwork. It’s all for sale and while something like this would look great in any home, its purpose is much greater than decorating any wall. “I am so amazed I have no words to explain…

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Jul102021

Online Exhibition

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PORTALS Curated by Michael Goe and M. Pofahl July 8 – August 29 Online Exhibition: https://www.progressiveartstudiocollective.org/collections/portals Participating Artists: Jotina Ballard, Jirard Bond, Jerri Burks, Dennis Cenzer, Latashia Culver, Robert Duncombe, Lawrence Evans, Eric Green, Ronald Griggs, Darlene Mahan, Micah Marek, Ivory McKinley, Keisha Miller, Scott Maciejewski, Khiry O’Neil, Alsendo Owens, John Peterson, Joselyn Rice, and Jeremy…

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Cooking in the D program teaches skills to adults with developmental disabilities

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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.…

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Metro Detroit company finds big success with gift boxes packed with Michigan products

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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…

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Sharing a Dearborn Heights man’s story of success for National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

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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…

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Artist studios for people with disabilities open in Detroit and Westland

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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…

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Mar22021

Purchases that Provide Employment Opportunities

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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…

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Jan292021

STEP’s Progressive Art Studio Collective was featured on FOX 2 Detroit!

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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 

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Jan112021

STEP President/CEO Brent Mikulski Appointed by Governor Whitmer to Michigan Council for Rehabilitation Services

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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.…

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Services To Enhance Potential

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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…

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Sep182020

Bundled Founders Courtney Taylor and Chelsea Gheesling on their New Children’s Book “Happiness Is…”

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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…

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Sep22020

Developmentally disabled hit hard with pandemic job losses

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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…

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Aug252020

TAKING STEPS TO COLLABORATE

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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…

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Jul132020

Downriver thrift stores accepting donations again; some have fully reopened to shoppers, as well

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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…

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Jul132020

SERVICES TO ENHANCE POTENTIAL IS READY TO RESPOND TO ENHANCED NEED FOR EMPLOYEES

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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…

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Skills Trainer – LPT/Full-Time and Part Time

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Mar192019

Gentlemen’s Box

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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…

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Jan172019

Michigans Hidden Talent

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People Working with a Disability are Michigan’s Hidden Talent MiMfg Magazine June 2018 By Brent Mikulski • Services to Enhance Potential (STEP) There is a cluster in Michigan’s labor pool under the radar and hidden from the public eye, especially in manufacturing. They are trained, qualified, loyal, and focused on quality in getting the job…

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Jan162019

Disabled Bring Skills, Loyalty, Problem-Solving and More to Workforce

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Big corporations see the value of hiring people with disabilities, yet their chances of getting a job haven’t improved much. In 2017, 18.7 percent of persons with a disability were employed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In contrast, the employment-population ratio for those without a disability was 65.7 percent. The unemployment rates…

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Jan162019

Family Encouragement

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    Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
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    Wayne, MI 48184
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    13705 Eureka Road (Southgate Shopping Center)
    Southgate, MI 48195
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