noun
vocational aid center; sheltered workshop
A facility that provides vocational training and employment support for people with disabilities or other barriers to regular employment. Common in social welfare contexts.
彼は授産施設で手工芸品の作り方を学んでいる。
He is learning how to make handicrafts at a sheltered workshop.
市は障害者向けの授産施設を新たに開設した。
The city opened a new vocational aid center for people with disabilities.
就労支援施設 is a broader term for employment support facilities, while 授産施設 specifically focuses on providing work and vocational training, often in a sheltered environment.
Compound of 授産 (providing work) and 施設 (facility). The term is used in Japanese social welfare law and practice.