Honoring our heritage

In 1938, the Wagner-O’Day Act was passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in order 

to provide employment opportunities for people who are blind by allowing them to 

manufacture mops and brooms to sell to the federal government. The Javit’s Amendment 

of 1971 included providing employment opportunities for people with other severe 

disabilities and allowing the program to furnish services to the federal government. This 

amendment changed the name to the Javit’s-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act. It also created 

the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled as an 

independent federal agency to administer the JWOD Act.

 The Committee approved the name change from JWOD Program to AbilityOne in November 

2006. The Committee determined that a stronger, more descriptive name (AbilityOne) 

would better communicate the program’s benefits and honor its workforce. The AbilityOne 

brand logo was approved in April 2007. 

 The AbilityOne Program creates jobs and training opportunities for people who are blind 

or who have other severe disabilities, empowering them to lead more productive and 

independent lives. Its primary means of doing so is by requiring Government agencies to 

purchase selected products and services from nonprofit organizations employing such 

individuals. 

Currently the AbilityOne Program provides employment opportunities for more than 

40,000 people who are blind or have other severe disabilities by orchestrating government 

purchases of products and services provided by nonprofit agencies employing such 

individuals throughout the country, Guam and Puerto Rico. The AbilityOne Program is the 

single largest employer of people who are blind or have other severe disabilities in the 

United States. 

Mission Vision

Provide employment The AbilityOne Program enable

opportunities for people who all people who are blind or have 

are blind or have other severe other severe disabilities to achieve

disabilities in the manufacture and their maximum employment 

delivery of products and services to potential.

the federal government.

s 

Vision will be realized when:

Every person who is blind or severely disabled and positions, and ultimately achieve their maximum employment 

who wants to work is provided an opportunity to be employed potential.

productively. Every AbilityOne employee is provided the opportunity, with 

 Every AbilityOne employee earns not only the federal or without accommodations, to advance to his or her maximum 

minimum wage (or higher applicable state minimum wage) but employment potential, including internal or external competitive 

also a living wage and benefits package appropriate to his or her placement or management and administrative positions.

geographic locality. All AbilityOne products and services provide best value to 

 AbilityOne employees are provided the training and federal customers, thus earning their continued support and 

development they need to be successful in their current loyalty.

Sen. Robert Wagner (NY)

1877-1963

U.S. Senate Historical Office

Representative Caroline 

Love Goodwin O’Day (NY)

1875-1943

Library of Congress

Senator Jacob Javits (NY)

1904-1986

U.S. Senate Historical Office
Committee 2007 Annual Report Contents

Chairperson’s Message 2

About the Committee 4

Organization Chart

Committee Members 5

Committee Member changes 6

Staff support 7

Executive Director, General Counsel retire 

Strategic Plan - revised 8

FY 2007 Committee 

Central nonprofit agencies 9

National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH 

 Central nonprofit agency’s delegated responsibilities

E.R. “Dick” Alley Career Achievement Award 10

Outstanding Contribution Awards 11

Qualifying as a nonprofit agency 12

“Qualified nonprofit agency” 

Definitions 13

Definition of blindness 

 Definition of severe disability

Legislative updates 14

Environmentally conscious 15

AbilityOne brand approved 16

Success stories 17

Employment update 18

Product and Services Sales trends 19

Sales data 20

Top government agency sales percentage

Statistical summary by state 21

Participating nonprofit agencies 22

Contact Information 29
Committee

Chairperson’s Message

 I am pleased to present the 2007 Annual Report of the Committee for Purchase From People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. This report demonstrates how the Committee, along with 

its key stakeholders, is working to ensure that the AbilityOne Program is as relevant today – if 

not more so - as it was when Congress created the Wagner-O’Day Act in 1938. 

 AbilityOne products are used throughout government offices, warehouses, military 

installations, and maintenance facilities. Our manufactured clothing and equipment provide 

federal military and civilian personnel at home and 

abroad with the items that protect and assists them 

with meeting their missions. AbilityOne also supports 

federal personnel throughout the United States, 

Guam and Puerto Rico, with such services as secured 

mailrooms, facilities operations support, and vehicle 

upfitting. 

 AbilityOne contract employees who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, like those featured in 

this report, are familiar faces. You can see them every 

workday, from the Statue of Liberty, the White House, 

Veteran’s Administration Hospitals, Department 

of Homeland Security to federal courthouses and 

military dining facilities. These skilled employees 

deliver mail, answer phone inquiries, maintain buildings and grounds, clean offices and furnish 

fleet operations. Their work itself demonstrates the capability, accountability, credibility and 

reliability of the AbilityOne Program. 

 While a decrease in the number of people employed through the program in Fiscal Year 

2007 reflects both the broader economy and the peaks and valleys associated with war-time 

procurement, we are pleased that average wages for AbilityOne employees increased twentycents per hour to over $10.00. This compares to an increase of less than ten cents in the average 

wage nationwide. 

 Committee members, staff, and key stakeholders work together using the goals and 

objectives set forth in the Committee’s Strategic Plan for the AbilityOne Program to inform and 

guide their business activities. The resulting alignment of program entities ensures that the 

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AbilityOne Program continues to be successful and moves it closer to achieving the Program’s 

vision of employment for all people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. 

 The AbilityOne Program strives to be a solution provider for its federal customers and a 

quality employer of people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. This year, when the 

Committee revised the strategic plan, it introduced a program philosophy - “Social Mission 

via Customer Value” - to affirm the important role it believes federal customers play in the 

AbilityOne Program. As the program strives to be a solution provider, it is the program’s 

responsibility to ensure that its customers know of its wide-ranging capabilities and see it as 

a value proposition in terms of price, quality, and delivery. Doing so, should lead to additional 

employment opportunities for program participants. Employees are afforded the opportunity 

to earn equitable wages and build skill sets that foster career advancement. We are proud when 

nonprofit agencies promote AbilityOne employees from within and when the skills they have 

gained through the program allow them the opportunity to seek employment from other 

community employers. 

 The Annual Report contains a list of AbilityOne-participating agencies by state. These 

organizations employ, train, and often provide important life skills to individuals who work on 

federal contracts provided through the program. We invite members of Congress and its staff to 

contact the Committee staff to arrange a tour of participating agency facilities and witness the 

contributions of the AbilityOne workforce to the business of the federal government first hand.

 “Americans helping Americans” is the spirit of the AbilityOne Program as it pursues its 

mission, to provide employment opportunities for people who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. While the heart of the program is the more than 40,000 Americans employed who 

are blind or have other severe disabilities, it is the vital partnership AbilityOne has with its 

valued federal customers that embodies this spirit and makes the American dream possible 

for people employed through the program. As you review our accomplishments for Fiscal Year 

2007, I want to thank all those who supported the Committee’s efforts through the AbilityOne 

Program, and I look forward to your continued participation.

Sincerely,

Andrew Houghton

Chairperson

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About the Committee

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is the 

independent federal agency responsible for administering the Javits-Wagner-O’Day 

Act (41 U.S.C. 46-48c). The Committee’s mission is to generate job opportunities for 

people who are blind or have other severe disabilities in the manufacture and delivery 

of products and services to the federal government. The Committee’s primary means of 

doing so is through the federal acquisition system, where the purchase of products and 

services furnished by nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program enables 

the nationwide employment of people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. 

The Committee consists of 15 members, 

all of whom are appointed by the 

President. Eleven federal agencies 

are represented on the Committee which 

includes: Departments of Agriculture, 

Air Force, Army, Commerce, Defense, 

Education, Justice, Labor, Navy, Veterans 

Affairs, and the General Services 

Administration, as specified in the Act. The 

remaining four members are private citizens 

knowledgeable about the employment 

problems of people who are blind or have 

other severe disabilities, including those 

employed by nonprofit agencies associated 

with the AbilityOne Program. Among its 

responsibilities, the Committee:

•	 Determines which products and 

services are suitable for purchase by the 

federal government, and thus, added to 

the program Procurement List. Once 

included on the list, federal customers 

buy the items/service from AbilityOneparticipating nonprofit agencies; 

•	 Sets the fair market prices for these 

products and services, and revises the 

prices when appropriate; 

•	 Ensures that AbilityOne-associated 

nonprofit agencies comply with 

Committee rules and regulations 

(through on-site reviews of agency 

operations, annual certifications and 

other means);

•	 Works with federal customers to 

facilitate their AbilityOne Program 

purchases; 

•	 Communicates to federal customers 

the benefits and processes associated 

with purchasing AbilityOne Program 

products and services;

•	 Identifies and researching issues of 

interest to the AbilityOne Program 

for review and discussion by the 

Committee;

•	 Reviews and analyzing recommended 

fair market prices for current and 

proposed AbilityOne Program products 

and services;

•	 Assists nonprofit agencies in complying 

with Committee rules and regulations 

and those of other federal agencies; and 

•	 Implements technology infrastructures 

to facilitate communication and rapid 

access to information electronically 

among Committee members, 

Committee staff, central nonprofit 

agencies, nonprofit agencies, and 

federal customers.

Organization Chart

President of the United States

Committee for Purchase From People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Chairperson

NISH National Industries

For the Blind (NIB)

Nonprofit Agencies

employing persons with

severe disabilities

Nonprofit Agencies

employing persons 

who are blind

Committee Congress Members

DOC

DOD

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOJ

DOL

ED

GSA

USDA

VA

Citizen

Citizen

Citizen

Citizen

Legal Authority

President of the United States

Committee for Purchase From People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Chairperson

NISH National Industries

For the Blind (NIB)

Nonprofit Agencies

employing persons with

severe disabilities

Nonprofit Agencies

employing persons 

who are blind

Committee Congress Members

DOC

DOD

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOJ

DOL

ED

GSA

USDA

VA

Citizen

Citizen

Citizen

Citizen

Legal Authority

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Committee Members

Andrew D. Houghton, 

Chairperson

Private Citizen—Nonprofit 

Agency Employees with 

Other Severe Disabilities

March 2003

James H. Omvig

Vice Chairperson

Private Citizen—Nonprofit 

Agency Employees Who are 

Blind - March 2003 

Patrick R. Leahy

Department of Commerce

Director of Legislative Affairs

June 2007

Paul M. Laird

Chief Operating Officer, 

UNICOR Corporate Management

Federal Prison Industries

Department of Justice

June 2007

J. Anthony (Tony) Poleo

Department of Defense

Chief Financial Officer

Defense Logistics Agency

February 2007 

Edward W. Walters

Deputy Assistant Secretary of 

the Army

(Strategy and Performance 

Planning)

Department of the Army

June 2007 

Osborne A. Day 

Private Citizen—Obstacles to 

Employment of Persons Who 

are Blind

July 2005

Rear Admiral Alan S. 

Thompson

Commander, Naval Supply 

Systems Command and Chief of 

Supply Corps

NAVSUP 

Department of the Navy

June 2007

Kathleen Ann James

Department of the Air Force

Chief, Air Force Labor 

Advisors Office

June 2007

James E. House

Director

Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization

Department of Agriculture

May 2006 

Robert T. Kelly, Jr.

