[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18600-18601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9329]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Availability of Funds for Grants to Support New Senior Companion 
and Foster Grandparent Projects

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(hereinafter, the ``Corporation'') announces the availability of 
funding for grants to support, for twelve months, two new Senior 
Companion projects in geographic areas that do not fall within approved 
service areas of current Corporation-funded Senior Companion

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projects, and three new Foster Grandparent projects in geographic areas 
that do not fall within approved service areas of current Corporation-
funded Foster Grandparent projects. Public agencies (including state 
and local agencies and other units of government), non-profit 
organizations (including community-based organizations, both faith-
based and secular), institutions of higher education, and Indian Tribes 
are eligible to apply. Sponsors of Senior Companion projects that 
receive no funds from the Corporation, other than funding for Programs 
of National Significance (PNS), are eligible to apply. Current sponsors 
of Senior Companion projects funded by the Corporation are not eligible 
to apply for funding of a new Senior Companion project.
    The purpose of the Senior Companion Program (SCP) is to provide 
opportunities for income eligible individuals 60 years of age and over 
to serve adults with special needs. The purpose of the Foster 
Grandparent Program (FGP) is to provide opportunities for income 
eligible individuals 60 years of age and over to serve children and 
youth with special or exceptional needs on a person to person basis.
    Individual Senior Companion grant awards will be approximately 
$210,000 to cover the costs of 46 new Senior Companion service years 
for twelve months. Individual Foster Grandparent grant awards will be 
approximately $205,600 to cover the costs of 45 Foster Grandparent 
service years for twelve months. Future funding is contingent on 
performance and the availability of appropriations.

DATES: The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time on June 6, 2003. However, if for some legitimate reason it is 
necessary for you to submit a paper application, we must receive it by 
5 p.m. on June 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted using eGrants, the 
Corporation's integrated, secure, web-based system for applications. 
Application guidelines and instructions can be obtained through our Web 
site at http://www.cns.gov/egrants/index.html. Application guidelines 
and instructions also can be obtained by contacting the appropriate 
Corporation State Office. Information on how to contact state offices 
is located on our Web site: http://www.nationalservice.org. Click on 
``Contact Information'' at the very bottom of the page. If you cannot 
submit an application electronically, submit a paper application, 
together with an electronic version of the application on a 3.5'' 
diskette to facilitate data entry into the eGrants system, to the 
following address: Corporation for National and Community Service, 
National Senior Service Corps, Attn: Mr. Peter L. Boynton, Room 9401, 
1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC., 20525. Due to delays in 
delivery of regular U.S.P.S. mail to government offices, there is no 
guarantee that your application will arrive in time to be considered. 
We suggest that if you are submitting a paper application, you use 
U.S.P.S. priority mail or a commercial overnight delivery service. 
Also, submit an explanation as to why you could not submit 
electronically. We will not accept an application that is submitted by 
facsimile.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Peter Boynton at (202) 606-
5000 ext. 554, or [email protected]. TDD (202) 565-2799. This Notice, 
with the complete application guidelines included, is available on the 
Corporation's Web site at: http://www.cns.gov/whatshot/notices.html. 
Upon request, this information will be made available in alternative 
formats for people with disabilities.

    Dated: April 10, 2003.
Teresa Scanell,
Director, National Senior Service Corps.
[FR Doc. 03-9329 Filed 4-15-03; 8:45 am]
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