[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR636.3]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 636_URBAN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 636.3  What activities may the Secretary support?



    (a) The Secretary awards grants under this program for the following 

activities:

    (1) Planning.

    (2) Applied research.

    (3) Training.

    (4) Resource exchanges or technology transfers.

    (5) Delivery of services.

    (6) Other activities to design and implement programs to assist 

urban communities to meet and address their pressing and severe 

problems.

    (b) Examples of pressing and severe urban problems that applications 

may address include concerns such as the following:

    (1) Work force preparation.

    (2) Urban poverty and the alleviation of poverty.

    (3) Health care, including delivery and access.

    (4) Underperforming school systems and students.

    (5) Problems faced by the elderly and individuals with disabilities 

in urban settings.

    (6) Problems faced by families and children.

    (7) Campus and community crime prevention, including enhanced 

security and safety awareness measures as well as coordinated programs 

addressing the root causes of crime.

    (8) Urban housing.

    (9) Urban infrastructure.

    (10) Economic development.

    (11) Urban environmental concerns.

    (12) Other problem areas that participants of the planning 

consortium agree are of high priority in the urban area in which their 

institutions are located.

    (13) Problems faced by individuals with disabilities regarding 

accessibility to institutions of higher education and other public and 

private community facilities.

    (14) Lessening of existing attitudinal barriers that prevent full 

inclusion of



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individuals with disabilities within their community.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1136c)