20168 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 78 / Monday, April 24, 1995 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.224A7]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services National

Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research Notice Inviting

Application for a New Award Under the

Technology-Related Assistance for

Individuals With Disabilities Program

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

the State grants for technology-related

assistance program is to assist States to

develop and implement comprehensive

statewide systems of consumerresponsive technology-related assistance

for individuals with disabilities. NIDRR

has conducted prior competitions under

this program, and 55 States and

territories have received grants. NIDRR

is now inviting an application from the

remaining territory. In preparing the

application, the applicant is advised to

respond to the statutory provisions of

the Technology-Related Assistance for

Individuals With Disabilities Act of

1988, as amended.

Eligible Applicants: Only the entity

designated by the Governor of the U.S.

Virgin Islands is eligible to apply on

behalf of the territory.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: June 23, 1995.

Applications Available: April 26,

1995.

Available Funds: $150,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$150,000 per year.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

Note: The estimates of funding levels and

awards in this notice do not bind the

Department of Education to a specific level

of funding or number of grants.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 85, and

86.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating an

application for the grant under this

competition, the Secretary uses the

selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210(b).

Under 34 CFR 75.210(c), the Secretary is

authorized to distribute an additional 15

points among the criteria to bring the

total to a maximum of 100 points. For

this competition, the Secretary

distributes the additional points as

follows:

Plan of Operation: (34 CFR

75.210(b)(3)). Fifteen additional points

are added to this criterion for a possible

of 30 points.

For Further Information Contact:

Carol Cohen, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone

(202) 205–5666. Individuals who use a

telecommunication device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the TDD number at (202)

732–5079 for TDD services.

For Applications Contact: Dianne

Villines, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:

(202) 205–9141.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260–

9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server

at GOPHER.ED.Gov (under

Announcements, Bulletins, and Press

Releases). However, the official

application notice for a discretionary

grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2211–2271.

Dated: April 17, 1995.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 95–10004 Filed 4–21–95; 8:45 am]

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[CFDA No.: 84.224A6]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services National

Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research Notice Inviting

Applications for a New Award for

Technical Assistance Project Under

the Technology-Related Assistance for

Individuals With Disabilities Program

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

the Technology-Related Assistance for

Individuals with Disabilities program is

to assist States to develop and

implement comprehensive statewide

systems of consumer-responsive

technology-related assistance for

individuals with disabilities. NIDRR has

conducted prior competitions under this

program, and 55 States and territories

have received grants. NIDRR is now

inviting applications for the purpose of

providing information and technical

assistance to States. The Secretary shall

award one technical assistance project

for the purpose of assisting the States as

they work toward establishing a

statewide comprehensive system of

technology related for individuals of all

ages. NIDRR has conducted prior

contract competitions under this

authority and has awarded contracts for

the provision of information and

technical assistance to the State grantees

over the past six years.

Applicants are advised to respond to

the requirements of section 106(b)(1)(B)

of the Technology-Related Assistance

for Individuals with Disabilities Act of

1988, as amended. In meeting the

requirements of this section for the

provision of technical assistance to

States, applicants shall consider the

input of the directors of consumerresponsive comprehensive statewide

programs of technology-related

assistance. The applicant shall provide

information on how they shall support

a clearinghouse for activities that have

been developed and implemented

through programs funded under this

title, and how they shall provide

information and technical assistance to

the State grantees that will: (1) Facilitate

service delivery capacity building,

training of personnel from a variety of

disciplines, and improvement of

evaluation strategies, research, and data

collection; (2) foster the development

and replication of effective approaches

to information referral, interagency

coordination of training and service

delivery, outreach to underrepresented

populations and rural populations, and

public awareness activities; (3) improve

the awareness and adoption of

successful approaches to increasing the

availability of public and private

funding for and access to the provision

of assistive technology devices and

assistive technology services by

appropriate State agencies; (4) assist in

planning, developing, implementing,

and evaluating appropriate activities to

further extend consumer-responsive

comprehensive statewide programs of

technology-related assistance; (5)

promote effective approaches to the

development of consumer-controlled

systems that increase access to, funding

for, and awareness of assistive

technology devices and assistive

technology services; (6) provide

technical assistance and training to the

entities carrying out activities funded

pursuant to this title, to establish or

participate in electronic communication

activities with other States; and (7)

provide any other appropriate

information and technical assistance to

assist the States in accomplishing the

purposes of this Act.

Eligible Applicants: Public or private

agencies and organizations including

institutions of higher education with

documented experience, expertise and

capacity in assistive technology service

delivery, interagency coordination, and

systems change and advocacy activities

are eligible to apply.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: June 23, 1995.

Applications Available: April 26,

1995.