Private Citizen—Obstacles to 

Employment of Persons with 

Other Severe Disabilities

July 2003

Perry E. Anthony

Deputy Commissioner

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration

Department of Education

May 2006

Felipe Mendoza

General Services Administration

Associate Administrator

Office of Small Business 

Utilization

July 2003

Robert J. Henke

Department of Veterans Affairs

Assistant Secretary for 

Management Office of 

Management

May 2006

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Committee Member changes

The Committee is comprised of 

15 Presidential Appointees and 

currently has 14 members. In 

June 2007, Dr. W. Roy Grizzard, Assistant 

Secretary for Disability Employment Policy, 

left the Committee as the Department of Labor 

representative. While his member-seat remains 

unfilled, six others were appointed as new 

Committee members:

New Members Include:

Kathleen A. James, Chief of the Air Force 

Labor Advisors Office, represents the interests 

of the Department of the Air Force. James has 

held numerous staff positions within the Air 

Force Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting) 

organization. Among them, she was a senior 

procurement analyst to the Air Force Program 

Executive Officers for Combat and Mission 

Support and C2 and Combat Support Systems.

Paul M. Laird, Assistant Director of the 

Industries, Education, and Vocational Training 

Division - Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Chief 

Operating Officer of Federal Prison Industries 

(UNICOR), represents the interests of the 

Department of Justice. Laird has served in 

various positions of increasing responsibility 

throughout the Department of Justice.

Patrick R. Leahy, Director of Legislative 

Affairs Commerce Secretary at the Department 

of Commerce, represents the interests of the 

Department of Commerce. Before joining 

the Department, Leahy worked for the House 

Administration Committee in the U.S. House of 

Representatives. 

Rear Admiral Alan S. Thompson, 

Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command 

and 44th Chief of Supply Corps, represents 

the interests of the Department of the Navy. 

Thompson is responsible for community 

management of over 3,400 active and Reserve 

Supply Corps officers and over 27,000 active 

and Reserve enlisted personnel.

Edward W Walters, III, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of the Army, represents the 

Department of the Army. Walters is the lead 

for strategy management within the Office 

of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. He 

manages the formulation of strategy for a wide 

variety of acquisition, logistics, and technology 

programs that are of significant Army-wide 

importance.

J. Anthony (Tony) Poleo, Chief Financial 

Officer, Defense Logistics Agency, represents 

the Department of Defense (DoD). Poleo heads 

the DLA Comptroller (J-8). J-8 is responsible 

for obtaining and allocating resources, 

analyzing execution, providing fiscal guidance 

and advice to support the agency.

Committee

Andrew Houghton, Committee Chairperson, administers the Oath of 

Office to new Committee members. (Left to right) Patrick R. Leahy, 

representing Department of Commerce, Paul M. Laird, representing 

Department of Justice, Kathleen A. James, representing the Air Force, and 

Rear Admiral Alan S. Thompson, representing the Navy.

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Staff support

The Committee has a full-time staff with Compliance and Review ensures that associated 

offices located in Arlington, Virginia. The nonprofit agencies comply with the JWOD Act, 

staff receives and reviews information submitted and that they are maintaining their qualifications 

by its two designated Central Nonprofit Agencies, to participate in the AbilityOne Program.

National Industries for the Blind and NISH Staff members are involved in all aspects of the 

(serving people with a range of disabilities), program’s outreach including its relationships 

proposing to add or delete products and service with advocacy groups, other government 

projects to or from the Procurement List. The agencies engaged in related work, stakeholders 

purpose of the review process is to ensure that and the various congressional offices involved 

the Committee has adequate information to in oversight for the AbilityOne Program. The 

determine the suitability of proposed additions Communications Team ensures these entities are 

and/or deletions from the Procurement List. fully informed and educated about the program, 

Suitability and pricing information compiled by explores ways to collaborate and cooperate with 

the staff is submitted to Committee members for them, and keeps all apprised of the program’s 

their deliberation and decision regarding such successes and challenges for the future. 

changes to the Procurement List. 

Executive Director, General Counsel re

The Committee staff saw the retirement of 

Leon A. Wilson, Jr., Executive Director, and G. 

John Heyer, General Counsel.

Wilson served as the Executive Director from 

2000-2007. During his tenure, Wilson worked 

with three Committee chairpersons to make 

significant improvements in the functioning 

of the Committee and to improve its overall 

processes. Under his leadership, a subcommittee 

system was put in place that made the process 

used by the Committee to decide important 

issues of policy and regulation significantly 

more efficient and effective. Wilson was also 

instrumental in developing the protocols that 

govern the Committee’s deliberations and voting 

process. He caused the staff to define the agency’s 

Enterprise Architecture and set in-motion 

those software development activities that are 

resulting in the deployment of the Procurement 

List Information Management System (PLIMS). 

Most importantly, Mr. Wilson can be credited 

with identifying federal government customer 

satisfaction as the factor most critical to the 

future success of the AbilityOne Program. 

Heyer joined the Committee staff on October 

tire

1, 1986, as a detailed lawyer from GSA. He 

joined the staff full-time in May 1990, becoming 

the Committee’s first General Counsel. He 

played a key role, as drafter and legal adviser, 

in a complete rewriting of the Committee’s 

regulations. He was a legal “beacon” during 

his years of service to the AbilityOne Program, 

as his legal expertise, insight, judgment and 

professionalism proved to be invaluable. 

Andrew Houghton, 

Committee Chairperson, 

thanks Leon Wilson for his 

dedication to the Committee 

as the Executive Director.

Andrew Houghton, Committee 

Chairperson, presents John Heyer 

with a coin and thanks him for his 

many years of support.

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Strategic Plan - revised

In July 2007, the Committee and key 

program stakeholders undertook revisions of the 

Strategic Plan to make it sharper, simpler, and 

most importantly, to focus the plan, and thereby 

the program, on those areas of performance, 

including Committee oversight responsibilities, 

deemed most crucial to the program’s success.

The revision resulted in a program strategic 

plan with five goals and nine objectives and 

their associated performance measures – 

certainly simpler and more focused than the 

previous plan with more than 20 objectives. 

Additionally, the revised strategic plan 

formally introduces a “Program Philosophy” 

that was endorsed by the Committee and key 

stakeholders during the strategic planning 

session. Simply stated, when the Committee 

and the CNAs adopt the same customer value 

philosophy, “Social Mission via Customer 

Value” the AbiltiyOne Program will be aligned.

While the AbilityOne Program is a 

mandatory source for government procurements, 

government customers are more likely to use 

the program if they view it as having a strong 

customer value proposition in terms of price, 

quality, and delivery.

In addition to describing the program’s 

philosophy, the revised strategic plan 

introduces a new Goal – Stewardship, Program 

Integrity, and Leadership. This goal captures 

the importance that the program places on 

compliance with the Javits-Wagner-O’Day 

Act in terms of the statutory 75% direct-labor 

hour requirement and with the Committee’s 

regulations for nonprofit agencies maintaining 

their status as “qualified nonprofit agencies” in 

the AbilityOne Program. The goal also affirms 

the program’s leadership responsibility to 

inculcate the customer value philosophy at all 

levels of the program. Doing so helps ensure 

alignment, better assures customer satisfaction, 

and can lead to more work and additional 

employment opportunities for people who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities.

During FY 2007, the Committee held 

six formal meetings on the following 

dates:

Committee Meetings

November 09, 2006

January 11, 2007

March 08, 2007

April 29, 2007

July 12, 2007

September 13, 2007

“The world is moved not only by the 

mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by 

the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each 

honest worker.”

 --Helen Keller

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Central nonprofit agencies

National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH

Committee

 Each of the more than 

“a central nonprofit agency or agencies to 

The Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act 600 communityauthorizes the Committee to designate based nonprofit agencies participating in 

the AbilityOne Program during FY 2007 is 

facilitate the distribution” of government orders associated with either NIB or NISH. 

of Procurement List products and services NIB and NISH also provide their associated 

among nonprofit agencies employing people agencies with many other services, including: 

who are blind or have other severe disabilities. communications and public relations materials, 

The Committee has designated National information technology support, engineering, 

Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH financial and technical assistance, and 

(serving people with a range of disabilities) professional training programs.

as the national nonprofit organizations that NIB is headquartered in Alexandria, 

perform this and other functions that assist Va. In FY 2007, 71 NIB-affiliated agencies 

nonprofit agencies to participate in the participated in the AbilityOne Program. NISH 

AbilityOne Program. NIB and NISH work is headquartered in Vienna, Va., with regional 

closely with federal contracting activities offices in California, Washington, Georgia, 

and nonprofit agencies to match government Virginia, Texas and Illinois. In FY 2007, 

requirements with nonprofit agency 544 nonprofit agencies participating in the 

capabilities. AbilityOne Program were affiliated with NISH.

Central nonprofit agency’s delegated responsibilities

•	 Allocating government orders for AbilityOne projects among nonprofit agencies.

•	 Assisting nonprofit agencies in the development of new AbilityOne projects for the Committee’s 

consideration, including the negotiation of proposed AbilityOne contract prices, addressing 

production/service provision concerns, and compliance with Committee regulations.

•	 Evaluating federal customer needs and nonprofit agencies’ capabilities to provide specific products 

and services, and facilitating distribution channels.

•	 Obtaining item procurement histories from federal contracting activities and other information 

required by the Committee.

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E.R. “Dick” Alley Career

Achievement Award

E.R. "Dick" Alley Career Achievement Award was established in 1998 in honor and recognition of 

Dick Alley who provided more than 25 years of dedicated service to the AbilityOne Program as the 

Deputy Executive Director of the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. This award recognizes individuals who demonstrate extraordinary achievement and 

sustained efforts in utilizing the federal procurement system to create jobs for people who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities under the auspices of the AbilityOne Program.

Cindy Maltby, Program Manager, 

Executive Office of the President, Office 

of Management and Budget, Office of Federal 

Procurement Policy, Washington, D.C., was 

awarded this year’s Dick Alley award for her 

steadfast support of the AbilityOne Program.

Maltby’s hard work and dedication to the 

AbilityOne Program since 1992 has resulted in 

more than 100 quality jobs for persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. She has 

instructed hours of quality AbilityOne training on 

such topics as Outsourcing, Greening and Disability 

Awareness. She also conducted workshops 

for Department of Interior (DOI) acquisition 

and property conferences and training, and 

governmentwide and departmentwide acquisition 

intern programs.

While working for Congress, Maltby learned 

to advocate for the AbilityOne Program. She 

relentlessly worked to persuade the House Office 

Supply Store to carry more quality blind made 

products. After Congress, Maltby worked for a 

large Office Supply Company in the government 

purchasing department where she provided them 

with necessary training and expertise to sell to the In 1994 the Committee established DOI as an 

government. Ex-Officio Member where Maltby serves as the 

Liaison. Maltby was the initiator and driving force 

behind the highly successful custodial contract at The AbilityOne Community has consistently 

one of America’s high profile landmarks, the Statue recognized Maltby for her staunch commitment 

of Liberty and Ellis Island. This contract continues and dedication to the program. The Secretary 

to employ over 16 persons with severe disabilities. of Interior recognized her with a Distinguished 

Honor Award for her exceptional work within As the Acting President for the nonprofit Society the AbilityOne Community. Maltby received the of Underprivileged and Handicapped Children, Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards as well Inc., for two years, Maltby gained priceless hands for her extraordinary commitment and outstanding on experience working with persons with severe achievements with the AbilityOne Program. disabilities. She found that through the AbilityOne 

Program people who are blind or have other severe Maltby believes in and makes AbilityOne part of 

disabilities are provided the opportunity to live the her life, she takes every opportunity to advocate and 

American Dream. promote the program. 

