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Note: NIDRR will provide information by
letter to grantees on how and when to submit
the final performance report.
4. Performance Measures: To evaluate
the overall success of its research
program, NIDRR assesses the quality of
its funded projects through a review of
grantee performance and products. Each
year, NIDRR examines a portion of its
grantees to determine:
• The percentage of NIDRR-supported
fellows, post-doctoral trainees, and
doctoral students who publish results of
NIDRR-sponsored research in refereed
journals.
• The number of accomplishments
(e.g., new or improved tools, methods,
discoveries, standards, interventions,
programs, or devices) developed or
tested with NIDRR funding that have
been judged by expert panels to be of
high quality and to advance the field.
• The average number of publications
per award based on NIDRR-funded
research and development activities in
refereed journals.
• The percentage of new NIDRR
grants that assess the effectiveness of
interventions, programs, and devices
using rigorous methods.
Each grantee must annually report on
its performance through NIDRR’s
Annual Performance Report (APR) form.
NIDRR uses APR information submitted
by grantees to assess progress on these
measures.
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National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)—
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program—
Rehabilitation Research and Training
Centers (RRTCs)—Effective Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) Service Delivery
Practices
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice of final priority.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133B–8.
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services announces a priority for the
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program
administered by NIDRR. Specifically,
this notice announces a priority for an
RRTC on Effective Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) Service Delivery
Practices. The Assistant Secretary may
use this priority for competitions in
fiscal year (FY) 2010 and later years. We
take this action to focus research
attention on areas of national need. We
intend this priority to improve
rehabilitation services and outcomes for
individuals with disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: This priority is
effective August 9, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Room 5133, Potomac Center Plaza
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Telephone: (202) 245–7532 or by e-mail:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice of final priority is in concert with
NIDRR’s Final Long-Range Plan for FY
2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, which was
published in the Federal Register on
February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can be
accessed on the Internet at the following
site: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/
list/osers/nidrr/policy.html.
Through the implementation of the
Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the
quality and utility of disability and
rehabilitation research; (2) foster an
exchange of expertise, information, and
training to facilitate the advancement of
knowledge and understanding of the
unique needs of traditionally
underserved populations; (3) determine
best strategies and programs to improve
rehabilitation outcomes for underserved
populations; (4) identify research gaps;
(5) identify mechanisms of integrating
research and practice; and (6)
disseminate findings.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Disability and Rehabilitation
Research Projects and Centers Program
is to plan and conduct research,
demonstration projects, training, and
related activities, including
international activities, to develop
methods, procedures, and rehabilitation
technology, that maximize the full
inclusion and integration into society,
employment, independent living, family
support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with
disabilities, especially individuals with
the most severe disabilities, and to
improve the effectiveness of services
authorized under the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation
Act) (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
RRTC Program
The purpose of the RRTC program is
to improve the effectiveness of services
authorized under the Rehabilitation Act
through advanced research, training,
technical assistance, and dissemination
activities in general problem areas, as
specified by NIDRR. Such activities are
designed to benefit rehabilitation
service providers, individuals with
disabilities, and the family members or
other authorized representatives of
individuals with disabilities. In
addition, NIDRR intends to require all
RRTC applicants to meet the
requirements of the General
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Rehabilitation Research and Training
Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority
that it published in a notice of final
priorities in the Federal Register on
February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132).
Additional information on the RRTC
program can be found at: https://
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comments that raised concerns not
directly related to the proposed priority.
Analysis of Comments and Changes
Comment: Two commenters suggested
that the required activities under
paragraph (a) of the priority would take
longer than the six months that is
allowed in the priority. These
commenters suggested allowing at least
Statutory and Regulatory Requirements a year for grantees to complete these
of RRTCs
activities.
Discussion: The required activities
RRTCs must—
under paragraph (a) of the priority are
• Carry out coordinated advanced
intended to help grantees identify State
programs of rehabilitation research;
VR programs with high employment
• Provide training, including
outcome rates and promising VR service
graduate, pre-service, and in-service
delivery practices. The Rehabilitation
training, to help rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA) data to
personnel more effectively provide
be analyzed under paragraph (a) are
rehabilitation services to individuals
readily available, and we believe that
with disabilities;
the gathering of input from VR
• Provide technical assistance to
personnel and other stakeholders can be
individuals with disabilities, their
completed within the first six months of
representatives, providers, and other
the cooperative agreement.
interested parties;
Changes: None.
