36596 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 111 / Thursday, June 8, 2000 / Notices

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.

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 selfdetermination direction theories,

models, and activities, as well as the

barriers to participation in selfdetermination 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 selfdetermination;

(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 selfdetermination; 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 LongTerm 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:

Donna_Nangle@ed.gov.

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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.

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