[Federal Register: August 31, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 170)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.264B]
Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs (RCEP): Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001
Purpose of Program: To support training centers that serve either a
Federal region or another geographical area and provide for a broad,
integrated sequence of training activities that focus on meeting
recurrent and common training needs of employed rehabilitation
personnel throughout a multi-State geographical area.
Eligible Applicants: State and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 16, 2000.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 18, 2000.
Applications Available: September 1, 2000.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$39,629,000 for the Training Program for FY 2001, of which an estimated
$1,500,377 would be allocated for this competition. The actual level of
funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are
inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant
process before the end of the fiscal year, if Congress appropriates
funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $475,000--$501,486.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $499,000.
Maximum Awards By Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
Region: Consistent with EDGAR 34 CFR 75.104(b), it is the practice of
the Assistant Secretary to reject any application that proposes a
project funding level for any year that exceeds the stated maximum
award amount for that year.
Maximum Level of Awards By RSA Region
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Region V..................................................... $501,486
Region VII................................................... 499,916
Region IX.................................................... 498,975
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Reasonable Accommodation Language: The Assistant Secretary will
consider, and may fund, requests for additional funding as an addendum
to an application to reflect the costs of reasonable accommodations
necessary to allow individuals with disabilities to be employed on the
project as personnel on project activities.
Estimated Number of Awards
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Region V..................................................... 1
Region VII................................................... 1
Region IX.................................................... 1
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Note: Applications under CFDA No. 84.264B (Community
Rehabilitation Program/Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program)
are invited for the provision of training for Department of
Education Regions V, VII and IX, only. The Department is not bound
by any estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Page Limit: Part III of the application, the application narrative,
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria used by
reviewers in evaluating the application. You must limit Part III to the
equivalent of no more than 45 pages, using the following standards:
(1) A page is 8.5 inches by 11 inches, on one side only with 1 inch
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
(2) You must double space (no more than three lines per vertical
inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as
all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
If you use a proportional computer font, you may not use a font
smaller than a 12-point font or an average character density greater
than 18 characters per inch. If you use a nonproportional font or a
typewriter, you may not use more than 12 characters per inch.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, you must
include all of the application narrative in Part III.
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If, in order to meet the page limit, you use print size, spacing,
or margins smaller than the standards specified in this notice, we will
not consider your application for funding.
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 for this program in 34 CFR
parts 385 and 389.
Selection Criteria: The Assistant Secretary will use the selection
criteria in 34 CFR 385.31 and 389.30 to evaluate applications under
this program (These selection criteria will appear in the application
package). The maximum score for all the criteria is 100 points;
however, the Assistant Secretary will also use the following criterion
so that up to an additional ten points may be earned by an applicant
for a total possible score of 110 points.
Within the Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program, we will
give the following competitive preference under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)
to applications that are otherwise eligible for funding under this
competition.
Up to ten (10) points based on the extent to which an application
includes effective strategies for employing and advancing in employment
qualified individuals with disabilities in projects awarded under 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.
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).
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) 205-8351. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) 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 INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary C. Lynch, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3322 Switzer Building, Washington, DC
20202-2649. Telephone: (202) 205-8291. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative 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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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Dated: August 25, 2000.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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