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Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
Overview Information Grant
Competition To Prevent High-Risk
Drinking or Violent Behavior Among
College Students; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.184H.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
[FR Doc. E5–497 Filed 2–7–05; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Dates: Applications Available:
February 8, 2005. Deadline for
Transmittal of Applications: March 25,
2005. Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 24, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs), consortia
thereof, public and private nonprofit
organizations, including faith-based
organizations, and individuals.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,500,000. Contingent upon the
availability of funds, we may make
additional awards in FY 2006 and
subsequent years from the list of
nonfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$100,000—$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$125,000.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
Projects will be funded for one year
with an option for an additional year,
contingent upon substantial progress by
the grantee and the availability of funds.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Grant
Competition to Prevent High-Risk
Drinking or Violent Behavior Among
College Students provides awards to
develop or enhance, implement, and
evaluate campus- and/or communitybased strategies to prevent high-risk
drinking or violent behavior among
college students.
Priorities: These priorities are from
the notice of final priorities and
selection criteria for this program,
published in the Federal Register on
December 27, 2000 (65 FR 82224–
82226), and a correction notice
published in the Federal Register on
January 10, 2001 (66 FR 1963)
(collectively, the Notice of Final
Priorities and Selection Criteria).
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2005 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards on the basis of the funding slate
from this competition, these priorities
are absolute priorities. Under 34 CFR
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75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet either of the
absolute priorities.
These priorities are:
Absolute Priority One—Develop or
Enhance, Implement, and Evaluate
Campus- and/or Community-Based
Strategies To Prevent High-Risk
Drinking Among College Students
Under this priority, applicants are
required to:
(1) Identify a specific student
population to be served by the grant and
provide a justification for its selection;
(2) Provide evidence that a needs
assessment has been conducted on
campus to document prevalence rates
related to high-risk drinking by the
population selected;
(3) Set measurable goals and
objectives for the proposed project and
provide a description of how progress
toward achieving goals will be
measured annually;
(4) Design and implement prevention
strategies, using student input and
participation, that research has shown
to be effective in preventing high-risk
drinking by the target population;
(5) Use a qualified evaluator to design
and implement an evaluation of the
project using outcomes-based
(summative) performance indicators
related to behavioral change and process
(formative) measures that assess and
document the strategies used; and
(6) Demonstrate the ability to start the
project within 60 days after receiving
federal funding in order to maximize the
time available to show impact within
the grant period.
Absolute Priority Two—Develop or
Enhance, Implement, and Evaluate
Campus- and/or Community-Based
Strategies To Prevent Violent Behavior
Among College Students
Under this priority, applicants are
required to:
(1) Identify a specific student
population to be served by the grant and
provide a justification for its selection;
(2) Provide evidence that a needs
assessment has been conducted on
campus to document prevalence rates
related to violent behavior;
(3) Set measurable goals and
objectives for the proposed project and
provide a description of how progress
toward achieving goals will be
measured annually;
(4) Design and implement prevention
strategies, using student input and
participation, that research has shown
to be effective in preventing violent
behavior among college students;
(5) Use a qualified evaluator to design
and implement an evaluation of the
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project using outcomes-based
(summative) performance indicators
related to behavioral change and process
(formative) measures that assess and
document the strategies used; and
(6) Demonstrate the ability to start the
project within 60 days after receiving
federal funding in order to maximize the
time available to show impact within
the grant period.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) the
Notice of Final Priority and Selection
Criteria.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,500,000. Contingent upon the
availability of funds, we may make
additional awards in FY 2006 and
subsequent years from the list of
nonfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$100,000–$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$125,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
Projects will be funded for one year
with an option for one additional year,
contingent upon substantial progress by
the grantee and the availability of funds.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs), consortia
thereof, public and private nonprofit
organizations, including faith-based
organizations, and individuals.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching.
IV. Application Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Education Publications Center
(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD
20794–1398. Telephone (toll-free): (877)
433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If you
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
(877) 576–7734.
