Applicants for this program competition must use the government-wide website, grants.gov http://www.grants.gov, to apply. Please note that the Grants.gov site works differently than the U.S. Department of Education's e-Application System. We strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with Grants.gov and strongly recommend that you register early and submit early.

If an applicant wishes to exercise the Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement, applicants must submit no later than two weeks before the application due date a statement to the Department requesting an exception to these requirements and explaining the grounds that prevent the applicant from using the Internet to submit your application.

If an applicant decides to mail the request for the Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. For information about how to submit applications electronically, or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer to the original application notice published in the Federal Register.

Register Early: Grants.gov registration may take five or more days to complete. You must be fully registered to submit an application. Please follow the detailed Step-by-Step instructions on the Grants.gov Get Started page http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.

Submit Early: Do not wait until the last day to submit your application! To submit successfully, you must enter the DUNS number in the application that your organization used when it registered with the CCR.

The FY 2009 application for grants under the Even Start Indian Program is available to download.
PDF (515K)

For printed applications contact:
ED Pubs
P.O. Box 1398
Jessup, MD 20794-1398
Telephone: (877) 433-7827
(TDD) (877) 576-7734
ED Pubs Web site
E-mail: edpubs@inet.ed.gov

Or

Amber Sheker
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 3E252
Washington, DC
20202-6200
Telephone: (202) 205-0653
E-mail: amber.sheker@ed.gov

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications under the Even Start Family Literacy Program for Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations grant competition: May 4, 2009 (by 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time).

All applicants must use the government-wide website, grants.gov, to apply. If an applicant wishes to exercise the Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement, applicants must submit no later than two weeks before the application due date a statement to the Department requesting an exception to these requirements and explaining the grounds that prevent the applicant from using the Internet to submit your application.

Federal Register Notice Inviting Applications for FY 2009 (March 9, 2009).

Online Resources

You may find the following resources helpful in preparing your application:

• Grantmaking at ED (August 2004)
• Guidance for the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs
  MS WORD (815K)

If you have any questions about the program after reviewing the application package, please contact Amber Sheker by telephone at (202) 205-0653, via e-mail at Amber.Sheker@ed.gov, or write directly to:
Amber Sheker
Early Childhood Reading
Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Program (AITQ)
US Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 3E252
Washington D.C. 20202-6200

Workshops

We will host two (2) applicant technical assistance workshops using WebEx to assist prospective applicants who are interested in submitting applications in this year's Even Start grant competition. Below are the instructions you will need to join the online training session.

We will present information about the Even Start program, the invitational priorities, selection criteria, program requirements, the submission of applications through Grants.gov, and other information. Materials presented at these meetings will also be posted on Even Start websites located at www.ed.gov/programs/evenstartindian/applicant.html and http://www.evenstartnetwork.net/.

IMPORTANT: Some preliminary set-up may be required depending on your computer system. Prior to the day of the meeting, please review the file below:

Directions for Using WebEx
PDF (28K)

Schedule of Web Based Technical Assistance Workshops

WebEx Number 1

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Time: 1:30 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
Session number: 559 981 233
Session password: Education1

To join the training session:

1. Go to https://windwalker.webex.com/windwalker/k2/j.php?ED=106407542&UID=1004789197
2. Enter your name and email address
3. Enter the session password: Education1
4. Click "Join Now"
5. Please wait a few minutes while a series of windows will open and set
6. Once this is done you will be presented with a CALL dialog box; just follow the prompts
7. Dial the access telephone number (866-469-3239)
8. Enter the Meeting ID (March 17th is 559 981 233)
9. Enter your caller ID when prompted (you will see this in the CALL dialog box)

WebEx Number 2

Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time: 3:30 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
Session number: 554 124 495
Session password: Education1

To join the training session:

1. Go to https://windwalker.webex.com/windwalker/k2/j.php?ED=106407542&UID=1004789197
2. Enter your name and email address
3. Enter the session password: Education1
4. Click "Join Now"
5. Please wait a few minutes while a series of windows will open and set
6. Once this is done you will be presented with a CALL dialog box; just follow the prompts
7. Dial the access telephone number (866-469-3239)
8. Enter the Meeting ID (March 26th is 554 124 495)
9. Enter your caller ID when prompted (you will see this in the CALL dialog box)