Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Program Objective
To support projects to provide academic training in areas of personnel shortages identified by the Secretary to increase the number of personnel trained in providing vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Local governments
- Public nonprofits
- U.S. territories (incl. universities)
- Private nonprofits
- Quasi-public nonprofits
- State
States and public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher education.
Beneficiaries
- 11
- 45
- 47
Individuals preparing for employment in the field of rehabilitation counseling of individuals with disabilities.
How to Apply
Application Procedure
The Secretary gives the designated State agency an opportunity to review and comment on applications submitted from within the State that it serves. The procedures to be followed by the applicant and the State are in 34 CFR 75.155 through 75.159.
The Education Department General Administrative Regulations at 34 CFR Parts 75 applies to this program. New applications are made electronically, or potential applicants may request to submit a hardcopy application to Department of Education, Application Control Center, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20202-4725. Attn: 84.129.
Award Procedure
New awards are made based upon the results of a peer review process and the review and approval of applications by staff in various offices within the Department.
From 120 to 160 days.
Program details & compliance
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
Training grants are provided in fields directly related to the vocational rehabilitation and independent living of individuals with disabilities, such as rehabilitation counseling, independent living, rehabilitation medicine, physical and occupational therapy, prosthetics-orthotics, speech, pathology and audiology, rehabilitation of individuals who are blind and individuals who are deaf, and rehabilitation technology. A grantee must use at least 65 percent of the total award for scholarships unless the Secretary waives this requirement.
Required Documentation
An application should show evidence of current accreditation by or seeking of accreditation from the designated accreditation agency in the respective professional field. Costs will be determined in accordance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart E.
Matching Requirements
Under the cost-share requirement, the Federal share may not be more than 90 percent of the total cost of a project under this program, unless part of the non-Federal share is waived by the Secretary.
Cost share requirements are mandatory.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements