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(b) The State plan shall describe the organizational structure of the State agency and the administrative relationships which have been developed for the proper and efficient administration of the plan.

(c) The State plan shall further provide (1) that the State agency shall be responsible for the selection of individuals to receive evaluation and work adjustment services, the scope of such services and the provision (either directly or by contract) of evaluation and work adjustment services under the plan and (2) that the State agency shall maintain fiscal and administrative responsibility and shall be accountable for all program funds.

402.6 Cooperative and joint undertakings with other agencies.

(a) The State plan shall provide that the State agency will cooperate, to the maximum extent possible, with other public and private agencies concerned with and serving disadvantaged individuals and will establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with such other public and private agencies in order to assure maximum utilization of resources for the disadvantaged.

(b) (1) The State plan shall further provide that the State agency shall participate in joint service programs and other joint undertakings and activities designed to coordinate the services of the State agency with those of other public and private agencies serving the disadvantaged. To the maximum extent possible, such cooperative and joint undertakings shall be planned with reference to the Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System, and shall be reviewed annually in the light of significant program emphases.

(2) Joint undertakings shall be evidenced by written agreements which shall provide, among other things, for reciprocal referral services and continuing liaison, and which shall (1) describe the nature and scope of the activities to be conducted and the roles of each agency participating in the joint undertaking; (1) specify the duration of the agreement; (1) provide that to the extent that evaluation and work adjustment services are provided in the joint undertaking, the criteria of the State agency for the selection of individuals to receive such services and for the provision of such services will be met; (iv) describe the arrangements for financing the joint undertaking: and (v) describe the means by which the effectiveness of such joint undertakings will be evaluated.

(c) The State plan shall further provide that the State agency shall assign the highest priority to developing cooperative activities with those agencies sponsoring or administering a concentrated employment program, a work incentive program, or other related manpower programs with similar objectives.

(d) In States where there is a separate Vocational rehabilitation agency for the blind, the State plan shall provide that the State agency and the State agency for the blind will jointly plan programs and activities for disadvantaged indi

The State plan shall assure that the State agency's standards of personnel administration shall be consistent with those standards specified in § 401.12 under the State plan for vocational rehabilitation services. To the maximum extent feasibile, subprofessional personnel will be utilized in the provision of evaluation and work adjustment services. The State agency will review its policies in order to encourage the fullest participation of such personnel in the vocational evaluation and work adjustment program.

§ 402.8 Standards for facilities and personnel.

The State plan shall provide that the State agency will establish and maintain minimum standards for the various types of facilities and personnel utilized in providing services to disadvantaged individuals, and shall assure that such standards, insofar an applicable, shall be consistent with those standards specified in 401.42 under the State plan for vocational rehabilitation services. § 402.9

Order of selection for services

(a) The State plan shall set forth the criteria to be used in selecting those disadvantaged individuals to whom services will be provided when services cannot be provided to all disadvantaged individuals who apply. Such criteria shall assure that disadvantaged individuals who are clients or prospective clients of concentrated employment programs, work incentive programs, manpower agencies, public assistance agencies, or other agencies providing manpower development, training or employment services to the disadvantaged shall receive primary consideration in selection for services.

(b) The State plan shall provide that evaluation and work adjustment services will be provided without regard to whether a disadvantaged individual is in financial need. The State plan shall provide, however, that an individual's financial need shall be a consideration in determining the priority for selection for services when services cannot be provided to all disadvantaged individuals who apply for them in order to give preference to those disadvantaged individuals who are in financial need. § 402.10

Reports.

(a) The State plan shall provide that the State agency will make such reports in such form and containing such information as the Administrator may reasonably require, and will comply with such provisions as the Administrator

may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.

(b) The State plan shall further provide that all State agency records, statistics and other reports shall be maintained in such a manner as to distinguish handicapped individuals from other disadvantaged individuals served by the vocational evaluation and work adjustment program. To the extent practicable, such records, statistics and other reports will be compatible with reporting systems and methods utilized both by manpower agencies serving the disadvantaged and State vocational rehabilitation agencies.

