(a) The Secretary, through the Commissioner, in coordination with other
appropriate programs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to make grants to and contracts with States and public or
nonprofit agencies and organizations, including
institutions of higher education, to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational services to handicapped individuals and in performing other functions necessary to the development of such services.