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and ix Disseminate to baccalaureate or graduate degree ASL-English programs, as well as to relevant Departmentfunded programs and Federal partners, as applicable, the training material and products for incorporation into existing curricula, as well as products, effective practices for training working interpreters in specialized areas, challenges and solutions, results achieved, and lessons learned. To satisfy this requirement, the grantee must develop participant guides, implementation materials, toolkits, manuals, and other relevant material for interpreter educators and others, as appropriate, to incorporate or build into existing programs.
d In the narrative section of the application under Quality of the Evaluation Plan, include an evaluation plan. To meet this requirement, the evaluation plan must describe 1 Standards and targets for measuring the effectiveness of the program;
2 An approach for measuring knowledge, skills, and competencies before and after successful completion of training;
3 An approach for gathering information from participants about their knowledge of VR, estimated percentage of workload interpreting for VR consumers before specialty training, and estimated percentage of workload interpreting for VR consumers who are deaf, hard of hearing, and DeafBlind after specialty training;
4 An approach for incorporating oral and written feedback from trainers and deaf consumers, and any feedback from coaching or mentoring sessions conducted with the participants;
5 Methodologies, including instruments, data collection methods, and analyses that will be used to evaluate the project and how the methods of evaluation will produce quantitative and qualitative data to demonstrate whether the project activities achieved their intended outcomes;
6 Measures of progress in implementation, including the extent to which the project activities and products have reached their intended recipients, measures of intended outcomes or results in order to evaluate those activities, and how well the goals and objectives of the proposed project, as described in the logic model as defined in 34 CFR 77.1, have been met;
and how well the goals and objectives of the proposed project, as described in its logic model have been met;

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7 How the evaluation will be coordinated, implemented, and revised, as needed, during the project. The applicant must designate at least one individual with sufficient dedicated time, demonstrated experience in evaluation, and knowledge of the project to coordinate and conduct the evaluation. This may include, but is not limited to, making revisions post award in order to reflect any changes or clarifications, as needed, to the model and to the evaluation design and instrumentation with the logic model e.g., designing instruments and developing quantitative or qualitative data collections that permit collecting of progress data and assessing project outcomes;
8 How evaluation results will be used to examine the effectiveness of the training. To address this requirement, applicants must provide an approach for determining i What practices was most effective in training working interpreters in the respective specialty area; and ii What practices was most effective in narrowing working interpreters skill gaps and what data demonstrates the practices was effective.
e Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under Adequacy of Project Resources, how 1 The proposed project will encourage applications for employment with the project from persons who are members of groups that have historically been underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability;
2 Describe any proposed consultants or contractors named in the application, their areas of expertise, and provide a rationale to demonstrate the need;
3 Describe costs associated with technology, including, but not limited to, maintaining an online learning platform, state-of-the-art archiving and dissemination platform, and communication tools i.e., Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google, Amazon Chime, Skype, etc. ensuring all products and services are accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as applicable, including costs associated with captioning and transcription services, and cybersecurity; and 4 The applicant and any identified partners have adequate resources to carry out the proposed activities.
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Quality of the Management Plan, how the applicant will ensure that 1 The projects intended outcomes, including the evaluation, will be achieved on time and within budget, through i Clearly defined responsibilities of key project personnel, consultants, and contractors, as applicable;
ii Procedures to track and ensure completion of the action steps, timelines, and milestones established for key project activities, requirements, and deliverables;
iii Internal monitoring processes to ensure that the project is being implemented in accordance with the established application and project plan; and iv Internal financial management controls to ensure accurate and timely obligations, drawdowns, and reporting of grant funds, as well as monitoring contracts, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards at 2
CFR part 200 and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.
2 The allocation of key project personnel, consultants, and contractors, as applicable, including levels of effort of key personnel that are appropriate and adequate to achieve the projects intended outcomes, including an assurance that key personnel will have enough availability to ensure timely communications with stakeholders and RSA;
3 The products and services are of high quality, relevance, and usefulness, in both content and delivery;
4 The proposed project will benefit from a diversity of perspectives; and 5 Projects will be operated in a manner consistent with nondiscrimination requirements contained in the U.S. Constitution and the Federal civil rights laws;
g Address the following application requirements. The applicant must 1 Include, in Appendix A, a logic model that depicts, at a minimum, the goals, activities, outputs, and short and long-term outcomes of the proposed project, and 2 Include, in Appendix A, personloading charts and timelines, as applicable, to illustrate the management plan described in the narrative.
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:

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