Sec. 5. Grants
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The Secretary shall award 3 grants through an open competition to eligible entities, with applications approved under section 7, to create, maintain, and administer a network of National Resource Centers on Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Each national resource center shall be a comprehensive training, technical assistance, and resource center created to work toward eliminating the continued discrimination against, isolation of, marginalization of, and denial of effective communication for and equal opportunity of, individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities, through activities including the priority activities described in section 6.
The Secretary shall award the grants for national resource centers in 3 geographically diverse locations, and shall designate one of the centers as the lead administrative center. The lead administrative center shall coordinate— all activities of the centers; specialization of priorities among the centers; dissemination of information among the centers; responses of the centers to the Secretary; and ensuring that the full range of individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities is served by the centers.
The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, award the 3 grants in amounts that total not more than $9,000,000 per year of a period described in subsection (e). The Secretary shall award each grant for a period of 5 years, through an open competition held initially and at the end of each 5-year period. An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section may reapply for such a grant at the end of the grant period.