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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 16, 2021 / Notices
Dated: March 10, 2021.
Samuel D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Education Department is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year FY 2021 for American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center AIVRTTAC
Assistance Listing Number 84.250Zto provide training and technical assistance TA to governing bodies of Indian Tribes that have received an American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services AIVRS grant.
DATES:
Applications available: March 16, 2021.
Deadline for transmittal of applications: June 14, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019
84 FR 3768 and available at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Elliott, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5097, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
202022800. Telephone: 202 245
7335. Email: jerry.elliott@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD or a text telephone TTY, call the Federal Relay Service FRS, toll free, at 1800877
8339.
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Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide training and TA to governing bodies of Indian Tribes, and consortia of those governing bodies, that have received an AIVRS grant
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under section 121a of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended Act. Under section 121c2 of the Act, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration RSA makes grants to, or enters into contracts or other cooperative agreements with, entities that have experience in the operation of AIVRS programs to provide such training and TA on developing, conducting, administering, and evaluating these programs.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priority and definitions NFP for this program published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2021, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105c3, we consider only applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation ServicesTraining and Technical Assistance Program This priority funds a five-year cooperative agreement to establish an American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center AIVRTTAC to provide four types of training and technical assistance TA for the personnel of the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services AIVRS projects awarded under section 121a of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended Act, to the governing bodies of Indian Tribes and consortia of those governing bodies. The four types of training and TA are: 1 Intensive training and TA; 2 targeted training and TA; 3 universal training and TA;
and 4 capacity-building for AIVRS
project personnel through training modules that build foundational skills for the delivery of vocational rehabilitation VR services to AIVRS
project participants. The AIVRTTAC
will develop and provide these types of training and TA for AIVRS projects in the following topic areas:
a Applicable laws and regulations governing the AIVRS program.
b Promising practices for providing VR services to American Indians with disabilities.
c The delivery of VR services to American Indians with disabilities, including the determination of eligibility, case management, case record documentation, assessment, development of the individualized plan for employment, and placement into competitive integrated employment.
d Knowledge of assistive technology AT, including the definition of AT, how to evaluate the need for AT and
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what types of AT are available, use of AT, and access to AT.
e Implementing professional development practices to ensure effective project coordination, administration, and management.
f Implementing appropriate financial and grant management practices to ensure compliance with OMBs Uniform Guidance 2 CFR part 200 and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations.
g Evaluating project performance, including data collection, data analysis, and reporting.
Specific subjects for training and TA
in each of these topic areas will be identified on an annual basis and in coordination with RSA.
Project Activities To be considered for funding under this priority, applicants must conduct the following activities, or a subset of the following activities as determined by the Department, in a culturally appropriate manner:
a Maintain and build upon the 12
training modules and the fiscal tool kit developed by the Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Institute the Institute during Federal fiscal years FFYs 2015
2021, including maintaining the series of seven training modules that build foundational skills that, when satisfactorily completed, lead to a VR
certificate to be awarded by the AIVRTTAC. To satisfy this activity requirement, the grantee i Must develop both academic and non-academic options for completing courses leading to the VR certificate, the requirements for obtaining a certificate including the specific requirements for academic credit for courses included in the certificate when applicable, and how the certificate may be used by the participants who earn it;
ii May offer the series of training modules in a traditional classroom setting, through distance learning, through week-long institutes, at regional trainings throughout the country as an extension of national conferences, and through other delivery methods, as appropriate, to meet the needs of the targeted audience;
iii May use grant funds to provide reasonable financial assistance for the cost of tuition, fees, and training materials and to offset costs associated with travel for participants who may be in remote areas of the country;
iv Must conduct an assessment before and after providing training for each participant in order to assess strengths and specific areas for improvement, educational attainment and application of skills, and any issues
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