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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Training—
National Clearinghouse of
Rehabilitation Training Materials;
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.275A
Dates:
Applications Available: April 28,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 13, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 11, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States and public
or nonprofit agencies and organizations,
including Indian tribes and institutions
of higher education.
Estimated Available Funds: $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Rehabilitation Training program
supports projects to ensure skilled
personnel are available to provide
rehabilitation services to individuals
with disabilities through vocational,
medical, social, and psychological
rehabilitation programs, through
supported employment programs,
through independent living services
programs, and through client assistance
programs. The program supports
projects to maintain and upgrade basic
skills and knowledge of personnel
employed to provide state-of-the-art
service delivery systems and
rehabilitation technology services.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priorities for this
program, published in the Federal
Register on December 5, 1994 (59 FR
62502).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under
34.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
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National Clearinghouse of
Rehabilitation Training Materials
The project must—
• Demonstrate experience and
capacity to provide for a national
clearinghouse of rehabilitation training
materials;
• Identify and gather rehabilitation
information and training materials for
use in preparing pre-service and inservice education and training for
rehabilitation personnel;
• Disseminate, in a cost-effective
manner, rehabilitation information and
state-of-the-art training materials and
methods to rehabilitation personnel to
assist them in achieving improved
outcomes in vocational rehabilitation,
supported employment, and
independent living; and
• Provide linkages and policies for
the exchange of information and referral
of inquiries with other existing
clearinghouses and information centers
supported by the U.S. Department of
Education, including the Educational
Resources Information Center and the
National Rehabilitation Information
Center.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, and 86. (b) The regulations for
this program in 34 CFR part 385, except
§ 385.31.
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.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States and
public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes
and institutions of higher education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: A
grantee must provide a match of at least
10 percent of the total cost of the project
under the Rehabilitation Training—
National Clearinghouse of
Rehabilitation Training Materials
program (Section 302(a)(1) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended).
Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect
cost reimbursement on a training grant is
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limited to the recipient’s actual indirect
costs, as determined by its negotiated
indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent
of a modified total direct cost base,
whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in
excess of the eight percent limit may not be
charged directly, used to satisfy matching or
cost-sharing requirements, or charged to
another Federal award.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: 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 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
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number
84.275A.
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 Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5075, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2550. Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
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
competition.
Page Limit: Part III of the application,
the application narrative, is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. You must limit Part III
to the equivalent of no more than 50
pages, using the following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ × 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• 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.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
• The page limit does not apply to
Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget
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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.
We will reject your application if—
• You apply these standards and
exceed the page limit; or
• You apply other standards and
exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 28, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 13, 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: August 11, 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
competition.
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 qualify for an
exception to 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.
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a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under
Rehabilitation Training—National
Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation
Training Materials—CFDA Number
84.275A 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
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 acknowledgment that will
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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
acknowledgment 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 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
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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: Edward Smith, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5027, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2800. Fax: (202) 245–7591.
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 84.275A), 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260.
or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.275A),
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,
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(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 the
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 84.275A), 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
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 competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 and are in the application
package.
2. Review and Selection Process:
Additional factors we consider in
selecting an application for an award are
the geographical distribution of projects
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in each Rehabilitation Training Program
category in the country (34 CFR
385.33(a)) and the past performance of
the applicant in carrying out similar
training activities under previously
awarded grants, as indicated by factors
such as compliance with grant
conditions, soundness of programmatic
and financial management practices,
and attainment of established project
objectives (34 CFR 385.33(b)).
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: 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.
4. Performance Measures: The
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal
departments and agencies to improve
the effectiveness of their programs by
engaging in strategic planning, setting
outcome-related goals for programs, and
measuring program results against those
goals. The goals of this project are to—
• Identify and gather rehabilitation
information and training materials for
use in preparing pre-service and inservice education and training for
rehabilitation personnel;
• Disseminate, in a cost-effective
manner, rehabilitation information and
state-of-the-art training materials and
methods to rehabilitation personnel to
assist them in achieving improved
outcomes in vocational rehabilitation,
supported employment, and
independent living; and
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• Provide linkages and policies for
the exchange of information and referral
of inquiries with other existing
clearinghouses and information centers
supported by the U.S. Department of
Education, including the Education
Resources Information Center and the
National Rehabilitation Information
Center.
The grantee must, in their annual
progress report, present the results of
analysis of their performance in
achieving the goals and objectives it sets
forth in its application. The report must
include, at a minimum, the number of
requests received and filled; average
time to respond to a request; and an
analysis any customer satisfaction
survey findings, including findings from
questions about the product quality,
relevance, and utility.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Edward Smith, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2800.
Telephone: (202) 245–7602.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 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 program 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 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
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/
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Dated: April 22, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Overview
Information; State Vocational
Rehabilitation Unit In-Service Training
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.265A.
Dates:
Applications Available: April 28,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 13, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 11, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: State agencies
designated under a State plan for
vocational rehabilitation services under
section 101(a) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended.
