Business Enterprise Program (BEP) | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities
Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.
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Physical Address
171 S Broadway St., Ste. 404, Akron, OH 44308
Hours
M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm for all offices.
Voice
Website
Application process
Call M-F: 8:00am-5:00pm to set an appointment for an evaluation for all offices.
Fee
Services are paid for in part by monthly charges collected from facility managers.
Eligibility
Blind or severely visually impaired, legally blind. High school diploma or GED, aged 21. Must be a US citizen and a current resident of Ohio.
Service area
Delaware County, Ohio
Montgomery County, Ohio
Seneca County, Ohio
Richland County, Ohio
Franklin County, Ohio
Lawrence County, Ohio
Sandusky County, Ohio
Defiance County, Ohio
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Fayette County, Ohio
Portage County, Ohio
Licking County, Ohio
Knox County, Ohio
Greene County, Ohio
Darke County, Ohio
Preble County, Ohio
Medina County, Ohio
Champaign County, Ohio
Trumbull County, Ohio
Henry County, Ohio
Stark County, Ohio
Shelby County, Ohio
Pickaway County, Ohio
Wayne County, Ohio
Geauga County, Ohio
Carroll County, Ohio
Wyandot County, Ohio
Williams County, Ohio
Erie County, Ohio
Union County, Ohio
Crawford County, Ohio
Fulton County, Ohio
Logan County, Ohio
Butler County, Ohio
Fairfield County, Ohio
Holmes County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Lake County, Ohio
Scioto County, Ohio
Lorain County, Ohio
Miami County, Ohio
Pike County, Ohio
Madison County, Ohio
Clark County, Ohio
Ross County, Ohio
Morrow County, Ohio
Summit County, Ohio
Ashland County, Ohio
Paulding County, Ohio
Huron County, Ohio
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Agency info
Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities
Provides vocational rehabilitation services and social security disability determinations for Ohioans with disabilities. The objective of vocational rehabilitation services is employment. The Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) and the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) are the two agency bureaus that offer direct service to clients.