[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31417-31418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14924]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Learn and Serve America National Clearinghouse

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(Corporation) announces the availability of

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approximately $1.5 million over three years to manage a Learn and Serve 
America (LSA) national clearinghouse. The Corporation invites 
applications for a cooperative agreement from organizations that will 
make use of the world wide web, new technological developments, and 
other traditional methods to develop and implement plans to compile, 
store, market, and disseminate the training and technical assistance 
(T/TA) resources provided by the Corporation, other T/TA providers, and 
the service-learning field.

DATES: Application guidelines will be available June 15, 1997. 
Applications must be submitted to the Corporation no later than 3:00 
p.m. (EST) August 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Requests for applications should be submitted to Bonnie 
Martinez, Attn: Application Request, Corporation for National and 
Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20525. 
Applications must be submitted to the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, Box CH, 1201 New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20525. 
Applicants are requested to include three copies of applications to 
facilitate the review process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Martinez at the Corporation for 
National and Community Service, telephone (202) 606-5000, ext.135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corporation is a Federal government 
corporation that encourages Americans of all ages and backgrounds to 
engage in community-based service. This service addresses the nation's 
educational, public safety, environmental, and other human needs to 
achieve direct and demonstrable results. In supporting service 
programs, the Corporation fosters civic responsibility, strengthens the 
ties that bind us together as a people, and provides educational 
opportunity for those who make a substantial commitment to service.

I. Functions of the Learn and Serve America National Clearinghouse

    (1) Develop and implement a plan for conducting periodic 
information and technical assistance needs assessments of all 
categories of LSA grantees and the service-learning field, including 
assessing the availability of current resources of services to meet 
those needs.
    (2) Compile, analyze, and disseminate service-learning research and 
evaluation materials, including intergenerational service-learning 
materials.
    (3) Facilitate communication among entities receiving LSA funds.
    (4) Provide information, curriculum materials, and technical 
assistance relating to the planning and operation of service-learning 
programs to entities eligible to receive grants or subgrants under LSA.
    (5) Provide information regarding methods to make service-learning 
programs accessible to individuals with disabilities.
    (6) Gather, analyze, market, and disseminate information on 
successful service-learning and intergenerational service-learning 
programs, components of these successful programs, innovative youth 
leadership skills curricula related to service-learning, and service-
learning projects.
    (7) Coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse with appropriate 
entities to avoid duplication of effort.
    (8) Create and maintain a service-learning archive, including 
materials developed by past and present LSA grantees and subgrantees.
    (9) Gather, analyze, and disseminate information about LSA grantee 
and subgrantee programs and participants.
    (10) Develop and implement an outreach and marketing plan to 
promote the services and resources of the clearinghouse.
    (11) Carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation determines to be appropriate.

II. Amount and Duration of Funding

    The first year's award will total approximately $500,000. The 
cooperative agreement may be renewed each year for up to three years 
based on performance, need, and the availability of funds.

III. Eligibility

    Public or private nonprofit organizations that have extensive 
experience with service-learning, including use of adult volunteers to 
foster service-learning, are eligible to apply. Organizations with 
prior clearinghouse experience are preferred.

IV. Applications

    The Corporation will enter into only one cooperative agreement in 
this area. Based on previous clearinghouse competitions and the 
Corporation's estimate of the number of eligible applicants, the 
Corporation expects fewer than ten applications to be submitted.

    Dated: June 3, 1997.
Barry W. Stevens,
Acting General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service.
[FR Doc. 97-14924 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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