[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28273-28274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11961]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Notice of Intent To Award a Single Source Non-Competing
Continuation Cooperative Agreement for Two National Activities Grant
Projects Under Section 6 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as
Amended (AT Act)
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is transitioning
the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of
North America (RESNA) Catalyst Project Assistive Technology Technical
Assistance Center (AT TA Center) and the University of New Hampshire
Institute on Disability Assistive Technology Public Internet Site
(National AT Web site) to ACL as a result of the Workforce Opportunity
Improvement Act (Pub. L. 113-128) signed by President Obama in July
2014.
The RESNA Catalyst Project is a national training and technical
assistance center for assistive technology programs that provides
comprehensive information and state-specific, regional and national
resources to entities funded under Sections 4 and 5 of the AT Act to
improve the implementation and effectiveness of their programs, and to
provide appropriate technical assistance and training to entities not
funded under the AT Act to improve awareness of and access to assistive
technology.
The University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability supports
the renovation, updating, and maintenance of an accessible National AT
Web site that provides the public comprehensive, up-to-date information
on accommodating individuals with disabilities and resources related to
assistive technology, including but not limited to programs under the
AT Act.
The RESNA Catalyst Project and New Hampshire National AT Web site
previously operated through a
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cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education,
Rehabilitation Services Administration. The Department of Health and
Human Services is currently transitioning programs under the AT Act to
ACL.
DATES: Estimated Project Period--September 30, 2015 through September
30, 2016
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Program Name: Assistive Technology National Activities.
Award Amount: $640,000 to Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive
Technology Society of North America; $100,000 to University of New
Hampshire Institute on Disability.
Project Period: 9/30/2015 to 9/30/2016.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Statutory Authority: This program is authorized under Section 6
of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as amended (29 U.S.C. 3005)
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.464
Discretionary Projects
Program Description
The purpose of the National Activities cooperative agreements with
RESNA and the University of New Hampshire is to continue existing
activities designed to support and improve the administration of the AT
Act. The grantees will continue to use both traditional and innovative
approaches that will assist individuals and entities through
information dissemination and provide state-specific, regional and
national training and technical assistance concerning assistive
technology.
Justification: ACL is currently working on transitioning the
Assistive Technology National Activities program to ACL. To ensure
uninterrupted continuation of the grant goals and objectives, ACL plans
to issue a one year non-competing award to both RESNA and the
University of New Hampshire.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments
regarding this action, contact Lori Gerhard, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, Center for
Consumer Access and Self-Determination, Office of Integrated Programs,
One Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20001; telephone (202)
357-3443; fax (202) 357-3469; email [email protected].
Dated: May 13, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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