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[Federal Register: December 9, 1994]


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[CFDA No.: 84.235R]

 

Special Projects and Demonstrations for Providing Vocational 
Rehabilitation Services to Individuals With Disabilities; Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 1995

    Purpose of Program: This program is designed to award grants for 
special projects and demonstrations that hold promise of expanding or 
otherwise improving rehabilitation services to individuals with 
disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities.
    This program supports the National Education Goal that, by the year 
2000, every adult 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.
    Eligible Applicants: States and other public and nonprofit private 
agencies and organizations.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 13, 1995.
    Dateline for Intergovernmental Review: May 11, 1995.
    Applications Available: December 15, 1994.
    Available Funds: $1,253,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$200,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $179,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 7.

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

    Project Period: Up to 36 months.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR 
Parts 369 and 373.

Priority

    The priority in the notice of final priorities for this program, as 
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, applies to 
this competition.
    The Department anticipates that the Empowerment Zones and 
Enterprise Communities will be announced by early January 1995. 
Interested individuals may contact the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development at 1-800-998-9999 for additional information on the 
Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program, including which 
communities have applied for designation or which have been selected.
    For Applications: Written requests for applications should be 
addressed to Pamela Martin, U.S. Department of Education, 600 
Independence Avenue SW., Room 3414 MES, Washington, D.C. 20202-2741.
    Application Request Line: (202) 205-9343; 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.
    For Further Information Contact: Thomas Finch, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 3315 MES, Washington, 
D.C. 20202-2650. Telephone: (202) 205-9796.
    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). 
This application notice can also be viewed on the Rehabilitation 
Services Administration Bulletin Board System, telephone (202) 205-5574 
(low speed-2400 bps and lower) or (202) 205-6147 (high speed-9600 and 
higher). However, the official application notice for a discretionary 
grant competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 777a(a)(1).

    Dated: December 5, 1994.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 94-30252 Filed 12-8-94; 8:45 am]
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