• Disseminate informational materials
Comment: In reference to the
to individuals with disabilities, their
requirements under paragraph (a) of the
representatives, providers, and other
priority, one commenter asked how
interested parties; and
NIDRR defines ‘‘systematically gathering
• Serve as centers of national
input.’’
excellence in rehabilitation research for
Discussion: The goal of this inputindividuals with disabilities, their
gathering activity is to help identify
representatives, providers, and other
promising practices that are associated
interested parties.
with high rates of employment
Applicants for RRTC grants must also outcomes. Toward that end, applicants
demonstrate in their applications how
must propose and justify the methods
they will address, in whole or in part,
that they will use to gather input from
the needs of individuals with
VR personnel and other stakeholders in
disabilities from minority backgrounds.
a consistent and orderly manner. NIDRR
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and
believes that specifying the methods an
764(b)(2).
applicant must use would be
unnecessarily restrictive, and, therefore,
Applicable Program Regulations: 34
is not identifying specific methods for
CFR part 350.
meeting this requirement.
We published a notice of proposed
Changes: None.
priority (NPP) for NIDRR’s Disability
Comment: With respect to the
and Rehabilitation Research Projects
activities required under paragraph (b)
and Centers Program in the Federal
of the priority, one commenter
Register on May 14, 2010 (75 FR 27328). suggested that two to three in-depth
The NPP included a background
case studies would not capture the
statement that described our rationale
variation in the size of VR programs or
for the priority proposed in that notice.
the regional variations that exist in VR
There are differences between the
programs across the U.S. This
NPP and this notice of final priority
commenter suggested that more case
(NFP) as discussed in the following
studies would capture data that are
section.
more representative of VR agencies
Public Comment: In response to our
across the country.
invitation in the NPP, five parties
Discussion: The purpose of the case
submitted comments on the proposed
studies is not to build a body of
priority. An analysis of the comments
knowledge about VR programs that is
and of any changes in the priority since
representative of programs from around
publication of the NPP follows.
the country. Rather, the stated outcome
goal for these in-depth case studies is
Generally, we do not address
improved knowledge of specific VR
technical and other minor changes, or
service delivery practices that have
suggested changes the law does not
strong potential for improving
authorize us to make under the
employment outcomes for VR clients.
applicable statutory authority. In
This improved knowledge will help
addition, we do not address general
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provide a basis for the testing of VR
service delivery practices required
under paragraph (c) of the priority.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter suggested
that the RRTC develop a clearinghouse
from which policymakers, researchers,
and advocates could learn about
successful VR services, techniques,
programs, or approaches. This
commenter suggested that such a
clearinghouse could facilitate the
replication of successful practices and
policies identified by the RRTC.
Discussion: Paragraph (d) of the
priority seeks to enhance the likelihood
that effective practices identified by the
RRTC will be adopted and used in VR
settings. Under this paragraph, the
RRTC is required to develop
implementation strategies and tools that
will facilitate the use of effective
practices identified by the RRTC. There
is a wide variety of strategies or tools
that could be implemented to facilitate
the use of findings, including the use of
clearinghouses. NIDRR believes,
however, that specifying the
implementation strategies or tools an
applicant must use would be
unnecessarily restrictive, and therefore,
NIDRR is not identifying such tools or
strategies in the priority. Accordingly,
applicants must specify the tools and
implementation strategies that they will
use to fulfill the requirements of
paragraph (d) of the priority.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter noted that
the in-depth case studies that are
required under paragraph (b) of the
priority to be completed by the end of
the second year of the cooperative
agreement could be completed in six
months. This commenter also stated that
the more extensive testing of practices
under paragraph (c) of the priority
would take at least 24 to 36 months and
suggested that these activities should
begin late in the second year of the
RRTC.
Discussion: The commenter’s
suggestions regarding the timing of
activities in paragraph (b) are within the
timeline constraints of the priority and
the project period of 60 months for
grants under this program. Applicants
are free to specify in their applications
the timelines for conducting the
required activities, so long as the
activities required under paragraph (a)
of the priority are completed within the
first six months of the cooperative
agreement and the activities required
under paragraph (b) of the priority are
completed within the first two years of
the cooperative agreement. While
certain applicants may be able to
complete the activities required under
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paragraph (b) within six months, we do
not have information that indicates that
all applicants could do so and therefore
decline to shorten that time period.