You also may contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
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You also may access the electronic
version of the application at the
following Web site: https://www.ed.gov/
programs/dvphighrisk/.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA Number
84.184H.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in section VII of
this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
program.
Page Limit: The program narrative
section should not exceed 25 doublespaced pages using a standard font no
smaller than 12-point, with 1-inch
margins (top, bottom, left, and right).
The narrative should follow the format
and sequence of the selection criteria.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 8,
2005. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 25, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
available through the Department’s eGrants system. For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically or by mail or hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.
6. Other Submission Requirements in
this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 24, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
Part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically, unless you request a
waiver of this requirement in
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accordance with the instructions in this
section.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications. Applications for grants
under the Grant Competition to Prevent
High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior
Among College Students-CFDA Number
84.184H must be submitted
electronically using e-Application
available through the Department’s eGrants system, accessible through the eGrants portal page at: https://egrants.ed.gov.
While completing your electronic
application, you will be entering data
online that will be saved into a
database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
Please note the following:
• You must complete the electronic
submission of your grant application by
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The eApplication system will not accept an
application for this competition after
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not
wait until the application deadline date
to begin the application process.
• The regular hours of operation of
the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday
until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m.
Thursday until midnight Saturday,
Washington, DC time. Please note that
the system is unavailable on Sundays,
and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and
6 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC
time, for maintenance. Any
modifications to these hours are posted
on the e-Grants Web site.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including the
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424), Budget
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Information—Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
• Any narrative sections of your
application should be attached as files
in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text),
or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
• Prior to submitting your electronic
application, you may wish to print a
copy of it for your records.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgement that will
include a PR/Award number (an
identifying number unique to your
application).
• Within three working days after
submitting your electronic application,
fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the
Application Control Center after
following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant’s Authorizing
Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the
upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the
Application Control Center at (202)
245–6272.
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on other forms at a
later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of e-Application System
Unavailability: If you are prevented
from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because the e-Application system is
unavailable, we will grant you an
extension of one business day in order
to transmit your application
electronically, by mail, or by hand
delivery. We will grant this extension
if—
(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an
electronic application for this
competition; and
(2)(a) The e-Application system is
unavailable for 60 minutes or more
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is
unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm
these periods of unavailability before
granting you an extension. To request
this extension or to confirm our
acknowledgement of any system
unavailability, you may contact either
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notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
(see VII. Agency Contact) or (2)
the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336–
8930. If the system is down and
therefore the application deadline is
extended, an e-mail will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated an eApplication. Extensions referred to in
this section apply only to the
unavailability of the Department’s eApplication system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the e-Application system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Department’s e-Application system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application. If
you mail your written statement to the
Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Richard Lucey, Jr., U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E335, Washington,
DC 20202–6450. FAX: (202) 260–7767.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail. If you qualify for any exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial
carrier) your application to the
Department. You must mail the original
and two copies of your application, on
or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.184H), 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260;
CONTACT
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By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.184H),
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery. If you qualify for an
exception to electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service)
may deliver your paper application to
the Department by hand. You must
deliver the original and two copies of
your application, by hand, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.184H), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of
Paper Applications: If you mail or hand
deliver your application to the
Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the
Department—in Item 4 of the ED 424 the
CFDA number—and suffix letter, if
any—of the competition under which
you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgment to you. If you do not
receive the grant application receipt
acknowledgment within 15 business
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days from the application deadline date,
you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at
(202) 245–6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are in the
application package.
2. Review and Selection Process: An
additional factor we may consider in
selecting an application for an award is
the geographic distribution of the
projects, in addition to the rank order of
applicants.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: If funded, you are
expected to collect data on the key
GPRA performance measures for this
program and report those data to the
Department in your annual performance
report and final performance report. At
the end of your project period, you must
submit a final performance report,
including financial information, as
directed by the Secretary. If you receive
a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides
the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as
specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR
75.118. We also may require more
frequent performance reports in
accordance with 34 CFR 75.720(c).