Cindy Maltby supports the AbilityOne Program with the highest 

dedication to providing jobs for people who are blind or have 

other severe disabilities

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Outstanding Contributions Awards

AbilityOne’s Outstanding Contributions Award recognizes federal employees whose efforts 

make a positive impact on the AbilityOne Program and 

especially, on the employment opportunities for people 

who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The 

recipients of this year’s awards exemplify the much 

appreciated support we need to continue building the 

AbilityOne Program.

Sean Murphy, Contracting Officer with the Army 

RDECOM Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting 

Division, Mass., was instrumental in the growth of the 

Natick’s support of the AbilityOne Program which grew 

from $5.1 million to $65 million. Due to his efforts over 

the last six years, contracts awarded under his leadership 

currently provide employment for more than 450 people 

who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

John Elliott, Supervisory Contract Specialist at Scott 

Air Force Base, Ill., has supported the program for seven 

years and managed four AbilityOne contracts, including 

grounds maintenance, food service, custodial services 

and operations of the Scott Recycling Center. Currently, 

his contracts provide employment for 170 people with 

severe disabilities. Furthermore, last year 63 AbilityOne 

employees graduated from the rehabilitation program and 

20 were placed into competitive employment. 

Arvetta (Tina) Edens, Contract Specialist at Little 

Rock Air Force Base, Ark., has dedicated 14-years to 

developing and enhancing the AbilityOne Program for 

the Arkansas Army National Guard and Little Rock Air 

Force Base. Her championing the AbilityOne Program 

has provided employment to more than 145 people with 

severe disabilities.

Leslie Strand, Lead Contract Specialist/Contracting 

Officer at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, oversees 

AbilityOne contracts that provide employment to 100 

people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. 

These contracts positively impact 10,000 government 

personnel and their dependents daily. AbilityOne 

employees at the Elmendorf dining facility backfill 

essential military personnel positions due to deployment 

and serve 40,000 meals a month and operate at peak 

efficiency around the clock.

 Lt. Col. Roger Westermeyer, Commander of the 55th 

Contracting Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., 

has a long-standing record of support and advocacy of 

the AbilityOne Program that has increased the growth 

of services at Fairchild and Offutt Air Force Bases. He 

was instrumental in the 256% growth of AbilityOne 

employees for custodial and grounds maintenance 

contracts.

Nancy Holdaway, Senior Contracting Officer/

Small Business Representative at the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, displayed her commitment to maximize 

AbilityOne job opportunities during the last 16 years. 

Through her initiative, she has provided employment 

for approximately 80 people who are blind or have 

other severe disabilities. She was instrumental in 

initiating a VA switchboard contract which resulted in 

communication centers, mailroom, janitorial, and laundry 

contracts.

Andrew Houghton, Committee Chairperson, presents 

outstanding awards to (top) Tina Edens, Little Rock, Ark. 

(bottom) Lt. Col. Roger Westmeyer, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.

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Qualifying as a nonprofit agency

Committee

The AbilityOne Program is a unique 

public-private initiative. Nonprofit 

organizations participating in the 

AbilityOne Program may be privately incorporated, state-owned, or state-operated organizations. They are located in communities across 

the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. 

 The AbilityOne-participating nonprofit 

organizations are the program’s on-the-ground 

To be recognized as a “qualified nonprofit agency” under the 

Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act, nonprofit agencies:

resource for creating employment opportunities 

for people who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. At the same time, these organizations provide products and service solutions to 

meet their federal customers’ needs.

 All nonprofit agencies participating in the 

AbilityOne Program are affiliated with either 

National Industries for the Blind (NIB) or NISH 

(serving individuals with a range of disabilities). 

•	 must be organized under the laws of the United States or of any State, operated in the interest of 

individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and the net income cannot inure in 

whole or in part to the benefit of any shareholder or other individual;

•	 must comply with any applicable occupational health and safety standard prescribed by the 

Secretary of Labor; and

•	 at least 75 percent of the hours of direct labor performed annually by the nonprofit agency must be 

performed by workers who are blind, in the case of agencies associated with NIB, and by workers 

who are blind or have other severe disabilities, in the case of agencies associated with NISH. 

•	 provide the federal government with a quality product or service, on time, and at a fair market 

price;

•	 comply with the applicable compensation, employment, and occupational health and safety 

standards prescribed by the Secretary of Labor;

•	 comply with directives or requests issued by the Committee in furtherance of the objectives of the 

Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act or its implementing regulations;

•	 maintain appropriate medical and competitive employment documentation for each individual 

performing direct labor who is blind or has a severe disability;

•	 maintain records of direct labor hours performed in the nonprofit agency by each employee;

•	 make its records available for inspection to representatives of the Committee or the central 

nonprofit agency representing the nonprofit agency;

•	 maintain an ongoing placement program to assist those individuals capable and desirous of 

competitive employment;

•	 provide to the Committee, through NIB and NISH, appropriate Annual Certification data; and

•	 pay to the central nonprofit agency a fee, not to exceed the fee limit approved by the Committee, 

to fund the central nonprofit agency’s role in facilitating the nonprofit agency’s participation in the 

AbilityOne Program. 

To maintain its qualification under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act, AbilityOne 

participating nonprofit agencies must also:

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Definitions

Definition of blindness

The Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act 

and the Committee’s regulations 

define blindness as:

“central visual acuity which 

“does not exceed 20/200 in the 

better eye with correcting lenses 

or... visual acuity if better than 

20/200... accompanied by a 

limit to the field of vision in the 

better eye to such a degree that 

its widest diameter subtends 

an angle no greater than 20 

degrees.” Definition of severe disability

The Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act and the 

Committee’s regulations define a severe 

disability other than blindness as:

“a severe physical or mental 

impairment (a residual, limiting 

condition resulting from an injury, 

disease, or congenital defect) which 

so limits the person’s functional 

capabilities (mobility, communication, 

interpersonal skills, self-care, selfdirection, work tolerance or work skills) 

that the individual is unable to engage 

in normal competitive employment over 

an extended period of time.”

An AbilityOne employee with Blind 

Industries and Services of Maryland cuts 

Army Combat Uniform material.

Andrew Houghton, Chairperson, presents a Committee coin 

to AbilityOne employees at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, 

San Diego, Calif.

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Committee

Legislative update

J avits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C.§ 46-48c) stipulates that the Committee’s 

annual report to the President and Congress shall include any recommendations for 

changes in the Act that it determines are necessary. In Fiscal Year 2006 the Committee 

approved the broad principles listed below to help guide modernization of the JWOD Act. 

In Fiscal Year 2007 the Committee used these guidelines as it began considering a variety 

of options to update the Act. When specific legislative provisions are identified by the 

Committee they will be submitted to the President’s Office of Management and Budget 

before transmission to Congress. 

· Sustaining and improving the initial/

recurring employment opportunities 

for people who are blind or severely 

disabled employed under this Act. 

· Sustaining and improving the 

upward mobility employment 

opportunities for people who are blind 

or severely disabled initially employed 

under this Act. 

· Streamlining the statutory processes 

used to justify, add, delete, and transfer 

projects to/from the Procurement List.

· Ensuring that the entire AbilityOne 

system including the participating 

nonprofit agencies, Central Nonprofit 

Agencies (CNA) and federal agencies, 

accept and comply with the highest 

levels of accountability, ethical and 

integrity standards. 

A n d re w Ho ug h to n , C h a i r p e r so n , j o i n s M a r i n e Co r p s re c r u i t s fo r 

l u n c h p re p a re d by A b i l i t y O n e e m p l oye e s a t t h e M a r i n e Co r p s 

Rec ruit Depot S an Diego’s dining hall.

“Interdependence is and ought 

to be as much the ideal of man as 

self-sufficiency. Man is a social 

being.”

Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948, Indian Spiritual Leader 

 The Essential Gandhi 

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Environmentally conscious

The AbilityOne Program is 

environmentally conscious and 

aware that many of the products 

and services its participating nonprofits provide 

to our federal customers have an impact on our 

natural and man-made environments. Chemical 

products used on AbilityOne contracts in 

lines of business, such as janitorial-custodial, 

laundry and grounds maintenance also have 

environmental implications. 

With global demand for natural resources 

growing, it just makes good business sense 

to conserve, reduce, and reuse raw materials 

whenever and wherever possible. Further, 

with the rising costs associated with the 

shipping, storage and disposal of hazardous 

waste, incorporating sustainable non-toxic, 

non-hazardous, effective ingredients in the 

manufacture of chemical products is yet 

another step that makes sense from a product 

life-cycle perspective.

As a priority source of supply for a 

wide range of products and services to the 

federal marketplace, in 2007 the AbilityOne 

Program continued to step up efforts to offer 

environmentally responsible choices to our 

customers. The Committee continues to 

encourage AbilityOne-associated nonprofit 

organizations through National Industries 

for the Blind and NISH to keep abreast of 

federal environmental initiatives and to 

ensure that AbilityOne products comply with 

environmental laws, mandates, and Executive 

Orders whenever they are applicable.

Further, the federal government is 

moving forward in its drive toward creating 

a sustainable future for America. Federal 

environmental initiatives, such as Executive 

Order 13423, Strengthening Federal 

Environmental, Energy, and Transportation 

Management, signed by President Bush on 

January 27th 2007, call on Federal procurement 

executives and contracting professionals to play 

a key role in making this vision a reality. The 

federal government is the largest purchaser of 

goods and services in the nation. The Executive 

Order directs federal agencies to implement 

“sustainable environmental practices, including 

the acquisition of biobased, environmentally 

preferable, energy-efficient, water-efficient, 

and recycled content products and use of paper 

that contains a minimum of 30 percent postconsumer fiber.” The mandate also requires 

agencies to “reduce the quantity of toxic and 

hazardous chemicals and materials acquired, 

used or disposed of by the agency and to 

maintain cost-effective waste prevention and 

recycling programs.”

Knowing that our customers want 

environmentally responsible products, the 

AbilityOne Program, must ensure that our 

offerings meet and/or exceed the attributes 

that qualify a product as environmentally 

preferable. In addition, customers, through 

contract language, are requiring the use 

of environmentally preferable products 

in the performance of service contracts. 

Fortunately, AbilityOne Program partners are 

up to the challenge. Both NIB and NISH have 

environmental initiatives in place to ensure the 

AbilityOne Program does its part in helping to 

create cleaner, safer, healthier environments in 

federal offices, facilities, warehouses and other 

workplaces today and in the future.

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Committee

AbilityOne brand approved

The Committee approved a 

new logo for the recently 

adopted AbilityOne 

Program name. It is available for 

use by nonprofit and government 

agencies participating in this 

governmentwide initiative.

The logo creates a unique brand 

identity for the AbilityOne Program 

-- to help communicate what makes 

the program special, to distinguish it 

from other programs and to leave a 

lasting impression with our various 

audiences.