Subpart C-State Plan Content:
Services and Procedures

§ 402.20 Processing referrals and applications.

The State plan shall describe the methods to be followed to assure the prompt processing of referrals and applications for evaluation and work adjustment services.

§ 402.21 Acceptance for evaluation and work adjustment services.

(a) General provisions. The State plan shall describe the policies and methods which the State agency will follow in providing evaluation and work adjustment services to a disadvantaged individual. The State plan shall assure that services will be provided by the State agency without regard to sex, race, creed, color, or national origin of the disadvantaged individual.

(b) Basic conditions. The State plan shall provide that acceptance or nonacceptance for evaluation and work adjustment services shall be based upon a preliminary screening to determine that: (1) The individual is disadvantaged; (2) the individual has a handicap to employment; and (3) the individual needs evaluation and work adjustment services. Such determination shall be in writing and shall include a statement of acceptance or nonacceptance for further evaluation and work adjustment services.

(c) Notification of determination. The State plan shall provide that in those cases where individuals have been referred for services by another public or private agency, the State agency shall notify such other agency of its determination. Where individuals have made direct application for services, the State agency shall notify such individuals of its determination.

§ 402.22 Comprehensive diagnostic study.

(a) The State plan shall provide that there will be a comprehensive and thorough diagnostic study of each disadvantaged individual which will consist of evaluation of those pertinent medical, psychological, vocational, educational, cultural, social, and environmental factors which bear on his handicap to employment and his rehabilitation potential.

(b) The State plan shall provide that, in all cases, general medical information

shall be obtained to appraise the current medical status of the disadvantaged individual.

(c) The State plan shall further provide that, in all cases, such diagnostic study shall include, to the degree needed, an evaluation of the individual's educational achievements, work experience, Vocational aptitudes and interests, intellectual abilities, personality characteristics, attitudes, personal and social adjustments, employment opportunities, motivation for additional services, and such other pertinent data as may be helpful in determining the nature and scope of services needed.

§ 402.23

Other evaluation and work adjustment services.

(a) The State plan shall describe the other evaluation and work adjustment services to be furnished to disadvantaged individuals, as needed, in order: (1) To appraise an individual's patterns of work behavior and ability to acquire occupational skills and (2) to develop an individual's work attitudes, work habits, work tolerance, and social and other behavior patterns suitable to prepare him for job training and future Job performance.

(b) The State plan shall describe the provisions for furnishing, whenever appropriate, simulated or real work experience necessary to assess and develop a disadvantaged individual's capacities to perform adequately in a work environment.

(c) The State plan shall describe the provisions for furnishing services to family members of a disadvantaged individual when the provision of such services is necessary for the effective evaluation and work adjustment of the disadvantaged individual.

(d) The State plan shall describe the provisions for furnishing to a disadvantaged individual such other goods and services as are determined to be necessary for the effective evaluation and work adjustment of such an individual and as are necessary for ascertaining: (1) The nature of such an individual's handicap to employment and (2) whether it may reasonably be expected that the individual can benefit from Vocational rehabilitation services in the case where the disadvantaged individual is a handicapped individual, or other services in the case of other disadvantaged individuals.

§ 402.24 Recording of case data.

The State plan shall provide that the State agency will maintain records which will provide pertinent information about the individual and the services provided. For those individuals accepted for services on the basis of the preliminary screening, to the extent possible, such records shall include: (a) Data supporting the determination that the individual is disadvantaged and other data secured in the preliminary screening; (b) an enumeration and description of the evaluation and work adjustment services which have been provided to the disadvantaged individual (including any services provided to members of the dis

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advantaged individual's family and justification for the provision of such services); (c) a terminal report which includes a summary of pertinent findings and recommendations for further services or referral; and (d) the reasons and justifications for terminating services. $402.25 Reports to other agencies.

The State plan shall provide that, when indicated, other public or private agencies will be provided special progress reports concerning disadvantaged individuals, who have been referred by such other agencies for evaluation and work adjustment services, when such other agencies maintain a continuing relationship with the individual. The State agency shall also submit a comprehensive final report, describing the evaluation and work adjustment services provided to the disadvantaged individual and recommendations for additional services, to both the referring agency and to the public and private agencies to which the State agency has referred disadvantaged individuals for such additional services.

