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No. 138 July 18, 2014 

Part IV 

Department of Education 

34 CFR Chapter III 

Final Priorities; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research—Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers; Rule; Applications 

for New Awards; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research—Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers; Notice 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

[ED–2014–OSERS–0012] 

Final Priorities; National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research—Rehabilitation Research 

and Training Centers 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Final priority. 

[CFDA Numbers: 84.133B–6 and 84.133B–7.] 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services announces two priorities for 

the Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Centers (RRTC) Program 

administered by the National Institute 

on Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDRR). Specifically, this 

notice announces two priorities for two 

RRTCs on Transition to Employment for 

Youth and Young Adults with Serious 

Mental Health Conditions and 

Community Living and Participation for 

Youth and Young Adults with Serious 

Mental Health Conditions. The 

Assistant Secretary may use these 

priorities for competitions in fiscal year 

(FY) 2014 and later years. This RRTC 

will be jointly funded by NIDRR and the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA). We 

take this action to focus research 

attention on an area of national need. 

We intend these priorities to contribute 

to improved outcomes in the transition 

to employment and community living 

and participation for youth and young 

adults with serious mental health 

conditions (SMHC) resulting in 

psychiatric disability. 

DATES: These priorities are effective 

August 18, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Barrett, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5142, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6211 or by email: 

patricia.barrett@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation 

Act). 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers 

The purpose of the RRTCs, which are 

funded through the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program, is to achieve the goals 

of, and improve the effectiveness of, 

services authorized under the 

Rehabilitation Act through welldesigned research, training, technical 

assistance, and dissemination activities 

in important topical areas, as specified 

by NIDRR. These activities are designed 

to benefit rehabilitation service 

providers, individuals with disabilities, 

family members, policymakers and 

other research stakeholders. Additional 

information on the RRTC program can 

be found at: http://www2.ed.gov/

programs/rrtc/index.html. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priorities (NPP) in the Federal Register 

on April 15, 2014 (79 FR 21168). That 

notice contained background 

information and our reasons for 

proposing the particular priorities. 

There are differences between the 

proposed priorities and these final 

priorities as discussed in the Analysis of 

Comments and Changes section 

elsewhere in this notice. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the notice of proposed 

priorities, five parties submitted 

comments on the proposed priorities. 

Generally, we do not address 

technical and other minor changes. 

Analysis of Comments and Changes: 

An analysis of the comments and of any 

changes in the priorities since 

publication of the NPP follows. 

Comment: One commenter 

recommended that NIDRR not publish a 

final priority on Transition to 

Employment for Youth and Young 

Adults with Serious Mental Health 

Conditions. To achieve both 

employment and community living and 

participation outcomes for this 

population, the commenter 

recommended that NIDRR require the 

RRTC on Community Living and 

Participation for Youth and Young 

Adults with Serious Mental Health 

Conditions to conduct research on 

‘‘mindfulness’’ interventions for this 

population. 

Discussion: We agree with the 

commenter that employment outcomes 

and community living and participation 

outcomes may be related for this 

population and that some interventions 

could have a positive influence on both 

of these broad outcome areas. However, 

NIDRR believes that the two outcome 

domains are distinct in the lives of 

individuals with disabilities. In 

addition, the social policies and service 

delivery systems that promote 

successful employment outcomes 

among individuals with disabilities are 

different from those that promote 

community living and participation. 

Thus, NIDRR and SAMHSA developed 

and intend to jointly fund two separate 

RRTCs on these outcome domains for 

youth and young adults with SMHC. 

Nothing in either priority precludes 

applicants from proposing and 

justifying research on mindfulness 

interventions for youth and young 

adults with SMHC. However, we do not 

believe it is necessary to further specify 

the research requirements in the way 

suggested by the commenter and 

thereby limit the number and breadth of 

applications submitted under these 

priorities. The peer review process will 

determine the merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: Several commenters 

requested that NIDRR clarify that it is 

important that youth and young adults 

with SMHC play active roles in the 

activities of both priorities. Two 

commenters requested that NIDRR 

modify the two RRTC priorities to 

require the active involvement of youth 

and young adults with SMHC in the 

research and evaluation activities of the 

RRTCs in a manner that allows them to 

describe their experiences and 

perspectives. One of these commenters 

suggested that this engagement be as 

independent as possible, paralleling the 

youth and young adults’ selfdetermination and their growing 

independence from their families. The 

other of these commenters suggested 

that NIDRR require the development of 

guidelines to ensure that organizations 

are effective in integrating youth and 

young adults in the research and 

evaluation activities of the RRTCs. 

