Georgia Enterprises for Products and Services is a specific type of purchasing program called a State Use Program. Established by the Georgia Legislature in 1993 through O.C.G.A. #50-5-135 , its design is to expand employment opportunities of citizens with disabilities. The purpose of the program is to encourage and assist individuals with severe disabilities in achieving maximum personal independence through productive and gainful employment by assuring and expanding a constant market for their products and services.

The idea is simple: state and local government agencies purchase products and services they already need, at a fair price, from Georgia-based community organizations employing people with disabilities.

State Use revenues are used to provide on-the-job training, employment opportunities, and wages to disabled citizens so they can achieve maximum independence.

It is about turning disabilities into possibilities.

to afford Georgians with disabilities the opportunity to perform aptly in doing meaningful work and to gain the self-respect, self-confidence, and a sense of purpose that productive employment can bring, while providing quality products and services at reasonable prices

to support and encourage state and local agencies to purchase products and services from qualified non-profit organizations, which serve the vocational needs of Georgians with disabilities

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