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Compliance ManualThis manual is published to provide Commission staff, NIB, NISH, nonprofit agencies and the interested public with a reference work on the practices and procedures used by Commission staff compliance personnel relative to conducting compliance reviews at nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne® Program. It contains instructions to Commission staff on the requirements for medical documentation, competitive employment assessments, direct labor ratio determinations and reviewing Department of Labor requirements, as well as other material in the nature of information, interpretation and examples of the processes involved and outlines the current procedures which the staff is required or authorized to follow in the normal review of a nonprofit agency. The manual does not have the force of law or the force of the rules in Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Among the requirements for a nonprofit agency to participate in the AbilityOne Program, 75 percent of its total direct labor hours must be performed by people who are blind or significantly disabled. To fulfill this and other compliance requirements successfully, nonprofit agency personnel must fully understand the Commission’s definitions of blind and significantly disabled and the Commission’s requirements for documentation of those In light of the differences in definitions and Program requirements, the chapter on medical documentation and competitive employability is divided into separate sections Subsequent changes in practice and other revisions will be incorporated in the form of substitute or additional pages for the manual. Suggestions for improving the form and content of the manual are always welcome. They should be addressed to: |
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