Washington DC 20202-2649 202-205-8926 The program objective is to support projects that provide new personnel and improve the skills of existing personnel trained in providing vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities in areas targeted as having personnel shortages. Training grants are provided in fields directly related to the vocational and independent living rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities, such as rehabilitation counseling, independent living, rehabilitation medicine, physical and occupational therapy, speech/language, pathology and audiology, and more. Some of the projects funded include: residency scholarships in physical medicine and rehabilitation; teaching and nonacademic awards in rehabilitation facility administration and teaching grants for training rehabilitation personnel in physical and occupational therapy. Students must apply to those institutions that have received the program money. Students can contact these institutions directly or through the main source listed above. A catalogue of projects is available, which includes address, phone number, contact person, and an abstract for each grant awarded. Money available: $17,200,000. AID FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BE INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF (Training Interpreters For Individuals Who Are Deaf and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind 81.460) Deafness and Communicative Disorders Branch
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