With respect to the testing required
under paragraph (c) of the priority, we
do not believe it is necessary to specify
a beginning date for these activities.
Under paragraph (b) of the priority, a
grantee will need to complete its
identification of the practices to be
tested by the end of year two of the
cooperative agreement. We expect that a
grantee will begin the testing required
under paragraph (c) shortly after that
process is complete.
Changes: None.
Comment: Two commenters asked
about the specificity with which NIDRR
uses the term ‘‘service delivery
practice.’’ One commenter asked
whether the term ‘‘practice’’ includes VR
program management practices such as
State agency partnerships, service
funding arrangements, or VR staff
capacity-building efforts. Another
commenter suggested that the term
‘‘practice’’ reference VR program
management practices, including staff
development systems and
administrative policies.
Discussion: The opening paragraph of
this priority states that the RRTC must
focus on the delivery of VR services that
are authorized in the Rehabilitation Act.
For the purposes of this priority, VR
service delivery practices do not include
VR management practices,
administrative policies, staff
development programs, or other
practices that do not directly involve the
delivery of services to VR clients.
Changes: None.
Comment: Three commenters asked
about NIDRR’s use of the term ‘‘test’’ in
paragraph (c) of the priority. One
commenter asked whether NIDRR’s use
of the term requires research that would
lead to cause and effect assertions about
VR practices. Another commenter noted
that randomized clinical trials are an
unrealistic means of testing practices
under this priority, as such trials require
more time and resources than are
available to an RRTC. A third
commenter, drawing a distinction
between testing and evaluation,
suggested that NIDRR add language that
would allow the RRTC to rigorously test
or evaluate practices under this
paragraph.
Discussion: Nothing in the priority
either precludes or requires the use of
randomized experimental trials of VR
service delivery practices. The word
‘‘test’’ in this priority is used to describe
research activities that can begin to
determine the effectiveness of specific
VR service delivery practices.
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Applicants are free to choose
experimental, quasi-experimental, casecontrol, or other applicable research
designs that are appropriate for an
initial determination about the
effectiveness of VR service delivery
practices identified under paragraphs (a)
and (b) of the priority. Because we are
using the term broadly, we agree with
the commenter’s suggestion to add the
term ‘‘evaluate’’ to the language in
paragraph (c) of the priority in order to
clarify our meaning.
Changes: NIDRR has revised
paragraph (c) of the priority to require
the RRTC to test or evaluate the service
delivery practices identified under
paragraphs (a) and (b) of the priority.
Comment: In reference to the
requirement that the RRTC test at least
one intervention in each of the case
study sites described in paragraph (b) of
the priority, one commenter stated that
the case study sites may not be the best
sites in which to test the service
delivery practices. This commenter
noted a number of factors that must be
considered in determining the
suitability of a site for testing specific
service delivery practices. This
commenter suggested that the RRTC be
allowed to work with NIDRR and RSA
to determine the sites in which practices
would be tested.
Discussion: NIDRR agrees with this
commenter’s assertion that the case
study sites might not be the best sites for
testing VR service delivery practices.
Changes: NIDRR has removed the
requirement that practices be tested at
the sites in which the case studies were
conducted. NIDRR has also revised the
priority to require the RRTC to test
service delivery practices identified
under paragraph (b) of this priority in at
least two sites that will be chosen in
conjunction with NIDRR and RSA.
Comment: One commenter asked
whether NIDRR is interested either in
practices that are uniquely developed to
assist specific subpopulations of VR
clients or in practices developed for a
broader client base that can be
demonstrated to work with particular
subpopulations.
Discussion: NIDRR does not specify in
the priority whether it seeks research
either in practices that have been
developed for specific VR
subpopulations or in practices
developed for the broader client base.
Accordingly, an applicant may include
either research approach in its proposal.
NIDRR anticipates that decisions about
the specific practices to be tested under
paragraph (c) of the priority will be
driven by the findings of the research
activities conducted under paragraphs
(a) and (b) of the priority.
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Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter asked
NIDRR for clarification regarding the
term ‘‘intervention’’ in paragraph (c) of
the priority.
Discussion: In the context of this
priority, NIDRR uses the term
‘‘intervention’’ to mean VR service
delivery practices.
Changes: To avoid confusion, NIDRR
has revised paragraph (c) of the priority
to eliminate use of the term
‘‘intervention.’’
