OpportunityTitle: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): Rehabilitation Training: Innovative Rehabilitative Training Program CFDA Number 84.263C
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants:  States and public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including 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. 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),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The Innovative Rehabilitation Training program is designed to develop (a)new types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel and to demonstrate the effectiveness of these new types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel in providing rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities;(b) new and improved methods of training rehabilitation personnel so that there may be a more effective delivery of rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities by designated State rehabilitation agencies and designated State rehabilitation units or other public or non-profit rehabilitation service agencies or organizations; and (c) new innovative training programs for VR professionals and paraprofessionals to have a 21st-century understanding of the evolving labor force and the needs of individuals with disabilities so they can more effectively provide VR services to individuals with disabilities. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.263C.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius C Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Cassandra P. Shoffler,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 5122,  &lt;br/&gt;Potomac Center Plaza,  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-2800.   &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 245-7827.  Email: cassandra.shoffler@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: July 5, 2019.Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 14, 2019.Pre-Application Webinar Information: No later than July 10, 2019, OSERS will post pre-recorded informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants. The webinars may be found at: www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/rsa/new-rsa-grants.html.Pre-Application Q&amp;A Blog: No later than July 10, 2019, OSERS will open a blog where interested applicants may post questions about the application requirements for this competition and where OSERS will post answers to the questions received. OSERS will not respond to questions unrelated to the application requirements for this competition. The blog will be available at www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/rsa/new-rsa-grants.html and will remain open until July 24, 2019. After the blog closes, applicants should direct questions to Cassandra P. Shoffler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 5122, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800.  Telephone: (202) 245-7827.  Email: cassandra.shoffler@ed.gov.Notice of Intent to Apply:  The Department will be able to review grant applications more efficiently if we know the approximate number of applicants that intend to apply.  Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of their intent to submit an application.  To do so, please email the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT with the subject line &#8220;Intent to Apply,&#8221; and include the applicant&#8217;s name and a contact person&#8217;s name and email address.  Applicants that do not submit a notice of intent to apply may still apply for funding; applicants that do submit a notice of intent to apply are not bound to apply or bound by the information provided.     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Cassandra P. Shoffler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 5122, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800.  Telephone: (202) 245-7827.  Email: cassandra.shoffler@ed.gov.