Grant Reallotment

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Grant Reallotment

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, (Rehabilitation Act) authorizes the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to reallot to other grant recipients that portion of a recipient’s annual grant that cannot be used. The reallotment process maximizes the use of appropriated funds under the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR), Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind (OIB), State Supported Employment Services (SE), Client Assistance Program (CAP), and Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR) formula grant programs. Each formula grant recipient is required to submit a Grant Reallotment Form to RSA by [data inserted by RSA] of the Federal fiscal year (FFY) in which the funds were awarded to determine whether the grantee is relinquishing grant funds, requesting additional grant funds, or seeking no change in the current award amount. If ample funds are not relinquished for an award, RSA will exercise its discretion to cancel any scheduled reallotment for that program. RSA will notify grantees if a reallotment has been cancelled.

Section 19(a) of the Rehabilitation Act authorizes formula grantees to carry over any funds appropriated, including original allotments and reallotments, which are not obligated or expended by recipients by September 30th of the FFY in which the funds were appropriated. Funds carried over remain available for obligation and expenditure during the following fiscal year, provided the grantee has fully met, by September 30th of the FFY in which the funds were appropriated, any matching requirement of the funds to be carried over.

Funds received during reallotment are considered an increase to the State’s allotment for the FFY for which funds were appropriated (see Sections 110(b)(3), 112(e)(2), 509(e), and 603(b) of the Rehabilitation Act and 34 C.F.R. § 367.32(d)). As such, any VR or Supported Employment funds received or relinquished during reallotment will affect a State’s calculation of the amount of funds to be reserved and expended for the provision of pre-employment transition services under the VR program and the amount to be reserved and expended for the provision of Supported Employment services, including extended services, to youth with the most significant disabilities under the Supported Employment program (CFDA 84.187B) (Sections 110(d)(1) and 603(d) of the Rehabilitation Act), respectively.

Because a State’s Supported Employment allotment refers to the total amount of CFDA 84.187A and CDFA 84.187B funds awarded pursuant to Section 603 of the Rehabilitation Act, the total allotment amount must remain balanced in order to comply with the statutory requirements for a State to reserve and expend funds for the provision of supported employment services for youth with the most significant disabilities and the requirement to provide match for the half of the allotment reserved for youth with the most significant disabilities (50 percent of award in CFDA 84.187A and 50 percent in CFDA 84.187B). In order to maintain this balance during the reallotment process, grantees submit only one request for reallotment of Supported Employment funds. The amount of Supported Employment funds relinquished or requested will automatically be assigned 50 percent to CFDA 84.187A and 50 percent to CFDA 84.187B. For example, if a grantee relinquishes $100,000 in Supported Employment funds, $50,000 would be deobligated from its CFDA 84.187A award and $50,000 from the CFDA 84.187B award. Similarly, if a grantee requested and received an additional $50,000 during reallotment, $25,000 would be awarded to the CFDA 84.187A award and $25,000 to the CFDA 84.187B award.

Certifications:

If requesting reallotment funds:

• I certify that the State is capable of providing the required match (21.3 percent for VR, 10 percent for OIB, and 10 percent for the total amount of expenditures incurred with the half of the allotment reserved to provide SE services to youth with the most significant disabilities) for the additional funds received by September 30th of the FFY in which the funds are appropriated.

• I understand that any funds received during reallotment are one-time funds and do not represent an ongoing addition to the State’s formula award allotment.

If relinquishing funds:

• I understand that once the funds have been de-obligated from the award and realloted, the funds will not be available for re-obligation should the State determine such funds should not have been relinquished.

Grant Reallotment Information:

Grantee Name: (Entered Automatically, End-user Data Entry Not Required)

Address: (Entered Automatically, End-user Data Entry Not Required)

Due Date: (Entered Automatically)

Program	PR Award ID	Grant Award Total	Amount Relinquished	Amount Requested	Additional Amount Approved	Revised Grant Award Total
BASIC-VR	Entered Automatically	Entered Automatically			Entered by RSA Fiscal Staff	Calculated Automatically
SE	Entered Automatically	Entered Automatically			Entered by RSA Fiscal Staff	Calculated Automatically
OIB	Entered Automatically	Entered Automatically			Entered by RSA Fiscal Staff	Calculated Automatically
CAP	Entered Automatically	Entered Automatically			Entered by RSA Fiscal Staff	Calculated Automatically
PAIR	Entered Automatically	Entered Automatically			Entered by RSA Fiscal Staff	Calculated Automatically

My signature below indicates I have read and agree to the above certifications and that the reallotment request entered is accurate.

Signed? Yes

Signed On

Signed By

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