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services delivered to persons with

disabilities and their families will also

depend on the ability of educational,

employment and residential service

agencies to effectively address the

training needs of their approximately

250,000 direct service personnel

(Wallace, T. & Johnson, D., 1992 and

Braddock, 1994).

The Secretary believes that there is a

critical need for dissemination of

information on model programs,

integrated statewide systems of service

delivery, exemplary practices, and

systems change strategies. In addition,

there is a need to develop more effective

mechanisms for training communitylevel service providers to ensure the

implementation of best practices, and to

provide training and technical

assistance to consumer-directed selfadvocacy organizations and parent

organizations.

Priority

Under this priority, the Secretary

supports a dissemination and technical

assistance Center that—(1) Identifies

and disseminates exemplary practices in

community integration for individuals

with mental retardation; and (2)

provides training and technical

assistance to State and local agencies,

community-based service providers, and

consumer-controlled advocacy

organizations to facilitate the adoption

of exemplary practices in community

integration for individuals with mental

retardation. In addition to activities

proposed by the applicant to carry out

these purposes, the Center must conduct

the following activities:

• Design and implement a national

information resource on community

integration to serve policymakers and

administrators, community-based

service providers, consumer-controlled

advocacy organizations, and individuals

with mental retardation and their

families, ensuring that information is

available in accessible formats

appropriate to individuals with a range

of sensory, cognitive, and other

disabilities;

• Prepare materials on important

topical issues, which might include for

example: strategies to address social and

cultural barriers to full inclusion;

strategies for cross-agency collaboration

in the development of individualized

services or case management practices;

and reasonable accommodations to

facilitate community inclusion, and use

them in information dissemination,

training, and technical assistance

activities as appropriate; and

• Coordinate with existing NIDRRfunded projects and centers, and build

upon the products of past NIDRR

projects and similar efforts funded by

other Federal agencies, to ensure that

the best and most current information

on needs and best practices is

incorporated into the information

dissemination, training, and technical

assistance of this Center. The Center

must advise every State Developmental

Disabilities Council and every State

Protection and Advocacy System of its

existence and proposed services.

Applicable Program Regulations

34 CFR parts 350 and 355.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 760–762.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number 84.133D, Knowledge Dissemination

and Utilization Program)

Dated: May 23, 1995.

Howard R. Moses,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133D]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services; National

Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research Notice Inviting

Applications Under the Knowledge

Dissemination and Utilization Program

for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: The Knowledge

Dissemination and Utilization Program

is designed to support activities that

will ensure that rehabilitation

knowledge generated from projects and

centers funded by NIDRR and from

other sources is fully utilized to

improve the lives of individuals with

disabilities and their families. The final

priority for this award, entitled

‘‘Information and Technical Assistance

Center to Facilitate Community

Integration,’’ is published in this issue

of the Federal Register. Potential

applicants should consult the statement

of the final priority published in this

issue to ascertain the substantive

requirements for their application.

This notice supports the National

Education Goal that calls for all

Americans to possess the knowledge

and skills necessary to compete in a

global economy and exercise the rights

and responsibilities of citizenship.

Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible to

apply for grants under this program are

public and private nonprofit and forprofit agencies and organizations,

including institutions of higher

education and Indian tribes and tribal

organizations.

Applications Available: June 7, 1995.

Application Deadline: July 28, 1995.

Available Funds: $400,000 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: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82,

85, 86; (b) the regulations for this

program in 34 CFR parts 350 (amended

April 5, 1995, (60 FR 17426)) and 355

(amended September 22, 1993 (58 FR

49419)); and the notice of final priority

published elsewhere in this issue of the

Federal Register.

For Further Information Contact: In

order to obtain an application package,

contact William H. Whalen, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue SW., Switzer

Building, room 3411, Washington, DC

20202. Telephone: (202) 205–9141.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

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

205–8887.

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. 761a and

762.

Dated: May 23, 1995.

Howard R. Moses,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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