29 U.S.C. § 771 — Declaration of purpose and competitive basis of grants and contracts
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 93-112 to r/title-29-LABOR · 221 words · no verdicts yet
This subchapter authorizes competitive grants and contracts for rehabilitation training, service projects, research, evaluation, and information. The Secretary must award all grants and contracts under it competitively.
(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize grants and contracts to:
(1)(A) provide academic training so skilled personnel are available to provide rehabilitation services to people with disabilities through vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs, including supported employment; economic and business development programs; independent-living-services programs; and client-assistance programs; and
(B) train personnel to maintain and improve basic skills and knowledge, including personnel specially trained to provide current service-delivery and rehabilitation-technology services to people whose employment outcome* is self-employment or telecommuting.
(2) conduct special projects and demonstrations that expand and improve rehabilitation and other services authorized under this chapter, including services through community rehabilitation programs, or otherwise advance this chapter’s purposes, including related research and evaluation; and
(3) give people with disabilities, their representatives, and other appropriate parties training and information to develop the skills needed for people with disabilities to access the rehabilitation system and statewide workforce-development systems and to become active decision-makers in rehabilitation.
(b) The Secretary must ensure that every grant and contract awarded under this subchapter is awarded competitively.
It is the purpose of this subchapter to authorize grants and contracts to—
provide academic training to ensure that skilled personnel are available to provide rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities* through vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs (including supported employment programs), through economic and business development programs, through independent living services* programs, and through client assistance programs; and
provide training to maintain and upgrade basic skills and knowledge of personnel (including personnel specifically trained to deliver services to individuals with disabilities whose employment outcome* is self-employment or telecommuting) employed to provide state-of-the-art service delivery and rehabilitation technology services;
conduct special projects and demonstrations that expand and improve the provision of rehabilitation and other services (including those services provided through community rehabilitation programs) authorized under this chapter, or that otherwise further the purposes of this chapter, including related research and evaluation; and
provide training and information to individuals with disabilities and the individuals’ representatives, and other appropriate parties to develop the skills necessary for individuals with disabilities to gain access to the rehabilitation system and statewide workforce development systems and to become active decisionmakers in the rehabilitation process.
The Secretary shall ensure that all grants and contracts are awarded under this subchapter on a competitive basis.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 93–112, title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 406, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1183; amended Pub. L. 113–128, title IV, § 441(a), July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1672.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 93-112 · 112 Stat. 1183
- 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-128 · 128 Stat. 1672
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 93-112 on 1998-08-07.
all 0 arguments · sorted by: best
no arguments yet — make the first case