[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26877-26878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12301]



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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) 
1995.
    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 the National Education Goal of 
assuring 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, 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: Only institutions that have been previously 
notified that they have met the program's eligibility criteria and have 
been designated as urban grant institutions by the Secretary are 
eligible to apply for this year's competition. The deadline for 
submitting a designation request to compete for fiscal 1995 grants was 
March 1, 1995; and eligible institutions were notified by letter dated 
April 12, 1995. The Secretary will not accept additional designation 
requests until after this year's competition.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 30, 1995.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 29, 1995.
    Applications Available: May 11, 1995.
    Available Funds: $10,380,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000--$350,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $300,000 per budget period.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 34.

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

     [[Page 26878]] Project Period: Up to five years in duration.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
82, 85, and 86; and (b) 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(b), 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.
    In addition, the priority in the notice of final priority for this 
program, as published in the Federal Register on March 8, 1995 (57 FR 
12750), applies to this competition.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Sarah E. Babson, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Portals 
Building; Suite C-80, Washington, D.C. 20202-5329. You are encouraged 
to fax your request for an application to (202) 260-7615. 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: May 12, 1995.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 95-12301 Filed 5-18-95; 8:45 am]
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