Business Enterprise Program ( BEP )

The Business Enterprise Program ( BEP ) provides qualified blind individuals with job training and employment opportunities through the management and operation of small businesses that provide independence through self-employment.

The program provides employment for some 125 blind vendors and licensees in snack bars, cafeterias, vending machine facilities and routes, washeterias, a gift shop and four military dining hall operations. Alabama's BEP operates more than 100 vending machine facilities, more than any program in the U.S. Alabama's blind vendors also employ more than 500 other Alabamians, including visually impaired individuals.

Established in 1946, Alabama's BEP provides

quality personalized service
custom-designed facilities
financial and managerial support
name-brand products
state-of-the-art equipment
technical support

For more information on BEP , call Perry Hopper at 1-800-441-7607 or ( TTY ) 1-800-499-1816.

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