Sentence:  These amendments to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act were designed to help provide for more specialized rehabilitation facilities , for more sheltered and `` half-way '' <WSD>workshops</WSD> , for greater numbers of adequately trained personnel , for more comprehensive services to individuals ( particularly to the homebound and the blind ) , and for other administrative improvements to increase the program 's overall effectiveness . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done