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As amended through February 27, 2023
Rule 8 - ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; COMPLIANCE
A. First time Award recipients shall submit quarterly reports on April 1, July 1, October 1, and December 30 during the first year of the Award. All other organizations shall provide to the Commission an annual report to be received by the Commission January 15th for the prior year that funds are received by the recipient organization. The report shall be in narrative form, unless otherwise requested by the Commission, and identify, among other things:
i. The types of cases handled by the recipient as a result of the Award received from the Fund;
ii. The number of people served by the organization as a result of the Award received from the Fund;
iii. Demographic information about the people served as a result of the Award received from the Fund;
iv. The geographical area actually served by the organization as a result of the Award received from the Fund;
v. The status of the matters handled, including whether they are complete or open;
vi. Whether and to what extent the recipient organization complied with the proposal submitted to the Commission at the time of application for an Award; and
vii. Outcomes measurements used to determine compliance.
B. The Commission may require other reports as reasonably necessary, in particular to comply with any statutory reporting requirements.
C. The Commission may conduct site visits to the recipient organization at any time during the award period and in any case in conjunction with the submission of the annual reports.
D. In the event that the Commission determines that the recipient organization has not complied or is not complying with the proposal upon which the Award decision was made by the Commission, the Commission may suspend the distribution of funds to the recipient unless or until the recipient demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Commission that it is complying with the proposal upon which Funds had been awarded.

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