Final Priority: The Assistant Secretary
for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services announces a priority for a
Rehabilitation Research and Training
Center (RRTC) on Effective Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) Service Delivery
Practices. This RRTC must conduct
research that contributes to new
knowledge of VR service delivery
practices that produce high-quality
employment outcomes for VR
customers. This RRTC will contribute to
improved employment outcomes by
generating new knowledge about
effective practices that can be used by
State VR agencies in serving their
customers. This RRTC must focus on the
delivery of VR services that are
authorized in the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act)
(29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). NIDRR will fund
this research effort as a cooperative
agreement in order to ensure close
interaction between the grantee and staff
from NIDRR and the Rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA).
Under this priority, the RRTC must
contribute to the following outcomes:
(a) Increased knowledge of the
variations among State VR agencies in
achieving quality employment
outcomes, including but not limited to
wages and hours of work, for
subpopulations of individuals with
significant disabilities, as defined in the
Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 705(21)(A)
and (D)), who have lower than average
employment outcomes rates, wages, and
hours of work. The RRTC must
contribute to this outcome by analyzing
relevant RSA datasets that provide
information on the outcomes of these
subpopulations of individuals with
significant disabilities and by
systematically gathering input from VR
counselors and administrators, RSA
staff, VR customers, and community
rehabilitation programs. This analysis
will help to identify promising practices
by identifying agencies that demonstrate
statistically better than average
employment outcome rates and quality
employment outcomes for these
subpopulations of VR customers. The
RRTC must complete this work within
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six months of award of the cooperative
agreement.
(b) Improved knowledge of specific
VR service delivery practices that have
strong potential for improving
employment outcomes for the
subpopulations of VR customers
identified in paragraph (a) of this
priority. The RRTC must contribute to
this outcome by conducting in-depth
case studies of VR agencies where data
demonstrate quality employment
outcomes that are statistically better
than average for the subpopulations of
VR customers identified in paragraph (a)
above compared to VR agencies that
demonstrate average employment
outcomes for the same subpopulations.
NIDRR and RSA staff must approve the
topics for the case studies and the
agencies that will serve as sites for these
studies. The applicant must budget to
conduct two to three in-depth case
studies. These case studies must
identify the elements of the promising
practices, the barriers to and facilitators
of the implementation of the practices,
and the outcomes of the practices. The
RRTC must complete this work by the
end of year two of the cooperative
agreement.
(c) New knowledge of VR service
delivery practices that are effective in
producing high-quality employment
outcomes for VR customers, especially
those identified in paragraph (a) of this
priority. The RRTC must contribute to
this outcome by conducting research
that rigorously tests or evaluates
promising service delivery practices
identified in paragraph (b) of this
priority. The RRTC will work with
NIDRR and RSA to identify at least two
appropriate sites for testing the service
delivery practice(s).
(d) Enhanced likelihood of adoption
of service delivery practices that
demonstrate effectiveness as described
in paragraph (c) of this priority. The
RRTC must contribute to this outcome
by developing implementation strategies
and tools that will facilitate
introduction and use of newly identified
effective practices in other VR settings.
In addition, through coordination
with the NIDRR Project Officer, this
RRTC must—
• Collaborate with existing RSA
grantees, including Regional Technical
Assistance and Continuing Education
(TACE) Centers, RSA’s Technical
Assistance Network, and RSA’s National
Technical Assistance Coordinator to
disseminate new knowledge to key
stakeholders; and
• Collaborate with existing NIDRR
grantees, including the RRTC on VR, the
Center on Effective Delivery of
Rehabilitation Technology by VR
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Agencies, and the Research and
Technical Assistance Center on VR
Program Management.
Types of Priorities: When inviting
applications for a competition using one
or more priorities, we designate the type
of each priority as absolute, competitive
preference, or invitational through a
notice in the Federal Register. The
effect of each type of priority follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute
priority, we consider only applications
that meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(3)).
Competitive preference priority:
Under a competitive preference priority,
we give competitive preference to an
application by (1) awarding additional
points, depending on the extent to
which the application meets the priority
(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting
an application that meets the priority
over an application of comparable merit
that does not meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
Invitational priority: Under an
invitational priority, we are particularly
interested in applications that meet the
priority. However, we do not give an
application that meets the priority a
preference over other applications (34
CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
This notice does not preclude us from
proposing additional priorities,
requirements, definitions, or selection
criteria, subject to meeting applicable
rulemaking requirements.
