[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79858-79861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31025]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview
Information; College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.149A.
Dates:
Applications Available: December 30, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 23, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovermental Review: April 24, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of CAMP is to provide academic and
financial support to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their
children complete their first year of college.
Priorities: This competition includes two competitive preference
priorities and one invitational priority. In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(ii), the competitive preference priority for ``novice
applicant'' is from the Education Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR 75.225). In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), the competitive preference priority for ``prior
experience of service delivery'' is from section 418A(e) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity
Act (20 U.S.C. 1070d-2(e)).
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2009, these priorities
are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we
award an additional five points to an application that meets the
``novice applicant'' competitive preference priority, and up to a
maximum of 15 additional points to an application that meets the
``prior experience of service delivery'' competitive preference
priority.
These priorities are:
Novice Applicant
The applicant must be a ``novice applicant'' as defined in 34 CFR
75.225(a).
Prior Experience of Service Delivery
With respect to applicants with an expiring CAMP project, the
Secretary will consider the applicant's prior experience in
implementing its expiring CAMP project based on information contained
in documents previously provided to the Department, such as annual
performance reports, project evaluation reports, site visit reports,
and the previously approved CAMP application.
Under this competition, we are particularly interested in
applications that address the following priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2009, this priority is an
invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not give an
application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other applications.
This priority is:
Applications that propose to engage faith-based and community
organizations in the delivery of services under this program.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d-2, the Higher Education Act of
1965, as reauthorized by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
(Pub. L. No. 110-315).
Applicable Regulations: (a) EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part 206.
(c) The definitions of a migratory agricultural worker in 34 CFR
200.81(d), migratory child in 34 CFR 200.81(e), and migratory fisher in
34 CFR 200.81(f). (d) The regulations in 20 CFR 669.110 and 669.320.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.
Note: The definition of terms in 34 CFR 200.81(d), (e), and (f)
were published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2008 at 73 FR
44102, 44123-24.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 206 were issued prior to
the enactment of the HEOA. The application package identifies any
provisions in part 206 that have been superseded by enactment of the
HEOA.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$5,338,000 for new awards for this program for FY 2009. The actual
level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete
the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $180,000-$425,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $410,615.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a CAMP
award exceeding $425,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
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Secondary Education may change the maximum amount through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 13.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) or
private non-profit organizations (including faith-based organizations)
that plan their projects in cooperation with an IHE and propose to
operate some aspects of the project with the facilities of the IHE.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address To Request Application Package: David De Soto, U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202-6135. Telephone: (202)
260-8103 or by e-mail: [email protected].
The application package also can be obtained electronically at the
following address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/CAMP/applicant.html.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact person listed
in this section.
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 competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the application narrative to the equivalent
of no more than 25 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 (Part 4), including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions. However, you
may single space all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Charts, tables, figures, and graphs presented in the application
narrative count toward the page limit.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Appendices must be limited to 15 pages and may include the
following: resumes, job descriptions, letters of support, and
bibliography.
The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget
section, including the narrative budget justification; the assurances
and certifications; or the one-page abstract. However, the page limit
does apply to all of the application narrative section.
Our reviewers will not read any pages of your application that
exceed the page limit; or exceed the equivalent of the page limit if
you apply other standards.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: December 30, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 23, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovermental Review: April 24, 2009.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.6. Other Submission
Requirements of this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 part 79. Information
about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive
Order 12372 is in the application package for this competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition must be submitted electronically unless you qualify
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants
under the College Assistance Migrant Program, CFDA number 84.149A, must
be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply
site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to
download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and
then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the College
Assistance Migrant Program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the
downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search
(e.g., search for 84.149, not 84.149A).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your application if
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application
because it was date and time
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stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this program to ensure that you
submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system.
You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1)
Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization.
Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information you typically provide on the following forms:
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
You must attach any narrative sections of your application
as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable
Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file
types specified in this paragraph or submit a password-protected file,
we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether
your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: David De Soto, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202-6135. Telephone
(202) 260-8103. FAX: (202) 205-0089.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail. If you qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail
(through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.149A), LBJ Basement
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Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260.
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.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department 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.
(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 not consider your application.
Note: 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
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the
Department by hand. You must deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.149A), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, 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 competition are
from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed 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 Notice
(GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
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 directed by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting,
please go to http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), the Department developed the following performance
measures to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the CAMP: (1) The
percentage of CAMP participants completing the first academic year of
their postsecondary program, and (2) the percentage of CAMP
participants who, after completing the first academic year of college,
continue their postsecondary education.
Applicants may wish to demonstrate a sound capacity to provide
reliable data on these measures, including the project's annual
performance targets for addressing the GPRA performance measures, as is
required by the OMB approved annual performance report that is included
in the application package.
All grantees will be required to submit, as part of their annual
performance report, information with respect to these performance
measures.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David De Soto, U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Migrant Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3E344, Washington, DC 20202-6135. Telephone Number: (202) 260-8103, or
by e-mail: [email protected].
If you use a TDD, call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free,
at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can 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
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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: December 23, 2008.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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