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One of our agency’s best known programs is our sheltered workshop for adults with disabilities. Operating as part of our Adult Day Services program, the workshop provides employment and vocational training to 50-60 adults every week from Monday through Friday. At the workshop our client workers are provided with the opportunity to earn a real...

The United Way of Greater St. Louis is in the midst of its 2016 fundraising campaign. Human Support Services has been a United Way-funded agency since 1985 and this year will receive $236,000 in funding to support our programs. United Way membership is critical to this organization because it means HSS has a dependable and...

Each year the President starts out the New Year off with a “State of the Union” address to the nation.  Likewise, the Governor makes a “State of the State” speech at the end of each January.  These speeches take stock of where we are as a nation or state and highlight the important issues that...

CLICK HERE to view our December Community Newsletter! Topics covered this month: Budget Woes Community Education Efforts Workshop Going Stgrong A Recovery Story HSS Client Volunteer Community Education Efforts Our Agency ...

Human Support Services (HSS) is pleased to announce the hire of Randy Goldsmith as a maintenance employee.  He resides in Burksville and enjoys working on vehicles and camping.  Randy has extensive experience in electrical, HVAC and auto mechanics.  He will assist our existing crew in maintaining our fleet of 24 vehicles and 13 buildings.  Randy...

A recap of an August 10, 2015 Chicago Tribune article: “The state is spending and racking up bills at roughly the same rate as it did last year - $38 billion – while it expects to take in only about $32 billion after much of a 2011 temporary income tax hike expired in January. It’s estimated...

Many of our HSS friends have asked how we are coping with the state budget crisis in Illinois.  This is a vitally important issue for our agency since 70% of our funds come from state sources.  At this point we have reached the end our FY2015 funding.  Throughout the month of July HSS had continued...