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…
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.…
Job posting for our Employment Representative: Posted June 11, 2021 Position Employment Representative
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…
Job posting for our Supports Coordinator: Posted May 14, 2021 Position Description Supports Coordinator
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.…
Principal Function: We are seeking a Retail Sales Associate to become a part of our team! You will be responsible for selling merchandise in a retail setting in order to drive company revenue. Job description for Retail Sales Associate
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…
Job Description Skills Trainer
PRINCIPAL FUNCTION: Transport consumers between STEP facilities and external destinations. Oversee the loading and unloading of consumers at all sites transporting to and from. 5a. Job Description Van Driver
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…
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…
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…
