[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57081-57082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27621]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.250A]


Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for American Indians 
With Disabilities

    Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 
2000.
    Purpose of Program: To provide vocational rehabilitation services 
to American Indians with disabilities who reside on or near Federal or 
State reservations, consistent with their individual strengths, 
resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, and informed 
choices, so that they may prepare for and engage in gainful employment, 
including self-employment, telecommuting, or business ownership.
    Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted only by the 
governing bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of those governing 
bodies) located on Federal or State reservations.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 21, 2000.
    Applications Available: October 22, 1999.
    Available Funds: $9,242,660.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $250,000-$325,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $290,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 27-28.

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

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, and 
82; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 369 and 
371.

Priority

    Under section 121(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, the Secretary gives preference to applications that meet the 
following competitive priority. Under 34 CFR 74.105(c)(2)(i) the 
Secretary awards 10 points to an application that meets this 
competitive priority. These points are in addition to any points the 
application earns under the selection criteria:

Competitive Preference Priority--Continuation of Previously Funded 
Tribal Programs

    In making new awards under this program, the Secretary gives 
priority consideration to applications for the continuation of tribal 
programs that have been funded under this program.
    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]). If you request an 
application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as 
follows: CFDA number 84.250A.
    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.
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

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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.

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
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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 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: October 18, 1999.
Curtis L. Richards,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services.
[FR Doc. 99-27621 Filed 10-21-99; 8:45 am]
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