Another commenter requested that 

NIDRR modify the priorities in this 

notice to require specifically the active 

involvement of youth and young adults 

with SMHC in outreach and information 

dissemination to their peers. 

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Discussion: We agree that youth and 

young adults with SMHC should be 

involved in the RRTC’s development 

and evaluation of interventions, as well 

as in its dissemination activities. We 

don’t however believe that it is 

necessary to require that guidelines be 

developed to govern this process. 

Paragraph (a)(ii) of both priorities 

requires applicants to involve youth and 

young adults with SMHC in identifying, 

developing, and evaluating 

interventions, and we have revised both 

priorities to require applicants to 

involve youth and young adults with 

SMHC in the RRTC’s dissemination 

activities. For all of these activities, we 

agree that it is critical that youth and 

young adults participate as 

independently as possible. 

Changes: To promote more 

independent involvement of youth and 

young adults with SMHC in identifying, 

developing, and evaluating 

interventions, we have modified 

paragraph (a)(ii) of each priority to state 

that applicants must involve youth and 

young adults with SMHC and may 

involve families or family surrogates, as 

appropriate. We also have modified 

paragraph (e)(iii) of priority 1 and 

paragraph (d)(iii) of priority 2 to require 

applicants to involve youth and young 

adults with SMHC in the RRTC’s 

dissemination and outreach efforts. 

Comment: One commenter noted that 

there are multiple variables that affect 

employment outcomes among youth 

and young adults with SMHC, including 

workplace environment variables and 

individual-level variables related to 

skills, goals, and interests. The 

commenter suggested that NIDRR 

modify the Transition to Employment 

for Youth and Young Adults with 

Serious Mental Health Conditions 

priority to require research to develop 

interventions that promote employment 

for this population by targeting 

individual skills, goals, and interests, as 

well as the workplace environments in 

which the youth are seeking work. 

Discussion: NIDRR agrees that there 

are multiple variables that impact 

employment outcomes for youth and 

young adults with SMHC. We have 

purposely stated the requirements in 

paragraph (a) broadly, so that applicants 

can approach the task of identifying, 

developing, and evaluating 

interventions by focusing on the 

variables that they think are important, 

including the variables described by the 

commenter. We do not believe it is 

necessary to further specify the research 

requirements in the way suggested by 

the commenter and thereby limit the 

number and breadth of applications 

submitted under this priority. The peer 

review process will determine the 

merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: One commenter requested 

that NIDRR modify the Transition to 

Employment for Youth and Young 

Adults with Serious Mental Health 

Conditions priority by providing a 

definition of ‘‘successful employment 

outcomes for youth and young adults 

with SMHC’’ that would include selfemployment and internship 

experiences. 

Discussion: In this priority, NIDRR’s 

focus is on employment. Selfemployment is a recognized 

employment outcome (see 34 CFR 

361.5(b)(16)). An internship experience, 

in contrast, is typically defined as a 

method of on-the-job practical training 

for a fixed or limited period of time. 

While we do not view training 

experiences, such as an internship, as 

an employment outcome, an applicant 

could propose to conduct research 

evaluating the effectiveness of 

internships as an intervention in 

improving employment outcomes for 

youth and young adults with SMHC. We 

expect applicants to identify the criteria 

they will use in determining whether 

participants have obtained an 

‘‘employment outcome’’ and peer 

reviewers will assess an applicant’s 

criteria as part of the review process. We 

do not want to limit the breadth of 

applications that can be submitted by 

imposing a definition of ‘‘successful 

employment.’’ 

Changes: None. 

Comment: One commenter 

recommended that NIDRR modify the 

Transition to Employment for Youth 

and Young Adults with Serious Mental 

Health Conditions priority to 

distinguish between short-term 

employment goals, such as meeting 

immediate financial needs, and longterm employment goals, such as 

advancing along a self-determined 

career path and experiencing a 

satisfying and fulfilling career. 

