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<div>TO: All District and ESD Special Education Directors</div>
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<div>The message below is being forwarded to you on behalf of:</div>
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<div>Nancy Latini, PhD</div>
<div>Assistant Superintendent</div>
<div>Student Learning & Partnerships</div>
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<div>April 4, 2011</div>
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<div>RE: <b>NOTICE OF GRANT AWARDS: YOUTH TRANSITION PROGRAM</b></div>
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<div><font size="3">The Oregon Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (OVRS) released the Youth Transition Program (YTP) Request for Grant Proposal (RFGP) for the 2011-2013 biennium on March 25<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font>, 2011. The <b>Youth Transition
Program (YTP)</b> is a comprehensive transition program for youth with disabilities operated collaboratively by <b>OVRS</b>, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE), the University of Oregon (U of O), and local school districts statewide in Oregon. </font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="3"><u><b>Purpose</b></u>: Prepare youth with disabilities for employment or career related post secondary education or training.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="3"><u><b>Participants</b></u>: Youth with disabilities who need additional support, beyond the services typically offered though the general or special education program, to achieve their secondary
and post secondary employment and continuing education goals. YTP is currently operating in approximately 105 high schools in Oregon. OVRS contracts with a team from the U of O to provide training and technical assistance to school and rehabilitation personnel
statewide.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="3"><u><b>Specific RFGP information</b></u>: <a href="http://www.ytporegon.org/"><font color="#0000FF"><u><b>http://www.ytporegon.org/</b></u></font></a> </font></div>
<div><font size="3"><u><b>Date of Issuance: </b></u>March 25, 2011</font></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt; "><font size="3"><u><b>Proposals Due By</b></u>: May 10, 2011 3:00 P.M. Local Time, at the issuing office.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font size="3"><u><b>Funding:</b></u> Available July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013 Grants to be awarded through this RFGP support district Transition Specialist staff salaries and associated program costs. </font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><font size="3"><u><b>Matching Funds Requirement:</b></u> In order for OVRS to draw available federal funds for the Youth Transition Program, OVRS must receive cash matching funds from participating school districts. District
matching funds must:</font></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 12pt; ">Be from a non-federal source, and cannot be used as match for any other federal funds;</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12pt; ">Must be cash. “In-kind” district resources may not be applied towards the required match.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12pt; ">Must equal one third (1/3) of the total grant budget.</li></font>
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<div><font size="3"><u><b>Use of Grant Funds:</b></u>. Grant funded services <u>may not</u> supplant any learning experiences or decision making opportunities to which the student would otherwise be entitled under the district’s responsibility to provide a
Free and Appropriate Public Education as specified in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>Ruby Sandberg, Executive Support to</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>Nancy Latini, Assistant Superintendent</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>Oregon Department of Education</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>Office of Student Learning & Partnerships</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>503-947-5738 FAX: 503-378-5156</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>ruby.sandberg@state.or.us</i></font></div>
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