Sentences with phrase «assist handicapped individuals»

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(b) In selecting personnel to assist in the performance of the functions assigned in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall give special emphasis to qualified handicapped individuals.

(a) It is the purpose of this section to assist and encourage the provision of urgently needed facilities for programs for handicapped individuals.

(B)(i) that such unit shall be located at an organizational level and shall have an organizational status within such State agency comparable to that of other major organizational units of such agency, or (ii) in the case of an agency described in clause (1)(B)(ii), either that such unit shall be so located and have such status, or that the director of such unit shall be the executive officer of such State agency; except that, in the case of a State which has designated only one State agency pursuant to clause (1) of this subsection, such State may, if it so desires, assign responsibility for the part of the plan under which vocational REHABILITATION services are provided for the blind to one organizational unit of such agency, and assign responsibility for the rest of the plan to another organizational unit of such agency, with the provisions of this clause applying separately to each of such units; provide for financial participation by the State, or if the State so elects, by the State and local agencies to meet the amount of the non - Federal share; provide that the plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions, except that in the case of any activity which, in the judgment of the Secretary, is likely to assist in promoting the vocational REHABILITATION of substantially larger numbers of handicapped individuals or groups of handicapped individuals the Secretary may waive compliance with the requirement herein that the plan be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State to the extent and for such period as may be provided in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, but only if the non - Federal share of the * cost of such vocational REHABILITATION services is met from funds made available by a local agency (including, to the extent permitted by such regulations, funds contributed to such agency by a private agency, organization, or individual);

(A) The purpose of this title is to authorize grants to assist States to meet the current and future needs of handicapped individuals, so that such individuals may prepare for and engage in gainful employment to the extent of their capabilities.

(2) authorize grants and contracts to assist in the provision of vocational training services to handicapped individuals;

(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.

There shall be included in the annual report to the Congress required by section 404 a full report on the research and training activities carried out under this title and the extent to which such research and training has contributed directly to the development of methods, procedures, devices, and trained personnel to assist in the provision of vocational * REHABILITATION services to handicapped individuals and those with the most * severe handicaps under this ACT.

(2) counseling, guidance, referral, and placement services for handicapped individuals, including followup, follow - along, and other postemployment services necessary to assist such individuals to maintain their employment and services designed to help handicapped individuals secure needed services from * other agencies, where such services are not available under this ACT;

(4) develop means of promoting the prompt utilization of engineering and other scientific research to assist in solving problems in education (including promotion of the development of curriculums stressing barrier free design and the adoption of such curriculums by schools of architecture, * design, and engineering), health, employment, REHABILITATION, architectural, housing, and transportation barriers, and other areas so as to bring about full integration of handicapped individuals into all aspects of society;

The Mobility Service Dogs we train and place assist individuals with physical disabilities and handicaps.