[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42766-42767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16027]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.132C]


Centers for Independent Living; Notice Inviting Applications for 
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002

    Purpose of Program: This program provides support for planning, 
conducting, administering, and evaluating centers for independent 
living (centers) consistent with the State plan for establishing a 
statewide network of centers.
    Eligible Applicants: To be eligible to apply, an applicant must--
(a) Be a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability, 
nonresidential, private nonprofit agency that is designed and operated 
within a local community by individuals with disabilities and provides 
an array of independent living services; (b) have the power and 
authority to meet the requirements in 34 CFR 366.2(a)(1); (c) be able 
to plan, conduct, administer, and evaluate a center consistent with the 
requirements in subparts F and G of 34 CFR part 366; and (d) either--
(1) Not currently be receiving funds under part C of chapter 1 of title 
VII of the Act; or (2) propose the expansion of an existing center 
through the establishment of a separate and complete center (except 
that the governing board of the existing center may serve as the 
governing board of the new center) at a different geographical 
location. Eligibility under this competition is limited to entities 
proposing to serve areas that are unserved or underserved in the States 
and territories listed under Available Funds and Estimated Number of 
Awards.
    Applications Available: June 25, 2002.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 1, 2002.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 30, 2002.
    Estimated Available Funds: $1,252,125.00.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 27, distributed in the following 
manner:

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                                                              Estimated
               Eligible entities                 Available    number of
                                                   funds        awards
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American Samoa................................     $154,046            1
Florida.......................................      150,000            1
Georgia.......................................      124,113            1
Illinois......................................      135,164            6
Indiana.......................................       65,306            3
Kansas........................................       35,448            1
Nevada........................................       35,448            1
Ohio..........................................       94,700            1
Oregon........................................       29,337            1
Pennsylvania..................................      133,490            1
Puerto Rico...................................       12,492            1
South Dakota..................................       35,448            1
Texas.........................................      200,000            1
Utah..........................................       11,816            2
Wisconsin.....................................       35,317            5
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    Estimated Range of Awards: $5,908 to $200,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $46,375.


    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 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, and 86. (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR 
parts 364 and 366.

Priority

Competitive Preference Priority:

    We give preference to applications that meet the competitive 
preference 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), up to 10 points may be 
earned based on the extent to which an application includes effective 
strategies for employing and advancing in employment qualified 
individuals with disabilities as project employees in projects awarded 
in this competition. 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. Therefore, within this 
competitive preference, applicants can be awarded up to a total of 10 
points in addition to those awarded under the selection criteria in 34 
CFR 366.27, for a total possible score of 110 points.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
PO 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 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 84.132C.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, 
audiotape, or computer diskette) 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: James Billy, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3326, Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-2741. Telephone: (202) 205-9362. 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 a copy of this notice in 
an alternative format on request to the contact person listed in the 
preceding paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

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    To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available 
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 
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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. 796a, 796f, 796f-1, and 796f-4.

    Dated: June 17, 2002.
Robert H. Pa

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sternack,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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