[Federal Register: August 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 167)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.128G]

 
Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects Program for Migrant 
and Seasonal Farmworkers; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards 
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000.

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants for vocational rehabilitation 
services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal 
farmworkers, as 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: A State designated agency; nonprofit agencies 
working in collaboration with a State agency; and a local agency 
working in collaboration with a State agency.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 1, 1999.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: January 30, 2000.
    Applications Available: September 1, 1999.
    Available Funds: $660,000.
    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: (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 in 34 CFR part 369.

    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants 
except federally recognized Indian tribes. The regulations in 34 CFR 
part 86 apply to institutions of higher education only.

    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 (edpubs@inet.ed.gov). 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 alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts 
Services Team (GCST), 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: 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 a copy of 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.

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

    Dated: August 25, 1999.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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