Branding is essential in today's 

marketing world. This brand will 

establish an identity for current and future 

participants to think of AbilityOne as thier first 

choice for procurment. 

After the Committee approved the name 

change, a staff working group, including 

representatives from the program's two Central 

Nonprofit Agencies, National Industries for the 

Blind (NIB) and NISH (creating jobs for people 

with severe disabilities), began working on the 

logo that will accompany the AbilityOne name 

in future communications.

The design represents different parts of 

the program coming together and becoming a 

unit. The three boxes represent people working 

together for one cause. The red box stands 

strong at the top, holding the name AbilityOne. 

The navy blue box holds a star, representing 

quality - "a job well done." The light blue box 

represents the people and entities that make 

AbilityOne possible. The 

light blue is a field of color 

that stands alone or can hold 

different entity names such 

as "program," "network" 

or "team member." The 

logo also works as a seal of 

quality, a stamp of approval.

The AbilityOne Program 

brand was officially 

launched by the Committe 

during the NISH National 

Training and Achievement 

Conference in Grapevine, 

Texas, on April 29, 2007. 

Following the launch, the new 

logo and guidelines for its use were posted on 

the Committee's Web site at www.AbilityOne.

gov.

Although the name has changed, the 

AbilityOne Program's mission remains the 

same, to provide employment opportunities for 

people who are blind or have severe disabilities 

in the manufacture and delivery of quality 

products and services to the federal government. 

As the largest source of employment of people 

who are blind or have severe disabilities in the 

United States, the AbilityOne Program taps 

into the abilities of over 40,000 individuals 

nationwide in coordination with over 600 

nonprofit agencies.

Center, Andrew Houghton, Committe 

Chairperson, launched the new AbilityOne brand 

during the NISH National Conference. 

(Left to Right) Bob Chamberlin, NISH President, 

Ed Guthrie, NISH Board of Directors Chairman, 

Lee Wilson; Committee Executive Director, Jim 

Gibbons, NIB President, John Peoples, NIB Board 

of Directors Chairman.

The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program name 

and JWOD acronym will continue to be used 

during the transition period. This will enable 

customers and supporters to recognize that the 

JWOD Program is now the AbilityOne Program.

The AbilityOne logo is available for use in 

accordance with the Committee’s guidelines. 

For more information on the guidelines,

 go to www.AbilityOne.gov.

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AbilityOne

Success stories

Lisa Short (NISH) & Dennis Runyan (NIB)

PRIDE Industries at Travis Air Force Base, 

Calif., provides food services 24/7, 365 days a 

year, serving nearly 35,000 meals each month. 

For this AbilityOne Program contract, which employs 

60 people with disabilities, PRIDE is responsible for 

preparing and serving food, bussing tables, providing 

cashier services and cleaning the entire facility from floor 

to ceiling. 

This considerable food service operation is expertly 

managed by Lisa Short, who joined the PRIDE team as a 

shelf-stocker and quickly moved up through the ranks to 

lead shelf-stocker; less than six months later, she moved 

into a supervisory position. Three months later she was 

promoted to her current management position. Although 

she had no prior management experience, she quickly 

learned how to be an effective manager by learning 

from colleagues and by taking advantage of training 

opportunities.

Short’s leadership was instrumental in Travis AFB 

winning the U.S. Air Force’s John L. Hennessy Trophy in 

the Single Unit Base Category in 2006. 

“Lisa is absolutely relentless in the performance of 

her duties,” said Ernie Phillips, district general manager, 

PRIDE Industries. “In many difficult situations, her will 

to succeed and determination have been the deciding 

factors in our success.”

Prior to joining the PRIDE team, Short’s employment 

history included just two brief stints, one in food services 

and the other in a nursing home. Short, who searched for 

work as a person with a disability, had been turned down 

for numerous other jobs. Previous positions included 

shelf-stocker at the Travis AFB commissary. 

“If it wasn’t for PRIDE, I wouldn’t be where I am 

today,” Short said simply.

Short believes that her greatest professional 

accomplishments were learning how to manage 

effectively and becoming a trustworthy manager who 

employees feel comfortable turning to for support. Short 

often provides guidance to employees needing assistance 

in both their personal and professional lives.

“Lisa always remembers the place where she started 

from, which is why she’s such a unique and effective, 

well-liked manager,” Phillips said. “Lisa serves as 

an example for all those in the AbilityOne Program, 

proving that there are no limits and that hard work and 

determination make an incredible difference in the road 

to success.” 

Article By Jennifer Kuper, Workplace contributing feature writer

As a packer in the tape department at the 

Cincinnati Association for the Blind and 

Visually Impaired (CABVI), Dennis Runyan 

was awarded National 

Industries for the Blind 

(NIB) Peter J. Salmon 

Employee of the Year 

Award for 2007.

 Dennis Runyan is 

unstoppable in his pursuit 

of defying misconceptions 

about the capabilities of 

people who are blind. 

Totally blind since birth, 

Dennis started out when the 

opportunity for a palletizer 

on the tape line became 

available — a position that has never been performed by 

someone blind at CABVI. A palletizer is a device used to 

stack and organize factory products onto a pallet. Dennis 

quickly stepped up to the challenge. A few weeks into 

the position, his skill and ability surprised his supervisor, 

who said, “This is one of those times when it feels great 

to be proven wrong. While I’m legally blind myself and 

consider myself open-minded to what people who are 

blind can accomplish, Dennis causes me to continue to 

challenge my own misconceptions.”

At 53, Dennis actively engages his community by 

sharing experiences as well as educating others about 

CABVI’s services. In addition to working fulltime at 

CABVI, Dennis also serves in the broadcasting industry 

where he provides voice-overs and announcements for a 

Christian AM radio station.

Two years ago, Dennis and his wife Monica purchased 

a home. He says, “Being able to purchase a home was a 

dream. Through hard work and the opportunities provided 

by CABVI, that dream has become a reality.”

Dennis Runyan was awarded NIB’s 

employee of the year for 2007.

Lisa Short is shown 

here with PRIDE food 

services crew members 

at Travis AFB, from left 

to right, bottom row: 

Kim Vannesse, Lisa Short 

and Brian Ruth. Top row, 

from left to right: James 

Pracbucki and Ken Farr.

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Employment update

on 

taxpayers.

severe disabilities are demonstrated each and 

The capabilities of tens of thousands of government support as they join the 

Americans who are blind or have other ranks of 

With regard to compensation, Department of every day in federal civilian and military offices, Labor rules, including the Fair Labor Standards hallways, warehouses, maintenance facilities, Act, and, when applicable, the Service mailrooms, call centers, hospitals and dining Contract Act, determine how AbilityOne facilities throughout the nation. The productivity Program participants are paid. AbilityOne- and pride of workmanship of AbilityOneassociated nonprofit agencies pay equitable associated employees are also evident in the 

myriad Skilcraft® brand office products, wages, provide fringe benefits, such as holiday, 

military unique apparel and other niche products vacation and sick leave, and offer career 

manufactured by AbilityOne-associated advancement opportunities to their AbilityOne 

nonprofit agencies. Federal employees rely on employees. These nonprofit organizations, in 

AbilityOne products to complete their daily partnership with the Committee, support the 

tasks and advance their respective agencies’ AbilityOne Program mission of expanding 

mission. employment opportunities for individuals who 

The AbilityOne Program is a cost-effective are blind or have other severe disabilities. 

federal initiative that helps Americans who In that effort, many organizations have 

are blind or severely disabled achieve greater incorporated the use of adaptive technologies 

independence while also allowing many and provide extensive job training and 

program participants to reduce their reliance employee support to their associates.

30 35 40 45 50

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

3 3.8

3 6.3

3 7.1

3 8.9

4 1.9

4 5.3

4 6.8

4 7.6

4 2.2

AbilityOne E mployees

in thous ands

The numbers of people who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities that were provided employment 

through the AbilityOne Program decreased 11.4% to a 

total of 42,208. This is the first time the number of people

has decreased since 1987 and reflects the broader 

economy and the peaks and valleys associated with wartime procurement

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2 8.3

2 9.9

3 1.1

3 3.9

3 7.7

4 0.8

4 0.9

4 1.3

4 1

AbilityOne Direct Labor Hours

in millions

The direct labor hours of people who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities decreased 0.54% to a 

total of 41,026,456 hours, or 20,513 work years. 

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Products and Services Sales trends

Services have consistently continued an upward growth, which increases the number of 

labor hours for people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Products peaked in 

2005 and the decrease reflects the broader economy and the peaks and valleys associated 

with war-time procurement.

$533

$1,183

$419

$961

$400

$500

$600

$700

$800

$900

$1,000

$1,100

$1,200

$1,300

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

AbilityOne Services and Products Sales

in millions

Services

Products

The increase of direct labor wages paid for FY07 

increased by 2.27%. The increase was due to the 

increase in services.

0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

201.1

226.4

244.5

279.2

324.5

366.2

389.4

403.6

414.6

AbilityOne Direct Labor Wages

in millions

Not withstanding the drop in direct labor hours 

worked, AbilityOne average wages of people who are 

blind or severely disabled increased thirty-three cents to 

$10.11. 

$5.00 $6.00 $7.00 $8.00 $9.00 $10.00 $11.00

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

$ 7 .1 0

$ 7 .5 6

$ 7 .8 6

$ 8 .2 3

$ 8 .6 1

$ 8 .9 8

$ 9 .5 1

$ 9 .7 8

$ 1 0 .1 1

AbilityOne Direct Hourly Wages

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Sales data

DLA $478,065,439.73

Navy $282,352,295.61

Army $248,615,767.94

Air Force $240,632,471.94

GSA-PBS $165,919,089.38

GSA-FSS $148,392,276.02

DeCA $102,711,093.84

Distribution Channels $ 91,192,000.00

Agriculture $ 21,866,684.68

Veterans Affairs $ 77,412,505.39

Treasury $ 45,883,718.66

Postal Service $ 16,077,376.01

Military Resale $ 17,812,129.00

Social Security $ 19,885,583.87

DoD other than DLA $ 13,932,248.49

Justice $ 19,961,454.63

Homeland Security $ 32,200,963.68

HHS $ 14,490,188.08

Interior $ 10,582,782.00

Commerce $ 4,919,631.71

Transportation $ 6,710,259.14

NASA $ 8,232,791.07

EPA $ 7,806,085.81

other category total $ 68,007,174.98

Top government agency sales percentage

DLA

28%

Navy

17%

Army

15%

Air Force

14%

GSA-PBS

10%

GSA-FSS

10%

DeCA

6%

DLA

Navy

Army

Air Force

GSA-PBS

GSA-FSS

DeCA

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Statistical summary by state

