Sec. 6. Applications
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To be qualified to receive a grant under section 5, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. Each such application shall include, at a minimum, each of the following: A description of the applicant’s experience in providing training, information, and support related to augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports to individuals with significant disabilities affecting communication.
A description of the applicant’s experience in providing training, information, and support to early intervention specialists, and elementary education, secondary education, postsecondary education, and community personnel, related to augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports. A description of the applicant’s experience in working with State, local, and, in appropriate cases, tribal government agencies in providing training, information, and support related to augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports.
A description of the applicant’s experience in disseminating training and information to multiple stakeholders. A description of the applicant’s plan to ensure that the applicant will provide training, technical assistance, and information to the communities most in need of the knowledge and ability to obtain augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports, including low-income communities, and individuals with significant disabilities affecting communication and their families.
A description of the applicant’s partnerships with consumer-controlled organizations focused on augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports. An assurance that the applicant, acting through the National Resource Center, will— work with State, tribal, and local government agencies and educational agencies to disseminate information about augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports; increase the capacity of early intervention service, elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, and developmental disability services agencies to provide and support augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports for those who need such devices, services, and supports; assist States to establish plans to ensure augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports are available to those who need such devices, services, and supports; ensure that training, technical assistance, and information developed under the grant is available in the language, including American Sign Language, of the communities served; and provide to the Secretary requested information for purposes of evaluating the grant activities.