[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 111 (Thursday, June 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 36596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14386]



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Department of Education





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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Final Funding 
Priorities for Research and Training Centers and Notice Inviting 
Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000; Correction Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Final Funding 
Priorities for Research and Training Centers and Notice Inviting 
Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Correction Notice.

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SUMMARY: On May 18, 2000 a notice of final funding priorities and a 
notice inviting applications for new awards for three Rehabilitation 
Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) for FY 2000 were published in the 
Federal Register (65 FR 31752, 31757).
    The absolute priority for the Improving Services and Supports for 
Individuals with Long-Term Mental Illness (84.133B-7) shown on page 
31755 was published as incomplete. This notice corrects the absolute 
priority to include additional requirements and a changed point value 
for the selection criteria. It is corrected to read:
    In carrying out these purposes, the Center must:
    (1) Develop measures that can be applied to evaluate self-
determination activities in terms of rehabilitation outcomes, quality 
of services, and availability of community resources;
    (2) Identify and assess self-determination direction theories, 
models, and activities, as well as the barriers to participation in 
self-determination activities for individuals with disabilities;
    (3) Develop and evaluate management tools to enable service 
providers to support self-determination;
    (4) Develop, conduct, and evaluate, training on self-determination 
and consumer choice to improve understanding and support of self-
determination;
    (5) Identify factors that prevent access and expanded use of 
technology to enhance self-determination;
    (6) Identify or develop and evaluate self-determination models that 
integrate technology into activities and services that support self-
determination and assess consumer satisfaction and benefits;
    (7) Identify and evaluate the extent of knowledge and experience 
that service providers (e.g., rehabilitation counselors, therapists, 
job coaches, psychiatrists and psychologists, and other service 
providers) have using technology to support self-determination; and
    (8) Assess policies of service providers and payers in terms of 
their implications for fostering or impeding self-determination, and 
identify strategies for policy improvements.
    In addition to the activities proposed by the applicant to carry 
out these purposes, the RRTC must:
    (1) Conduct in the third year of the grant, a state-of the-science 
conference on self-determination for persons with significant and 
persistent mental illness and publish a comprehensive report in the 
fourth year of the grant; and
    (2) Address in its research the specific needs of minority 
populations with LTMI.
    This notice corrects the ``Maximum Award Amount Per Year'' as shown 
on page 31758 for the Improved Management of CIL Programs and Services 
(84.133B-1). The published maximum award amount per year reads 
``$500,000''. It is corrected to read ``$600,000''. This notice also 
corrects the ``Maximum Award Amount Per Year'' for Improving Services 
and Supports for Individuals with Long-Term Mental Illness (84.133B-7). 
The published maximum award amount per year reads ``$550,000''. It is 
corrected to read ``$750,000''.
    The published point total in the selection criteria for (h) 
Collaboration as shown on page 31759 reads ``(2 points total)''. It is 
corrected to read ``(3 points total)''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Nangle. Telephone: (202) 205-
5880. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD) may call the TDD number at (202) 205-9136. Internet: 
[email protected].
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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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    Applicable Program Regulations: 34 CFR Part 350.

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 760-762.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 84.133B, 
Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers)

    Dated: May 31, 2000.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 00-14386 Filed 6-7-00; 8:45 am]
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