State Nonprofits Hours Workers Wages Sales

Alaska 5 188,262 200 $2,538,805 $9,645,741

Alabama 12 986,442 717 $8,435,040 $31,267,111

Arkansas 5 311,107 237 $2,671,852 $12,283,628

Arizona 10 560,039 621 $5,557,966 $22,299,268

California 44 3,160,216 3,077 $35,437,264 $150,633,551

Colorado 7 526,823 548 $5,886,869 $17,527,929

Connecticut 5 221,053 717 $2,013,143 $9,924,449

District of Columbia 5 409,513 322 $4,813,187 $16,244,400

Delaware 3 31,524 36 $419,520 $2,268,701

Florida 17 2,416,110 2,295 $22,021,891 $80,782,417

Georgia 17 1,039,906 1,013 $9,662,236 $41,917,063

Guam 1 101,517 122 $780,639 $2,659,562

Hawaii 6 221,834 284 $2,253,147 $8,863,994

Iowa 4 74,933 163 $668,102 $1,410,629

Idaho 7 648,644 839 $7,273,511 $22,923,392

Illinois 26 796,818 943 $7,839,914 $31,403,010

Indiana 13 511,880 552 $3,251,988 $35,140,976

Kansas 6 316,514 231 $2,470,413 $51,993,169

Kentucky 6 724,272 650 $5,750,143 $66,996,145

Louisiana 12 455,024 491 $4,223,457 $40,666,200

Massachusetts 13 442,772 734 $4,896,342 $17,011,761

Maryland 16 3,257,024 2,704 $35,273,589 $129,773,415

Maine 4 305,560 227 $2,963,287 $29,183,420

Michigan 20 1,433,655 1,637 $15,351,796 $67,916,235

Minnesota 6 319,603 519 $2,854,145 $13,262,770

Missouri 11 422,001 587 $4,248,620 $29,091,554

Mississippi 11 305,225 340 $3,023,746 $16,971,196

Montana 4 88,571 211 $390,921 $1,599,807

North Carolina 16 2,378,250 2,266 $18,913,121 $166,927,016

North Dakota 6 184,369 214 $1,483,752 $4,912,222

Nebraska 4 164,159 239 $1,334,418 $17,286,194

New Jersey 9 427,979 430 $4,457,454 $18,857,807

New Mexico 7 308,287 266 $3,180,905 $12,362,442

Nevada 5 249,026 180 $2,714,459 $9,543,724

New York 45 1,810,333 2,067 $23,292,422 $130,291,754

Ohio 20 757,303 991 $7,804,508 $48,098,787

Oklahoma 8 350,693 437 $3,161,462 $17,135,836

Oregon 12 288,835 246 $3,954,008 $11,182,228

Pennsylvania 33 784,013 1,322 $7,119,861 $68,490,975

Rhode Island 4 165,977 187 $1,657,030 $4,362,587

South Carolina 18 529,399 1,307 $4,801,799 $12,912,270

South Dakota 5 221,903 197 $1,920,716 $6,873,177

Tennessee 9 298,729 387 $2,477,577 $32,182,490

Texas 40 4,901,451 4,148 $46,715,997 $282,097,122

Utah 4 300,668 208 $3,501,234 $9,176,508

Virginia 23 2,893,630 2,423 $29,471,967 $115,133,798

Washington 21 1,260,046 1,183 $17,068,024 $61,535,706

Wisconsin 15 2,078,139 2,175 $22,651,280 $141,964,508

West Virginia 12 356,597 282 $3,508,543 $9,373,845

Wyoming 3 39,825 36 $451,599 $1,296,873

Grand Totals 615 41,026,456 42,208 $414,613,669 $2,143,659,363

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Participating nonprofit agencies

ALABAMA

Anniston

Calhoun/Cleburne Mental Health 

Board, Inc. (NISH)

The Opportunity Center Easter 

Seal Facility --The Ala ES Soc, Inc. 

(NISH)

Birmingham

Alabama Goodwill Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Easter Seals of the Birmingham 

Area (NISH)

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater 

Birmingham, Inc. (NISH)

Huntsville

Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation 

(NISH)

The ARC of Madison County, Inc. 

(NISH)

Loxley

Assoc. for Retarded Citizens of 

Baldwin Co., Inc. (NISH)

Mobile

GWI Services, Inc. (NISH)

Montgomery

Goodwill Industries of Central 

Alabama, Inc. (NISH)

Muscle Shoals

Northwest Alabama Easter Seal 

Children’s Clinic-Rehab Center 

(NISH)

Talladega

Alabama Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

ALASKA

Anchorage

Assets, Inc. (NISH)

MC Resource Management (NISH)

MQC Enterprises, Inc. (Nish)

Fairbanks

Fairbanks Resource Agency (NISH)

Juneau

REACH, Inc. (NISH)

ARIZONA

Bisbee

Cochise County Association for the 

Handicapped (NISH)

Nogales

Santa Cruz Training Programs, Inc. 

(NISH)

Phoenix

Arizona Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

Goodwill Community Services, Inc 

(NISH)

Tempe

The Centers for Habilitation/TCH 

(NISH)

Tucson

Southern Arizona Association for 

the Visually Impaired (NIB)

Beacon Group SW, Inc. (NISH)

Catholic Community Services of 

Southern Arizona (Nish)

J.P. Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Yuma

Yuma WORC Center, Inc. (NISH)

ARKANSAS

Fort Smith

Abilities Unlimited of Ft. Smith, Inc. 

(NISH)

Bost, Inc. (NISH)

Jacksonville

Pathfinder, Inc. (NISH)

Little Rock

Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind

(NIB)

Pine Bluff

Jenkins Memorial Children’s Center 

and Jenkins Industries. Inc. (NISH)

CALIFORNIA

Bakersfield

The Bakersfield Association for 

Retarded Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

Culver City

Exceptional Children’s Foundation 

(NISH)

El Cajon

Exceptional Children’s Foundation 

(NISH)

El Centro

ARC-Imperial Valley (NISH)

Imperial County Work Training 

Center, Inc. (NISH)

Fontana

The Fontana Rehabilitation 

Workshop (NISH)

Fresno

Arc Fresno, Inc. (NISH)

Hanford

Kings Rehabilitation Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Lancaster

Desert Haven Enterprises, Inc. 

(NISH)

Lompoc

Life Options, Vocational and 

Resource Center (NISH)

Los Angeles

Asian Rehabilitation Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Goodwill Industries of Southern 

California (NISH)

Mountain View

VTF Services (NISH)

Napa

Napa Valley PSI, Inc. (NISH)

Okaland

Calidad Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Pasadena

Foothill Workshop for the 

Handicapped, Inc. (NISH)

Perris

Valley Resource Center for the 

Retarded, Inc. (NISH)

Pomona

Braswell Rehabilitation Institute 

for Development of Growth and 

Educational Services, Inc. (NISH)

Red Bluff

Tehama County Opportunity 

Center, Inc, (NISH)

Redding

Shasta County Opportunity Center 

(NISH)

Richmond

Pacific Coast Community Services 

(NISH)

Rubicon Programs, Inc. (NISH)

Ridgecrest

Desert Area Resources and Training 

(NISH)

Rohnert Park

North Bay Rehabilitation Services, 

Inc. (NISH)

Roseville

PRIDE Industries (NISH)

Sacramento

Crossroads Diversified Services, 

Inc. (NISH)

Easter Seal Society of Superior 

California (NISH)

Sacramento

Crossroads Building Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Easter Seal Society of Superior 

California (NISH)

San Diego

Job Options, Inc. (NISH)

San Diego Outsourcing Systems, 

Inc. (NISH)

The ARC of San Diego (NISH)

San Francisco

Lighthouse for the Blind and 

Visually Impaired (NIB)

The Janet Pomeroy Center (NISH)

Toolworks, Inc. (NISH)

San Jose

Hope Services (NISH)

Social Vocational Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

San Leandro

The Independent Way (NISH)

Santa Ana

Landmark Services, Inc. (NISH)

Santa Clara

Project HIRED (NISH)

Santa Maria

VTC Enterprises (NISH)

South El Monte

Lincoln Training Center and 

Rehabilitation Workshop (NISH)

Stockton

Valley Service Connection, Inc. 

(NISH)

Vallejo

Solano Diversified Services (NISH)

Ventura

The ARC of Ventura County, Inc. 

(NISH)

Woodland

Yolo Employment Services (NISH)

San Francisco

Yolo Employment Services (NISH)

COLORADO

Colorado Springs

Aspen Diversified Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Goodwill Industrial Services 

Corporation (NISH)

Denver

Bayaud Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Platte River Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Fort Collins

Foothills Gateway, Inc. (NISH)

Pueblo

Pueblo Diversified Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Westminster

North Metro Community Services 

for Developmentally Disabled 

(NISH)

CONNECTICUT

Enfield 

Allied Community Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

New Britain

CW Resources, Inc. (NISH)

Norwich

Easter Seals Connecticut, Inc. 

(NISH) 

Waterbury

Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center of 

Greater Waterbury (NISH)

Windsor

Easter Seals Greater Hartford 

Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (NISH)

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DELAWARE

Milford

Kent-Sussex Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

New Castle

Delaware Division for the Visually 

Imparied (NIB)

Wilmington

Opportunity Center, Incorp. (NISH)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Anchor Mental Health Association 

Services Workshop (NISH)

Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind 

(NIB)

Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries 

(NISH)

Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute 

(NISH)

The ARC of the District of 

Columbia, Inc. (NISH)

FLORIDA

Clearwater

Abilities, Inc. of Florida (NISH)

Daytona Beach

ACT CORP. (NISH)

Gainesville

Association for Retarded Citizens 

Alachua County, Inc. (NISH)

Green Cove Spring

Challenge Enterprises of North 

Florida, Inc. (NISH)

Jacksonville

GINFL Services, Inc. (NISH)

Lake City

CARC-Advocates for Citizens with 

Disabilities, Inc. (NISH)

Miami

Easter Seals South Flordia, Inc. 

(NISH)

Goodwill Industries of South 

Florida, Inc. (NISH)

Orlando

Goodwill Industries of Central 

Florida (NISH)

Pensacola

Lakeview Center, Inc. (NISH)

Rockledge

Brevard Achievement Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Bridges BTC, Inc. (NISH)

St. Petersburg

JobWorks, Inc. (NISH)

Tampa

MacDonald Training Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind 

(NIB)

Verdo Beach

Abilities Resource Center of Indian 

River County, Inc. (NISH)

West Palm each

Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, 

Inc. (NISH)

GEORGIA

Americus

Middle Flint Behavioral HealthCareSumter County MR Center (NISH)

Atlanta

Bobby Dodd Institute, Inc. (NISH)

Goodwill Industries of North 

Georgia, Inc. (NISH)

Augusta

Easter Seals East Georgia, Inc. 

(NISH)

Bainbridge

Georgia Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

Columbus

Power Works Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Dublin

Middle Georgia Diversified 

Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Jonesboro

WORKTEC (NISH)

LaGrange

New Ventures Enterprises, Inc. 

(NISH)

Macon

Good Vocations, Inc. (NISH)

Marietta

Nobis Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Savannah

Goodwill Industries of the Coastal 

Empire, Inc. (NISH)

Smyrna

Blind and Low Vision Services of 

North Georgia (NIB)

Thomasville

Thomas-Grady Mental Retardation 

Service Center (NISH)

Warner Robins

Epilepsy Association of Georgia 

(NISH)

Houston County Association for 

Exceptional Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

NAMI-Central Georgia, Inc. (NISH)

Guam

Santa Rita

Able Industries of the Pacific 

(NISH)

HAWAII

Hilo

The ARC of Hilo (NISH)

Honolulu

Goodwill Contract Services Hawaii, 

Inc. (NISH)

Lanakila Rehabilitation Center for 

the Blind (NIB)

Network Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Wahiawa

Opportunities for the Retarded, 

Inc. (NISH)

Wailuku

Ka Lima O Maui (NISH)

IDAHO

Blackfoot

Dawn Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Boise

Trace, Inc. (NISH)

Caldwell

Western Idaho Training Company, 

Inc. (NISH)

Coeur d Alene

TESH, Inc. (NISH)

Idaho Falls

Development Workshop, Inc. 

