Business Enterprise Program Goals

• Provide food service businesses to people who are legally blind;
• Establish employment for people who have a visual disability;
• Publicly demonstrate the abilities, capabilities and competence of individuals with disabilities
• Provide quality food and vending service programs.

How RSC Supports the Business Enterprise Program

The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) administers this federally funded program. Specialists working for BSVI provide management consulting services to BEP managers to help their businesses succeed.  BEP funds cover the costs of the equipment and initial inventory to establish a business, plus equipment repairs and other ongoing support. A monthly charge collected from facility managers partially pays for these investments.