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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I learned that this previous sent email never made it out of my computer. I think I have corrected the outbox issues and am going to try and send this info to you again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please forgive any duplicate emails with this subject and attachment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russ<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>***********<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello <span style='color:#1F497D'>again </span>everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see attached the <span style='color:#1F497D'>Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment </span>Act fact sheet in Microsoft Word format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For your convenience, I’ve also pasted the text of the fact sheet to the bottom of this email.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please take the time to review the fact sheet as it will provide you with valuable information about this bill.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks so much for all you are doing to help move forward our mission and our legislative efforts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russ Davis,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Legislative Director, National Federaton of the Blind of Florida<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ph. 904-993-8433<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:Russell@radiorusty.com">Russell@radiorusty.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1>Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238)<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><h2>Promote competitive, integrated employment for people with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows employers to discriminate against people with disabilities.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Passed in 1938, Section 14(c)<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn1' href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[1]</span></a> authorizes employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages while they perform mundane tasks that do not transfer into skills necessary to transition to other employment options. This law only reinforces stigmatic misconceptions of people with disabilities and creates an artificial barrier to future employment opportunities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>The misconception that the elimination of 14(c) will displace workers with disabilities is based on speculation and rhetoric. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A growing number of employers have already stopped relying on Section 14(c) and have voluntarily withdrawn their certificates.<b> </b>In 2011 420,000 people with disabilities were paid subminimum wages under the 14(c) program.<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn2' href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[2]</span></a> Today,<b><span style='color:#E36C0A'> </span></b>only 39,386 people with disabilities continue to receive subminimum wages<b>.<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn3' href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[3]</span></a> </b> During that same time period (2011-2017), the employment rate for people with disabilities has steadily increased every year from 33.4 percent to 37.3 percent.<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn4' href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[4]</span></a> Additionally, ten states have passed legislation limiting or barring the payment of subminimum wages for people with disabilities. <b><span style='color:#E36C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Bipartisan consensus supports the phase out of Section 14(c). </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Republican and Democratic parties’ 2016 platforms both called for an end to subminimum wages for people with disabilities.<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn5' href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[5]</span></a> In 2016 a committee tasked by Congress to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities also recommended the phase-out of Section 14(c).<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn6' href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[6]</span></a> In addition, in an October 2018 report, the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency charged with advising Congress, recommended “the phase out of Section 14(c).”<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn7' href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[7]</span></a> Furthermore, in September 2020, the US Commission on Civil Rights recommended that “Congress should repeal Section 14(c) with a planned phase-out period to allow transition among service providers and people with disabilities to alternative service models prioritizing competitive integrated employment.”<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn8' href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference>[8]</span></a><b><span style='color:black'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h2>The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238):<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'>Discontinues the issuance of new Special Wage Certificates.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333399'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Secretary of Labor will no longer issue Special Wage Certificates to new applicants. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'>Creates a grant program for states and individual 14(c) certificate holders to assist with their transition to competitive, integrated employment.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> This grant program will be available to all states and individual 14(c) certificate holders who transition their business models to support competitive, integrated employment for people with disabilities. States that receive grants must establish an advisory committee that includes employers, organizations specializing in employment for people with disabilities, Medicaid agencies, AbilityOne contractors, people with disabilities, and vocational rehabilitation agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'>Creates a technical assistance center to support all 14(c) holders in their transition to competitive integrated employment. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Under the Department of Labor, the technical assistance center will disseminate information about best practices to facilitate transition of entities to competitive, integrated employment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'>Requires reporting and evaluation of the progress of creating and expanding support for workers with disabilities. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>States and 14(c) certificate holders will be required to report on their grant activities, evaluate changes in employment for people with disabilities, report average wage information, and evaluate employer actions taken to comply with the phase out of 14(c).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006699'>Sunsets Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333399'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Five years after enactment of the TCIEA, employers will no longer be permitted to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:15.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:17.0pt;color:#1F497D'>REMOVE ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h2>Cosponsor the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act <o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To cosponsor H.R. 2373 in the House of Representatives, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phoebe Ball, Disability Counsel, House Committee on Education and Labor <br>Phone: 202-225-3725, Email: </span><a href="mailto:phoebe.ball@mail.house.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>phoebe.ball@mail.house.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>or <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kristin Flukey, Senior Legislative Assistant for Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: 202-225-2006, Email: </span><a href="mailto:kristin.flukey@mail.house.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>kristin.flukey@mail.house.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>To cosponsor S. 3238 in the Senate, contact:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>Michael Gamel-McCormick, Disability Policy Director, Senate Special Committee on Aging <br>Phone: 202-224-4193, Email: </span><a href="mailto:Michael_Gamel-McCormick@aging.senate.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>Michael_Gamel-McCormick@aging.senate.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>For more information on the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>Jeff Kaloc, Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>Phone: 410-659-9314, extension 2206, Email: </span><a href="mailto:jkaloc@nfb.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>jkaloc@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=1 width="33%" align=left></span></div></div></div><div style='mso-element:footnote-list'><br clear=all><hr align=left size=1 width="33%"><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn1><p class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn1' href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[1]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 29 U.S.C. § 214(c)(1).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn2><p class=MsoEndnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn2' href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[2]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> National Council on Disability, “Report on Subminimum Wage and Supported Employment,” (August 23, 2012), </span><a href="http://www.ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_Sub%20Wage.pdf"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_Sub%20Wage.pdf</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn3><p class=MsoEndnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn3' href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[3]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Certificate Holders, (October 1, 2021), </span><a href="https://www.dol.gov/whd/specialemployment/"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://www.dol.gov/whd/specialemployment/</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn4><p class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn4' href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>[4]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> United States Census Bureau, “The percentage of non-institutionalized, male or female, with a disability, ages 21-64, all races, regardless of ethnicity, with all education levels in the United States who were employed [2011-2017].” </span><a href="http://www.disabilitystatistics.org/reports/acs.cfm?statistic=2"><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>http://www.disabilitystatistics.org/reports/acs.cfm?statistic=2</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn5><p class=MsoEndnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn5' href="#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[5]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> The 2016 Republican Party platform stated, "Our TIME Act (Transition[ing] to Integrated and Meaningful Employment) will modernize the Fair Labor Standards Act." The 2016 Democratic Party platform stated, "We … support … ending the sub-minimum wage for … people with disabilities."<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn6><p class=MsoEndnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn6' href="#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[6]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities. “Final Report,” (September 15, 2015), </span><a href="http://www.dol.gov/odep/pdf/20150808.pdf"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.dol.gov/odep/pdf/20150808.pdf</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn7><p class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn7' href="#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>[7]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> National Council on Disability, “National Disability Employment Policy – From the New Deal to the Raw Deal: Joining the Industries of the Future,” (October 11, 2018), </span><a href="https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/NCD_Deal_Report_508.pdf"><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/NCD_Deal_Report_508.pdf</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn8><p class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn8' href="#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>[8]</span></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Subminimum Wages: Impacts on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities, (Washington, DC: 2020), 223. </span><a href="https://www.usccr.gov/files/2020-09-17-Subminimum-Wages-Report.pdf"><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>https://www.usccr.gov/files/2020-09-17-Subminimum-Wages-Report.pdf</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>