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| | NISH |
 | | NISH, formerly the National Industries for the Severely Handicapped, is the national nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled to provide technical assistance to Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs) interested in obtaining federal contracts under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program. |
 | | NISH is one of the two (National Industries for the Blind (NIB) being the other) central nonprofit agencies designated under the JWOD Program. |
 | | The NISH National Office staff is responsible for a variety of tasks, including: back-up engineering support, product/service identification and development, training, costing/pricing review, contract administration, regulatory assistance, fiscal management, marketing, communications, workforce development, research and program development. |
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