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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 23, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
In turn, the CAP Training grantee is expected to help individual CAPs to access and analyze these resources and to gather and assess input from VR
clients and other key stakeholders as part of their strategic planning activities.
Changes: None.
FINAL PRIORITY:
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training Client Assistance Program CAP
Training.
This CAP Training priority is designed to provide CAP professionals the necessary knowledge, competencies, and skills to inform, assist, and advocate for clients and client-applicants regarding expanded education, training, and competitive integrated employment opportunities and other services and benefits available under the Funding Needs Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended Comment: Several commenters noted by WIOA.
that the prioritys increased focus on Under this priority, the grantee must strategic planning and resource provide comprehensive and in-depth management would require increased training and technical assistance funding relative to that under the prior activities that provide updated priority.
information about CAP duties and Discussion: The funding level responsibilities under the Rehabilitation established in the notice inviting applications published elsewhere in this Act; expanded VR service provisions in issue of the Federal Register for the FFY the Rehabilitation Act, including section 113 on pre-employment transition 2021 competition reflects the Departments recognition of the funding services and section 511 regarding limitations on use of subminimum needs associated with the increased focus on strategic planning and resource wage; and on other education, training, and employment opportunities under management capacity-building and WIOA, including career pathways, other aspects of this priority.
apprenticeships, and customized Changes: None.
employment. The training and technical Access to State Plans and Program assistance must enhance CAP
Reports professionals individual and systems advocacy competencies and their Comment: Several commenters leadership, relationship-building, and questioned whether the grantee would outreach skills. In addition, the training have the necessary access to Unified or Combined State Plans, State monitoring and technical assistance must strengthen the institutional effectiveness reports, Annual Client Assistance of the CAPs in the individual States Program Reports RSA227, and input through strategic planning and resource from VR clients.
Discussion: The approved Unified and management capacity-building activities. In providing the training and Combined State plans can be found at technical assistance, the grantee must https wioaplans.ed.gov/. The State consider the challenges and monitoring reports, RSA227, State VR
opportunities experienced by the VR
annual reports, and other pertinent program and other programs authorized information resources are currently under the Rehabilitation Act, as available on the RSAs upgraded amended by WIOA, and encourage information management system, at rsa.ed.gov. The Department expects that greater communication and these information resources will be used coordination between the CAPs and those programs.
for two broad purposes under this Under this priority, the Secretary priority: A comprehensive needs assessment that the grantee will conduct funds only applications that meet the project requirements outlined below.
at the national level and the strategic planning activities that individual CAPs Applicants must describe major will conduct at the State level. RSA will implementation activities, timelines, and milestones for each of the following provide the CAP Training grantee with project requirements:
technical assistance to access State a Training and technical assistance Plans, RSA227s, State monitoring to increase CAP professionals reports, and other pertinent resources for its comprehensive needs assessment. knowledge, skills, and competencies in
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defined in the technical assistance centers final priority. Under the priority, CAP training is available primarily to individual CAP
professionals nationwide, whereas technical assistance to CAPs in individual States are available on a short-term, issue-specific basis only.
The CAP Training grantee will be able to learn about the ITA agreements through its participation in the Technical Assistance Center Collaborative. Participation in the collaborative may also offer opportunities for short-term collaborative opportunities between CAP Training and the technical assistance centers in individual States.
Changes: None.

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the four broad subject areas and related topics:
1 The Rehabilitation Act, as amended by WIOA, including i CAP duties and responsibilities under section 112a of the Rehabilitation Act and other pertinent provisions including section 101a16
regarding CAP consultation on draft policies and procedures governing the provision of VR services and section 105b regarding CAP membership on the SRC;
ii VR service provision requirements in the Rehabilitation Act and its regulations, policy guidance, and legal decisions, including those regarding section 113 on pre-employment transition services and section 511
regarding limitations on use of subminimum wage;
iii Requirements related to other projects, programs, and services under the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by WIOA, including the independent living programs authorized in Title VII;
iv Expanded training, education, and employment opportunities under WIOA, including but not limited to the provision of pre-employment transition services, apprenticeships, customized employment, career pathways, and the focus on postsecondary credential attainment, including advanced degrees;
v Challenges and opportunities in implementing the expanded VR service provisions and other benefits available under the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by WIOA, including consideration of Federal and State statutes, regulations, and policies that impact the delivery of VR services in the States, such as the transition services provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
vi Obstacles that individuals with disabilitiesincluding individuals with the most significant disabilities, students and youth with disabilities, members of traditionally unserved or underserved groups, and individuals in economically disadvantaged communitiesexperience in accessing VR services and other services and benefits under the Rehabilitation Act;
and vii The complementary roles of CAPs, State VR agencies, SRCs, community rehabilitation programs, WIOA core partners, and key stakeholders of the VR program and other services and programs authorized by the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by WIOA.
2 Discrete skills related to CAP
duties and responsibilities, including i Individual advocacy;
ii Systems advocacy;
iii Alternate dispute resolution; and
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