OpportunityTitle: OSERS: RSA: Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind Program CFDA Number 84.160D
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including American Indian tribes and IHEs.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 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. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) makes grants to public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education (IHE), to establish interpreter training programs or to provide financial assistance for ongoing interpreter training programs to train a sufficient number of qualified interpreters throughout the country. The grants are designed to train interpreters to effectively interpret and transliterate using spoken, visual, and tactile modes of communication; ensure the maintenance of the interpreting skills of qualified interpreters; and provide opportunities for interpreters to improve their skills in order to meet both the highest standards approved by certifying associations and the communication needs of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and individuals who are deaf-blind. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.160D. Applications for grants under the Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind Program must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind Program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.160, not 84.160D).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Kristen Rhinehart-Fernandez,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5062,  &lt;br/&gt;Potomac Center Plaza (PCP),  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-2800.  &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 245-6103 or by email: Kristen.Rhinehart@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: August 12, 2016.       Date of Pre-Application Teleconference: Interested parties are invited to submit questions to the following email address: TSPDgrants@ed.gov. In the subject line of the email, please insert the text ``CFDA 84.160D&apos;&apos;. Interested parties are invited to participate in a pre-application teleconference with staff from the Department on August 18, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The teleconference number is: 888-843-6165, and the passcode is: 7905685. For further information about the pre-application teleconference, contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice.        Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 12, 2016.