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| The Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) |
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Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program provides
employment opportunities for over 36,000 Americans 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. 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.
In 1971, under the leadership of Senator Jacob Javits,
Congress amended this Act (41
U.S.C. 46-48c) to include
people with severe disabilities and allow the Program to
also provide services to the Federal Government. Over sixty
years later, this extraordinary socioeconomic program provides
Federal customers with a wide array of quality products
and services, while providing thousands of people with
severe disabilities real jobs and increased independence.
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