Discussion: The focus of the priority 

is on improving employment outcomes, 

not on an individual’s employment 

goals. However, nothing in the priority 

precludes applicants from proposing 

research that examines short-term or 

long-term employment goals as a 

variable that may affect employment 

outcomes for individuals with SMHC. 

The peer review process will determine 

the merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: One commenter suggested 

that the RRTC’s research focus on longterm, rather than short-term, 

employment outcomes. 

Discussion: Nothing in the priority 

precludes applicants from proposing 

research focused on short-term or longterm employment outcomes. However, 

we do not believe it is necessary to 

modify the priority to limit the scope of 

potential research that can be proposed 

by requiring research on what the 

commenter has called ‘‘long-term 

employment outcomes.’’ The peer 

review process will determine the 

merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: None. 

Discussion: After further review, we 

believe that employers should be added 

to the list of organizations to which the 

RRTC on Transition to Employment for 

Youth and Young Adults with Serious 

Mental Illness must provide technical 

assistance. Employers play a key role in 

helping these individuals achieve 

favorable employment outcomes, and 

we expect that the RRTC’s research may 

help employers understand what 

accommodations may be necessary to 

support successful employment 

outcomes for these employees. 

Changes: In paragraph (c) of the 

priority on Transition to Employment 

for Youth and Young Adults with 

Serious Mental Health Conditions, 

NIDRR is adding ‘‘employers’’ to the list 

of organizations for which capacity 

must be built to improve the 

employment and employment-related 

outcomes of youth and young adults 

with SMHC. 

Comment: One commenter requested 

that NIDRR modify the Community 

Living and Participation for Youth and 

Young Adults with Serious Mental 

Health Conditions priority to require 

research on interventions that give 

youth with SMHC opportunities to 

participate in community settings 

outside of the mental health service 

system and to engage with peers who 

are not in the mental health service 

system. 

Discussion: Nothing in the priority 

precludes applicants from identifying, 

developing, and evaluating 

interventions that provide the kinds of 

opportunities described by the 

commenter. However, we do not believe 

it is necessary to limit the number and 

breadth of applications that can be 

submitted under this priority, by 

requiring applicants to focus on the 

types of interventions that are described 

by the commenter. The peer review 

process will determine the merits of 

each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

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Final Priorities 

Priority 1—Transition to Employment 

for Youth and Young Adults With 

Serious Mental Health Conditions 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

establishes a priority for an RRTC on 

Transition to Employment for Youth 

and Young Adults with Serious Mental 

Health Conditions. This RRTC must 

conduct research that contributes to 

improved employment outcomes (e.g., 

obtaining employment, retention, and 

earnings) and employment-related 

outcomes (e.g., postsecondary 

education, training and career 

development activities) for youth and 

young adults with SMHC. Applicants 

must specify how they will measure 

employment and employment-related 

outcomes in their applications. 

For purposes of this priority, the term 

‘‘youth and young adults with SMHC’’ 

refers to individuals between the ages of 

14 and 30, inclusive, who have been 

diagnosed either with a serious 

emotional disturbance (for individuals 

under the age of 18 years) or a serious 

mental illness (for those 18 years of age 

or older). Under this priority, the RRTC 

must contribute to the following 

outcomes: 

(a) More effective and 

developmentally appropriate 

interventions that improve employment 

outcomes and increase capacity to use 

self-determination skills and strategies 

for youth and young adults with SMHC. 

The RRTC must contribute to this 

outcome by: 

(i) Identifying or developing, and then 

evaluating, innovative interventions that 

meet the needs of youth and young 

adults with SMHC; 

(ii) Involving youth and young adults 

with SMHC in the processes of 

identifying or developing, and then 

evaluating, interventions. Applicants 

may also involve family or family 

surrogates of youth and young adults 

with SMHC, as appropriate; and 

(iii) Including youth and young adults 

with SMHC who are at particular risk 

for less favorable employment outcomes 

(e.g., unemployment and difficulty 

maintaining employment). Applicants 

must identify the specific at-risk group 

or groups of youth and young adults 

with SMHC they propose to study, 

provide evidence that the selected 

population or populations are at risk for 

poor employment outcomes, and 

explain how the proposed practices are 

expected to address the needs of the 

identified population. 

