Special Demonstration Programs--Model Demonstration Projects--Mentoring for Transition-Age Youth and Young Adults With Disabilities; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003; CFDA No.: 84.235Q [OSERS]

[Federal Register: August 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 150)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.235Q]

Special Demonstration Programs--Model Demonstration Projects--
Mentoring for Transition-Age Youth and Young Adults With Disabilities;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003

Purpose of Program: To provide financial assistance to projects
that expand and improve the provision of rehabilitation and other
services for individuals with disabilities. These model demonstration
projects will focus on mentoring models that provide appropriate
supports for transition-age youth and young adults with disabilities.
The mentoring models developed under this program must incorporate
effective, research-based mentoring methods. The model demonstration
projects will test whether increases in meaningful postsecondary
education and quality employment outcomes can be achieved through the
use of mentors by State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies.
Eligible Applicants: State VR agencies.
Supplementary Information: Funds under this competition will be
used to support projects in FY 2003. Along with other authorized
activities, funds may be used for the payment of mentors. In FY 2004,
the Assistant Secretary may consider funding high-quality applications
submitted in FY 2003, but not funded in FY 2003.
Applications Available: August 5, 2003.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 4, 2003.
Estimated Available Funds: $750,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$200,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $185,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.

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

Project Period: 60 months.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. It is suggested that you
limit Part III to 35 pages.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 85, 97, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
part 373.
Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant
under this competition, we use selection criteria developed in
accordance with 34 CFR 75.209 or chosen from the general selection
criteria in 34 CFR 75.210 or a combination of both. The selection
criteria to be used for this competition will be provided in the
application package for this competition.

Priorities

Model Demonstration Projects--Mentoring for Transition-Age Youth and
Young Adults With Disabilities

It is the policy of the Department of Education not to solicit
applications before the publication of final priorities. However, in
this case it is essential to solicit applications on the basis of the
notice of proposed priority, definitions, and application requirements
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, because the
Department's authority to obligate these funds will expire on September
30, 2003. Applicants should base their applications on the proposed
priority, definitions, and application requirements. If changes are
made in the final notice in response to public comments or other
considerations, applicants will be given an opportunity to revise or
resubmit their applications.
For FY 2003, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet the priority,
definitions, and application requirements.

Invitational Priority

We are particularly interested in applications that meet the
following invitational priority.

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Projects of Collaboration Between State VR Agencies and Consumer-
Controlled, Membership Organizations Focusing on Mentoring for
Transition-Age Youth and Young Adults With Disabilities

We are interested in projects that foster collaborative working
relationships between State VR agencies and consumer-controlled,
membership organizations in order to demonstrate whether research-based
mentoring methods can be effective in increasing meaningful community
integration, postsecondary education, and employment outcomes.
A consumer-controlled, membership organization is an entity--(a)
With a constitution or bylaws, or both, that detail the operational
structure of the organization, including membership classes and dues to
be paid by members of each class; (b) that may not be merely a social
organization but must actively promote the integration and full
inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the mainstream of
American society; and (c) of which the majority of the officers and a
majority of the membership are individuals with disabilities.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets
this invitational priority competitive or absolute preference over
other applications.
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 you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html.
Or you may contact ED Pubs at 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 84.235Q.
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: Alfreda Reeves, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3314, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC. 20202-2650. Telephone: (202) 205-9361. 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 notice in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in the
preceding paragraph.

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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 773(b).

Dated: July 31, 2003.
Robert H. Pasternack,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 03-19875 Filed 8-4-03; 8:45 am]

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