[Federal Register: September 30, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 189)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Notice of Technical Assistance Teleconferences for Organizations
Interested in Applying for a 2004 Learn and Serve America Program Grant
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of technical assistance conference calls.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service
(hereinafter the `Corporation') will be providing six teleconferences
for potential applicants for a Learn and Serve America School-based
grant competition (The official Notice of Funds Availability will be
published on or about November 14, 2003). Approximately $3.5 million
will be available for grants to be awarded to state education agencies;
or nonprofit organizations with programs in two or more states. Funds
for this grant competition are FY 2003 funds available under authority
provided by Pub. L. 108-7. Participation in these calls is optional.
The technical assistance teleconferences are designed to support
potential applicants in preparing high quality proposals.
Teleconferences scheduled in October 2003 will focus on:
(1) Developing innovative collaborations between schools and other
community organizations;
(2) Designing impact evaluation strategies as an integral part of
application development; and,
(3) Creating programs that are designed to be replicated and/or
increased in scale. Teleconferences scheduled in February 2004 will
focus on clarification of the grant application guidelines and an
introduction to eGrants, the Corporation's Web-based grant management
system.
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The Corporation expects to make awards to applicants proposing
innovative service-learning initiatives in two program areas of high
importance to the Corporation: (1) Homeland Security through creation
of programs that engage schools, students, their families, with
community-based organizations in activities to minimize the damage or
speed the recovery from disasters and emergencies (Schools often serve
as the locus of a community's response to disasters by storing supplies
and providing shelter and housing for victims and responders to any
local emergency); (2) Bridging the Digital Divide through programs that
reduce inequality in technological literacy, access to technology, or
address underutilization of available technology and its applications.
In both program areas the Corporation strongly encourages incorporation
of adult, especially senior, volunteers. Applicants may also address
both issues areas within a single program design.
DATES: Teleconference Dates: The first three calls, focused on
developing high-quality programs, will take place on Wednesday, October
29, 2003, from 2-3:30 p.m. e.s.t., on Thursday, October 30, 2003, from
4-5:30 p.m. e.s.t., and on Tuesday, November 4, 2003, from 1-2:30 p.m.
e.s.t. The second round of calls, to clarify program guidance, will
take place on Friday, February 6, 2004, from 1-2:30 p.m. e.s.t., on
Thursday, February 12 from 3-4:30 p.m. e.s.t., and on Tuesday, February
17, 2004, from 4-5:30 p.m. e.s.t. Please register for these calls by
telephoning Juanita Peoples at (202) 606-5000 x117. The Corporation
strongly encourages potential applicants to participate in both calls.
Availability is limited to the first 30 registrants per call.
ADDRESSES: Corporation for National and Community Service, Learn and
Serve America, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Abbott, Learn and Serve America, mabbott@cns.gov, 202-606-5000 x120.
Dated: September 24, 2003.
Amy B. Cohen,
Director, Learn and Serve America.
[FR Doc. 03-24729 Filed 9-29-03; 8:45 am]