(b) Increased knowledge about 

workforce participation of youth and 

young adults with SMHC, as well as the 

service systems and evidence-based 

supported practices that enhance 

positive educational and vocational 

development. In generating this new 

knowledge, applicants should identify 

one or more specific stages of research. 

If the RRTC is to conduct research that 

can be categorized under more than one 

of the research stages, or research that 

progresses from one stage to another, 

those stages should be clearly specified. 

These research stages and their 

definitions are in the notice of final 

priorities and definitions published in 

the Federal Register on May 7, 2013 (78 

FR 26513). 

(c) Increased capacity of employers, 

organizations, State agencies, and other 

service providers for youth and young 

adults with SMHC to improve the 

educational and employment outcomes 

for youth and young adults with SMHC. 

The RRTC will provide training and 

technical assistance to service providers 

who work with youth and young adults 

with SMHC. 

(d) New knowledge regarding changes 

in systems and policies that could 

improve education, career development, 

and employment for youth and young 

adults with SMHC. 

(e) Serving as a national resource 

center to: 

(i) Provide information and technical 

assistance to youth and young adults 

with SMHC, their representatives, and 

other key stakeholders; 

(ii) Provide training (including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training) and technical assistance to 

vocational rehabilitation providers and 

other disability service providers to 

facilitate more effective delivery of 

services to youth and young adults with 

SMHC. This training may be provided 

through conferences, workshops, public 

education programs, in-service training 

programs, and similar activities; 

(iii) Disseminate research-based 

information and materials related to 

employment of youth and young adults 

with SMHC. The applicant must 

describe how it will involve youth and 

young adults with SMHC in its 

dissemination and outreach activities; 

and 

(iv) Involve key stakeholder groups in 

the activities conducted under 

paragraph (a) in order to maximize the 

relevance and usability of the new 

knowledge generated by the RRTC. 

Priority 2—Community Living and 

Participation for Youth and Young 

Adults With Serious Mental Health 

Conditions 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

establishes a priority for an RRTC on 

Community Living and Participation for 

Youth and Young Adults with Serious 

Mental Health Conditions. This RRTC 

must conduct research that contributes 

to improved community participation 

for youth and young adults with SMHC. 

For purposes of this priority, the term 

‘‘youth and young adults with SMHC’’ 

refers to individuals between the ages of 

14 and 30, inclusive, who have been 

diagnosed either with serious emotional 

disturbance (for individuals under the 

age of 18 years) or a serious mental 

illness (for those 18 years of age or 

older). Under this priority, the RRTC 

must contribute to the following 

outcomes: 

(a) More effective and 

developmentally appropriate 

interventions that improve community 

living and participation outcomes and 

increase capacity to use selfdeterminations skills and strategies for 

youth and young adults with SMHC. 

The RRTC must contribute to this 

outcome by: 

(i) Identifying or developing, and then 

evaluating, innovative interventions that 

meet the needs of youth and young 

adults with SMHC; 

(ii) Involving youth and young adults 

with SMHC in the processes of 

identifying or developing, and then 

evaluating, interventions. Applicants 

may also involve family or family 

surrogates of youth and young adults 

with SMHC, as appropriate; and 

(iii) Including youth and young adults 

with SMHC who are at particular risk 

for less favorable community living and 

participation outcomes (e.g., those with 

justice system involvement, those in 

foster care, and those with multiple 

diagnoses). Applicants must identify the 

specific at-risk group or groups of youth 

and young adults with SMHC they 

propose to study, provide evidence that 

the selected population or populations 

are at risk for less favorable community 

living and participation outcomes, and 

explain how the proposed practices are 

expected to address the needs of the 

identified population. 

(b) Increased capacity of organizations 

and service providers for youth and 

young adults with SMHC to promote the 

social and self-determination skills of 

youth and young adults with SMHC and 

help them build connections with 

positive individuals and organizations 

in their communities. The RRTC will 

provide training and technical 

assistance to service providers who 

work with youth and young adults with 

SMHC. 