Note: This notice does not solicit
applications. In any year in which we choose
to use this priority, we invite applications
through a notice in the Federal Register.
Executive Order 12866: This notice
has been reviewed in accordance with
Executive Order 12866. Under the terms
of the order, we have assessed the
potential costs and benefits of this final
regulatory action.
The potential costs associated with
this final regulatory action are those
resulting from statutory requirements
and those we have determined as
necessary for administering this
program effectively and efficiently.
In assessing the potential costs and
benefits—both quantitative and
qualitative—of this final regulatory
action, we have determined that the
benefits of the final priority justify the
costs.
Discussion of Costs and Benefits: The
benefits of the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and
Centers Programs have been well
established over the years in that similar
projects have been completed
successfully. This final priority will
generate new knowledge through
research and development.
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Another benefit of this final priority is
that the establishment of a new RRTC
will improve the lives of individuals
with disabilities. The new RRTC will
generate, disseminate, and promote the
use of new information that will
improve the options for individuals
with disabilities to obtain, retain, and
advance in employment.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR)--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers
Program--Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs)--
Effective Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Service Delivery Practices
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final priority.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133B-8.
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services announces a priority for the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by
NIDRR. Specifically, this notice announces a priority for an RRTC on
Effective Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Service Delivery Practices.
The Assistant Secretary may use this priority for competitions in
fiscal year (FY) 2010 and later years. We take this action to focus
research attention on areas of national need. We intend this priority
to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with
disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: This priority is effective August 9, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of
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Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 5133, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2700. Telephone: (202) 245-7532 or by e-
mail: Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of final priority is in concert
with NIDRR's Final Long-Range Plan for FY 2005-2009 (Plan). The Plan,
which was published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2006 (71 FR
8165), can be accessed on the Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/policy.html.
Through the implementation of the Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve
the quality and utility of disability and rehabilitation research; (2)
foster an exchange of expertise, information, and training to
facilitate the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the unique
needs of traditionally underserved populations; (3) determine best
strategies and programs to improve rehabilitation outcomes for
underserved populations; (4) identify research gaps; (5) identify
mechanisms of integrating research and practice; and (6) disseminate
findings.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program is to plan and
conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related
activities, including international activities, to develop methods,
procedures, and rehabilitation technology, that maximize the full
inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living,
family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals
with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe
disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized
under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act)
(29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
RRTC Program
The purpose of the RRTC program is to improve the effectiveness of
services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act through advanced
research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities
in general problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. Such activities are
designed to benefit rehabilitation service providers, individuals with
disabilities, and the family members or other authorized
representatives of individuals with disabilities. In addition, NIDRR
intends to require all RRTC applicants to meet the requirements of the
General Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC)
Requirements priority that it published in a notice of final priorities
in the Federal Register on February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132). Additional
information on the RRTC program can be found at: https://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/res-program.html#RRTC.
Statutory and Regulatory Requirements of RRTCs
RRTCs must--
Carry out coordinated advanced programs of rehabilitation
research;
Provide training, including graduate, pre-service, and in-
service training, to help rehabilitation personnel more effectively
provide rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities;
Provide technical assistance to individuals with
disabilities, their representatives, providers, and other interested
parties;
Disseminate informational materials to individuals with
disabilities, their representatives, providers, and other interested
parties; and
Serve as centers of national excellence in rehabilitation
research for individuals with disabilities, their representatives,
providers, and other interested parties.
Applicants for RRTC grants must also demonstrate in their
applications how they will address, in whole or in part, the needs of
individuals with disabilities from minority backgrounds.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 764(b)(2).
Applicable Program Regulations: 34 CFR part 350.
We published a notice of proposed priority (NPP) for NIDRR's
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program in
the Federal Register on May 14, 2010 (75 FR 27328). The NPP included a
background statement that described our rationale for the priority
proposed in that notice.
There are differences between the NPP and this notice of final
priority (NFP) as discussed in the following section.
Public Comment: In response to our invitation in the NPP, five
parties submitted comments on the proposed priority. An analysis of the
comments and of any changes in the priority since publication of the
NPP follows.
Generally, we do not address technical and other minor changes, or
suggested changes the law does not authorize us to make under the
applicable statutory authority. In addition, we do not address general
comments that raised concerns not directly related to the proposed
priority.