(NISH)

Pocatello

New Day Products, Inc. (NISH)

Sandpoint

Panhandle Special Needs, Inc. 

(NISH)

ILLINOIS

Alton

Challenge Unlimited, Inc. (NISH)

Arlington Heights

Clearbrook Center, Inc. (NISH)

Belleville

St. Clair Associated Vocational 

Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Bloomington

Occupational Development Center, 

Inc. (NISH)

Carthage

Hancock County Mental Health 

Center, Inc. (NISH)

Chicago

Ada S. McKinley Community 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Chicago Association for Retarded 

Citizens (NISH)

Community Counseling Centers of 

Chicago (NISH)

Jewish Vocational Service and 

Employment Center (NISH)

Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center 

(NISH)

Thresholds Rehavilitation, Inc. 

(NISH)

The Chicago Lighthouse for People 

Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 

(NIB)

Danville

WorkSource Enterprises, NFP 

(NISH)

Highland Park 

Opportunity, Inc. (NISH)

Lanark

Rolling Hills Progress Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Mt. Vernon

Jefferson County Comprehensive 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Murphysboro

Specialized Training for Adult 

RehabiliTation (NISH)

Paris

Human Resources Center of Edgar 

and Clark Counties (NISH)

Peoria

Community Workshop and Training 

Center, Inc. (NISH)

Quincy

Transitions of Western Illinois, Inc. 

(NISH)

Rock Island

Association for Retarded Citizens of 

Rock Island County (NISH)

Innovative Partnerships, N.F.P. 

(NISH)

Rockford

Omni Business Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Skokie

The Douglas Center (NISH)

Springfield

United Cerebral Palsy of the Land 

of Lincoln (NISH)

West Frankfort

Franklin-Williamson Human 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

INDIANA

Bloomington

Stone Belt ARC, Inc. (NISH)

Fort Wayne

The Arc of Northeast Indiana, Inc. 

(NISH)

Gary

Tradewinds Rehabilitation Center 

(NISH)

Indianapolis

Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc. 

(NIB)

Crossroads Rehabilitation Center, 

Inc. (NISH)

GW Commercial Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Lafayette

Wabash Center, Inc. (NISH)

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Four Rivers Resource Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

New Albany

Rauch Rehabilitation and 

Developmental Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Paoli

Orange County Rehabilitative and 

Dev Svcs Inc. (NISH)

Rockville

Child-Adult Resource Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Shelbyville

Shares, Incorporated (NISH)

Vincennes

Knox County Association for 

Retarded Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

IOWA

Des Moines

Goodwill Solutions, Inc. (NISH)

Iowa City

Goodwill Industries of Southeast 

Iowa (NISH)

Rock Valley

Hope Haven, Inc. (NISH)

Shenandoah

Nishna Productions, Inc. (NISH)

KANSAS

Lawrence

Cottonwood, Inc. (NISH)

McPherson

MCDS Federal Contracting, Inc. 

(NISH)

Topeka

Topeka Association for Retarded 

Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

Wichita

Business Technology Career 

Opportunities, BTCO.. (NISH)

Center Industries Corporation 

(NISH)

Envision, Inc. (NISH)

KENTUCKY

Corbin

Southeastern Kentucky 

Rehabilitation Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Danville

Pioneer Vocational/Industrial 

Services, Inc.(NISH)

Hopkinsville

Pennyroyal Regional Mental HealthMental Retardation Board, Inc. 

(NISH)

Louisville

C.G.M. Services, Inc. (NISH)

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, 

Inc. (NISH)

Owensboro

Opportunity Center Workshop, Inc. 

(NISH)

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge

Louisiana Industries for the 

Disabled, Inc. (NISH)

Berwick

Bayou Industrial Maintenance 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Jena

LaSalle Association for the 

Developmentally Delayed, Inc. 

(NISH)

Lake Charles

Calcasieu Association for Retarded 

Citizens (NISH)

Leesville

Vernon Sheltered Workshop, Inc. 

(NISH)

Many

Association of Retarded Citizens of 

Sabine, Inc. (NISH)

Metairie

Goodworks, Inc. (NISH)

New Orleans

The Lighthouse for the Blind New 

Orleans (NIB)

Shreveport

Goodwill Industries of North 

Louisiana, Inc. (NISH)

Louisiana Association for the Blind 

(NIB)

The Arc of Caddo-Bossier (NISH)

Slidell

St. Tammany Association for 

Retarded Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

Maine

Auburn

Pathways, Inc. (NISH)

Augusta

Motivational Services, Inc. (NISH)

Belfast

Group Home Foundation, Inc. 

(NISH)

Portland

Northern New England Employment 

Services (NISH)

Massachusetts

Boston

Community Workshops, Inc. 

(NISH)

Morgan Memorial Goodwill 

Industries (NISH)

National Telecommuting Institute, 

Inc. (NISH)

Braintree

Employ & Ability, Inc. (NISH)

Chicopee

Sunshine Village, Inc. (NISH)

Concord

Minute Man Arc for Human 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Hyanniss

capeAbilities (NISH)

Malden

Ferguson Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

Marshfield

Road to Responsibility, Inc. (NISH)

North Quincy

Work, Incorporated (NISH)

Pittsfield

Berkshire County Association for 

Retarded Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

Springfield

Goodwill Industries of the 

Springfield/Hartford Area (NISH)

Worcester

Seven Hills Occupational & 

Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (NISH)

MARYLAND

Aberdeen 

ARC of Northern Chesapeake 

Region (NISH)

Baltimore

Alliance, Inc. (NISH)

Blind Industries and Services of 

Maryland (NIB)

Goodwill Industries of the 

Chesapeake, Inc. (NISH)

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore--

Vocational Services Program 

(NISH)

The Arc of Baltimore, Inc (NISH)

The Chimes, Inc. (NISH)

Columbia

Humanim, Inc. (NISH)

Easton

Chesapeake Bay Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Frederick

Jeanne Bussard Center (NISH)

Hagerstown

Hagerstown Goodwill Industries, 

Inc. (NISH)

Hollywood

The Center for Life Enrichment 

(NISH)

Rockville

The Arc of Montgomery County, 

Inc. (NISH)

Silver Spring

CHI Centers, Inc. (NISH)

Service Disabled Veterans Business 

Association (NISH)

Upper Marlboro

Melwood Horticultural Training 

Center (NISH)

MICHIGAN

Alpena

Northeastern Michigan 

Rehabilitation and Opportunity 

Center (NISH)

Ann Arbor

Washtenaw County Community 

Support and Treatment Services 

(NISH)

Auburn Hills

New Horizons Rehabilitation 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Battle Creek

Calhoun County Community Mental 

Health Services (NISH)

Navigations, Incorporated (NISH)

Brighton

Work Skills Corporation (NISH)

Grand Rapids

Hope Network Services Corporation 

(NISH)

Holland

Kandu Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Kalamazoo 

MidWest Enterprises for the Blind, 

Inc. (NIB)

MRC Industries, Incorporated 

(NISH)

Kingsford

Trico Opportunities, Inc. (NISH)

Lansing

Peckham Vocational Industries, 

Inc. (NISH)

Muskegon

Goodwill Industries of West 

Michigan, Inc. (NISH)

Port Huron

The Arc of St. Clair County (NISH)

Saginaw

SVRC Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Sault Ste. Marie

Northern Transitions, Inc. (NISH)

Southfield

Jewish Vocational Service and 

Community Workshop (NISH)

Traverse City

G.W.Services of Northern Michigan, 

Inc. (NISH)

Grand Traverse Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Vassar

Tuscola County Community Mental 

Health Services (NISH)

MISSISSIPPI

Aberdeen

AbilityWorks, Inc. of Monroe Co. 

(NISH)

Greenville

AbilityWorks, Inc. of Washington 

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County (NISH)

Greenwood

AbilityWorks, Inc. of Greenwood 

(NISH)

Gulfport

AbilityWorks, Inc. of Harrison 

County (NISH)

Mississippi Goodworks (NISH)

Jackson

AbilityWorks, Inc. of Jackson 

(NISH)

Mississippi Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

Meridian

AbilityWorks, Inc. of Meridian 

(NISH)

Oxford

AbilityWorks, Inc. of Oxford (NISH)

Ridgeland

Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, 

Inc. (NISH)

Vicksburg

Warren County Association for 

Retarded Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

MINNESOTA 

Duluth

Goodwill Industries Vocational 

Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Minneapolis

AccessAbility, Inc. (NISH)

Tasks Unlimited, Inc. (NISH)

Rochester

Ability Building Center, Inc. (NISH)

St. Paul

MDI Government Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Thief River Falls

Occupational Development Center, 

Inc. (NISH)

MISSOURI

Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau Community 

Sheltered Workshop, Inc. (NISH)

Harrisonville

Casco Area Workshop, Inc. (NISH)

Independence

Independence and Blue Springs 

Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Kansas City

Alphapointe Association for the 

Blind (NIB)

The Helping Hand of Goodwill 

Industries Extended Employment 

Sheltered Workshop (NISH)

Marshfield

Web-Co Custom Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Monroe City

Learning Opportunities/Quality 

Works, Inc. (NISH)

Sedalia

Cooperative Workshops, Inc. 

(NISH)

Springfield

Springfield Workshop, Inc. (NISH)

St. Louis

The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. 

(NIB) 

MGI Services Corporation (NISH)

MONTANA

Billings

Community Option Resource 

Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Butte

BSW, Inc. (NISH)

Helena

Helena Industries (NISH)

Missoula

Opportunity Resources, Inc. (NISH)

NEBRASKA

Grand Island

Goodwill Employment Services of 

Central Nebraska, Inc. (NISH)

Nebraska City

Region V Services (NISH)

Omaha

Goodwill Specialty Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Outlook-Nebraska, Inc. (NISH)

NEVADA

Las Vegas

Great Plains Enterprises, Inc. 

(NISH)

Blind Center of Nevada (NIB)

Opportunity Village Association for 

Retarded Citizens (NISH)

Reno

High Sierra Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Washoe ARC (NISH)

NEW JERSEY

Cedar Knolls

Employment Horizons, Inc. (NISH)

Eatontown

The Center for Vocational 

Rehabilitation, Inc (NISH)

Edison

Edison Sheltered Workshop, Inc. 

(NISH)

Hackensack

North Jersey Friendship House, Inc. 

