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Workshop
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workshop
a group of people engaged in study or work on a creative project or subject
Workshop [′wərk‚shäp]
(astronomy)
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workshop
A building or room used for handi-craft work.
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Nelson (1971) stated that the definition of a sheltered workshop was from the National Association of Sheltered Workshops and Homebound programs, which adopted a definition of a sheltered workshop: "A sheltered workshop is a nonprofit rehabilitation facility utilizing individual goals, wages, supportive services, and a controlled work environment to help vocationally handicapped persons achieve or maintain their maximum potential as workers" (p.
Challenges in transition from sheltered workshop to competitive ... by Hsu, Tsu-Hsuan; Ososkie, Joseph; Huang, Ying-Ting / The Journal of Rehabilitation
Types of risks accepted: Commercial children's daycare centers, in-home (family) children's daycare centers, children's camps, Head Start programs, nursery schools, latchkey programs, mental health clinics, family counseling clinics, sheltered workshops, Goodwill/Salvation Army and similar facilities, homeless shelters, most nonprofits excluding colleges, universities, unions, churches and municipalities.
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Another 30 percent of the individuals served are working in sheltered workshops, many of which are agencies that produce goods for state contracts.
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