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I have been in TRiO for many years and I have heard several ways students can prove they have a documented disability. What is the best answer? Can students provide their own documentation or must they go through Accessibility Services?
Hello! My university was granted the TRIO SSS grant and I was just hired mid-February as Director of the program. There are so many questions I have as a I feel like I am starting behind. Can you provide the best trainings that I should be signing up for and watching first? Next, our budget has been submitted twice prior to me being hired. Through discussions with directors, there are a lot of changes that seem necessary. Is it appropriate to ask my program specialist to review and approve a new budget? Also, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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Hello! Could someone please provide guidance on which Code of Federal Regulations section covers allowable costs for memberships such as COE and NAEOP? When I submit a purchase request, I like to include a direct CFR citation that supports the expense. For this particular situation, the only citation that seems somewhat relevant is 34 CFR 646.30(c) regarding in‑service training of project staff, but I’m not sure this is the correct one to use. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
Institutional Memberships are allowable.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/section-200.454
(a) Costs of the recipient's or subrecipient's membership in business, technical, and professional organizations are allowable.
(b) Costs of the recipient's or subrecipient's subscriptions to business, professional, and technical periodicals are allowable.
(c) Costs of membership in any civic or community organization are allowable.
(d) Costs of membership in any country club or social or dining club or organization are unallowable.
(e) Costs of membership in organizations whose primary purpose is lobbying are unallowable. See § 200.450.
Students must provide documentation of a disability from a qualified professional; however, they are not required to go through Accessibility Services specifically. Acceptable documentation may include medical or psychological records, IEPs or 504 Plans, or verification from a licensed professional. While Accessibility Services is often a reliable and preferred source of documentation, TRIO programs may accept documentation provided directly by the student as long as it meets the requirement of being from a qualified professional. Self-declaration alone is not sufficient. But please note that unless your project is a Disability SSS, you do not have to serve any disabled students - they can be just low-income and first- generation or one or the other and not disabled if they are not able to provide you with the documentation of a disability.