(NISH)

The Arc of Bergen and Passaic 

Counties, Inc. (NISH)

Mt. Holly

Occupational Training Center of 

Burlington County (NISH)

Orange

The First Occupational Center of 

New Jersey (NISH)

Runnemede

Bestwork Industries for the Blind, 

Inc. (NIB)

Somerset

New Jersey Association of the 

Deaf-Blind, Inc. (NIB)

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque

Adelante Development Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

RCI, Inc. (NISH)

Artesia

Door of Opportunity (NISH)

Clovis

ENMRSH, Inc. (NISH)

Las Cruces

Tresco, Inc. (NISH)

Santa Fe

Presbyterian Medical Services 

(NISH)

NEW YORK

Albany

Northeastern Association of the 

Blind at Albany (NIB)

Amsterdam

Montgomery County Chapter, 

NYSARC (NISH)

Binghamton

ABLE INDUSTRIES, INC. (NISH)

Association for Vision Rehabilitation 

and Employment, Inc. (NIB)

Brooklyn

New York City Industries for the 

Blind (NIB)

Buffalo

Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. 

Center for the Visually Impaired 

(NIB)

Phoenix Frontier, Inc. (NISH)

Canandaigua

Ontario County Chapter, NYSARC 

(NISH)

Canton

St. Lawrence County Chapter, 

NYSARC (NISH)

Cortland

J.M. Murray Center, Inc. (NISH)

Elma

Suburban Adult Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Fairport

Continuing Developmental 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Fulton

Oswego Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Herkimer

Herkimer County Chapter, NYSARC 

(NISH)

Jamestown

Chautauqua County Chapter, 

NYSARC (NISH)

Kingson

Gateway Community Industries, 

Inc. (NISH)

Malone

Citizen Advocates, Inc. (NISH)

Menands

The Workshop, Incorporated 

(NISH)

Middleton

New Dynamics Corporation (NISH)

Occupations, Inc. (NISH)

New York

Fedcap Rehabilitation Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Federation Employment and 

Guidance Service (NISH)

NYSARC, Inc. New York City 

Chapter (NISH)

The Corporate Source, Inc. (NISH)

Niagara Falls

Niagara County Chapter, NYSARC 

(NISH)

Oakdale

Skills Unlimited, Inc. (NISH)

Olean

Cattaraugus County Chapter, 

NYSARC (NISH)

Penn Yan

Yates County Chapter, NYSARC Inc. 

(NISH)

Plattsburgh

Clinton County Chapter, NYSARC-- 

Champlain Valley Industries (NISH)

Rochester

Association for the Blind and 

Visually Impaired & Goodwill 

Industires of Greater Rochester 

(NIB)

Lifetime Assistance, Inc. (NISH)

Rochester Psychiatric Center 

(NISH)

Rochester Rehabilitation Center 

(NISH)

Schenectady

Schenectady County Chapter, 

NYSARC, Inc. (NISH)

Uncle Sam’s House, Inc. (NISH)

Slingerlands

Albany County Chapter, NYSARC 

(NISH)

Syracuse

Aurora of Central New York (NIB)

Onondaga County Chapter, NYSARC 

(NISH)

Utica

Central Association for the Blind 

and Visually Impaired (NIB)

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Human Technologies Corporation 

(NISH)

The Arc, Oneida-Lewis ChapterNYSARC, Inc. (NISH)

Walton

Delaware County Chapter, NYSARC 

(NISH)

Waterloo

NYSARC, Inc., Seneca-Cayuga 

Counties Chapter (NISH)

Watertown

Jefferson County Chapter, NYSARC 

(NISH)

Watkins Glen

Schuyler County Chapter, NYSARC, 

Inc. (NISH)

NORTH CAROLINA

Andrews

Industrial Opportunities, Inc. 

(NISH)

Brevard

Transylvania Vocational Services, 

Inc. (NISH)

Charlotte

Lions Services, Inc. (NIB)

Durham

Durham Exchange Club Industries, 

Inc. (NISH)

LC Industries (NIB)

Elizabeth City

Skills, Incorporated (NISH)

Fayetteville

Employment Source, Inc. (NISH)

Greensboro

Industries of the Blind, Inc. (NIB)

Greenville

Eastern Carolina Vocational Center, 

Inc. (NISH)

Hillsborough

OE Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Jacksonville

Coastal Enterprises of Jacksonville, 

Inc. (NISH)

Kinston

Lions Industries for the Blind, Inc. 

(NIB)

New Bern

CETC , Inc. (NISH)

Raleigh

Raleigh Lions Clinic for the Blind, 

Inc. (NIB)

Washington

Beaufort County Developmental 

Center, Inc. (NISH)

Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem Industries for the 

Blind, Inc. (NIB)

NORTH DAKOTA

Bismarck

Pride, Inc. (NISH)

Devils Lake

Lake Region Corporation (NISH)

Fargo

Vocational Training Center (NISH)

Jamestown

Alpha Opportunities, Inc. (NISH)

Minot

MVW Services, Inc. (NISH)

Valley City

Open Door Center (NISH)

OHIO

Akron

Community Support Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Weaver Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Canton

The Workshops, Inc. (NISH)

Cincinnati

Cincinnati Association for the Blind 

(NIB)

Clovernook Center for the Blind 

and Visually Impaired (NIB)

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral 

Health Services (NISH)

Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries 

Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (NISH)

Cleveland

VGS, Inc. (NISH)

Dayton

Eastway Corporation (NISH)

Goodwill Easter Seals of the Miami 

Valley (NISH)

Delaware

The Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc. 

(NISH)

Elyria

Murray Ridge Production Center, 

Inc. (NISH)

Mansfield

Richland County Board of Mental 

Retardation & Developmental 

Disagilities (NISH)

Marion

MARCA Industries, Incorporated 

(NISH)

Newark

Licking-Knox Goodwill Industries, 

Inc. (NISH)

Springfield

TAC Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Stryker

Quadco Rehabilitation Center-- 

Northwest Products Division (NISH)

Toledo

ContracTech, Inc. (NISH)

Xenia

Greene, Inc. (NISH)

Youngstown

Youngstown Area Goodwill 

Industries (NISH)

OKLAHOMA

Anadarko

APEX, Inc. (NISH)

Lawton

Goodwill Industries of Southwest 

Oklahoma (NISH)

Midwest City

Mid-Del Group Home, Inc. (NISH)

Moore

Work Activity Center, Inc. (NISH)

Muskogee

Golden Rule Industries of 

Muskogee, Inc. (NISH)

Oklahoma City

Dale Rogers Training Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Oklahoma League for the Blind 

(NIB)

Woodward

Oklahoma’s Action Rehabilitation 

Centers, Inc. (NISH)

OREGON

Ashland

Pathway Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Hood River

Hood River Sheltered Workshop, 

Inc. (NISH)

Klamath Falls

Klamath County Mental Health 

(NISH)

Lebanon

Willamette Valley Rehabilitation 

Center (NISH)

Medford

Living Opportunities, Inc. (NISH)

Portland

Blind Enterprises of Oregon (NIB) 

DePaul Industries (NISH)

Portland Habilitation Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

The Port City Development Center 

(NISH)

Roseburg

Sunrise Enterprises of Roseburg, 

Inc. (NISH)

Salem

Garten Services, Inc. (NISH)

The Shangri-La Corporation (NISH)

PENNSYLVANIA

Athens 

Penn-York Opportunities, Inc. 

(NISH)

Bethlehem

Via of the Lehigh Valley, Inc. 

(NISH)

Carlisle

Cumberland-Perry Association for 

Retarded Citizens (NISH)

Chester

Center for the Blind and Visually 

Impaired (NIB)

Clarks Summit

Allied Health Care Services (NISH)

Coatesville

Chester County Branch, Inc., 

Pennsylvania Association for the 

Blind (NIB)

Elwyn

Elwyn, Inc. (NISH)

Erie

Dr. Gertrude A Barber Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Greensburg

Westmoreland County Blind 

Association (NIB)

Harrisburg

Goodwill Services, Inc. (NISH)

Houston

Arc Human Services, Inc. (NISH)

Johnstown

Cambria County Association for the 

Blind and Handicapped (NISH)

Goodwill Industries of the 

Conemaugh Valley, Inc. (NISH)

Lancaster

Susquehanna Association for the 

Blind and Visually Impaired (NIB)

Lebonan

Quality Employment Services and 

Training, Inc. (NISH)

Lewistown

Juniata Association for the Blind 

(NIB)

New Castle

Lark Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Philadelphia

Horizon House, Inc. (NISH)

Pittsburgh

ARC - Allegheny (NISH)

Family Services of Western 

Pennsylvania (NISH)

Goodwill Commercial Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Life’sWork of Western PA (NISH)

The Easter Seal Society of Western 

Pennsylvania (NISH)

Pittsburgh Vision Services (NIB)

Pottsville

Avenues, Inc. (NISH)

Stroudsburg

The Burnley Workshop of the 

Poconos, Inc. (NISH)

White Haven

White Haven Center (NISH)

Wilkes-Barre

United Rehabilitation Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

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Williamsport

Hope Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

RHODE ISLAND

Cranston

CranstonArc (NISH)

Newport

James L. Maher Center (NISH)

North Providence

Greater Providence Chapter, Rhode 

Island Association for Retarded 

Citizens, Inc. (NISH)

Warwick

IN-SIGHT (NISH)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aiken 

The Tri-Development Center of 

Aiken County, Inc. (NISH)

Beaufort

Beaufort Vocational Rehabilitation 

Center (NISH)

Conway

Horry County Disabilities and 

Special Needs Board (NISH)

Easley

Pickens County Board of Disabilities 

and Special Needs (NISH)

Florence

Florence County Disabilities and 

Special Needs Board (NISH)

Greenville

Greenville County Disabilities and 

Special Needs Board (NISH)

Greenville Rehabilitation Center 

(NISH)

North Charleston

Charleston Vocational 

Rehabilitation Center (NISH)

Goodwill Industries of Lower South 

Carolina, Inc. (NISH)

Orangeburg

Orangeburg County Disabilities and 

Special Needs Board (NISH)

Rock Hill

York County Mental Retardation 

and Developmental Disabilities 

Board (NISH)

Seneca

Oconee-Pickens Work Training 

Center (NISH)

Spartanburg

The Charles Lea Center for 

Rehabilitation & Special Education 

Inc. (NISH)

Summerville

Dorchester County Board of 

Disabilities and Special Needs 

(NISH)

Sumter

Sumter County Disabilities and 

Special Needs Board, Inc. (NISH)

The Genesis Center (NISH)

Walterboro

Walterboro Vocational 

Rehabilitation Center (NISH)

West Columbia

Lexington Vocational Rehabilitation 

Center (NISH)

SOUTH DAKOTA

Aberdeen

Adjustment Training Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Ellsworth AFB

BH Services, Inc. (NISH)

Huron

Huron Area Center for 

Independence (NISH)

Pierre

OAHE, Inc. (NISH)

Sioux Falls

South Dakota Achieve (NISH)

TENNESSEE

Clarksville

Progressive Directions, Inc. (NISH)

Cookesville

Advocacy and Resources 

Corporation (NISH)

Johnson City

Dawn of Hope Development Center, 

Inc. (NISH)

Knoxville

Goodwill Industries-Knoxville, Inc. 

