CHICOPEE — Since its first developmental disabilities group home was built in 1994, ServiceNet has continued to expand its offerings as a nonprofit human services agency, assisting people who live with mental health challenges, intellectual disabilities and substance abuse issues, among other conditions.
With its new community-based day program, Skillbuilders Makerspace+, the agency on Front Street plans to give area residents with developmental disabilities and autism the chance to acquire new skills that they can develop into vocations or explore further. The agency held a ribbon-cutting for the program there Friday.
The program has been operating for three weeks in a 3,000-square-foot space, which was formerly a part of ServiceNet’s enrichment center. It offers activities in drawing, screen printing, basic coding, 3D printing, Lego engineering and more.
Some of the clients also…
