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Supporters say state purchasing rules can create jobs for people with disabilities
Summary
Witnesses, including Work Inc., urged the committee to back a bill modeled on the federal AbilityOne/Wagner O'Day framework that would incentivize state contracts to create jobs for people with significant disabilities and reduce reliance on public assistance.
Supporters of Senate 2107 (and companion House language) told the committee the proposal would allow state agencies and municipalities to direct a modest portion of service contracting to nonprofits that employ people with significant disabilities, creating job opportunities and reducing public assistance reliance.
Andrea Cook, vice president of communications and community relations at Work Inc., described her agency’s long record of federal contract work that employs more than 1,500 people with disabilities statewide and…
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