(NISH)

Knox County Association for 

Retarded Citizens (NISH)

Memphis

Memphis Goodwill Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Morristown

Lions Volunteer Blind Industries 

(NIB)

Nashville

Ed Lindsey Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

Goodwill Government Services, 

Inc. (NISH)

TEXAS

Abilene 

Abilene Goodwill Industries, 

Inc. (NISH)

Austin

Austin Task, Inc. (NISH)

Goodwill Industries of Central 

Texas (NISH)

Professional Contract Services, 

Inc. (NISH)

Relief Enterprise, Inc. (NISH)

St. Vincent DePaul 

Rehabilitation Services of 

Texas, Inc. (NISH)

The Travis Association for the 

Blind (NIB)

Beaumont

Goodwill Industries Industrial 

Contracts and Temporary 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Statewide Consolidated 

Community Development 

Corp. (NISH)

Conroe

Tri-County Mental Health & 

Mental Retardation Services 

(NISH)

Corpus Christi

Goodwill Industries of South 

Texas, Inc. (NISH)

Nueces County Mental Health 

Mental Retardation Community 

Center (NISH)

South Texas Lighthouse for the 

Blind (NIB)

The LC Foundation, Inc. 

(NISH)

Dallas

Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind 

(NIB)

El Paso

El Paso Lighthouse for the 

Blind (NIB)

Goodwill Industries of El Paso 

(NISH)

ReadyOne Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Fort Worth

Expanco, Inc. (NISH)

Goodwill Industries of Fort 

Worth, Inc. (NISH)

Tarrant County Association for 

the Blind (NIB)

Houston

CRI Federal Services (NISH)

Lighthouse for the Blind of 

Houston (NIB)

On Our Own Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Southeast Vocational Alliance, 

Inc. (NISH)

The Arbor School (NISH)

Lufkin

Burke Center (NISH)

San Angelo

Concho Resource Center 

(NISH)

Mental Health-Mental 

Retardation Services for the 

Concho Valley (NISH) 

West Texas Lighthouse for the 

Blind (NIB)

San Antonio

Goodwill Industries of San 

Antonio (NISH)

Mavagi Enterprises, Inc. 

(NISH)

San Antonio Lighthouse for the 

Blind (NIB)

South Texas Housing and 

Community Development 

Corp, Inc. (NISH)

Training, Rehabilitation, and 

Development Institute, Inc. 

(NISH)

World Technical Services, Inc. 

(NISH)

Tyler

Horizon Industries -East Texas 

Lighthouse for the Blind (NIB)

Wichita Falls

Beacon Lighthouse, Inc. (NIB)

North Texas State Hospital 

(NISH)

Work Services Corporation 

(NISH)

UTAH

Clearfield

Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation 

Center, Davis County School 

District (NISH)

Ogden

Enable Industries Incorporated 

(NISH)

Salt Lake City

Community Foundation for the 

Disabled, Inc. (NISH) 

Utah Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

VIRGINIA

Alexandria 

ServiceSource, Inc. (NISH)

Arlington

Sheltered Occupational Center 

of Northern Virginia (NISH)

Atkins

Mt. Rogers Community Mental 

Health and Mental Retardation 

Services Board (NISH)

Bristol

Highlands Community Services 

Board (NISH)

Charlottesville

Virginia Industries for the Blind 

(NIB)

WorkSource Enterprises 

(NISH)

Chesapeake

Chesapeake Service Systems, 

Inc. (NISH)

Farmville

Southside Training 

Employment and Placement 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Fredericksburg

Rappahannock Goodwill 

Industries, Inc. (NISH)

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Hampton

The ARC of the Virginia Peninsula, Inc. 

(NISH)

Leesburg

Every Citizen Has Opportunities, Inc. 

(NISH)

Lynchburg

Lynchburg Sheltered Industries, Inc. 

(NISH)

Manassas

Didlake, Inc. (NISH)

Norfolk

Louise W. Eggleston Center, Inc. (NISH)

Petersburg

Association for Retarded Citizens, 

Petersburg Area, Inc. (NISH)

Portsmouth

Portco, Inc. (NISH)

Richmond

Goodwill Services, Inc. (NISH)

Richmond Area Association for Retarded 

Citizens (NISH)

Roanoke

Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, Inc. 

(NISH)

Springfield

Mt. Vernon-Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Virginia Beach

Community Alternatives, Incorporated 

(NISH)

Sara’s Mentoring Center, Inc. (NISH)

Winchester

NW Works, Inc. (NISH)

WASHINGTON

Bellinham 

Cascade Christian Services (NISH)

Lake Whatcom Residential and Treatment 

Center (NISH)

Bremerton

Holly Ridge Center (NISH)

Peninsula Services (NISH)

Skookum Educational Programs (NISH)

Clarkston

Asotin County Community Services 

(ACCS) (NISH)

Ellensburg

Elmview (NISH)

Issaquah

AtWork! (NISH)

Kennewick

Columbia Industries (NISH)

Oak Harbor

New Leaf, Inc. (NISH)

Olympia

Morningside (NISH)

Seattle

Northwest Center for the Retarded (NISH)

Provail (NISH)

Seattle Lighthouse, The Lighthouse for the 

Blind, Inc. (NIB)

Spokane

Career Connections (NISH)

Good Works, Inc. (NISH)

Skils’kin (NISH)

Sumner

VADIS (NISH)

Tacoma

Goodwill Contracting Services (NISH)

Walla Walla

Lillie Rice Center, Inc. (NISH)

Yakima

Yakima Specialties, Inc. (NISH)

WEST VIRGINIA

Bridgeport

Job Squad, Inc. (NISH)

Buckhannon

Buckhannon-Upshur Work Adjustment 

Center, Inc. (NISH)

Charleston

Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley, 

Inc. (NISH)

Craigsville

The Sheltered Workshop of Nicholas 

County, Inc. (NISH)

Huntington

Goodwill Industries of KYOWVA Area, Inc. 

(NISH)

Prestera Center for Mental Health 

Services, Inc. (NISH)

Maben

Integrated Resources, Inc. (NISH)

Parkersburg

SW Resources, Inc. (NISH)

Ronceverte

Gateway Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Star City

PACE Training and Evaluation Center, Inc. 

(NISH)

Weirton

Hancock County Sheltered Workshop, Inc. 

(NISH)

Wheeling

Russell Nesbitt Services, Inc. (NISH)

WISCONSIN

Eau Claire

L. E. Phillips Career Development Center, 

Inc. (NISH)

Elkhorn

VIP Services, Inc. (NISH)

Fond du Lac

Brooke Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Green Bay

ASPIRO, Inc. (NISH)

LaCrosse

ORC Industries, Inc. (NISH)

Riverfront Activity Center, Inc. (NISH)

Madison

Madison Area Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. 

(NISH)

Milwaukee

Associated Industries for the Blind (NIB)

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern 

Wisconsin, Inc. (NISH)

Milwaukee Center for Independence, Inc. 

(NISH)

Wiscraft, Inc. - Wisconsin Enterprises for 

the Blind (NIB)

Racine

Lakeside Curative Services, Inc. (NISH)

Waukesh

Waukesha Training Center, Inc. (NISH)

West Allis

Industries for the Blind, Inc. (NIB)

Wisconsin Rapids

ODC Government Services, Inc. (NISH)

WYOMING

Cheyenne

Goodwill Industries of Wyoming, Inc. 

(NISH)

Magic City Enterprises, Inc. (NISH)

Worland

Northwest Community Action Programs of 

Wyoming, Inc. (NISH)

Staff Sgt. David Salazar purchase office supplies at the 

BSC in the Jefferson Plaza building from AbilityOne 

employee Harold Knox

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Contact Information

Committee for Purchase From People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway

Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800

Arlington, VA 22202-3259

Telephone: 703-603-7740

Fax: 703-603-0655

Email: info@abilityone.gov

Internet: AbilityOne.Gov

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Patrick Rowe, Acting Executive Director

Barry Lineback, Strategic Planning Analyst

Angela Phifer, Executive Assistant 

GENERAL COUNSEL

Dennis Lockard, General Counsel

Stephanie Hillmon, Asst Gen Counsel 

PROGRAM OPERATIONS

Kimberly Zeich, Director 

Edward Yang, Information Technology Lead

Communications Team

Robert Hartt, Team Leader 

 Manager, Legislative Affairs/Program

 Outreach

LaWanda York, Public Affairs Specialist/Media

Stephanie Lesko, Public Affairs Specialist

Project Development Team

Emily Covey, Team Leader 

 Business Management Specialist

Amy Jensen, Business Mgmt Specialist

Joan Smith, Business Mgmt Specialist

Eric Beale, Program Marketing Specialist

Pricing and Information Management Team

Patricia Briscoe, Team Leader

 Business Management Specialist

Michael Jurkowski, Business Mgmt Analyst

Janice Coleman, Technology Administrator

Janet Yandik, Information Mgmt Specialist

Dacia Rogers, Operations Analyst

Sandra Scafone, Administrative Assistant

PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION 

Louis Bartalot, Director 

Josephine Lucas-Neish, Asset Manager

Margaret Hansen, Compliance Specialist

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 

Connie Mehr, Director 

Donald Stockton, Administrative Assistant

National Industries for the Blind

1310 Braddock Place

Alexandria, VA 22314-1691

Phone: 703-310-0500

Fax: 703-310-0498

Customer Service: 800-433-2304

Email: info@nib.org

Internet: NIB.org

NISH National Office 

8401 Old Courthouse Road

Vienna, Virginia 22182

571-226-4660 

fax: 703-849-8916 

info@nish.org 

NISH East Regional Office

8401 Old Courthouse Road

Suite 200

Vienna, Virginia 22182 

Phone: 571-226-4600

Fax: 703-849-8741

Service Support Team:

eservices@nish.org 

Binghamton Office

425 Robinson Street, 

Keeler Building, Room 246

Binghamton, NY 13901

Phone: 607-722-3938

Fax: 607-722-1543

Toll Free: 888-800-9912

Richmond Office

10106 Krause Rd, Suite 100

Chesterfield, Virginia 23832

Phone: 804-717-8237

Toll Free 866-400-8237

Fax: 804-717-9438

NISH South Region Office

112 Town Park Drive, Suite 200

Kennesaw, GA 30144

phone: 770-424-9093

fax: 770-426-7666

Service Support Team:

sservices@nish.org

NISH North Central Region Office

1400 East Touhy Avenue, 

Suite 300

Des Plaines, IL 60018

Phone: 847-789-8400

Fax: 847-789-3240

Service Support Team:

ncservices@nish.org

NISH South Central Region Office

2401 E. Randol Mill Rd

Suite 200

Arlington, TX 76011

phone: 817-622-7000

fax: 817-652-1032

Service Support Team:

scservices@nish.org

NISH Northwest Regional Office

200 West Mercer

Suite E-301

Seattle, WA 98119

Phone: 206-272-3500

Fax: 206-285-8558

Service Support Team: 

nwservices@nish.org

NISH Pacific West Region Office

2633 Camino Ramon, Suite 150

San Ramon, CA 94583

Phone: 925-543-5100

Service Support Team: 

WestServices@nish.org 

“We are poor indeed if 

this nation cannot afford 

to lift from every recess of 

American life the dread 

fear of the unemployed 

that they are not needed in 

the world.””

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Committee For Purcahse From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway

JP2, Suite 10800

Arlington, VA 22202-3259

Telephone: 703-603-7740

Fax: 703-603-0655

info@abilityone.gov

www.AbilityOne.gov