(c) New knowledge about key systems 

and policy issues that influence 

decisions about eligibility, effectiveness, 

structure, implementation, and funding 

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for programs and initiatives that support 

community living and participation and 

self-determination in youth and young 

adults with SMHC. In generating this 

new knowledge, applicants should 

identify one or more specific stages of 

research. If the RRTC is to conduct 

research that can be categorized under 

more than one of the research stages, or 

research that progresses from one stage 

to another, those stages should be 

clearly specified. These research stages 

and their definitions are in the notice of 

final priorities and definitions 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 7, 2013 (78 FR 26513). 

(d) Serving as a national resource 

center related to community living and 

participation and self-determination of 

youth and young adults with SMHC by: 

(i) Providing information and 

technical assistance to youth and young 

adults with SMHC, their 

representatives, and other key 

stakeholders; 

(ii) Providing training (including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training) and technical assistance to 

service providers to facilitate more 

effective delivery of services to youth 

and young adults with SMHC. This 

training may be provided through 

conferences, workshops, public 

education programs, in-service training 

programs, and similar activities; 

(iii) Disseminating research-based 

information and materials related to 

community living and participation and 

self-determination of youth and young 

adults with SMHC. The applicant must 

describe how it will involve youth and 

young adults with SMHC in its 

dissemination and outreach activities; 

and 

(iv) Involving key stakeholder groups 

in the activities conducted under 

paragraph (a) in order to maximize the 

relevance and usability of the new 

knowledge generated by the RRTC. 

Types of Priorities 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

This notice does not preclude us from 

proposing additional priorities, 

requirements, definitions, or selection 

criteria, subject to meeting applicable 

rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use these priorities, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Secretary must determine whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and, 

therefore, subject to the requirements of 

the Executive order and subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ as an action likely to 

result in a rule that may— 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as an ‘‘economically 

significant’’ rule); 

(2) Create serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) Materially alter the budgetary 

impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

stated in the Executive order. 

This final regulatory action is not a 

significant regulatory action subject to 

review by OMB under section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866. 

We have also reviewed this final 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

13563, which supplements and 

explicitly reaffirms the principles, 

structures, and definitions governing 

regulatory review established in 

Executive Order 12866. To the extent 

permitted by law, Executive Order 

13563 requires that an agency— 

(1) Propose or adopt regulations only 

upon a reasoned determination that 

their benefits justify their costs 

(recognizing that some benefits and 

costs are difficult to quantify); 

(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the 

least burden on society, consistent with 

obtaining regulatory objectives and 

taking into account—among other things 

and to the extent practicable—the costs 

of cumulative regulations; 

(3) In choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, select those 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety, 

and other advantages; distributive 

impacts; and equity); 

(4) To the extent feasible, specify 

performance objectives, rather than the 

behavior or manner of compliance a 

regulated entity must adopt; and 

(5) Identify and assess available 

alternatives to direct regulation, 

including economic incentives—such as 

user fees or marketable permits—to 

encourage the desired behavior, or 

provide information that enables the 

public to make choices. 

Executive Order 13563 also requires 

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techniques to quantify anticipated 

present and future benefits and costs as 

accurately as possible.’’ The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB has emphasized that these 

techniques may include ‘‘identifying 

changing future compliance costs that 

might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing these final priorities 

only on a reasoned determination that 

their benefits justify their costs. In 

choosing among alternative regulatory 

approaches, we selected those 

approaches that maximize net benefits. 

Based on the analysis that follows, the 

Department believes that this regulatory 

action is consistent with the principles 

in Executive Order 13563. 

We also have determined that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

In accordance with both Executive 

orders, the Department has assessed the 

potential costs and benefits, both 

quantitative and qualitative, of this 

regulatory action. The potential costs 

are those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering the Department’s 

programs and activities. 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program have been well 

established over the years, as projects 

similar to the ones envisioned by the 

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final priorities have been completed 

successfully. The new RRTCs will 

generate and promote the use of new 

knowledge that will improve the 

outcomes for employment and 

community living and participation for 

youth and young adults with serious 

mental health conditions. 

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