Sheltered Workshop

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Category: Education, Jobs, employment and occupations, Human services and social programs

Data format: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Cost:

Update frequency: Daily

Period start date: 1/1/1999

Tracks information about sheltered workshops, which are private, nonprofit corporations that hire workers with disabilities. The state subsidizes and regulates these business. The database keeps details about the workshops' number of employees, hours worked, wages paid, state aid requested, aid approved, aid paid and contact information.
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