Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.910: Purposes of sheltered workshops.

1. A sheltered workshop shall provide a controlled work environment and a program designed toward enabling the handicapped person enrolled to progress toward normal living and to develop, as far as possible, his capacity, performance and relationship with other persons.

2. A sheltered workshop shall, so far as possible, provide work experience sufficiently diverse to accommodate the needs of each of the handicapped persons enrolled.

3. A sheltered workshop shall coordinate and integrate its services with all community agencies for the benefit of its employees, and whenever practicable make use of the services available from these agencies.