PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
This program is designed to support special projects for training State vocational rehabilitation unit personnel in program areas essential to the effective management of the unit's program of vocational rehabilitation services or in skill areas that enable staff personnel to improve their abilities to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities. Projects are designed to: (1) Address recruitment and retention of qualified rehabilitation professionals; (2) provide for successful planning; (3) provide for leadership development and capacity building; and (4) provide training on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Handicapped Education;
- Resource Development and Support - Vocational Education and Handicapped Education;
- Teacher Training;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Individual/Family;
- Education Professional;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);