[Federal Register: February 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 36)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
(CFDA No.: 84.264A)
Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs; Notice inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1998
Purpose of Program: To support cooperative agreements for training
centers that serve either a Federal region or another geographic area
and provide a broad, integrated sequence of training activities
throughout a multi-State geographical area that focus on meeting
recurrent and common training needs of employed rehabilitation
personnel.
Eligible Applicants: State and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education.
Supplementary Information: On September 22, 1997, the Secretary
published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications for
Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs. The two applications
submitted from Region VII, and the one application submitted from
Region X, were found unacceptable. The Secretary believes that by
reannouncing the competition in Region VII and Region X, acceptable
applications will be submitted.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 10, 1998.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 9, 1998.
Applications Available: February 24, 1998.
Available Funds: $685,620.
Estimated Range of Awards: $318,612-$348,500.
Maximum Awards by Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
Region: In no case does the Secretary make an initial award greater
than the amount listed for each of the following RSA regions for a
single budget period of 12 months. The Secretary rejects and does not
consider an application that proposes a budget exceeding this amount.
Maximum Level of Awards by RSA Region:
Region VII--$348,500
Region X--$337,120
Note: Applicants should apply for level funding for each project
year. Also, applicants are subject to a four percent cost-share
requirement on awards.
Estimated Number of Awards: 2.
Note: Applications are invited for the provision of training for
Department of Education Regions VII and X only. 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, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
Parts 385 and 389.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Specifically note that under section 21(b)(6) of the Rehabilitation
Act, as amended, applicants are required to demonstrate how they will
address, in whole or in part, the needs of individuals with
disabilities from minority backgrounds.
For Applications Contact: The Grants and Contracts Service Team
(GCST), U.S. Department of Education, 600
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Independence Avenue, S.W., room 3317 Switzer Building, Washington, D.C.
20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 205-8351. The preferred method for
requesting applications is to FAX your request to (202) 205-8717.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format by contacting the GCST. 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, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 3322 Switzer Building,
Washington, D.C. 20202-2649. Telephone: (202) 205-8291.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain 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.
Electronic Access to This Document: Anyone may view this document,
as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the
Federal Register, in text or portable document format (pdf) on the
World Wide Web at either of the following sites:
http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html
To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.
Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an
electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511
or toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option
G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases.
Note: The official version of a document is the document
published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.
Dated: February 18, 1998.
Howard R. Moses,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
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