106 STAT. 4472 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 "(1) GRANTS.—The Commissioner may make grants to public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay part or £dl of the costs of conducting studies, special projects, or aemonstration projects relating to the management and service delivery systems of the vocational rehabilitation programs authorized under this Act. "(2) APPLICATION.— To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an agency or organization shall submit an application to the Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Commissioner may require.
- (g) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO INCREASE CLIENT CHOICE.—
"(1) GRANTS. —The Commissioner may make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay all or part of the costs of projects to demonstrate ways to increase client choice in the renabilitation process, including the selection of providers of vocational rehabilitation services. "(2) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the grant only— "(A) for activities that are directly related to planning, operating, and evaluating the demonstration projects; and "(B) to supplement, and not supplant, funds made available from Federal and non-Federal sources for such projects. (3) APPLICATION.— Any eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under this subsection shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Commissioner may require, including— (A) a description of— "(i) how the applicant intends to promote increased client choice in the rehabilitation process, including a description, if appropriate, of how an applicant will determine the cost of any service or product offered to an eligible client; "(ii) how the applicant intends to ensure that any vocational rehabilitation service or related service is provided by a qualified provider who is accredited or meets such other quality assurance and cost-control criteria as the State may establish; and "(iii) the outreach activities to be conducted by the applicant to obtain eligible clients; and "(B) assurances that a written plan will be established with the full participation of the client, which plan shall, at a minimum, include— "(i) a statement of the vocational rehabilitation goals to be achieved; "(ii) a statement of the specific vocational rehabilitation services to be provided, the projected dates for their initiation, and the anticipated duration of each such service; and "(iii) obiective criteria, an evaluation procedure, and a schedule, for determining whether such goals are being achieved.
- (4) AWARD OF GRANTS.— In selecting entities to receive
grants under paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall take into consideration the— .*,-„,
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