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through the use of alternative payment
models. To this end, CMS launched the
Health Care Payment Learning and
Action Network, an effort to accelerate
the transition to alternative payment
models, identify best practices in their
implementation, collaborate with
payers, providers, consumers,
purchasers, and other stakeholders, and
monitor the adoption of value-based
alternative payment models across the
health care system. A system wide
transition to alternative payment models
will strengthen the ability of CMS to
implement existing models and design
new models that improve quality and
decrease costs for CMS beneficiaries.
The information collected from LAN
participants will be used by the CMS
Innovation Center to potentially inform
the design, selection, testing,
modification, and expansion of
innovative payment and service
delivery models in accordance with the
requirements of section 1115A, while
monitoring progress towards the
Secretary’s goal to increase the
percentage of payments tied to
alternative payment models across the
U.S. health care system. In addition, the
requested information will be made
publically available so that LAN
participants (payers, providers,
consumers, employers, state agencies,
and patients) can use the information to
inform decision making and better
understand market dynamics in relation
to alternative payment models. Form
Number: CMS–10575 (OMB control
number: 0938–NEW); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public:
Individuals; Private Sector (Business or
other For-profit and Not-for-profit
institutions), State, Local and Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
9,570; Total Annual Responses: 20,280;
Total Annual Hours: 49,432. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Dustin Allison at 410–786–
8830)
Dated: June 23, 2015.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; State
Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Report and Instructions
Administration for Community
Living/Administration on Aging, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration on Aging
(AoA) is announcing that the proposed
collection of information listed below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by July 27,
2015.
SUMMARY:
Submit written comments
on the collection of information by fax
202.395.5806 or by email to OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB
Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Louise Ryan, telephone: (202) 357–3503;
email: louise.ryan@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, AoA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
States provide the following data and
narrative information in the report:
1. Numbers and descriptions of cases
filed and complaints made on behalf of
long-term care facility residents to the
statewide ombudsman program;
2. Major issues identified impacting
on the quality of care and life of longterm care facility residents;
3. Statewide program operations; and
4. Ombudsman activities in addition
to complaint investigation.
The report form and instructions have
been in continuous use, with minor
modifications, since they were first
approved by OMB for the FY 1995
reporting period. This request is for
approval to extend use of the current
form and instructions, with no
modifications, for three years, covering
the FY 2015–2017 reporting periods.
The data collected on complaints filed
with ombudsman programs and
narrative on long-term care issues
provide information to Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services and
others on patterns of concerns and
major long-term care issues affecting
residents of long-term care facilities.
Both the complaint and program data
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collected assist the states and local
ombudsman programs in planning
strategies and activities, providing
training and technical assistance and
developing performance measures.
A reporting form and instructions
may be viewed in the ombudsman
section of the AoA Web site, https://
www.aoa.acl.gov/AoA_Programs/Elder_
Rights/Ombudsman/index.aspx AoA
estimates the burden of this collection
and entering the report information as
follows: Approximately 7702 hours,
with 52 State Agencies on Aging
responding annually.
Dated: June 23, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Final Priority; National Institute on
Disability, Independent Living, and
Rehabilitation Research—
Rehabilitation Research and Training
Centers
Administration for Community
Living, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Final priority.
AGENCY:
CFDA Number: 84.133B–4.
The Administrator of the
Administration for Community Living
announces a priority for the
Rehabilitation Research and Training
Center (RRTC) Program administered by
the National Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDILRR). Specifically, we
announce a priority for an RRTC on
Self-Directed Care to Promote Recovery,
Health, and Wellness for Individuals
with Serious Mental Illness (SMI). The
Administrator of the Administration for
Community Living may use this priority
for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2015
and later years. We take this action to
focus research attention on an area of
national need. We intend for this
priority to contribute to improved
health and wellness for individuals with
serious mental illness.
SUMMARY:
Note: On July 22, 2014, President Obama
signed the Workforce Innovation
Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA was
effective immediately. One provision of
WIOA transferred the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR) from the Department of Education to
the Administration for Community Living
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(ACL) in the Department of Health and
Human Services. In addition, NIDRR’s name
was changed to the National Institute on
Disability, Independent Living, and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Because
of HHS policy, there are changes in the way
that NIDILRR will award and oversee grants
that are made with funds from NIDILRR and
other agencies. These changes apply for this
priority because SAMHSA’s Center for
Mental Health Services provides funding for
activities carried out under the award. These
changes are reflected in the final notice, the
Notice Inviting Applications, and the grant
application kit.
