Mission

The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (CITA) was established as an independent Federal agency by the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) amendments of 1971. The function of the Committee was to provide
employment opportunities for people who were blind or severely disabled. In 2006 JWOD was re-named AbilityOne.

The AbilityOne Program uses the purchasing power of the federal government to buy products and services from participating, community-based nonprofit agencies nationwide dedicated to training and employing individuals with disabilities.

Currently, AbilityOne employs more than 40,000 Americans who are blind or have other severe disabilities, making it the single largest source of jobs for such individuals in the United States.


Outlays (in millions of dollars)

US_Department_of_Education_Outlay_Line_Graph

 

Year Outlay Year Outlay Year Outlay
1962   1991 1 2020 9
1963   1992 1 2021 9
1964   1993 2 2022 11
1965   1994 2 2023 10
1966   1995 2 2024 15*
1967   1996 2 2025 15*
1968   1997 2 2026 15*
1969   1998 2 2027 16*
1970   1999 3 2028 16*
1971   2000 4 2029 16*
1972   2001 4    
1973   2002 4    
1974   2003 5    
1975   2004 5    
1976   2005 5    
1977   2006 5    
1978   2007 5    
1979   2008 5    
1980   2009 5    
1981 1 2010 5    
1982 1 2011 6    
1983 1 2012 5    
1984 1 2013 5    
1985 1 2014 5    
1986 1 2015 6    
1987 1 2016 5    
1988 1 2017 7    
1989 1 2018 9    
1990 1 2019 10    
Source *estimate

Employee Counts

US_Department_of_Education_Employee_Count_Line_Graph

 

Year Count Year Count Year Count
1962   1991   2020 31
1963   1992   2021 42
1964   1993   2022 42
1965   1994   2023 46
1966   1995   2024 44
1967   1996      
1968   1997      
1969   1998      
1970   1999      
1971   2000      
1972   2001      
1973   2002      
1974   2003      
1975   2004      
1976   2005      
1977   2006      
1978   2007      
1979   2008      
1980   2009      
1981   2010      
1982   2011      
1983   2012      
1984   2013      
1985   2014      
1986   2015      
1987   2016 32    
1988   2017 34    
1989   2018 38    
1990   2019 32    
Source