The Workshop is a residential program for homeless men that teaches life-skills needed for employment. It opened in 2005.
The Workshop is next door to the Joseph House Crisis Center on Boundary Street in Salisbury, Maryland. The phone number is 410-749-8150.
The program is for men who are homeless and either not working or not working enough to sustain themselves.
The program is only for those men who are committed to making positive changes in their lives. It invites men to engage in a process that: (1) moves them from homelessness to stable living; (2) trains them to find and maintain employment; (3) empowers them to live productive lives and to reach their full potential.
The Workshop itself is a one-story complex that was constructed out of an unused warehouse. The Workshop has a dormitory that sleeps ten, a kitchen, dining room, living room, bathrooms, laundry room, fitness room, small grooming room, two classrooms, computer room, A/V training room, staff bedrooms, volunteer room, and offices for the manager and staff.
Phase 1 of the program is classroom-oriented. Phase 2 provides employment support. Students move from one phase to the next when they are ready. The length of time each student spends in the program will vary. They may take as little as a few months or up to two years to finish.
The Joseph House 