Effective Date: This priority is
effective July 27, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of
Health And Human Services, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5133,
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP),
Washington, DC 20202–2700.
Telephone: (202) 245–7532 or by email:
marlene.spencer@acl.hhs.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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).
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DATES:
Rehabilitation Research and Training
Centers
The purpose of the RRTCs, which are
funded through the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and
Centers Program, is to achieve the goals
of, and improve the effectiveness of,
services authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act through welldesigned research, training, technical
assistance, and dissemination activities
in important topical areas as specified
by NIDILRR. These activities are
designed to benefit rehabilitation
service providers, individuals with
disabilities, family members,
policymakers and other research
stakeholders. Additional information on
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the RRTC program can be found at:
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/rrtc/
index.html#types.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and
764(b)(2)(A).
Applicable Program Regulations: 34
CFR part 350.
We published a notice of proposed
priority (NPP) for this program in the
Federal Register on February 25, 2015
(80 FR 10099). That notice contained
background information and our reasons
for proposing the particular priority.
Public Comment: Eight parties
submitted wholly supportive comments
in response to our invitation in the
notice of proposed priority.
Analysis of the Comments and
Changes: An analysis of the comments
and of any changes in the priority since
publication of the NPP follows.
Agency Requirement: SAMHSA/
CMHS funds for this Center must be
applied to clearly defined tasks and
must be tracked separately by the
grantee. In addition, the grantee must
provide separate reports for activities
carried out with NIDILRR and
SAMHSA/CMHS funds. In addition to
funding for training, technical
assistance, and knowledge translation,
CMHS funds can be applied to
evaluative studies but not to research
projects.
Discussion: Details on the necessary
changes to the application process will
be spelled out in the application kit.
Changes: Evaluative studies has been
added to the priority requirements.
Final Priority
The Administrator of the
Administration for Community Living
establishes a priority for the RRTC on
Self-Directed Care to Promote Recovery,
Health, and Wellness for Individuals
with Serious Mental Illness (SMI). This
RRTC will also support activities
funded by the Center for Mental Health
Services, of the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration.
The RRTC will conduct research and
evaluative studies to develop, adapt,
and enhance self-directed models of
general medical, mental health, and
nonmedical services that are designed to
improve health, recovery, and
employment outcomes for individuals
with serious mental illness. The RRTC
must conduct research, evaluative
studies, knowledge translation, training,
dissemination, and technical assistance
within a framework of consumerdirected services and self-management.
Evaluative studies conducted by this
RRTC will focus on existing programs or
services; research studies will generate
new knowledge, generalizable to the
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relevant target population(s). Under this
priority, the RRTC must contribute to
the following outcomes:
(1) Increased knowledge that can be
used to enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals with serious mental
illness and co-occurring conditions. The
RRTC must contribute to this outcome
by:
(a) Conducting research and
evaluative studies to develop a better
understanding of the barriers to and
facilitators of implementing models that
integrate general medical and mental
health care for individuals with SMI.
These models must incorporate selfmanagement and self-direction
strategies. The research and evaluative
studies must specifically examine
models that incorporate peer-provided
services and supports along with
research-based service integration
strategies such as health navigation and
care coordination.
(b) Conducting research to identify or
develop and then test interventions that
use individual budgets or flexible funds
to increase consumer choice. The RRTC
must design this research to determine
the extent to which the consumerchoice intervention improves health
outcomes and promotes recovery among
individuals living with SMI. In carrying
out this activity, the grantee must
investigate the applicability of strategies
that have proven successful with the
general population or other
subpopulations to determine if they are
effective with individuals with SMI and
co-occurring conditions.
(2) Improved employment outcomes
among individuals with SMI. The RRTC
must contribute to this outcome by:
(a) Conducting research and
evaluative studies to develop a better
understanding of the barriers to and
facilitators of implementing vocational
service and support models that
incorporate self-management and selfdirection features. These features must
include self-directed financing and
flexible funding of services that support
mental health treatment and recovery,
general health, and employment. These
services may include services and
supports not traditionally supplied by
mental health or general medical
systems.
(3) Increased incorporation of
research and evaluative study findings
related to SMI, self-directed care, health
management, and employment into
practice or policy.
(a) Developing, evaluating, or
implementing strategies to increase
utilization of research or evaluative
study findings related to SMI, cooccurring conditions, health
management, and employment.
