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Urban Community Service Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New 
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.252]

 
Urban Community Service Program; Notice Inviting Applications for 
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994

    Purpose of Program: This program provides grants to urban academic 
institutions to work with private and civic organizations to devise and 
implement solutions to pressing and severe problems in their urban 
communities. The program furthers National Education Goal 5, that every 
American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills 
necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and 
responsibilities of citizenship. The program furthers the objectives of 
Goal 5 by affording students in urban universities an opportunity to 
learn more about the problems in their communities and participate in 
developing solutions to these problems.
    Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants include any nonprofit 
municipal university, established by the governing body of the city in 
which it is located, and operating as of July 23, 1992. Also eligible 
is any institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions 
with at least one member that: (1) Is located in an urban area; (2) 
draws a substantial portion of its undergraduate students from the 
urban area in which it is located or from contiguous areas; (3) carries 
out programs to make postsecondary educational opportunities more 
accessible to residents of the urban area or contiguous areas; (4) has 
the present capacity to provide resources responsive to the needs and 
priorities of the urban area and contiguous areas; (5) offers a range 
of professional, technical, or graduate programs sufficient to sustain 
the capacity of the institution to provide these resources; and (6) has 
demonstrated and sustained a sense of responsibility to the urban area 
and contiguous areas and the people in those areas.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 3, 1994.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 2, 1994.
    Applications Available: April 19, 1994.
    Available Funds: $1,100,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$350,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $220,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 4 to 5.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to five annual budget periods.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
82, 85, and 86; and the Urban Community Service Program regulations in 
34 CFR part 636.
    Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 20 U.S.C. 1136b, the 
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that propose to 
conduct joint projects supported by other local, State, and Federal 
programs. The amount of funds to be reserved for this priority will be 
established after determining the number of high quality applications 
received.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Patricia W. Gore, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Portals Building; 
Courtyard Level, Washington, DC 20202-5251. Telephone: (202) 260-3262. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including 
copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can 
be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board), 
telephone (202) 260-9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server at 
GOPHER.ED.GOV (under Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases). 
However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant 
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1136-1136h.

    Dated: March 29, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 94-7913 Filed 4-1-94; 8:45 am]
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