Client Assistance Program

Funding=20 Status

Eligibility=20

Laws,=20 Regs, & Guidance

Applicant=20 Info

Performance

Contacts=20

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Teachers = Administrators=

	Overview

	Contacts

	Offices
			ED=20 Structure

			Offices


	Boards=20 & Commissions

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	Publication= s

	ED=20 Performance & Accountability

	Jobs

FAQs=20
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Jobs at ED=20
Online=20 Services=20
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State= =20 Information=20
Web=20 Survey

OFFICES
Client Assistance = Program

Office = of Special=20 Education and Rehabilitative Services=20 Home

Purpose


	Program at a=20 Glance

PDF=20 (87K, 08/2008)
Source:=20 Guide to U.S. Department of = Education=20 = Programs

Program Office: Rehabi= litation=20 Services Administration (RSA)

CFDA Number: 84.161A
Program = Type:=20 Formula Grants
Also Known As: = CAP

PROGRAM = DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this program is to advise and inform clients, client=20 applicants, and other individuals with disabilities of all the available = services and benefits under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as = amended,=20 and of the services and benefits available to them under Title I of the=20 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In addition, grantees = may assist=20 and advocate for clients and client applicants in relation to projects,=20 programs, and services provided under the Rehabilitation Act. = In=20 providing assistance and advocacy under Title I of the = Rehabilitation=20 Act, a CAP agency may provide assistance and advocacy with respect = to=20 services that are directly related to employment for the client or = client=20 applicant.

TYPES OF=20 PROJECTS

Agencies designated by the governor to provide CAP services help = clients or=20 client applicants pursue concerns they have with programs funded under = the=20 Rehabilitation Act. The governor may designate a public or = private=20 entity to operate the=20 CAP.