§ 402.26 Referral to other agencies.

(a) The State plan shall provide that disadvantaged individuals who are found to be handicapped individuals shall be referred to the appropriate State vocational rehabilitation agency at such time as the State agency determines they will be served more effectively by vocational rehabilitation services.

(b) The State plan shall provide that, if possible, before evaluation and work adjustment services are terminated, arrangements will be made to refer the individual to an appropriate agency in order that necessary additional services may be provided. In the event that such a referral has not been made, the case record shall indicate the reasons therefor.

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or renovation of existing buildings, equipment, and such other support as is necessary to increase the effective use of rehabilitation facilities providing evaluation and work adjustment services.

(b) Federal financial participation will also be available in expenditures for evaluation and work adjustment services made under the State plan, which are furnished by the State agency for other agencies of the State serving disadvantaged individuals.

(c) Federal financial participation will not be available in expenditures for the establishment or construction of rehabilitation facilities, or for the cost of any evaluation and work adjustment services for which payment has been made to the State agency by another public or private agency, or for which payment is made under any other part of this chapter.

(a) In order to receive the Federal share of expenditures under the State plan, expenditures from State or local funds, including funds donated to the State, under such plan equal to the State's share must be made. Such funds may not consist of Federal funds or of non-Federal funds that are applied to match other Federal funds, except as may be specifically authorized by Congress.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "State or local funds" means (1) funds made available by appropriation directly to the State agency, funds made available by allotment or transfer from a general departmental appropriation, or funds otherwise made available to the State agency by any unit of State or local government; (2) non-Federal funds donated to the State, which are deposited in the account of the State agency in accordance with State law, for expenditure by, and at the sole discretion of, the State agency: Provided, however, That such donations may be earmarked for meeting the State's share for providing particular services, for providing serv

ment services.

(a) Federal financial participation will be available in expenditures made under an approved State plan for providing the following evaluation and work adjustment services to disadvantaged individuals: (1) Vocational evaluation

and related diagnostic services; (2) work adjustment services, including, as necessary, the utilization of simulated or real work experience; (3) outreach; (4) referral; (5) advocacy; (6) other goods or services necessary to ascertain the nature of the disadvantaged individual's handicap to employment and to determine those additional services from which the disadvantaged individual can be expected to benefit; (7) such services to family members of a disadvantaged individual as are necessary for the vocational evaluation and work adjustment of the disadvantaged individual; and (8) the administration of the vocational evaluation and work adjustment services program, including such minor alteration

fied on the basis of criteria which would be acceptable for the earmarking of public funds, or for use at a specific facility, or for carrying on types of administrative activities so identified: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall authorize the further earmarking of funds for a particular individual or for members of a particular organization, and that Federal financial participation will not be available in expenditures that revert to the donor's use or facility where the donor is a private agency, organization, or individual.

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the product of the population of the State and the allotment percentage bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all States. The allotment percentage shall be the same allotment percentage as is applied under the State plan for Vocational rehabilitation services and shall be promulgated in the same manner (see 401.85).

(b) The allotment to any State for any fiscal year which is less than $50,000 (or such other amount as may be specified as a minimum allotment in the act appropriating sums for such year) shall be increased to that amount, the total, of the increase thereby required being derived by proportionately reducing the allotments of each of the remaining States, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any such remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than that amount.

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(b) Payments. Administrator shall pay, from the allotment available therefor, the amount so estimated for such period. In making any such payment, such additions and subtractions will be made as the State's accounting for any prior period and audit thereof may indicate as necessary in balancing the Federal-State account for any such prior period. Payments shall be made prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall be made through the disbursing facilities of the Treasury Department, and shall made in such installments as the Administrator may determine.

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Application content.

Project activities.

Selection of handicapped individuals to be served in projects.

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Project revision.

Grant awards.

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Reports.

