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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 23, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Docket ID ED2020OSERS0192

Final PriorityRehabilitation ShortTerm Training: Client Assistance Program Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services OSERS, Department of Education.
ACTION: Final priority.
AGENCY:

The Department of Education Department announces a priority under the Rehabilitation Short-Term Training program, Assistance Listing Number 84.246K. We take this action to improve the capacity of Client Assistance Program CAP professionals to inform, assist, and advocate for clients and client applicants about expanded education, training, and competitive integrated employment opportunities available through the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services program, and about the benefits and services available through other programs authorized by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA. We may use this priority for competitions in Federal fiscal year FFY 2021 and later years. The priority will provide enhanced training and technical assistance on CAP duties and responsibilities under section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act, State Vocational Rehabilitation VR service provision requirements and other benefits and services under the Rehabilitation Act, expanded opportunities under WIOA, individual and systems advocacy competencies, and leadership,
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relationship-building, and outreach skills as well as CAP strategic planning and resources management capacitybuilding. Also, the priority will promote the use of flexible training delivery methods, including in-person and virtual activities, and state-of-the-art communication tools and platforms, including the latest distance learning and convening technologies.
DATES: This priority is effective July 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Felipe Lulli, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5101, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 202022800.
Telephone: 202 2457425. Email:
84.246K@ed.gov.
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Purpose of Program: The Rehabilitation Short-Term Training program is designed to provide shortterm training and technical instruction in areas of special significance to the vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs, supported employment program, independent living services programs, and Client Assistance Program, including special seminars, institutes, workshops, and other short-term courses. Short-term training projects may be of regional or national scope.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C.
772a1.
Applicable Program Regulations: 34
CFR parts 385 and 390.
We published a notice of proposed priority NPP for this competition in the Federal Register on February 19, 2021 86 FR 10213. The NPP contained background information and our reasons for proposing the priority.
Editorial and technical revisions are explained in the discussion of comments that follow.
Public Comment: In response to our invitation in the NPP, 23 parties submitted comments on the proposed priority.
We group major issues according to subject. Generally, we do not address technical and other minor changes or suggested changes the law does not authorize us to make. In addition, we do not address general comments that raise concerns not directly related to the proposed priority.
Analysis of Comments and Changes:
An analysis of the comments and of any changes in the priority since publication of the NPP follows.

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State VR/CAP Coordination and Communication Comment: Several commenters addressed the prioritys requirement that, in providing training and technical assistance, the grantee considers the challenges that State VR agencies face in implementing WIOAs expanded VR
services provisions. These commenters expressed the concern that the prioritys emphasis on VR agency challenges would have the effect of shielding the agency from its statutory responsibility to provide quality and timely VR
services in accordance with the Rehabilitation Act. These commenters indicated that CAPs also face similar challenges and argue that any consideration of WIOA implementation challenges should encompass both perspectives.
Conversely, some commenters cited several VR agency challenges and limitationsfinancial and nonfinancialbeyond those referenced in the NPP and about which, these commenters believe, CAPs may not be sufficiently aware. These commenters cited, as examples, issues related to the Rehabilitation Act-Individuals with Disabilities Education Act coordination in the delivery of pre-employment transition services; the Rehabilitation Acts maintenance of effort requirements; and parameters set by the States written policies governing the nature and scope of VR services and the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements 2 CFR part 200, among others. The commenters recommended greater emphasis on improving communication between the CAPs and the State VR agencies to promote mutual understanding about their distinct roles, approaches, and perspectives; more training about the impact of Federal and State statutes, regulations, and policies on the delivery of VR services in the States; and closer coordination between the CAPs and the State VR agencies on both individual cases and statewide initiatives to improve competitive integrated employment outcomes for VR
clients and applicants. Additionally, one commenter recommended that the comprehensive needs assessment questionnaires, surveys, or focus group include broader input from VR agencies and the State Rehabilitation Councils SRCs.
Discussion: The Department agrees that the prioritys references to VR
agency challenges should not be interpreted as a dispensation from the VR program requirements in the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by WIOA. The Department also agrees that
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