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2025 Growth & Innovation

From a new Base Supply Center® to increasing the number of training program graduates, NIB's impact increased in FY2025.

Celebrating 30 Years of the AbilityOne Base Supply Center

BSC 30th Anniversary Celebration Logo

Since its inception in 1995, the AbilityOne Base Supply Center (BSC) program has created employment opportunities for people who are blind while supporting military readiness nationwide. As we celebrate 30 years of BSC, we honor the employees, partners, and military communities that have helped the program grow from a single location into a strong national network, staffed by hundreds of people who are blind.

Base Supply Center Growth

Total number of Base Supply Centers

FY2005 - FY2025

Data table representation of the chart
Fiscal YearBase Supply Centers
FY2005121
FY2006126
FY2007126
FY2008129
FY2009133
FY2010136
FY2011142
FY2012146
FY2013146
FY2014150
FY2015150
FY2016151
FY2017150
FY2018155
FY2019155
FY2020155
FY2021154
FY2022156
FY2023161
FY2024165
FY2025164
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New AbilityOne Base
Supply Center opened
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Total Base Supply
Centers
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
266 Employees who are blind employed at BSCs
NIB fully implemented the U.S. Navy Ships Stores contract, through which some BSCs in Hawaii, California, Virginia, Florida, and Washington supply products to the U.S. Navy to stock and sell in Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) Ship's Stores on Navy vessels.
Base Supply Center

Community Expansion and Outreach

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14 Agencies in the affinity group for small and emerging nonprofit agencies to share challenges and strategies for growing employment programs.

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3 Enrollees in the entrepreneurship training initiative, a partnership between NIB, NSITE, and several state vocational rehabilitation agencies across the United States.

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55 Graduates from the Contract Management Support (CMS) foundational and advanced training programs, a partnership between NIB, NSITE, and associated nonprofit agencies across the country.

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14 Enrollees in the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP), developed to meet the needs of executive leaders in highly dynamic business environments.

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5,800 Federal government employees trained in NIB-hosted trainings, including Ability One Representatives.