For purposes of this subpart(a) The terms "act," "Administrator," "construction of a rehabilitation facility," "gainful occupation," "handicapped individuals," "nonprofit," "Regional Commissioner," "rehabilitation facility." "vocational rehabilitation services," and "workshop." except where the context indicates otherwise, have the same meaning as set forth in § 401.1 of this chapter.

(b) "State" means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Is

In the case of any project under this subpart for which Federal funds are granted to pay part of the cost, the matching grantee funds may not consist of other Federal funds or of non-Federal funds that are applied to match other Federal funds, except as may be specifically authorized by Congress. No Federal assistance may be furnished under this subpart for activities for which payment is made under another subpart of this part, another part of this chapter, or other authority.

$403.4 Application procedure.

Application for a grant under this program may be submitted by a State vocational rehabilitation agency or other public or private nonprofit organization or agency which is now providing or is capable of providing vocational rehabilitation services leading to the placement of disabled persons in gainful occupations. The application shall be made in the form and detail required by the Administrator and shall be submitted to the Regional Commissioner for review for approval. If the applicant is an organization or agency other than a State vocational rehabilitation agency, the application must have prior approval of the appropriate State vocational rehabilitation agency or agencies before submittal to the Regional Commissioner. Applicants, when other than a State vocational rehabilitation agency, shall secure prior consultation and assistance from the appropriate State vocational rehabilitation agency or agencies and the Regional Commissioner in the development of their proposals and the preparation of their applications. Each applicant will be notified in writing of the action on its application.

§ 403.5 Application content.

The application shall (a) describe the organization that will conduct the activities, showing the nature and scope of its present vocational rehabilitation services and the number of State agency clients and others rehabilitated into gainful occupations in the past 2 years; (b) describe the specific activities to be

undertaken, showing how these activities will increase directly the numbers of disabled persons prepared for and placed in gainful occupations; (c) provide for qualified and adequate staff, including a project director, and adequate supervision to accomplish the purpose of the project; (d) in the case of a grant for a private, nonprofit rehabilitation facility which is or which includes a workshop, specify that applicable Federal and State wage and hour standards will be observed or, in the case of a grant for a rehabilitation facility which is or which includes a workshop and is operated by a State, county, or municipal government, give assurance that the facility will comply with wage and hour standards specified by the Administrator, which will be at least equal to those imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act; (e) specify the duration of the project; (f) set forth the budget for the project and the methods for meeting costs; (g) show plans for continuation of the project activity, if appropriate, including anticipated sources of funding, after expiration of the project grant; (h) describe arrangements for reporting to the State agency or agencies requested information regarding the persons served and those vocationally rehabilitated under the project; (1) contain an agreement to make such reports and to keep such records and accounts as the Administrator may require and to make such records and accounts available for audit purposes; and (j) provide such other information as the Administrator may find necessary to assure that the project meets requirement for approval. § 403.6

Project activities.

(a) Expansion projects may include but are not limited to such activities as the following, provided they may be reasonably expected to result in a substantial increase in the numbers of persons vocationally rehabilitated: (1) The expansion and extension of present vocational rehabilitation services in order to serve additional disabled people; (2) the demonstration of newly developed rehabilitation techniques and methods that have been found to be effective; (3) the initiation of new vocational rehabilitation services or activities; (4) the initiation or expansion of vocational rehabilitation programs for groups of individuals with special problems, such as the disabled socially and culturally disadvantaged, disabled public offenders, or disabled public assistance recipients; (5) the extension of Vocational rehabilitation programs and activities to areas of urban or rural poverty; and (6) the employment of additional staff in rehabilitation facilities and other service programs.

(b) Expansion projects may not include: (1) Construction or substantial alteration of rehabilitation facilities or other buildings, or the acquisition of land or existing buildings; (2) research unless such activity is an essential component of a project primarily designed to provide services that will increase the number of handicapped individuals who

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will be vocationally rehabilitated; (3) staff training; or (4) activities designed primarily to improve administration unless it can be clearly shown that such improvement in administration will result directly in an increased number of handicapped individuals vocationally rehabilitated.

§ 403.7

Federal financial participation.

