Missouri, however, does little to help sheltered workshop employees make that move — even though getting disabled workers ready for the regular workforce is the goal behind the federal law authorizing subminimum wages. What's more, state officials told me that they would be unconcerned if sheltered workshop employees in Missouri do not "graduate" to the regular workforce for years, or even decades, because they view the state's sheltered workshops as employment programs rather than stepping stones to regular jobs.
Ultimately, we decided that there was a story to tell about sheltered workshops in Missouri: The seemingly widespread support among sheltered workshop employees and their families masked the failure of the state to provide them with meaningful employment options...
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