Estimated Available Funds:
$5,823,883.
Basic Awards: $4,659,106.
Quality Awards: $1,164,777.
Please see the chart elsewhere in this
notice (see section II. Award
Information) for further information
concerning the estimated funds
available to individual State agencies for
Basic Awards.
Estimated Range of Awards:
Basic Awards: $19,413–$325,590.
Quality Awards: $20,000–$60,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
Basic Awards: $63,234.
Quality Awards: $40,000.
Estimated Number of Awards:
Basic Awards: 80.
Quality Awards: 30.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program is
designed to support projects for training
State vocational rehabilitation (VR) unit
personnel in program areas essential to
the effective management of the unit’s
program of VR services or in skill areas
that will enable staff personnel to
improve their ability to provide VR
services leading to employment
outcomes for individuals with
disabilities.
Priorities for Quality Awards: In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii),
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Training--National Clearinghouse of
Rehabilitation Training Materials; Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.275A
Dates:
Applications Available: April 28, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 13, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 11, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education.
Estimated Available Funds: $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Rehabilitation Training program supports
projects to ensure skilled personnel are available to provide
rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities through
vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs,
through supported employment programs, through independent living
services programs, and through client assistance programs. The program
supports projects to maintain and upgrade basic skills and knowledge of
personnel employed to provide state-of-the-art service delivery systems
and rehabilitation technology services.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priorities for
this program, published in the Federal Register on December 5, 1994 (59
FR 62502).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005, this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet
this priority.
This priority is:
National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
The project must--
Demonstrate experience and capacity to provide for a
national clearinghouse of rehabilitation training materials;
Identify and gather rehabilitation information and
training materials for use in preparing pre-service and in-service
education and training for rehabilitation personnel;
Disseminate, in a cost-effective manner, rehabilitation
information and state-of-the-art training materials and methods to
rehabilitation personnel to assist them in achieving improved outcomes
in vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, and independent
living; and
Provide linkages and policies for the exchange of
information and referral of inquiries with other existing
clearinghouses and information centers supported by the U.S. Department
of Education, including the Educational Resources Information Center
and the National Rehabilitation Information Center.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, and 86. (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
part 385, except Sec. 385.31.
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.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: A grantee must provide a match of at
least 10 percent of the total cost of the project under the
Rehabilitation Training--National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation
Training Materials program (Section 302(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended).
Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect cost reimbursement on
a training grant is
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limited to the recipient's actual indirect costs, as determined by
its negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent of a
modified total direct cost base, whichever amount is less. Indirect
costs in excess of the eight percent limit may not be charged
directly, used to satisfy matching or cost-sharing requirements, or
charged to another Federal award.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: 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 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
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.275A.
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 Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 245-7363. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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 competition.
Page Limit: Part III of the application, the application narrative,
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to
the equivalent of no more than 50 pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
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.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (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.
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: April 28,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 13, 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: August 11, 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 competition.
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 qualify
for an exception to 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 Rehabilitation Training--National
Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials--CFDA Number 84.275A
must be submitted electronically using e-Application available through
the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants
portal page at: https://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
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 acknowledgment that will
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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 acknowledgment 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: Edward Smith, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5027, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Fax: (202) 245-7591.
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
84.275A), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260.
orBy mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA
Number 84.275A), 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 the 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 84.275A), 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 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 competition
are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are in the application package.
2. Review and Selection Process: Additional factors we consider in
selecting an application for an award are the geographical distribution
of projects
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in each Rehabilitation Training Program category in the country (34 CFR
385.33(a)) and the past performance of the applicant in carrying out
similar training activities under previously awarded grants, as
indicated by factors such as compliance with grant conditions,
soundness of programmatic and financial management practices, and
attainment of established project objectives (34 CFR 385.33(b)).
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: 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.
4. Performance Measures: The Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal departments and agencies to improve the
effectiveness of their programs by engaging in strategic planning,
setting outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring program
results against those goals. The goals of this project are to--
Identify and gather rehabilitation information and
training materials for use in preparing pre-service and in-service
education and training for rehabilitation personnel;
Disseminate, in a cost-effective manner, rehabilitation
information and state-of-the-art training materials and methods to
rehabilitation personnel to assist them in achieving improved outcomes
in vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, and independent
living; and
Provide linkages and policies for the exchange of
information and referral of inquiries with other existing
clearinghouses and information centers supported by the U.S. Department
of Education, including the Education Resources Information Center and
the National Rehabilitation Information Center.
The grantee must, in their annual progress report, present the
results of analysis of their performance in achieving the goals and
objectives it sets forth in its application. The report must include,
at a minimum, the number of requests received and filled; average time
to respond to a request; and an analysis any customer satisfaction
survey findings, including findings from questions about the product
quality, relevance, and utility.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Edward Smith, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7602.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 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 program 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 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
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: April 22, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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