The following conditions will govern Federal financial participation in approved expansion activities: (a) Federal financial participation will be available for only those expansion activities approved in the project application and only in the total amount approved in the project application; (b) Federal participation in any single expansion project shall be limited to a maximum of 3 years; (c) the Federal share of the approved project costs shall not exceed 90 per centum; and (d) the respective Federal and grantee shares are not applied to separate parts of the project but are treated as total project expenditures. If the grantee is a State vocational rehabilitation agency, grants shall be made only if the Administrator is satisfied that the State agency will comply with such conditions concerning the utilization of allotments and the expenditure of State funds as the Administrator may find necessary to assure that State funds will be effectively used to earn allotments under section 2 of the act.

§ 403.8 Project revisions.

A revision to an approved project shall be submitted whenever necessary to reflect any material change in the scope of the project or in its operation or administration.

§ 403.9 Termination.

If for any reason the grantee discontinues an approved project, the grantee shall notify the Regional Commissioner and the State agency in writing, giving the reasons for termination, an accounting of funds granted for the project, and other pertinent information. The grant may be terminated, in whole or in part, at any time at the discretion of the Administrator. The grantee and the State agency will be given prompt notice of the termination, including the reasons therefor. Such termination shall not affect obligations incurred prior to the termination of the grant. Upon termination or completion of a project, the proportion of unexpended funds attributable to the Federal grant shall be refunded.

§ 403.10 Grant awards.

All grant awards shall be in writing. shall set forth the amount of funds

granted, and shall constitute for such amounts the encumbrance of Federal funds available for such purpose on the date of the award. The initial award shall also specify the project period for which support is contemplated if the activity is satisfactorily carried out and Federal funds are available. For continuation support, grantees must make separate application in the form and detall required by the Administrator.

Pursuant to section 203 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-577), a State, as defined in section 102 of that Act, will not be held accountable for interest earned on grant funds, pending their disbursement for program purposes. A State, as defined in the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. section 102, means any one of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of a State, but does not include the governments of the political subdivisions of the State. All other grantees must return to the Social and Rehabilitation Service all interest earned on grant funds. § 403.14

Distribution of funds.

Federal funds for expansion projects (except for a reserve for priority projects) will be distributed initially each year on the basis of population so that there will be opportunity in each State to plan for orderly expansion of vocational rehabilitation services and to submit approvable applications under this subpart. Funds may be redistributed from time to time during the year if they are not to be used within the State.

§ 403.15 Factors considered in evaluating proposals.

In evaluating proposals for expansion grants a number of factors will be considered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service, such as the following: The extent to which a project proposal will result in an increased number of persons vocationally rehabilitated; the merit of a proposal in relation to other expansion proposals in the State; the distribution of expansion projects among the States and among various program areas, including disability groups; the extent to which proposals reflect stated priority concerns of the Social and Rehabilitation Service; the amount of Federal funds available for support of expansion projects; and alternate sources of financing for the proposed project activities.

For purposes of this subpart

(a) The terms "act," "Administrator," "handicapped individual," "local rehabilitation agency," "Regional Commissloner," "State," "State agency," "State Vocational rehabilitation agency," and "vocational rehabilitation services," except where the context indicates otherwise, shall have the same meanings as set forth in § 401.1 of this chapter.

(b) "Pilot or demonstration project" means a project to provide vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped migratory agricultural workers and to members of their families and to develop Improved methods and techniques for the delivery of such services.

(e) "Migratory agricultural worker" means a person who occasionally or habitually leaves his place of residence on a seasonal or other temporary basis to engage in ordinary agricultural operations or in services incident to the preparation of farm commodities for the market in another locality in which he resides during the period of such employment. (See 29 CFR Part 11.)

(d) "Family members" or "members of the family" means any relative by blood or marriage of a handicapped migratory agricultural worker and other individuals living in the same household with whom the handicapped migratory agricultural worker has a close interpersonal relationship, and who are with the worker, or have accompanied the worker on his migratory tour to the point in time at which the State agency comes into contact with him.

