[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7944]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Center for 
Mental Health Services; Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 
National Programs; Federal Activities Grant Program--Safe School/
Healthy Students Initiative; Notice Inviting Applications for New 
Awards for Fiscal Year 1999

    Purpose of Program: To fund the implementation and enhancement of 
comprehensive community-wide strategies for creating safe and drug-free 
schools and promoting healthy childhood development.
    Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies.
    Applications Available: April 1, 1999.
    Deadline for Receipt of Applications: June 1, 1999.

    Note: All applications must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time 
on or before the deadline date. Applications received after that 
time will not be eligible for funding. Postmarked dates will not be 
accepted. Applications by mail should be sent to: OJJDP, c/o 
Juvenile Justice Resource Center, 2277 Research Blvd, Mail Stop 2K, 
Rockville, MD 20850; (301) 519-5535.

    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 31, 1999.
    Available Funds: $180,000,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: Up to $3 million for LEAs in 
urban areas; up to $2 million for LEAs in suburban areas; up to $1 
million for LEAs in rural area or tribal schools.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 50.

    Note: The Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and 
Human Services are 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, 98, and 99; and
    (b) The Notice of final priority and selection criteria for FY 1999 
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
    For Applications or Information Contact:
    Electronic access to this document and the application package is 
available at:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
http://www.usdoj.gov/cops
http://www/samhsa.gov
http:/www.mentalhealth.org

To request a copy of the application package by mail, call 800-638-
8736, select Option 2 and ask for SL 336, Safe Schools/Healthy Students 
Initiative Application Package. To request the application via Fax-on-
Demand (available 24 hours a day, seven days a week), call 800-638-
8736, select Option 1, select Option 2, and follow instructions to 
enter the following 4 digit numbers:
    9081, Safe Schools/Healthy Students Instructions and Checklist;
    9082, Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program Announcement and 
Appendices.
    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 with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternative formation (e.g. Braille, large print, audio tape, or 
computer diskette) upon request to the contact listed above. However, 
the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services 
are not able to reproduce in an alternative format the standard forms 
included in the application package.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131 
and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriation Act of 1999, Public Law 105-277, enacted October 21, 
1998.

    Dated: March 25, 1999.
Judith Johnson,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary 
Education.
Shay Bilchik,
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Joseph Brann,
Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
Nelba Chavez,
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.184L, Safe and 
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act National Programs--Federal 
Activities Grants Program.)

[FR Doc. 99-7944 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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