[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54760-54761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27265]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.128G]


Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program; Notice Inviting 
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants for vocational rehabilitation 
services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal 
farmworkers, (individuals who have been determined in accordance with 
rules prescribed by the Secretary of Labor), and to the family members 
who are residing with those individuals (whether or not those family 
members are individuals with disabilities).
    Eligible Applicants: State designated agencies; nonprofit agencies 
working in collaboration with a State agency; and local agencies 
working in collaboration with a State agency.
    Applications Available: November 5, 2001.

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    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 5, 2002.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 6, 2002.
    Estimated Available Funds: $639,498.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000--$170,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $165,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 4.

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

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, and 86.

    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants 
except federally recognized Indian tribes.


    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of 
higher education only.

Priorities

Invitational Priority

    We are particularly interested in applications that meet the 
following priority:
    Applications for projects that provide vocational rehabilitation 
services including, but not limited to, vocational skills development, 
job placement, job training, occupational skills training programs, 
cultural awareness, language skills development, life skills (e.g., 
health, education, socialization), English as a Second Language, 
dissemination of employment information, and training workshops.
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets 
the priority a competitive or absolute preferences over other 
applications.

Competitive Preference Priority

    This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the priority 
in the notice of final competitive preference for this program, 
published in the Federal Register on November 22, 2000 (65 FR 70408). 
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional 10 points to 
an application, depending on the extent to which the application 
includes effective strategies for employing and advancing in employment 
qualified individuals with disabilities as project employees in 
projects awarded under this program. In determining the effectiveness 
of those strategies, we will consider the applicant's prior success, as 
described in the application, in employing and advancing in employment 
qualified individuals with disabilities.
    The maximum score under the selection criteria for this program is 
100 points; however, we will also use the competitive preference so 
that up to an additional 10 points may be earned by an applicant for a 
total possible score of 110 points.

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 at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html.
    Or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify 
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.128G.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternative 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) 205-8207. 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 
alternative format the standard forms included in the application 
package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary E. Chambers, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3322, Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-2647. Telephone (202) 205-8435. 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 
alternative 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

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the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.

    Dated: October 25, 2001.
Robert H. Pasternack,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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