(e) "Transportation" means the necessary travel and related costs in connection with transporting handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultural workers and members of their families who are with them for the purpose of achieving the vocational rehabilitation objective of the handicapped migratory agricultural worker. Transportation includes costs of travel and subsistence during travel (or per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence), and includes relocation and moving expenses necessary for the achievement of a vocational rehabilitation objective. § 403.21

Purpose.

Project grants authorized in section 17 of the act shall be made for the purpose of paying part of the cost of pilot or demonstration projects for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultural workers and to members of their families (whether or not handicapped), where such services are necessary to the vocational rehabilitation of the handicapped migratory agricultural worker.

§403.22 Non-Federal funds.

In the case of any project under this part, the matching grantee funds may not consist of other Federal funds or of non-Federal funds that are applied to

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match other Federal funds, except as may be specifically authorized by Congress. No Federal financial assistance may be furnished under this subpart for activities for which payment is made under another subpart of this part, another part of this chapter, or other authority.

§ 403.23 Application procedure.

(a) A State agency may submit an application to the Regional Commissioner at any time.

(b) A local rehabiliation agency shall submit an application to the State agency for State agency approval, and the State agency shall forward such applications to the Regional Commissioner.

(c) Final approval of all applications shall be made by the Administrator. Each applicant will be notified in writing of the action on its application.

§ 403.24 Joint projects in two or more

States.

A State agency may, if it so desires, enter into an agreement with the vocational rehabilitation agencies of one or more other States to develop a cooperative program for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to handland members of their families. capped migratory agricultural workers

§ 403.25 Application content.

Applications shall be made in appropriate form and detall and shall (a) describe the purposes and objectives of the project and the specific activities to be undertaken; (b) provide for qualified and adequate staff including a project director, to accomplish the purpose of the project; (c) specify the duration of the project; (d) provide a proposed project budget; (e) (1) give assurance that there will be cooperation with other public and nonprofit private agencies having special skills and experience in the provision of services to migratory agricultural workers or their families, including programs dealing specifically with migratory agricultural workers authorized under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, section 311 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963; and (2) be accompanied by statements of such understandings and cooperative agreements, as appropriate; (f) contain an agreement to make such reports and to keep such records and accounts as the Administrator may require, and to make such records and accounts available for audit purposes; (g) give assurance that the level and duration of maintenance payments shall be consistent with any maintenance payments made to handicapped individuals in the State under the act; and (h) provide such other information as the Administrator may require. § 403.26 Project activities.

(a) Project activities for services for migratory agricultural workers shall include the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, which may include maintenance and transportation, to handicapped individuals who are migra

tory agricultural workers and to their family members, upon determination that such services to family members are necessary to the vocational rehabilitation of the handicapped migratory agricultural worker.

(b) Project activities may also include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The planning and development of project activities to serve handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families; (2) the extension of present vocational rehabilitation services to settings more readily available to handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families; (3) the demonstration of innovative techniques for the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services, such as mobile rehabilitation teams and units; (4) pre-vocational, adjustment, and vocational training (including literacy training), and job placement activities, aimed either at enabling handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families to leave the migrant stream or to return to employment within migratory agricultural labor; (5) the employment and training of special staff within a State agency to provide casework, referral, and other essential services to handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families; and (6) the demonstration of patterns and techniques of family unit rehabilitation.

(c) Projects shall not include those activities designed primarily for (1) basic research, (2) staff training, unless such training is determined to have significant implication for improving the capacity of the State agency to serve handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families and is included within a program of services to handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families, or (3) initial staffing, and acquisition of initial equipment, except where necessary to provide services to handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families.

(d) Project grants shall not be made for construction of rehabilitation facilities, except for minor remodeling or alteration of existing buildings necessary to provide services to handicapped migratory agricultural workers and members of their families.

§ 403.27 Federal financial participation.

(a) Federal financial participation will be available for only those activities approved in the project application and only in the total amount approved in the project application.

(b) Federal financial participation in any single project for services for migratory agricultural workers shall be limited to a maximum of 5 years. The Federal share of the approved project costs shall not exceed 90 per centum of the cost of the project.

§ 403.28 Project revision.

A revision to an approved project shall be submitted for approval whenever necessary to reflect any material change