[Federal Register: April 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 73)]
[Notices]
[Page 18600-18601]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Availability of Funds for Grants to Support New Senior Companion
and Foster Grandparent Projects
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service
(hereinafter, the ``Corporation'') announces the availability of
funding for grants to support, for twelve months, two new Senior
Companion projects in geographic areas that do not fall within approved
service areas of current Corporation-funded Senior Companion
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projects, and three new Foster Grandparent projects in geographic areas
that do not fall within approved service areas of current Corporation-
funded Foster Grandparent projects. Public agencies (including state
and local agencies and other units of government), non-profit
organizations (including community-based organizations, both faith-
based and secular), institutions of higher education, and Indian Tribes
are eligible to apply. Sponsors of Senior Companion projects that
receive no funds from the Corporation, other than funding for Programs
of National Significance (PNS), are eligible to apply. Current sponsors
of Senior Companion projects funded by the Corporation are not eligible
to apply for funding of a new Senior Companion project.
The purpose of the Senior Companion Program (SCP) is to provide
opportunities for income eligible individuals 60 years of age and over
to serve adults with special needs. The purpose of the Foster
Grandparent Program (FGP) is to provide opportunities for income
eligible individuals 60 years of age and over to serve children and
youth with special or exceptional needs on a person to person basis.
Individual Senior Companion grant awards will be approximately
$210,000 to cover the costs of 46 new Senior Companion service years
for twelve months. Individual Foster Grandparent grant awards will be
approximately $205,600 to cover the costs of 45 Foster Grandparent
service years for twelve months. Future funding is contingent on
performance and the availability of appropriations.
DATES: The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time on June 6, 2003. However, if for some legitimate reason it is
necessary for you to submit a paper application, we must receive it by
5 p.m. on June 6, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted using eGrants, the
Corporation's integrated, secure, web-based system for applications.
Application guidelines and instructions can be obtained through our Web
site at http://www.cns.gov/egrants/index.html. Application guidelines
and instructions also can be obtained by contacting the appropriate
Corporation State Office. Information on how to contact state offices
is located on our Web site: http://www.nationalservice.org. Click on
``Contact Information'' at the very bottom of the page. If you cannot
submit an application electronically, submit a paper application,
together with an electronic version of the application on a 3.5''
diskette to facilitate data entry into the eGrants system, to the
following address: Corporation for National and Community Service,
National Senior Service Corps, Attn: Mr. Peter L. Boynton, Room 9401,
1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC., 20525. Due to delays in
delivery of regular U.S.P.S. mail to government offices, there is no
guarantee that your application will arrive in time to be considered.
We suggest that if you are submitting a paper application, you use
U.S.P.S. priority mail or a commercial overnight delivery service.
Also, submit an explanation as to why you could not submit
electronically. We will not accept an application that is submitted by
facsimile.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Peter Boynton at (202) 606-
5000 ext. 554, or pboynton@cns.gov. TDD (202) 565-2799. This Notice,
with the complete application guidelines included, is available on the
Corporation's Web site at: http://www.cns.gov/whatshot/notices.html.
Upon request, this information will be made available in alternative
formats for people with disabilities.
Dated: April 10, 2003.
Teresa Scanell,
Director, National Senior Service Corps.
[FR Doc. 03-9329 Filed 4-15-03; 8:45 am]