The Workshops Inc.

The Workshops Inc., a Canton, Ohio-based non-profit organization, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal grants focused on employment support and transportation services for adults with disabilities, with no prime contract or grant work and all three recent awards flowing through state intermediary grantees.

The Workshops Inc. has received three federal grant sub-awards totaling $412 thousand over the past three years, all routed through the Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities Agency as the prime grantee under Department of Education funding. The sub-award work centers on two capability streams: employment transition and competitive integrated employment services for individuals with disabilities, and capital and operating support for transportation infrastructure. In August 2022, the organization received $290 thousand ($206 thousand for bus purchases and $84 thousand for operating expenses) to support these programs. A May 2024 sub-award tasked The Workshops Inc. with assisting people employed in subminimum wage settings and those considering competitive integrated employment for the first time, providing direct supports and services to empower adults with disabilities to achieve community employment. Most recently, in January 2025, the organization was allocated $72.5 thousand ($62.5 thousand for vehicle purchase and $10.25 thousand for operating expenses).

The Workshops Inc. draws its customer agency relationship entirely from the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, channeled through Ohio's designated intermediary. Activity frequency is sparse — one award per calendar year over the three-year window — and sub-recipient status means the organization has no direct federal contracting relationship, no seat on government-wide vehicles, and no prime award exposure. The organization's federal footprint is narrowly scoped to disability employment and community integration programming within Ohio's grant administration structure.