99-22783. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice Inviting Applications and Pre-application Meeting for a New Award for a Rehabilitation Research and Training ...

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47779-47780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22783]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133B-12]


Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National 
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice Inviting 
Applications and Pre-application Meeting for a New Award for a 
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) for Fiscal Year (FY) 
2000

Purpose

    On May 4, 1999 a notice was published in the Federal Register (64 
FR 23988) inviting applications for a new FY 1999 award for an RRTC on 
rehabilitation for children with disabilities and special health care 
needs. Satisfactory applications were not received for this priority 
area. There is a continuing need for this center.
    The purposes of this notice are to: (1) Invite applications for an 
RRTC on rehabilitation for children with disabilities and special 
health care needs for FY 2000; and (2) invite interested parties to 
participate in a pre-application meeting to discuss the funding 
priority and receive technical assistance through individual 
consultation and information about the funding priority.
    Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible to apply for grants under 
this program are States; public or private agencies, including for-
profit agencies; public or private organizations, including for-profit 
organizations; institutions of higher education; and Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations.
    Applications Available: September 1, 1999.
    Pre-Application Meeting: Interested parties are invited to 
participate in a pre-application meeting to discuss the funding 
priority for an RRTC on rehabilitation for children with disabilities 
and special health care needs and to receive technical assistance 
through individual consultation and information about the funding 
priority. The pre-application meeting will be held on September 22, 
1999 at the Department of Education, Office of Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services, Switzer Building, Room 3065, 330 C St., SW, 
Washington, DC, between 10 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. NIDRR staff will also be 
available at this location from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on that same day to 
provide technical assistance through individual consultation and 
information about the funding priority. NIDRR will make alternate 
arrangements to accommodate interested parties who are unable to

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attend the pre-application meeting in person. Assistance to Individuals 
With Disabilities at the Public Meeting:
    The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If 
you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting 
(e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials 
in an alternate format), notify the contact person listed below at 
least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will 
attempt to meet a request we receive after that date, we may not be 
able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because 
of insufficient time to arrange it.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 
81, 82, 85, 86, 97; (b) the regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part 
350; and (c) the notice of final priorities published on May 4, 1999 in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 23988); and the notice inviting 
applications published on May 4, 1999 in the Federal Register (64 FR 
23993).
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 1, 1999.
    Maximum Award Amount Per Year: $700,000.

    Note: The Secretary will reject without consideration or 
evaluation any application that proposes a project funding level 
that exceeds the stated maximum award amount per year (See 34 CFR 
75.104(b)).

    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

    Note: The estimate of funding level and awards in this notice do 
not bind the Department of Education to a specific level of funding 
or number of grants.

    Project Period: 60 months.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
PO Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: [phone]. If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll-free): 1-877-576-7734.

    You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its E-mail address: 
[e-mail]
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts 
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: 
[phone]. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD), you may call the TDD number at [phone]. However, the 
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format the standard 
forms included in the application package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In order to obtain further information 
about the funding priority and the pre-application meeting on the RRTC 
on rehabilitation for children with disabilities and special health 
care needs contact Roseann Rafferty, U.S. Department of Education, Room 
3428, Switzer Building, 330 C St, S.W., Washington, DC 20202, or call 
[phone]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device (TDD) 
may call the TDD number at [phone]. Internet: 
[e-mail]
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this document in 
an alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.
    Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as 
well as all other Department of Education documents published in the 
Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on 
the Internet at either of the following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the PDF you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
have questions about using the PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing 
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC area at 
[phone].

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Internet access to the official 
edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations 
is available on GPO access at:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html

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

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 761a and 762.

    Dated: August 27, 1999.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 99-22783 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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