With Evelyne Villines

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Harvesting Historyand Cultivatingthe Future

• With Evelyne Villines

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The Rich Harvest of Experience
We have learned great lessons from past
practices, and we can build on the examples of
our NPA Performance Excellence Award Recipients!
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NISH AWARDS
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William M. Usdane Award

• Purpose
• Recognize an individual with a severe disability
  who has exhibited outstanding achievement and
  exceptional character.
• Criteria
• Address how the AbilityOne Program has affected
  the nominees ability to excel in the workplace.
• Include why the nominee is an exceptional
  employee.
• Focus on the individuals accomplishments, not on
  the individuals disability or personal history,
  other than as it relates to obtainment of
  meaningful employment.

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Usdane Award Recipients
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Evelyne Villines Award

• Purpose
• Recognize an individual with a severe disability
  who has advanced from work on an AbilityOne
  project into a job with private/Government sector
  employment or management within the nonprofit
  agency (NPA).
• Criteria
• Address how the nominee used the
  experiences/skills learned on an AbilityOne
  project to move either to a management position
  within the NPA or within private or government
  sector.
• Employed on the job and successfully performed in
  current position for at least three months.
• Focus on the individuals accomplishments, not on
  the individuals disability or personal history,
  other than as it relates to obtaining meaningful
  employment.

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Villines Award Recipients
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Government Award for Services Military

• Purpose
• Recognize a local military organization that has
  provided outstanding support to the AbilityOne
  Program for services inside one U.S. State or
  Territory.
• Criteria
• Judged on how the local military organization
  supports the AbilityOne Program and the efforts
  of its NPA(s) in expanding and/or increasing
  employment opportunities for people with severe
  disabilities.

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Award for Services Military Recipients
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Government Award for State/Local Officials

• Purpose
• Encourage state and local government
  officials/policymakers to develop relationships
  with AbilityOne producing NPAs. Encourage those
  officials to support local NPAs and AbilityOne
  Program efforts. Recognize those officials for
  NPA relationships and program support. Recognize
  NPAs with relationships with state/local
  government officials and encourage legislation
  that supports the AbilityOne Program mission.
• Criteria
• Designed to recognize an individual in a state or
  local region for going above and beyond in
  support of people who have severe disabilities.
  Producing NPAs in the AbilityOne Program are
  expected to nominate qualified individuals.

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Award for State/Local Officials Recipients
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Performance Excellence in Government Contracts
Award

• Purpose
• Recognize excellence in AbilityOne contract
  performance and serve as an example to other
  NPAs.
• Criteria
• An NPAs reputation as a dependable vendor
  providing quality services or products to the
  federal government enhances the reputation of all
  people with severe disabilities as exceptional
  employees in our society. Entries should show
  what the NPA has done to help achieve such a
  reputation.

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Government Contracts Award Recipients
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Performance Excellence in Developing Human
Potential Award

• Purpose
• Recognize and encourage what the NPA has done to
  promote the upward mobility of people with severe
  disabilities, not only within the AbilityOne
  Program but also within the NPA and its
  community.
• Criteria
• Describe how the NPA has encouraged and promoted
  upward mobility and/or advancement of people with
  severe disabilities. Judged on what the NPA has
  done to train, develop, support and promote
  people with disabilities.

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Developing Human Potential Award Recipients
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Performance Excellence in Using the AbilityOne
Program to Further Its Mission Award

• Purpose
• Recognize and promote general awareness of the
  contributions of the NPA and how the AbilityOne
  Program supports the mission of the NPA. This
  award focuses on how the AbilityOne Program
  specifically supports the mission of the NPA and
  the overall effort to support people with severe
  disabilities.
• Criteria
• Should address impact the AbilityOne Program had
  on NPAs ability to fulfill and advance its
  mission in support of people with severe
  disabilities. The Awards Committee will consider
  systematic changes to the NPA that have been
  encouraged and/or supported by the program.

