[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40581-40583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19117]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos.: 84.129C, 84.129D, 84.129E, 84.129F, 84.129H, 84.129J, 
84.129N, 84.129P, 84.129Q, and 84.129R]


Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training; 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

    Purpose of Program: The Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program 
provides financial assistance for--
    (1) Projects that provide basic or advanced training leading to an 
academic degree in areas of personnel shortages in rehabilitation as 
identified by the Secretary;
    (2) Projects that provide a specified series of courses or program 
of study leading to award of a certificate in areas of personnel 
shortages in rehabilitation as identified by the Secretary; and
    (3) Projects that provide support for medical residents enrolled in 
residency training programs in the specialty of physical medicine and 
rehabilitation.
    Eligible Applicants: State agencies and other public or nonprofit 
agencies and organizations, including Indian Tribes and institutions of 
higher education, are eligible for assistance under the Rehabilitation 
Long-Term Training program.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 17, 1999.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: November 16, 1999.
    Applications Available: July 23, 1999.
    Estimated Available Funds: $3,600,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $75,000 to $100,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $100,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 37.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR 
parts 385 and 386.
    Page Limit: Part III of the application, the application narrative, 
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria used by 
reviewers in evaluating

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the application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent of no more 
than 35 pages, using the following standards:
    (1) A page is 8.5'' x 11'' on one side only with 1'' margins at the 
top, bottom, and both sides.
    (2) You must double space (no more than three lines per vertical 
inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, 
headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as 
all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
    If you use a proportional computer font, you may not use a font 
smaller than a 12-point font or an average character density greater 
than 18 characters per inch. If you use a nonproportional font or a 
typewriter, you may not use more than 12 characters per inch.
    The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part 
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the 
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, you must 
include all of the application narrative in Part III.
    If, in order to meet the page limit, you use print size, spacing, 
or margins smaller than the standards specified in this notice, we will 
not consider your application for funding.
    Maximum Award: In no case does the Secretary make an award greater 
than the amount listed in the Maximum Level of Award column in the 
following chart for a single budget period of 12 months. The Secretary 
rejects and does not consider an application that proposes a budget 
exceeding this maximum amount.
    Project Period, Maximum Number of Awards, Maximum Level of Awards, 
and Absolute Priorities: The Secretary is conducting a single 
competition to select a total of 37 awards across the 11 priority areas 
of personnel shortages related to the public rehabilitation program 
(section 302(b)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended). The 
project period and maximum level of awards to be made in each priority 
area are listed in the following chart. The maximum number of awards to 
be made are listed in the parentheses following each priority area. 
Applicants must submit a separate application for each area in which 
they are interested. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 386.1, the 
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet one of 
the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this competition 
only applications that propose to provide training in one of the 
following areas of personnel shortages:

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                                   Priority area (maximum
            CFDA No.                 number of awards in                Project period             Maximum level
                                        parentheses)                                                 of award
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84.129C........................  Rehabilitation              Up to 60 months....................        $100,000
                                  administration (1).
84.129D1.......................  Physical therapy (3)......  Up to 60 months....................         100,000
84.129D2.......................  Occupational therapy (3)..  Up to 60 months....................         100,000
84.129E........................  Rehabilitation technology   Up to 60 months....................         100,000
                                  (2).
84.129F........................  Vocational evaluation and   Up to 60 months....................         100,000
                                  work adjustment (5).
84.129H........................  Rehabilitation of           Up to 60 months....................         100,000
                                  individuals who are
                                  mentally ill (5).
84.129J........................  Rehabilitation psychology   Up to 60 months....................         100,000
                                  (3).
84.129N........................  Speech pathology and        Up to 60 months....................          75,000
                                  audiology (2).
84.129P........................  Specialized personnel for   Up to 60 months....................         100,000
                                  rehabilitation of
                                  individuals who are blind
                                  or have vision
                                  impairments (8).
84.129Q........................  Rehabilitation of           Up to 60 months....................         100,000
                                  individuals who are deaf
                                  or hard of hearing (8).
84.129R........................  Job development and job     Up to 60 months....................         100,000
                                  placement services to
                                  individuals with
                                  disabilities (5).
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    Invitational Priority: Within the absolute priority for CFDA No. 
84.129Q, Rehabilitation of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, 
the Secretary is particularly interested in applications that meet the 
following invitational priority. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an 
application that meets this invitational priority does not receive 
competitive or absolute preference over other applications:
    Projects that would offer training in the special skills and 
knowledge related to the effective rehabilitation of individuals who 
are deaf or hard of hearing and low functioning. These are individuals 
who, in addition to hearing loss, have other physical or mental 
impairments, learning, language, or educational deficits, and other 
related conditions that result in multiple ongoing functional 
limitations.
    Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant 
under this competition, the Secretary uses selection criteria chosen 
from the general selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. The 
selection criteria to be used for this competition will be provided in 
the application package for this competition.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunication device for 
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734. You may also 
contact ED Pubs via its web site (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html) 
or its E-mail address ([email protected]).
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts 
Service Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: 
(202) 205-9817. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an 
alternate format the standard forms included in the application 
package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Chesley, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. (room 3318, Switzer Building), 
Washington, DC 20202-2649. Telephone (202) 205-9481. If you use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

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    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.

    Dated: July 22, 1999.
Curtis L. Richards,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services.
[FR Doc. 99-19117 Filed 7-26-99; 8:45 am]
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