4. Performance Measures: We have
identified the following key GPRA
performance measures for assessing the
effectiveness of this program at the end
of these 2-year grants: (1) The
percentage of grantees that achieve a 5
percent decrease in high-risk drinking
among students served by the project
(Absolute Priority One) and (2) the
percentage of grantees that achieve a 5
percent decrease in violent behavior
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among students served by the project
(Absolute Priority Two).
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Lucey, Jr., U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E335, Washington, DC 20202–
6450. Telephone: (202) 205–5471 or by
e-mail: richard.lucey@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at (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
this section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at (888)
293–6498; or in the Washington, DC,
area at (202) 512–1530.
You may also view this document in
text or PDF at the following site: http:/
/www.ed.gov/programs/dvphighrisk/
applicant.html.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: February 3, 2005.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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[FR Doc No: E5-513]
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information Grant
Competition To Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior Among
College Students; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184H.
Dates: Applications Available: February 8, 2005. Deadline for
Transmittal of Applications: March 25, 2005. Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: May 24, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs),
consortia thereof, public and private nonprofit organizations,
including faith-based organizations, and individuals.
Estimated Available Funds: $2,500,000. Contingent upon the
availability of funds, we may make additional awards in FY 2006 and
subsequent years from the list of nonfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000--$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $125,000.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months. Projects will be funded for one
year with an option for an additional year, contingent upon substantial
progress by the grantee and the availability of funds.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk
Drinking or Violent Behavior Among College Students provides awards to
develop or enhance, implement, and evaluate campus- and/or community-
based strategies to prevent high-risk drinking or violent behavior
among college students.
Priorities: These priorities are from the notice of final
priorities and selection criteria for this program, published in the
Federal Register on December 27, 2000 (65 FR 82224-82226), and a
correction notice published in the Federal Register on January 10, 2001
(66 FR 1963) (collectively, the Notice of Final Priorities and
Selection Criteria).
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2005 and any subsequent year in which
we make awards on the basis of the funding slate from this competition,
these priorities are absolute priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we
consider only applications that meet either of the absolute priorities.
These priorities are:
Absolute Priority One--Develop or Enhance, Implement, and Evaluate
Campus- and/or Community-Based Strategies To Prevent High-Risk Drinking
Among College Students
Under this priority, applicants are required to:
(1) Identify a specific student population to be served by the
grant and provide a justification for its selection;
(2) Provide evidence that a needs assessment has been conducted on
campus to document prevalence rates related to high-risk drinking by
the population selected;
(3) Set measurable goals and objectives for the proposed project
and provide a description of how progress toward achieving goals will
be measured annually;
(4) Design and implement prevention strategies, using student input
and participation, that research has shown to be effective in
preventing high-risk drinking by the target population;
(5) Use a qualified evaluator to design and implement an evaluation
of the project using outcomes-based (summative) performance indicators
related to behavioral change and process (formative) measures that
assess and document the strategies used; and
(6) Demonstrate the ability to start the project within 60 days
after receiving federal funding in order to maximize the time available
to show impact within the grant period.
Absolute Priority Two--Develop or Enhance, Implement, and Evaluate
Campus- and/or Community-Based Strategies To Prevent Violent Behavior
Among College Students
Under this priority, applicants are required to:
(1) Identify a specific student population to be served by the
grant and provide a justification for its selection;
(2) Provide evidence that a needs assessment has been conducted on
campus to document prevalence rates related to violent behavior;
(3) Set measurable goals and objectives for the proposed project
and provide a description of how progress toward achieving goals will
be measured annually;
(4) Design and implement prevention strategies, using student input
and participation, that research has shown to be effective in
preventing violent behavior among college students;
(5) Use a qualified evaluator to design and implement an evaluation
of the
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project using outcomes-based (summative) performance indicators related
to behavioral change and process (formative) measures that assess and
document the strategies used; and
(6) Demonstrate the ability to start the project within 60 days
after receiving federal funding in order to maximize the time available
to show impact within the grant period.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) the Notice of Final
Priority and Selection Criteria.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $2,500,000. Contingent upon the
availability of funds, we may make additional awards in FY 2006 and
subsequent years from the list of nonfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $125,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months. Projects will be funded for one
year with an option for one additional year, contingent upon
substantial progress by the grantee and the availability of funds.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs),
consortia thereof, public and private nonprofit organizations,
including faith-based organizations, and individuals.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone
(toll-free): (877) 433-7827. Fax: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
(877) 576-7734.
