Fed List Grows: More Jobs for Blind and Disabled Nonprofits
Published Date: 6/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The government wants to add new services to a special list that helps nonprofit groups hire people who are blind or have serious disabilities. This means these groups will get more chances to provide important work, supporting good causes and creating jobs. Keep an eye out for when these changes kick in and how they might affect spending.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New Procurement Opportunities for Disability-Serving Nonprofits
The Committee is proposing to add services to the federal Procurement List that will be provided by nonprofit agencies that employ people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. If you are a person with a disability or work at such a nonprofit, this could create more chances for those nonprofits to win government work and to provide jobs for people with disabilities.
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