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Using the AbilityOne Program to Further Its
Mission Award Recipients
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Professional Excellence in Rehabilitation
(Non-NPA) Award

• Purpose
• Recognize a government employee, or other
  professional employee, who has exhibited
  excellence in assisting people with severe
  disabilities to achieve their full potential.
• Criteria
• Describe how nominee has gone beyond the job
  requirements to assist people with disabilities
  in achieving their full potential.

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Rehabilitation (Non-NPA) Award Recipients
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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WORK CENTERS AWARDS
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Milton Cohen Leadership Award

• Purpose
• Recognize an individual within the AbilityOne
  community of CRPs who has demonstrated national
  leadership, in or on behalf of the AbilityOne
  Program, with impact across the entire AbilityOne
  community and enhanced employment opportunities
  for persons with disabilities.
• Criteria
• Entries should address the nominees
  contributions through activities such as, but not
  limited to, the following
• affecting changes in policy
• advocating within federal agencies
• effectively working with national
  companies/corporations
• impacting federal procurement activities
• developing or implementing innovative assistive
  technology that is replicated nationally
• other exceptional leadership accomplishments

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Cohen Leadership Award Recipients
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Management Excellence Award

• Purpose
• Recognize an individual from within the
  AbilityOne family of Community Rehabilitation
  Programs (CRPs) in each region who has
  demonstrated excellence in leadership in the
  management of a participating CRP by
  significantly enhancing the employment
  opportunities for people with severe
  disabilities.
• Criteria
• The nominee must have significantly increased
  employment opportunities in one or more of the
  following ways
• through an expansion of AbilityOne contracts
• through substantial increases in competitive
  placements outside the CRP
• through substantial increases in supported
  employment placements outside the CRP
• by using AbilityOne contracts as a base from
  which to increase contracts with state government
  or private industry
• through advocacy efforts at the local, state or
  national levels
• through innovative management practices

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Management Excellence Award Recipients
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THE COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED AWARDS
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E.R. "Dick" Alley Career Achievement Award

• Purpose
• Recognize individuals who have provided
  extraordinary achievement and sustained effort in
  utilizing the Federal procurement system to
  create employment and training opportunities for
  people who are blind or have other severe
  disabilities under the JWOD Program.
• Criteria
• Consistent, dedicated service in the form of
  specific actions which have materially advanced
  the employment of people who are blind or have
  other severe disabilities through the JWOD
  Program over a substantial number of years.
• Demonstrates a high degree of personal integrity,
  as well as exceptional knowledge and
  understanding of the JWOD Program.
• Establishes/maintains cooperative relationships
  with the members of the JWOD team (Committee,
  NIB, NISH, nonprofit agencies, Federal
  customers).

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Alley Award Recipients

• 2001
• Donna Hutchens
• Procurement Services Team Leader in the
  Northwest/Arctic Region of the General Services
  Administration's Public Buildings Service
• 2004
• James N. Edwards
• Director of Contracting, Army Contracting Agency,
  Fort Lewis, WA

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Outstanding Contributions Award

• Purpose
• Publicly honor Federal personnel who have shown
  exemplary support of the JWOD Program.
• Criteria
• Nominations are submitted by NIB and NISH to the
  Committee staff, who makes the final decision in
  naming the award Recipients based on a narrative
  addressing the individual's accomplishments, such
  as their knowledge of the JWOD Program the
  number of additions they have made to the
  procurement list and number of jobs created and
  proactive support of JWOD through training
  sessions, referrals, and public speaking.

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Outstanding Contributions Award Recipients

• 2007
• Lt. Col. Roger Westermeyer
• Commander, 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air
  Force Base, WA
• Leslie Strand
• Lead Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer,
  Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK
• 2004
• Marion E. Nelson
• Director of Business Operations, Fairchild AFB,
  WA
• 2000
• Donna Hutchens
• Procurement Services Team Leader in the General
  Services Administration's Public Buildings
  Service Northwest Arctic Region

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Cultivating Jobs for People With Disabilities
Working together with our collective experience,
we will grow jobs and a better future for people
with severe disabilities. Lets make hay while
the sun shines bright!