[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55702-55703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26819]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.275A]


National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials: 
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

    Purpose of Program: The Rehabilitation Training program supports 
projects to ensure skilled personnel are available to provide 
rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities through 
vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs, 
through supported employment programs, through independent living 
services programs, and through client assistance programs. The program 
supports projects to maintain and upgrade basic skills and knowledge of 
personnel employed to provide state-of-the-art service delivery system 
and rehabilitation technology services.
    Eligible Applicants: State agencies and public or nonprofit 
agencies and organizations, including Indian Tribes and institutions of 
higher education, are eligible for assistance under the Rehabilitation 
Training program.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 10, 1999.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: February 9, 2000.
    Applications Available: October 14, 1999.
    Estimated Available Funds: $300,000.
    Estimated Range of Award: $250,000 to $300,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Award: $275,000.
    Maximum Award: In no case does the Secretary make an award greater 
than $300,000 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.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

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

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    Page Limit: Part III of the application, the application narrative, 
is where you,

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the applicant, address the selection criteria used by reviewers in 
evaluating the application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent 
of no more than 35 pages, using the following standards:
    (1) A page is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only with 1'' margins at 
the top, bottom, and both sides.
    (2) You must double space (no more than three lines per vertical 
inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, 
headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as 
all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
    If you use a proportional computer font, you must use a font that 
is at least 12-point in height and no more than 18 characters per inch 
in width. If you use a nonproportional font or a typewriter, you may 
not use more than 12 characters per inch.
    The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part 
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the 
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, you must 
include all of the application narrative in Part III.
    If, in order to meet the page limit, you use print size, spacing, 
or margins smaller than the standards specified in this notice, we 
won't consider your application for funding.
    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 385, except Sec. 385.31.
    Priority: This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the 
priority in the notice of final priorities for this program, published 
in the Federal Register on December 5, 1994 (59 FR 62502). This 
priority is as follows: National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation 
Training Materials.
    The projects must--
     Demonstrate experience and capacity to provide for a 
national clearinghouse of rehabilitation training materials;
     Identify and gather rehabilitation information and 
training materials for use in preparing pre-service and in-service 
education and training for rehabilitation personnel;
     Disseminate, in a cost-effective manner, rehabilitation 
information and state-of-the-art training materials and methods to 
rehabilitation personnel to assist them in achieving improved outcomes 
in vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, and independent 
living; and
     Provide linkages and policies for the exchange of 
information and referral of inquiries with other existing 
clearinghouses and information centers supported by the U.S. Department 
of Education, including the Education Resources Information Center and 
the National Rehabilitation Information Center.
    For FY 2000 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 
75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet the priority.
    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 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): 1-877-576-7734. You may also 
contact ED Pubs via its Web site (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html) 
or its E-mail address ([email protected]).
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sylvia Johnson, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3318, Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-2649. Telephone: (202) 205-9312. 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 person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
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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 a 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. 772.

    Dated: October 8, 1999.
Curtis L. Richards,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services.
[FR Doc. 99-26819 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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