Life Skills Village provides "sheltered employment" for clients in our treatment center as well as in the Ferndale Workshop.  In each location, clients are paid at least minimum wage for their work.  Purposeful, altruistic activities have been proven to improve neuroplasticity - which is why we make helping others a priority. Our clients engage in:

  • Making food for the hungry
  • Collecting/cleaning/clothes for veterans in the Southwest Solutions Veterans Program
  • Assembling care/hygiene kits for the homeless
  • Deconstructing materials for Art & Scraps, which are donated to area schools
  • Making low-cost laundry detergent for purchase or for those in need
  • Weaving "plastic bag mats" for the homeless
  • Constructing furniture for Detroit's Chesed Project for donation to the needy
  • And other engaging tasks to help people in the SE Michigan community

​Beyond getting paid for their time while performing valuable services for the community, our Sheltered Workshop helps employees:
  • Work in a safe, productive and sheltered environment
  • Create a purposeful and productive lifestyle
  • Improve neuroplasticity
  • Demonstrate their potential to tackle new challenges
  • Make new, like-minded friends
  • Develop a sense of pride in themselves and their work


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