Application Deadline: Deadline for Transmittal of Applications under the Even Start Family Literacy Women's Prison grant competition: February 29, 2008 (by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time)

Applicants for this program competition must use the new government-wide website, grants.gov, to apply. This will replace last year's requirement that applicants use the U.S. Department of Education's e-Grants system. 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.

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.

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 (February 29, 2008) 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 (February 29, 2008).

The FY 2008 Even Start Family Literacy Women's Prison Grant Application (CFDA No. 84.313A) is available to download, however, you must apply for funding through grants.gov.

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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) or in the Grants.gov Registration brochure

Obtain your organization's Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number Register your organization with Central Contractor Registry (CCR) Identify your organization's E-Business POC (Point of Contact) Confirm your organization's CCR "Marketing Partner ID Number (M-PIN)" password Register Yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR)

Obtain your username and password

Register your username and password with Grants.gov

Get Yourself Authorized as an AOR

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.

For more information to help you with Grants.gov, please see the brochure titled, "Grants.gov is as Easy as 1, 2, 3."

You will want to ensure your application is submitted (i.e. has a date/time stamp from Grants.gov before 4:30 pm on the deadline date) AND that the application is processed and validated successfully. Grants.gov processing times may vary, so you need to allow at least 3 days for any unanticipated problems with your submission. If Grants.gov rejects your application, you will need to resubmit before the deadline date and time.

Grants.gov Support: For help with Grants.gov, please call 1-800-518-4726 or use the customer support available on the website.

Even Start Family Literacy Program Women's Prison Grant; Notice Inviting Applications for a New Award for Fiscal Year 2008 (December 21, 2007)

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