You also may contact ED Pubs at its Web site: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
You also may access the electronic version of the application at
the following Web site: https://www.ed.gov/programs/dvphighrisk/
index.html.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.184H.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in section VII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this program.
Page Limit: The program narrative section should not exceed 25
double-spaced pages using a standard font no smaller than 12-point,
with 1-inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right). The narrative
should follow the format and sequence of the selection criteria.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: February 8,
2005. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 25, 2005.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) available through the Department's e-Grants system. For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 24, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR Part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition must be submitted electronically, unless you request a
waiver of this requirement in accordance with the instructions in this
section.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants
under the Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent
Behavior Among College Students-CFDA Number 84.184H must be submitted
electronically using e-Application available through the Department's
e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants portal page at: http:/
/e-grants.ed.gov.
While completing your electronic application, you will be entering
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Please note the following:
You must complete the electronic submission of your grant
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. The e-Application system will not accept an application
for this competition after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do
not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application
process.
The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site
are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until
midnight Saturday, Washington, DC time. Please note that the system is
unavailable on Sundays, and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6 a.m. on
Thursdays, Washington, DC time, for maintenance. Any modifications to
these hours are posted on the e-Grants Web site.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget
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Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
Any narrative sections of your application should be
attached as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF
(Portable Document) format.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may
wish to print a copy of it for your records.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgement that will include a PR/Award
number (an identifying number unique to your application).
Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the Application Control
Center after following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the
hard-copy signature page of the ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the Application Control Center at
(202) 245-6272.
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of e-Application System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because the e-
Application system is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of
one business day in order to transmit your application electronically,
by mail, or by hand delivery. We will grant this extension if--
(1) You are a registered user of e-Application and you have
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
(2)(a) The e-Application system is unavailable for 60 minutes or
more between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgement of any system unavailability, you may
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If the system is down and therefore
the application deadline is extended, an e-mail will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated an e-Application. Extensions
referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of the
Department's e-Application system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the e-Application system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Department's e-Application system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Richard Lucey, Jr., U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E335,
Washington, DC 20202-6450. FAX: (202) 260-7767.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail. If you qualify for any
exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail
(through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.184H), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260;
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.184H), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery. If you
qualify for an exception to electronic submission requirement, you (or
a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the Department
by hand. You must deliver the original and two copies of your
application, by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to
the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.184H), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-
4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail
or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the ED 424 the CFDA number--and suffix letter,
if any--of the competition under which you are submitting your
application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business
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days from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S.
Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
in the application package.
2. Review and Selection Process: An additional factor we may
consider in selecting an application for an award is the geographic
distribution of the projects, in addition to the rank order of
applicants.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: If funded, you are expected to collect data on the
key GPRA performance measures for this program and report those data to
the Department in your annual performance report and final performance
report. At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34
CFR 75.118. We also may require more frequent performance reports in
accordance with 34 CFR 75.720(c).
4. Performance Measures: We have identified the following key GPRA
performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of this program at
the end of these 2-year grants: (1) The percentage of grantees that
achieve a 5 percent decrease in high-risk drinking among students
served by the project (Absolute Priority One) and (2) the percentage of
grantees that achieve a 5 percent decrease in violent behavior among
students served by the project (Absolute Priority Two).
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Lucey, Jr., U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E335, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 205-5471 or by e-mail: richard.lucey@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (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 this section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at (888) 293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
You may also view this document in text or PDF at the following
site: https://www.ed.gov/programs/dvphighrisk/applicant.html.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Dated: February 3, 2005.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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