Analysis of Comments and Changes
Comment: Two commenters suggested that the required activities
under paragraph (a) of the priority would take longer than the six
months that is allowed in the priority. These commenters suggested
allowing at least a year for grantees to complete these activities.
Discussion: The required activities under paragraph (a) of the
priority are intended to help grantees identify State VR programs with
high employment outcome rates and promising VR service delivery
practices. The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) data to be
analyzed under paragraph (a) are readily available, and we believe that
the gathering of input from VR personnel and other stakeholders can be
completed within the first six months of the cooperative agreement.
Changes: None.
Comment: In reference to the requirements under paragraph (a) of
the priority, one commenter asked how NIDRR defines ``systematically
gathering input.''
Discussion: The goal of this input-gathering activity is to help
identify promising practices that are associated with high rates of
employment outcomes. Toward that end, applicants must propose and
justify the methods that they will use to gather input from VR
personnel and other stakeholders in a consistent and orderly manner.
NIDRR believes that specifying the methods an applicant must use would
be unnecessarily restrictive, and, therefore, is not identifying
specific methods for meeting this requirement.
Changes: None.
Comment: With respect to the activities required under paragraph
(b) of the priority, one commenter suggested that two to three in-depth
case studies would not capture the variation in the size of VR programs
or the regional variations that exist in VR programs across the U.S.
This commenter suggested that more case studies would capture data that
are more representative of VR agencies across the country.
Discussion: The purpose of the case studies is not to build a body
of knowledge about VR programs that is representative of programs from
around the country. Rather, the stated outcome goal for these in-depth
case studies is improved knowledge of specific VR service delivery
practices that have strong potential for improving employment outcomes
for VR clients. This improved knowledge will help
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provide a basis for the testing of VR service delivery practices
required under paragraph (c) of the priority.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter suggested that the RRTC develop a
clearinghouse from which policymakers, researchers, and advocates could
learn about successful VR services, techniques, programs, or
approaches. This commenter suggested that such a clearinghouse could
facilitate the replication of successful practices and policies
identified by the RRTC.
Discussion: Paragraph (d) of the priority seeks to enhance the
likelihood that effective practices identified by the RRTC will be
adopted and used in VR settings. Under this paragraph, the RRTC is
required to develop implementation strategies and tools that will
facilitate the use of effective practices identified by the RRTC. There
is a wide variety of strategies or tools that could be implemented to
facilitate the use of findings, including the use of clearinghouses.
NIDRR believes, however, that specifying the implementation strategies
or tools an applicant must use would be unnecessarily restrictive, and
therefore, NIDRR is not identifying such tools or strategies in the
priority. Accordingly, applicants must specify the tools and
implementation strategies that they will use to fulfill the
requirements of paragraph (d) of the priority.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter noted that the in-depth case studies that
are required under paragraph (b) of the priority to be completed by the
end of the second year of the cooperative agreement could be completed
in six months. This commenter also stated that the more extensive
testing of practices under paragraph (c) of the priority would take at
least 24 to 36 months and suggested that these activities should begin
late in the second year of the RRTC.
Discussion: The commenter's suggestions regarding the timing of
activities in paragraph (b) are within the timeline constraints of the
priority and the project period of 60 months for grants under this
program. Applicants are free to specify in their applications the
timelines for conducting the required activities, so long as the
activities required under paragraph (a) of the priority are completed
within the first six months of the cooperative agreement and the
activities required under paragraph (b) of the priority are completed
within the first two years of the cooperative agreement. While certain
applicants may be able to complete the activities required under
paragraph (b) within six months, we do not have information that
indicates that all applicants could do so and therefore decline to
shorten that time period. With respect to the testing required under
paragraph (c) of the priority, we do not believe it is necessary to
specify a beginning date for these activities. Under paragraph (b) of
the priority, a grantee will need to complete its identification of the
practices to be tested by the end of year two of the cooperative
agreement. We expect that a grantee will begin the testing required
under paragraph (c) shortly after that process is complete.
Changes: None.
Comment: Two commenters asked about the specificity with which
NIDRR uses the term ``service delivery practice.'' One commenter asked
whether the term ``practice'' includes VR program management practices
such as State agency partnerships, service funding arrangements, or VR
staff capacity-building efforts. Another commenter suggested that the
term ``practice'' reference VR program management practices, including
staff development systems and administrative policies.
