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Business Enterprise Program

The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation's (DVR) Business Enterprise Program (BEP) provides employment opportunities to people who experience blindness and other severe disabilities by establishing businesses such as food service, gift shops and vending machines, which these individuals manage. The businesses are operated on federal and state property, as mandated under the Randolph-Sheppard Act and the Chance Act. Interested individuals should contact their DVR counselor or the BEP coordinator.

List of Business Enterprise Program Vendors

BEP Policy and Related Links

• Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Policy Manual
• Randolph-Sheppard Act - The Randolph-Sheppard Act as amended and as codified at Chapter 6A of Title 20 of the U.S. Code, Chapter 6A - VENDING FACILITIES FOR BLIND IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS
• Randolph-Sheppard Federal Regulations – Code of Federal Regulations, Part 395 - VENDING FACILITY PROGRAM FOR THE BLIND ON FEDERAL AND OTHER PROPERTY
• Alaska Statute 23.15.010-210 – Known as the CHANCE ACT or MINI-RANDOLPH SHEPPARD ACT, establishing vending facility program for the blind and severely handicapped on State of Alaska offices.
• Alaska Administrative Code 8 AAC 98.300 - 8 AAC - Apply to the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program (P.L. 83-565 as amended) administered by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and to the State vending facility program established under AS 23.15.100 (b) and AS 23.15.130.

For more information, contact:

BEP Coordinator
1251 Muldoon Suite 101
Anchorage, AK 99504-2096
Voice/TDD: (907) 269-3568

Alaska Relay: (800) 770-8369

	Vocational Rehabilitation
	Visual Impaired & Blind
	DVR Policy Manual
	Division Accomplishments
	State ADA Coordinator's Office