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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Financial Assistance Award; Intent To Award a Grant to National 
Urban Coalition

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 
600.6(a)(5), it is making a discretionary financial assistance award 
based on the criteria set forth at 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(i)(D) to National 
Urban Coalition, Washington, DC under grant number DE-FG01-94MI10319. 
The DOE intends to make a noncompetitive financial assistance award in 
establishing the Say Yes to a Youngster's Future Program (Say Yes) in 
the Oakland, California Public School System. The Say Yes program is an 
educational and training program for elementary school students, 
parents, teachers, and school administrators. The period of performance 
contemplated is for three years. DOE will provide funding in the amount 
of $120,000 for the first budget period estimated to be August 30, 
1994-August 29, 1995. There will be no cost sharing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please write the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Placement and 
Administration, ATTN: Rosemarie Marshall, HR-531.11, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed grant will provide funding to 
National Urban Coalition (NUC), a nonprofit organization of business, 
civil rights, religious and government leaders founded in 1967 to seek 
workable answers to urban problems. The Say Yes program was started in 
1985 by the NUC because of the growing realization that, in a world 
where jobs, higher education and everyday life are increasingly 
dependent on math, science and technology, the children of minority 
groups--African Americans, Hispanic American and Native Americans, as 
well as females of all races--are being left further and further 
behind. The Say Yes program is reaching out with a national network of 
school districts, teachers, administrators, families, churches, civic 
organizations and businesses committed to improving mathematics and 
science education for minority children. The project to be funded is 
for the Oakland School district, and will include the six most 
economically disadvantaged school communities.
    The program is meritorious because the program combines student 
interest development activities with family involvement and teacher 
training into a program which prepares students early at the 
Kindergarten to Sixth Grade educational level to be receptive to 
further study in the technical fields. The DOE knows of no other entity 
which is conducting or is planning to conduct such an activity.
    Based on the evaluation of relevance to the accomplishment of a 
public purpose, it is determined that the application is highly likely 
of achieving its objective through the completion of some supporting 
objectives, including fostering the development of natural student 
interest in math and science, enhancing family involvement in the 
students' learning process and providing more comprehensive teacher 
training which focuses on math and science. A recent study reported 
that over 78% of responding student program participants indicated that 
they like math and science better than before.
Craig S. Frame,
Contracting Officer, Operations Branch A-1, Office of Placement and 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-17652 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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