Melwood

Melwood provides employment, job training, life skill improvement, supportive and recreational services for more than 1900 people with differing abilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region and serves as an international model that has been duplicated around the world. Melwood employs more than 750 people with differing abilities through 38 federal contracts at 43 sites. They achieve their mission, in part, through partnerships with community employers and the U.S. AbilityOne Program, providing total facility management, custodial, grounds keeping and recycling services in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. Melwood is the second largest non-profit organization employing people with differing abilities in the U.S. AbilityOne East Region. From a national perspective, Melwood is the eighth largest producing non-profit for services. For more information, visit www.melwood.org.