[Federal Register: August 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 156)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Special Demonstration Programs--Model Demonstration
Projects--Positive Psychology; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.235A.
DATES: Applications Available: August 13, 2004.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 13, 2004.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 17, 2004.
Eligible Applicants: State vocational rehabilitation agencies,
community rehabilitation programs, Indian tribes or tribal
organizations, and other public or nonprofit agencies or organizations,
including institutions of higher education.
Estimated Available Funds: $500,000.
Funds under this competition will be used to support projects in FY
2004. In FY 2005, the Assistant Secretary may consider funding high-
quality applications submitted in FY 2004.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $500,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program provides grants to eligible
entities to expand and improve the provision of rehabilitation
services, including research and evaluation activities.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priority,
definitions, and application requirements for this program, published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2004 this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that
meet the priority, definitions, and application requirements.
The priority, definitions, and application requirements are:
Model Demonstration Projects--Positive Psychology
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 773(b).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in
34 CFR part 373.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
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Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $500,000.
Funds under this competition will be used to support projects in FY
2004. In FY 2005, the Assistant Secretary may consider funding high-
quality applications submitted in FY 2004.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $500,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: State vocational rehabilitation agencies,
community rehabilitation programs, Indian tribes or tribal
organizations, and other public or nonprofit agencies or organizations,
including institutions of higher education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll
free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.235A.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, Potomac Center Plaza Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550.
Telephone: (202) 245-7363. If you use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Services
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this program. There are
also General Requirements for Applicants in the notice of final
priority, definitions, and application requirements, published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. We suggest you limit Part
III to the equivalent of no more than 35 pages, using the following
standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5 x 11, on one side
only, with 1 margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, you must
include all of the application narrative in Part III.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: August 13,
2004.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 13, 2004.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted by
mail or hand delivery (including a commercial carrier or courier
service), or electronically using the Electronic Grant Application
System (e-Application) available through the Department's e-GRANTS
system. For information (including dates and times) about how to submit
your application by mail or hand delivery, or electronically, please
refer to Section IV. 6. Procedures for Submitting Applications in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 17, 2004.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: Indirect cost reimbursement for grants
under this program is limited to the recipient's actual indirect costs,
as determined by its negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, or 10
percent of the total direct cost base, whichever amount is less (34 CFR
373.22(a)). We reference additional regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Procedures for Submitting Applications: Applications for grants
under this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper
format by mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
If you submit your application to us electronically, you must use
e-Application available through the Department's e-GRANTS system. The
e-GRANTS system is accessible through its portal page at: http://e-grants.ed.gov
.
If you use e-Application, you will be entering data online while
completing your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a
grant application to us. The data you enter online will be saved into a
database.
If you participate in e-Application, please note the following:
Your participation is voluntary.
You must submit your grant application electronically
through the Internet using the software provided on the e-Grants Web
site (http://e-grants.ed.gov) by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The regular hours of operation of the e-
Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m.
Thursday until midnight Saturday, Washington, DC time. Please note that
the system is unavailable on Sundays, and after 7 p.m. on Wednesdays
for maintenance, Washington, DC time. Any modifications to these hours
are posted on the e-Grants Web site. We strongly recommend that you do
not wait until the application deadline date to initiate an e-
Application package.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you submit your application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information--Non-Construction
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Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications.
Your e-Application must comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgement, which will include a PR Award
number (an identifying number unique to your application).
Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424) to the Application Control Center after following
these steps:
1. Print ED 424 from e-Application.
2. The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
3. Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the
hard copy signature page of the ED 424.
4. Fax the signed ED 424 to the Application Control Center at (202)
245-6272.
We may request that you give us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from submitting your application
on the application deadline date because the e-Application system is
unavailable, we will grant you an extension of one business day in
order to transmit your application electronically, by mail, or by hand
delivery. We will grant this extension if--
1. You are a registered user of e-Application and you have
initiated an e-Application for this competition; and
2. (a) The e-Application system is unavailable for 60 minutes or
more between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is unavailable for any period of time
during the last hour of operation (that is, for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time) on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgement of any system unavailability, you may
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
GRANTS help desk at 1-888-336-8930.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Special
Demonstration Programs--Model Demonstration Projects--Positive
Psychology competition at: http://e-grants.ed.gov.
b. Submission of Paper Applications By Mail. If you submit your
application in paper format by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or
a commercial carrier), you must send the original and two copies of
your application on or before the application deadline date to the
following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control
Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.235A), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202.
You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service Postmark;
2. A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service;
3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier; or
4. Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the U.S. Secretary of
Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
1. A private metered postmark, or
2. A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will notify you that we will not consider the application.
Note: Applicants should note that the U.S. Postal Service does
not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this
method, you should check with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of
your application on or before the application deadline date to the
following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control
Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.235A), 550 12th Street, SW., Room
7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and
Federal holidays. A person delivering an application must show
identification to enter the building.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:
1. You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424 (exp. 11/30/2004)) the CFDA number--and suffix
letter, if any--of the competition under which you are submitting
your application.
2. The Application Control Center will mail a Grant Application
Receipt Acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the
notification of application receipt within 15 days from the mailing
of your application, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are in
the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: All grantees must submit an annual
performance report documenting their evaluation findings. This report
must describe whether the developed and tested model was successful in
improving the quality of employment outcomes for individuals with
disabilities. The report must include, but is not limited to, the
following information: objective performance measures that clearly
relate to the intended outcomes and goals and that are used to assess
progress in achieving the intended outcomes and goals. Each grantee
must report annually on this information using the Rehabilitation
Services Administration Annual Reporting Form for Special
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Demonstration Grants, OMB 1820-0646, an electronic grantee
reporting system.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alfreda Reeves, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5040, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7485.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
.
Dated: August 11, 2004.
Troy R. Justesen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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