Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WITAC) CFDA Number 84.264G

Post Date

August 13th 2015

Application Due Date

September 14th 2015

Applications Available: August 13, 2015. Date of Pre-Application Webinar: August 18, 2015. Date of Pre-Application Webinar: Interested parties are invited to participate in a pre-application Webinar. The pre-application Webinar with staff from t

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-081315-001

CFDA Number(s)

84.264

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including Indian tribes and IHEs.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3500000

• Award Range:

  $None - $3500000

Grant 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 (WIOA), the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) makes grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations (including institutions of higher education (IHEs)) to support projects that provide training, traineeships, and technical assistance (TA) designed to increase the numbers of, and improve the skills of, qualified personnel, especially rehabilitation counselors, who are trained to: Provide vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities; assist individuals with communication and related disorders; and provide other services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.264G. Applications for grants under the Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center, CFDA number 84.264G, 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 Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center competition 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's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.264, not 84.264G).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Julius Cotton
  ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
  Phone 202-245-6288
  EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov
  Program Manager:
  Jerry Elliott,
  U.S. Department of Education,
  Rehabilitation Services Administration,
  400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5021,
  Potomac Center

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Manager

• Agency Email Address:

  jerry.elliott@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WITAC) CFDA Number 84.264G; Notice