[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46897-46898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22036]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.235H]


Special Demonstration Programs Notice Inviting Applications for 
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

Purpose of Program

    To provide financial assistance to projects that expand and improve 
the provision of rehabilitation and other services for individuals with 
disabilities.

Eligible Applicants

    State vocational rehabilitation agencies; community rehabilitation 
programs; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and public or 
nonprofit agencies or organizations, including institutions of higher 
education.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 4, 2000.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 4, 2000.
    Applications Available: October 5, 1999.
    Available Funds: $3,800,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$275,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $250,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 14-16.

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

    Maximum Award: In no case does the Secretary make an award greater 
than $275,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Secretary 
rejects and does not consider an application that proposes a budget 
exceeding this maximum amount.
    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 regulations for this program in 34 CFR 
part 369.

Priorities

    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) the Secretary is particularly interested 
in applications that meet one or more of the following invitational 
priorities. However, an application that meets one or more of these 
invitational priorities does not receive competitive or absolute 
preference over other applications:

Invitational Priority 1--Special Demonstrations to Increase Employment 
Outcomes, Especially Self-Employment, Telecommuting, or Business 
Ownership, for American Indians With Disabilities Who Reside on or Near 
Reservations or in Urban Settings

    Projects that would increase the employment opportunities by 
providing vocational rehabilitation services to American Indians with 
disabilities. Projects that would provide services to American Indians, 
and may provide training and instruction to other nonprofit agencies to 
provide these services, to achieve vocational outcomes related to self-
employment, telecommuting, or business ownership. Services may include, 
but are not limited to, technical assistance and other consultation 
services to conduct market analyses, develop business plans, and obtain 
loans, occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks and 
supplies for eligible individuals.

Invitational Priority 2--Programs That Demonstrate Methods of Providing 
Affordable Transportation Services to Individuals With Disabilities

    Projects that would demonstrate methods of providing affordable 
transportation services to individuals with disabilities who are 
employed, seeking employment, or receiving vocational rehabilitation 
services from public or private organizations and who reside in 
geographic areas in which public transportation or paratransit service 
is not available.

Invitational Priority 3--Projects Focusing on Career Advancement

    Projects that would demonstrate service delivery models that would 
further high quality employment outcomes for individuals with 
disabilities. Projects that would provide services, which may include, 
but is not limited to, training, education, counseling, placement, and 
follow-up activities that would allow the individuals with disabilities 
to possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for jobs with 
the potential for career advancement and higher wages and benefits. 
Projects may also provide services to improve career advancement 
opportunities for individuals with disabilities who are employed.

Selection Criteria

    In evaluating an application for a new grant under this 
competition, the Secretary uses selection criteria chosen from the 
general selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. The selection 
criteria to be used for this competition will be provided in the 
application package for this competition.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Martin or Alfreda Reeves, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3314, Switzer 
Building, Washington, DC. 20202-2650. Telephone: (202) 205-8494 or 
(202) 205-9361. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed in the preceding 
paragraph.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-

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576-7734. You may also contact ED Pubs via its Web site (http://
www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html) or its E-mail address (ed 
[email protected]). If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure 
to identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.235H.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts 
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
Room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: 
(202) 205-8351. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an 
alternate format the standard forms included in the application 
package.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the PDF you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
have questions about using the PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing 
Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, 
area at (202) 512-1530.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal 
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 773(b).

    Dated: August 19, 1999.
Curtis L. Richards,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services.
[FR Doc. 99-22036 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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