Discussion: The opening paragraph of this priority states that the
RRTC must focus on the delivery of VR services that are authorized in
the Rehabilitation Act. For the purposes of this priority, VR service
delivery practices do not include VR management practices,
administrative policies, staff development programs, or other practices
that do not directly involve the delivery of services to VR clients.
Changes: None.
Comment: Three commenters asked about NIDRR's use of the term
``test'' in paragraph (c) of the priority. One commenter asked whether
NIDRR's use of the term requires research that would lead to cause and
effect assertions about VR practices. Another commenter noted that
randomized clinical trials are an unrealistic means of testing
practices under this priority, as such trials require more time and
resources than are available to an RRTC. A third commenter, drawing a
distinction between testing and evaluation, suggested that NIDRR add
language that would allow the RRTC to rigorously test or evaluate
practices under this paragraph.
Discussion: Nothing in the priority either precludes or requires
the use of randomized experimental trials of VR service delivery
practices. The word ``test'' in this priority is used to describe
research activities that can begin to determine the effectiveness of
specific VR service delivery practices. Applicants are free to choose
experimental, quasi-experimental, case-control, or other applicable
research designs that are appropriate for an initial determination
about the effectiveness of VR service delivery practices identified
under paragraphs (a) and (b) of the priority. Because we are using the
term broadly, we agree with the commenter's suggestion to add the term
``evaluate'' to the language in paragraph (c) of the priority in order
to clarify our meaning.
Changes: NIDRR has revised paragraph (c) of the priority to require
the RRTC to test or evaluate the service delivery practices identified
under paragraphs (a) and (b) of the priority.
Comment: In reference to the requirement that the RRTC test at
least one intervention in each of the case study sites described in
paragraph (b) of the priority, one commenter stated that the case study
sites may not be the best sites in which to test the service delivery
practices. This commenter noted a number of factors that must be
considered in determining the suitability of a site for testing
specific service delivery practices. This commenter suggested that the
RRTC be allowed to work with NIDRR and RSA to determine the sites in
which practices would be tested.
Discussion: NIDRR agrees with this commenter's assertion that the
case study sites might not be the best sites for testing VR service
delivery practices.
Changes: NIDRR has removed the requirement that practices be tested
at the sites in which the case studies were conducted. NIDRR has also
revised the priority to require the RRTC to test service delivery
practices identified under paragraph (b) of this priority in at least
two sites that will be chosen in conjunction with NIDRR and RSA.
Comment: One commenter asked whether NIDRR is interested either in
practices that are uniquely developed to assist specific subpopulations
of VR clients or in practices developed for a broader client base that
can be demonstrated to work with particular subpopulations.
Discussion: NIDRR does not specify in the priority whether it seeks
research either in practices that have been developed for specific VR
subpopulations or in practices developed for the broader client base.
Accordingly, an applicant may include either research approach in its
proposal. NIDRR anticipates that decisions about the specific practices
to be tested under paragraph (c) of the priority will be driven by the
findings of the research activities conducted under paragraphs (a) and
(b) of the priority.
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Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter asked NIDRR for clarification regarding the
term ``intervention'' in paragraph (c) of the priority.
Discussion: In the context of this priority, NIDRR uses the term
``intervention'' to mean VR service delivery practices.
Changes: To avoid confusion, NIDRR has revised paragraph (c) of the
priority to eliminate use of the term ``intervention.''
Final Priority: The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services announces a priority for a Rehabilitation
Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Effective Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) Service Delivery Practices. This RRTC must conduct
research that contributes to new knowledge of VR service delivery
practices that produce high-quality employment outcomes for VR
customers. This RRTC will contribute to improved employment outcomes by
generating new knowledge about effective practices that can be used by
State VR agencies in serving their customers. This RRTC must focus on
the delivery of VR services that are authorized in the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act) (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
NIDRR will fund this research effort as a cooperative agreement in
order to ensure close interaction between the grantee and staff from
NIDRR and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).
