GRANTS TO STATES

For grants to States in accordance with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, [$100,100,000 $124,000,000, of which [$97,100,000] $121,000,000 is for vocational rehabilitation services under section 2 of said Act; and $3,000,000 is for extension_and improvement projects under section 3 of said Act: Provided, That allotments under section 2 of said Act to the States for the current fiscal year shall be made on the basis of [$175,000,000 $200,000,000, and this amount shall be considered the sum available for allotments under such section for such fiscal year: Provided further, That additional allotments, not exceeding [$900,000] $1,400,000 in the aggregate, for grants under section 2 of said Act may be made, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, to States in which the Federal share of the costs of rehabilitation services under such section exceeds their respective allotments from such [$175,000,000 $200,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, within the limits of such allotments or additional allotments for grants under section 2 of said Act, allocate (or from time to time reallocate) among the States, in accordance with regulations, amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $5,000,000, which may be used only for paying the Federal share of expenditures for the establishment of workshops or rehabilitation facilities where the State funds used for such expenditures are derived from private contributions conditioned on use for a specified workshop or facility, and no part of the allotment or additional allotment to any State for grants under section 2 of said Act other than the allocation or reallocation to such State under this proviso may be so used: Provided further, That the allotment to any State under section 3(a)(1) of said Act shall be not less than $15,000.

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Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31, of the current fiscal year, grants to States under sections 2 and 3 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year: Provided, That the payments made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the amount paid to the States for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. (29 U.S.C. 31-42; 68 Stat. 652; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

Program by activities:

1. Vocational rehabilitation services..

2. Extension and improvement...

Total program costs, funded-obligations (object class 41.0)..

1. Vocational rehabilitation services.-Federal matching grants are made to assist the States in rehabilitating handicapped individuals so that they may prepare for and engage in remunerative employment to the extent of their capabilities. The rehabilitation services provided by the States include medical restoration, training, guidance and

placement services. The requisite State matchin varies between States according to per capita incon averages approximately 38% of the total program.

2. Extension and improvement.-Federal gran made to the States to assist them in initiating p for new or improved vocational rehabilitation s The more favorable matching rate of 25% is desig encourage development of new methods and techni

Grants to States..
State matching funds.
Number of clients.
Number of rehabilitations..

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SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM DATA

[In thousands]

RESEARCH AND TRAINING

For grants and other expenses (except administrative expe research, training, traineeships, and other special projects, p to section 4 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amen carrying out the training functions provided for in section Act, for studies, investigations, demonstrations, and reports dissemination of information with respect thereto pursuant t 7 of said Act, and not to exceed $100,000 for carrying functions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administratio the International Health Research Act of 1960 (74 St [$41,065,000: Provided, That for the purpose of determin amount of payments to States from any appropriation for out sections 2 and 3 with respect to expenditures under a St approved under said Act (and, if made after August 3, 1 prior to July 1, 1965, certified by the Secretary of Health, tion, and Welfare prior to July 1, 1965 for payment), Sta shall, subject to such limitations and conditions as may be pr in regulations of the Secretary, include contributions of fun by any private agency, organization, or individual to a assist in meeting the costs of establishment of a public nonprofit workshop or rehabilitation facility, which woul garded as State funds except for the condition, imposed contributor, limiting use of such funds to establishment workshop or facility $45,845,000. (29 U.S.C. 34, 37; De of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

1964 actual 1965 estimate 19 $86,779 $100,100 $53,320 $61,400 400 441 131

120

New obligational authority (appropriation)..

1964

actual

15,175 16,526

2,965

24 34,690 22

34,712

98

34,810

34.712

4,327 -6,836

-642

31.561

1965 estimate

17,070

19,810

4,085

100 41,065

41,065

41,065

41,065

6,836

-9,422

38,479

1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered or $4 thousand; 1964, $26 thousand; 1965, $26 thousand: 1966, $26 thousand

871

880

779

429 453

3,415

3,415

3,415

3,415 178 -218

3,370

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1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $36 thousand; 1964, $18 thousand; 1965, $21 thousand; 1966, $24 thousand.

survivors insurance disability referrals are coordinated; overall program plans are developed; and the RandolphSheppard vending stand program is administered.

2. Regional operations.-Administration of regional office activities and field relationships with States are coordinated; the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration is represented in all areas of program administration within regions; and comprehensive evaluation of rehabilitation needs and resources in the States is developed.

This office administers the program of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation, domestic and international research and training programs, and the program of licensing the blind to operate vending stands on Federal and other properties. Direction is provided for the Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act as it pertains to rehabilitation facilities.

1. Program services.-State plans are approved and allotments and grants are made; programs for rehabilitating blind persons, and others with special disabilities. are developed; specialists in various rehabilitation fields provide technical advice and assistance to rehabilitation agencies in developing rehabilitation facilities, workshops, and programs for the severely disabled; old-age and

4. Executive direction and program coordination.-Direction and administration are provided for programs under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, the Randolph-Sheppard Act, and the Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act, as it pertains to rehabilitation facilities; nationwide. leadership is provided in the development of policies and programs in the health and medical areas of rehabilitation; national and international program plans are developed; legislative proposals concerning the program are analyzed; and publications are prepared and distributed to assist the States in interpreting their programs to the public.

5. Management services.-General administrative and management services are provided the several program areas; statistical measurement and analysis of programs is undertaken including the development of special studies. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

10,000

10,000

10,000 -3,000

7,000

officers in the Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand eight hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses incident to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries through exhibits and other appropriate means; expenses of primary and secondary schooling of dependents, in foreign countries, of Public Health Service commissioned officers stationed in foreign countries, in amounts not to exceed an average of [$285] $455 per student, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents, and for the transportation of such dependents between such schools and their places of residence when the schools are not accessible to such dependents by regular means of transportation; rental or lease of living quarters (for periods not exceeding 5 years), and provision of heat, fuel, and light, and maintenance, improvement, and repair of such quarters, and advance payments therefor, for civilian officers and employees of the Public Health Service who are United States citizens and who have a permanent station in a foreign country; not to exceed $1,000 for entertainment of visiting scientists when specifically approved by the Surgeon General; purchase, erection, and maintenance of temporary or portable structures; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the payment of compensation to consultants or individual scientists appointed for limited periods of time pursuant to section 207 (f) or section 207 (g) of the Act, and to members of councils, committees and boards established, or authorized to be established, within the Public Health Service by statute, at rates established by the Surgeon General, or the Secretory where such action is required by statute, not to exceed [$24,500 per annum] the maximum per annum rate authorized under section 208 (g) of the Act; as follows: (5 U.S.C. 118a; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For construction, major repair, improvement, extension, and equipment of Public Health Service facilities, not otherwise provided, including plans and specifications and acquisition of sites, [$22,512,000] $7,781,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unobligated balances of appropriations heretofore made available to the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart Institute for plans and specifications for research facilities, shall be merged with this appropriation as of June 30, 1965. (42 U.S.C. 248; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.)