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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.132A]

 

Centers for Independent Living; Notice Inviting Applications for 
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

PURPOSE OF PROGRAM: This program provides support for planning, 
conducting, administering, and evaluating centers for independent 
living (centers) that comply with the standards and assurances in 
section 725 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, 
consistent with the State plan for establishing a statewide network of 
centers. Centers are consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-
disability, nonresidential private nonprofit agencies that are designed 
and operated within local communities by individuals with disabilities 
and provide an array of independent living (IL) services.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: To be eligible, an applicant must--
    (1) be an eligible agency as defined in 34 CFR 364.4; (2) meet the 
requirements of Sec. 366.24; and (3) either--
    (a) not currently receive funds under Part C of Chapter 1 of Title 
VII of the Act; or (b) propose the expansion of an existing center 
through the establishment of a separate and complete center (except 
that the governing board of the existing center may serve as the 
governing board of the new center) in a different geographical 
location. Eligibility under this competition is limited to those 
entities proposing to serve areas that are unserved or underserved in 
the States and territories listed under AVAILABLE FUNDS.

DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS: March 17, 1995.

DEADLINE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW: May 16, 1995.

APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: January 3, 1995.

AVAILABLE FUNDS: Pursuant of sections 721 and 722 of the Act, 
$3,145,967 is distributed as follows:

Arkansas.....................................................    $25,642
Delaware.....................................................     59,083
Florida......................................................    252,516
Georgia......................................................    131,153
Illinois.....................................................    111,619
Indiana......................................................    101,073
Iowa.........................................................     86,042
Kentucky.....................................................      7,307
Louisiana....................................................     27,885
Maryland.....................................................     80,113
Montana......................................................     25,642
New Hampshire................................................     27,885
New Jersey...................................................    101,527
North Carolina...............................................    132,620
North Dakota.................................................     27,885
Ohio.........................................................    204,807
Pennsylvania.................................................    152,185
South Carolina...............................................     27,885
Tennessee....................................................    101,299
Texas........................................................    337,025
Washington...................................................     56,088
Puerto Rico..................................................    107,992
American Samoa...............................................    154,046
Guam.........................................................     49,156
                                                                        

ESTIMATED RANGE OF AWARDS: $7,307 to $200,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: 1 to 5 per eligible State or territory.

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

PROJECT PERIOD: Up to 60 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 program regulations in 34 CFR Parts 364 
and 366.

FOR APPLICATIONS: Telephone (202) 205-9315. 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. Individuals may write to 
receive an application from Donald Thayer, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., room 3326, Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-2741.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Thayer, telephone: (202) 205-
9315, or John Nelson, telephone: (202) 205-9362 (Voice and TDD), U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., room 3326 
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2741.
    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: 29 U.S.C. 721 (c) and (e) and 796(f).

    Dated: December 19, 1994.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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