Sheltered workshops are meant to employ adults with disabilities as they prepare to enter the regular workforce. But in Missouri, these subminimum-wage workers rarely "graduate" to higher-paying jobs ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state legislature is now in its second special session after Governor Eric Greitens criticized it for not getting more done during the regular session. Lawmakers approved a ...

While touring the Batavia Public Library Friday, a group of about 20 people turned a corner and gasped when they saw a familiar sight. Displayed on the wall in a corner behind the shelves of books ...

As details from President Joe Biden's stimulus bill emerged last week, concerns grew it would cause the end of sheltered workshops. The workshops employ people to do a wide range of tasks that ...

Missouri leaders unveiled a new partnership Tuesday aimed at strengthening the state's manufacturing workforce and job opportunities for Missourians with developmental disabilities. The state's Buy ...

Our 21-year-old son with autism just graduated from high school. His transition plan for a sheltered workshop was derailed by the federal government's announcement that Workforce Innovation and ...

Our team is no longer actively reporting on this issue. Thanks to all who participated. We are journalists from ProPublica and The Kansas City Beacon. We want to know what it is like inside sheltered ...

BRYA LINN. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES IS WORKING TO GET ANSWERS ON A DEBATE PLAYING OUT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND HERE AT HOME. IT CENTERS AROUND PAY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. RIGHT ...

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Legislation that would raise salaries for those working in Missouri's sheltered workshops is on its way to the governor. About 5,600 mentally disabled Missourians are employed in ...

In this Jan. 6 photo, Matthew Thibodeau, left, and Anthony RIccardi help put together nuts and bolts as part of their assembly line job at Associated Production Services Inc. in Lower Southampton ...

By Susan Redden [email protected] Joplin Workshops Inc. has announced plans to lay off 21 workers in a move aimed at “improved efficiencies” for the sheltered workshop. The workshop employs 192 ...

MEXICO (AP) - Dozens of sheltered workshops around the state are about to see a bump in pay. Governor Blunt plans a bill signing ceremony this afternoon at 4 p.m. the Handi-Shop sheltered workshop in ...