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(b) Conducting training, technical
assistance, and dissemination activities
to increase utilization of research and
evaluative study findings related to selfdirected care of individuals living with
SMI to promote and co-occurring
conditions, health management, and
employment.
Dated: June 22, 2015.
John Tschida,
Director, National Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation
Research.
Types of Priorities
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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
(45 CFR part 75); or (2) selecting an
application that meets the priority over
an application of comparable merit that
does not meet the priority (45 CFR part
75).
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
(45 CFR part 75).
This notice does not preclude us from
proposing additional priorities,
requirements, definitions, or selection
criteria, subject to meeting applicable
rulemaking requirements.
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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.
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the document published in the Federal
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official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Applications for New Awards; National
Institute on Disability, Independent
Living, and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDILRR)—Rehabilitation Research
and Training Centers
Administration for Community
Living, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Overview Information
National Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDILRR)—Rehabilitation
Research and Training Centers (RRTC)—
Self-Directed Care to Promote Recovery,
Health, and Wellness for Individuals
with Serious Mental Illness.
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–4.
DATES:
Applications Available: June 26, 2015.
Note: On July 22, 2014, President Obama
signed the Workforce Innovation
Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA was
effective immediately. One provision of
WIOA transferred the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR) from the Department of Education to
the Administration for Community Living
(ACL) in the Department of Health and
Human Services. In addition, NIDRR’s name
was changed to the Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDILRR). For FY 2015, all
NIDILRR priority notices will be published as
ACL notices, and ACL will make all NIDILRR
awards. During this transition period,
however, NIDILRR will continue to review
grant applications using Department of
Education tools. NIDILRR will post
previously-approved application kits to
grants.gov, and NIDILRR applications
submitted to grants.gov will be forwarded to
the Department of Education’s G–5 system
for peer review. We are using Department of
Education application kits and peer review
systems during this transition year in order
to provide for a smooth and orderly process
for our applicants.
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Because of HHS policy, there are
changes in the way that NIDILRR will
award and oversee grants that are made
on behalf of other agencies. These
changes apply for this priority because
SAMHSA, specifically the Center for
Mental Health Services, provides
funding for activities carried out under
the award. These changes are reflected
in the final notice, the Notice Inviting
Applications, and the grant application
kit.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: July
17, 2015.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
July 31, 2015.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 25, 2015.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
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. The Program’s activities are
designed to 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).
Rehabilitation Research and Training
Centers
The purpose of the RRTCs, which are
funded through the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and
Centers Program, is to achieve the goals
of, and improve the effectiveness of,
services authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act through welldesigned research, training, technical
assistance, and dissemination activities
in important topical areas as specified
by NIDILRR. These activities are
designed to benefit rehabilitation
service providers, individuals with
disabilities, family members,
policymakers and other research
stakeholders. Additional information on
the RRTC program can be found at:
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/rrtc/
index.html#types.
Priorities: There are two priorities for
the grant competition announced in this
notice. The General RRTC Requirements
priority is from the notice of final
priorities for the Rehabilitation Research
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Final Priority; National Institute on Disability, Independent
Living, and Rehabilitation Research--Rehabilitation Research and
Training Centers
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Final priority.
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CFDA Number: 84.133B-4.
SUMMARY: The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living
announces a priority for the Rehabilitation Research and Training
Center (RRTC) Program administered by the National Institute on
Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
Specifically, we announce a priority for an RRTC on Self-Directed Care
to Promote Recovery, Health, and Wellness for Individuals with Serious
Mental Illness (SMI). The Administrator of the Administration for
Community Living may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year
(FY) 2015 and later years. We take this action to focus research
attention on an area of national need. We intend for this priority to
contribute to improved health and wellness for individuals with serious
mental illness.
Note: On July 22, 2014, President Obama signed the Workforce
Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA was effective immediately.
One provision of WIOA transferred the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) from the Department
of Education to the Administration for Community Living
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(ACL) in the Department of Health and Human Services. In addition,
NIDRR's name was changed to the National Institute on Disability,
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Because
of HHS policy, there are changes in the way that NIDILRR will award
and oversee grants that are made with funds from NIDILRR and other
agencies. These changes apply for this priority because SAMHSA's
Center for Mental Health Services provides funding for activities
carried out under the award. These changes are reflected in the
final notice, the Notice Inviting Applications, and the grant
application kit.
DATES: Effective Date: This priority is effective July 27, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of
Health And Human Services, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5133, Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2700. Telephone: (202) 245-
7532 or by email: marlene.spencer@acl.hhs.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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).
Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers
The purpose of the RRTCs, which are funded through the Disability
and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to achieve
the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized
under the Rehabilitation Act through well-designed research, training,
technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topical
areas as specified by NIDILRR. These activities are designed to benefit
rehabilitation service providers, individuals with disabilities, family
members, policymakers and other research stakeholders. Additional
information on the RRTC program can be found at: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/rrtc/#types.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 764(b)(2)(A).
Applicable Program Regulations: 34 CFR part 350.
We published a notice of proposed priority (NPP) for this program
in the Federal Register on February 25, 2015 (80 FR 10099). That notice
contained background information and our reasons for proposing the
particular priority.
Public Comment: Eight parties submitted wholly supportive comments
in response to our invitation in the notice of proposed priority.
Analysis of the Comments and Changes: An analysis of the comments
and of any changes in the priority since publication of the NPP
follows.
Agency Requirement: SAMHSA/CMHS funds for this Center must be
applied to clearly defined tasks and must be tracked separately by the
grantee. In addition, the grantee must provide separate reports for
activities carried out with NIDILRR and SAMHSA/CMHS funds. In addition
to funding for training, technical assistance, and knowledge
translation, CMHS funds can be applied to evaluative studies but not to
research projects.
Discussion: Details on the necessary changes to the application
process will be spelled out in the application kit.
Changes: Evaluative studies has been added to the priority
requirements.
Final Priority
The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living
establishes a priority for the RRTC on Self-Directed Care to Promote
Recovery, Health, and Wellness for Individuals with Serious Mental
Illness (SMI). This RRTC will also support activities funded by the
Center for Mental Health Services, of the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration. The RRTC will conduct research and
evaluative studies to develop, adapt, and enhance self-directed models
of general medical, mental health, and nonmedical services that are
designed to improve health, recovery, and employment outcomes for
individuals with serious mental illness. The RRTC must conduct
research, evaluative studies, knowledge translation, training,
dissemination, and technical assistance within a framework of consumer-
directed services and self-management. Evaluative studies conducted by
this RRTC will focus on existing programs or services; research studies
will generate new knowledge, generalizable to the relevant target
population(s). Under this priority, the RRTC must contribute to the
following outcomes:
(1) Increased knowledge that can be used to enhance the health and
well-being of individuals with serious mental illness and co-occurring
conditions. The RRTC must contribute to this outcome by:
(a) Conducting research and evaluative studies to develop a better
understanding of the barriers to and facilitators of implementing
models that integrate general medical and mental health care for
individuals with SMI. These models must incorporate self-management and
self-direction strategies. The research and evaluative studies must
specifically examine models that incorporate peer-provided services and
supports along with research-based service integration strategies such
as health navigation and care coordination.
(b) Conducting research to identify or develop and then test
interventions that use individual budgets or flexible funds to increase
consumer choice. The RRTC must design this research to determine the
extent to which the consumer-choice intervention improves health
outcomes and promotes recovery among individuals living with SMI. In
carrying out this activity, the grantee must investigate the
applicability of strategies that have proven successful with the
general population or other subpopulations to determine if they are
effective with individuals with SMI and co-occurring conditions.
(2) Improved employment outcomes among individuals with SMI. The
RRTC must contribute to this outcome by:
(a) Conducting research and evaluative studies to develop a better
understanding of the barriers to and facilitators of implementing
vocational service and support models that incorporate self-management
and self-direction features. These features must include self-directed
financing and flexible funding of services that support mental health
treatment and recovery, general health, and employment. These services
may include services and supports not traditionally supplied by mental
health or general medical systems.
(3) Increased incorporation of research and evaluative study
findings related to SMI, self-directed care, health management, and
employment into practice or policy.
(a) Developing, evaluating, or implementing strategies to increase
utilization of research or evaluative study findings related to SMI,
co-occurring conditions, health management, and employment.
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(b) Conducting training, technical assistance, and dissemination
activities to increase utilization of research and evaluative study
findings related to self-directed care of individuals living with SMI
to promote and co-occurring conditions, health management, and
employment.
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 (45 CFR part 75); or (2) selecting an
application that meets the priority over an application of comparable
merit that does not meet the priority (45 CFR part 75).
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 (45 CFR part 75).
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.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
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Dated: June 22, 2015.
John Tschida,
Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and
Rehabilitation Research.
[FR Doc. 2015-15745 Filed 6-25-15; 8:45 am]
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