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Compliance Memorandum Number 1: Qualification Procedure for Nonprofit Agencies
This memorandum prescribes the procedure a nonprofit agency must follow to become qualified to furnish either a commodity or a service under the Javits Wagner O'Day (JWOD) Act. This memorandum supersedes Workshop Memorandum No. 12, Verification of Nonprofit Status, dated January 22, 1986.

Compliance Memorandum Number 2: NISH Representation of Nonprofit Agencies Serving Individuals who are Blind
This memorandum provides guidance regarding the representation of nonprofit agencies serving individuals who are blind by NISH. This memorandum supersedes Workshop Memorandum No. 4 dated July 6, 1977.

Compliance Memorandum Number 3: Documentation Requirements for NIB, NISH,and umbrella organizations
This memorandum delineates the record keeping procedures for National Industries for the Blind (NIB), NISH, and nonprofit umbrella organizations with subordinate elements that are treated as separate nonprofit agencies under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act.

Compliance Memorandum Number 4: Nonprofit Agency Organization-wide Direct Labor Ratio Requirements
Compliance Memorandum Number 4 concerns nonprofit agency organization-wide direct labor ratio requirements and provides interim guidance related to the percentage of the direct labor hours performed in a qualified nonprofit agency during any fiscal year.

Compliance Memorandum Number 5: AbilityOne Program Direct Labor Ratio Requirements
Compliance Memorandum Number 5 concerns AbilityOne Program direct labor ratio requirements and provides interim guidance for the direct labor hour ratios for total AbilityOne work completed by a qualified nonprofit agency and for work completed on individual AbilityOne projects.

Compliance Memorandum Number 6: Reporting Direct Labor Hours of Trainees
This memorandum provides guidance for reporting the direct labor hours of individuals employed in a nonprofit agency under Federal, State or local vocational training programs (hereinafter trainees). This memorandum supersedes Compliance Memorandum No. 4, dated February 26, 1993.

Compliance Memorandum Number 7: On Site Compliance Reviews
This memorandum outlines the procedures to be followed by the staff of the Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NISH in conducting on site compliance reviews of nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program. It also explains what information the nonprofit agencies are responsible for providing during such reviews. In addition, this memorandum prescribes the follow up procedures for the Committee, NIB, or NISH staff member conducting the visit and the nonprofit agency being reviewed. This memorandum supersedes Compliance Memorandum No. 7, dated May 25, 1995.

Compliance Memorandum Number 9: Equal employment opportunity for people with disabilities at AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies
This memorandum describes the provisions for ensuring equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities at all levels of employment in nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne Program. The Committee seeks to ensure that participating nonprofit agencies establish procedures to encourage filling of all types of employment vacancies by promotion of qualified individuals who are blind or have other disabilities.

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