Comments on the RSA
Rehabilitation Training Program - April 5th Deadline 2:00 PM PDT
An important reminder.
The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), the federal agency that
administers the grants supporting most of CCER’s services, is inviting input on
“the role and effectiveness of the RCEP program in meeting the needs of State VR
agencies and community rehabilitation programs for training.”
While RSA has not specified the types of changes they may be
considering for training programs, it is likely that any changes away from the
current Regional Continuing Education Program (RCEP) system would have a big
impact on our ability to continue to support you and your efforts.
We strongly encourage you to respond to RSA’s request for comments by
sending an email to:
Timothy.Muzzio@ed.gov by April 5th.
RSA is “particularly interested in comments from individuals with
disabilities; their parents, families, guardians, advocates, and authorized
representatives; and those entities and individuals serving individuals with
disabilities under the Act” (e.g., CRPs).
Why should you care? Under the current RCEP system, CCER is able to
provide training and resources that are referenced to Northwest concerns and
issues. RSA is not required to spend these financial resources in any
particular way. While RSA has not specified how the system might be changed,
consider the possible alternative of having training and support centralized to
a single, national center in Washington, DC. Or consider the
possibilities of supporting more graduate student training in rehabilitation
counseling, or of abolishing the regional approach to training and funding state
specific VR in-service training needs.
Go to the RSA site:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/2007-1/030607c.html
for complete information.
It is really important for your voice to be heard. Public input will
make a big difference in the direction RSA decides to go.
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