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 118 STAT. 1727 PUBLIC LAW 108–364—OCT. 25, 2004 family members, guardians, advocates, and authorized rep resentatives to advocate the provision of assistive technology devices and assistive technology services to which the individ uals with disabilities are entitled under law other than this Act; ‘‘(5) coordinating activities with protection and advocacy services funded through sources other than this Act, and coordi nating activities with the capacity building and advocacy activi ties carried out by the lead agency; and ‘‘(6) effectively allocating funds made available under this section to improve the awareness of individuals with disabilities about the accessibility of assistive technology and assist such individuals in the acquisition, utilization, or maintenance of assistive technology devices or assistive technology services. ‘‘(g) REPORTS AND UPDATES TO STATE AGENCIES.—An entity that receives a grant under this section shall prepare and submit to the lead agency of the State designated under section 4(c)(1) the report described in subsection (f) and quarterly updates con cerning the activities described in subsection (f). ‘‘(h) COORDINATION.—On making a grant under this section to an entity in a State, the Secretary shall solicit and consider the opinions of the lead agency of the State with respect to efforts at coordination of activities, collaboration, and promoting outcomes between the lead agency and the entity that receives the grant under this section. ‘‘SEC. 6. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to support activities designed to improve the administration of this Act, the Secretary, under sub section (b)— ‘‘(1) may award, on a competitive basis, grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to entities to support activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b); and ‘‘(2) shall award, on a competitive basis, grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to entities to support activities described in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (b). ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— ‘‘(1) NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS TOOLKIT.— ‘‘(A) NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS TOOLKIT.—The Sec retary may award a 1 time grant, contract, or cooperative agreement to an eligible entity to support a training and technical assistance program that— ‘‘(i) expands public awareness efforts to reach tar geted individuals and entities; ‘‘(ii) contains appropriate accessible multimedia materials to reach targeted individuals and entities, for dissemination to State assistive technology pro grams; and ‘‘(iii) in coordination with State assistive tech nology programs, provides meaningful and up to date information to targeted individuals and entities about the availability of assistive technology devices and assistive technology services. ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to receive the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, an entity shall develop a partnership that— ‘‘(i) shall consist of— 29 USC 3005.

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