Under this priority, the RRTC must contribute to the following
outcomes:
(a) Increased knowledge of the variations among State VR agencies
in achieving quality employment outcomes, including but not limited to
wages and hours of work, for subpopulations of individuals with
significant disabilities, as defined in the Rehabilitation Act (29
U.S.C. 705(21)(A) and (D)), who have lower than average employment
outcomes rates, wages, and hours of work. The RRTC must contribute to
this outcome by analyzing relevant RSA datasets that provide
information on the outcomes of these subpopulations of individuals with
significant disabilities and by systematically gathering input from VR
counselors and administrators, RSA staff, VR customers, and community
rehabilitation programs. This analysis will help to identify promising
practices by identifying agencies that demonstrate statistically better
than average employment outcome rates and quality employment outcomes
for these subpopulations of VR customers. The RRTC must complete this
work within six months of award of the cooperative agreement.
(b) Improved knowledge of specific VR service delivery practices
that have strong potential for improving employment outcomes for the
subpopulations of VR customers identified in paragraph (a) of this
priority. The RRTC must contribute to this outcome by conducting in-
depth case studies of VR agencies where data demonstrate quality
employment outcomes that are statistically better than average for the
subpopulations of VR customers identified in paragraph (a) above
compared to VR agencies that demonstrate average employment outcomes
for the same subpopulations. NIDRR and RSA staff must approve the
topics for the case studies and the agencies that will serve as sites
for these studies. The applicant must budget to conduct two to three
in-depth case studies. These case studies must identify the elements of
the promising practices, the barriers to and facilitators of the
implementation of the practices, and the outcomes of the practices. The
RRTC must complete this work by the end of year two of the cooperative
agreement.
(c) New knowledge of VR service delivery practices that are
effective in producing high-quality employment outcomes for VR
customers, especially those identified in paragraph (a) of this
priority. The RRTC must contribute to this outcome by conducting
research that rigorously tests or evaluates promising service delivery
practices identified in paragraph (b) of this priority. The RRTC will
work with NIDRR and RSA to identify at least two appropriate sites for
testing the service delivery practice(s).
(d) Enhanced likelihood of adoption of service delivery practices
that demonstrate effectiveness as described in paragraph (c) of this
priority. The RRTC must contribute to this outcome by developing
implementation strategies and tools that will facilitate introduction
and use of newly identified effective practices in other VR settings.
In addition, through coordination with the NIDRR Project Officer,
this RRTC must--
Collaborate with existing RSA grantees, including Regional
Technical Assistance and Continuing Education (TACE) Centers, RSA's
Technical Assistance Network, and RSA's National Technical Assistance
Coordinator to disseminate new knowledge to key stakeholders; and
Collaborate with existing NIDRR grantees, including the
RRTC on VR, the Center on Effective Delivery of Rehabilitation
Technology by VR Agencies, and the Research and Technical Assistance
Center on VR Program Management.
Types of Priorities: When inviting applications for a competition
using one or more priorities, we designate the type of each priority as
absolute, competitive preference, or invitational through a notice in
the Federal Register. The effect of each type of priority follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute priority, we consider only
applications that meet the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(3)).
Competitive preference priority: Under a competitive preference
priority, we give competitive preference to an application by (1)
awarding additional points, depending on the extent to which the
application meets the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2)
selecting an application that meets the priority over an application of
comparable merit that does not meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
Invitational priority: Under an invitational priority, we are
particularly interested in applications that meet the priority.
However, we do not give an application that meets the priority a
preference over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
This notice does not preclude us from proposing additional
priorities, requirements, definitions, or selection criteria, subject
to meeting applicable rulemaking requirements.
Note: This notice does not solicit applications. In any year in
which we choose to use this priority, we invite applications through
a notice in the Federal Register.
Executive Order 12866: This notice has been reviewed in accordance
with Executive Order 12866. Under the terms of the order, we have
assessed the potential costs and benefits of this final regulatory
action.
The potential costs associated with this final regulatory action
are those resulting from statutory requirements and those we have
determined as necessary for administering this program effectively and
efficiently.
In assessing the potential costs and benefits--both quantitative
and qualitative--of this final regulatory action, we have determined
that the benefits of the final priority justify the costs.
Discussion of Costs and Benefits: The benefits of the Disability
and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Programs have been
well established over the years in that similar projects have been
completed successfully. This final priority will generate new knowledge
through research and development.
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Another benefit of this final priority is that the establishment of
a new RRTC will improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. The
new RRTC will generate, disseminate, and promote the use of new
information that will improve the options for individuals with
disabilities to obtain, retain, and advance in employment.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 245-7363.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
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Dated: July 2, 2010.
Alexa Posny,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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