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) 2007, 77004-77007 [E6-21987]
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Dated: December 19, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Delegated the Authority of Assistant Secretary
for Postsecondary Education.
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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) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.184H.
Applications Available: January
5, 2007. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: February 5, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:
April 6, 2007. Eligible Applicants:
Institutions of higher education (IHEs),
consortia thereof, public and private
nonprofit organizations, including faithbased organizations, and individuals.
DATES:
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Note: The Secretary is limiting eligibility
under the Grant Competition to Prevent
High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior
among College Students (CFDA Number
84.184H) to applicants that do not currently
have an active grant under this program. For
the purpose of this eligibility requirement, a
grant is considered active until the end of the
grant’s project or funding period, including
any extensions of those periods that extend
the grantee’s authority to obligate funds (71
FR 70369).
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$2,323,000 for new awards under this
program for FY 2007. The actual level
of funding, if any, depends on final
congressional action. However, we are
inviting applications to allow enough
time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this
program. Contingent upon the
availability of funds, we may make
additional awards in FY 2008 and
subsequent years from the list of
unfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$100,000–$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$125,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 18.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
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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 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 the 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 2007 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards based on the list of unfunded
applications 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 the goals and
objectives 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
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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 the goals and
objectives 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
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. (b) The Notice
of Final Priority and Selection Criteria.
(c) The Notice of Final Eligibility
Requirement for Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools discretionary grant
programs as published in the Federal
Register on December 4, 2006 (71 FR
70369).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$2,323,000 for new awards under this
program for FY 2007. The actual level
of funding, if any, depends on final
congressional action. However, we are
inviting applications to allow enough
time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this
program. Contingent upon the
availability of funds, we may make
additional awards in FY 2008 and
subsequent years from the list of
unfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$100,000–$150,000.
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Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$125,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 18.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs, consortia
thereof, public and private nonprofit
organizations, including faith-based
organizations, and individuals.
Note: The Secretary is limiting eligibility
under the Grant Competition to Prevent
High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior
among College Students (CFDA Number
84.184H) to applicants that do not currently
have an active grant under this program. For
the purpose of this eligibility requirement, a
grant is considered active until the end of the
grant’s project or funding period, including
any extensions of those periods that extend
the grantee’s authority to obligate funds (71
FR 70369).
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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): 1–
877–433–7827. Fax: 1–301–470–1244. If
you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll
free): 1–877–576–7734.
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 may also access the electronic
version of the application at the
following Web sites: https://
www.grants.gov or 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 under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT 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
competition.
Page Limit: The program narrative
section should not exceed 25 double-
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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: January 5, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: February 5, 2007.
Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper
format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
electronically, or by mail or hand
delivery, 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.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: April 6, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition 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 may be submitted
electronically or in paper format by mail
or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
To comply with the President’s
management Agenda, we are
participating as a partner in the
Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site.
The Grant Competition to Prevent HighRisk Drinking or Violent Behavior
among College Students, CFDA Number
84.184H, is included in this project. We
request your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your
application electronically, you must use
the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply
site at https://www.grants.gov. Through
this site, you will be able to download
a copy of the application package,
complete it offline, and then upload and
submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant
application to us.
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You may access the electronic grant
application for the Grant Competition to
Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent
Behavior among College Students at
https://www.Grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application
package for this competition by the
CFDA number. Do not include the
CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.184, not
84.184H).
Please note the following:
• Your participation in Grants.gov is
voluntary.
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by Grants.gov
are date and time stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted and must be date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this
section, we will not consider your
application if it is date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system later
than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it
was date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors,
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the submission
process through Grants.gov.
• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this competition
to ensure that you submit your
application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the
Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://eGrants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all steps
in the Grants.gov registration process
(see https://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). These steps include
(1) registering your organization, a
multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself
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as an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your
organization. Details on these steps are
outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition you will need to
update your CCR registration on an
annual basis. This may take three or
more business days to complete.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you submit your
application in paper format.
• If you submit your application
electronically, you must submit all
documents electronically, including all
information you typically provide on
the following forms: Application for
Federal Assistance (SF 424), the
Department of Education Supplemental
Information for SF 424, Budget
Information—Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications. Please
note that two of these forms—the SF 424
and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424—
have replaced the ED 424 (Application
for Federal Education Assistance).
• If you submit your application
electronically, you must attach any
narrative sections of your application as
files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich
text), or .PDF (Portable Document)
format. If you upload a file type other
than the three file types specified in this
paragraph or submit a passwordprotected file, we will not review that
material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page-limit
requirements described in this notice.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive from
Grants.gov an automatic notification of
receipt that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. (This notification
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
receipt by the Department). The
Department then will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send a
second notification to you by e-mail.
This second notification indicates that
the Department has received your
application and has assigned your
application a PR/Award number (an ED-
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specified identifying number unique to
your application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: If you are
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at
1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number
and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date, please
contact the person listed elsewhere in
this notice under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an
explanation of the technical problem
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number. We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. The Department will contact you
after a determination is made on
whether your application will be
accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in
this section apply only to the unavailability
of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the
application deadline date and time or if the
technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you submit your application in
paper format by mail (through the U.S.
Postal Service or a commercial carrier),
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,
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Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.184H),
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
84.184H), 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.
(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.
(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 submit your application in
paper format by hand delivery, you (or
a courier service) 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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
including suffix letter, if any, of the
competition under which you are submitting
your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will
mail to you a notification of receipt of your
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drinking among students served by the
project (Absolute Priority One) and (2)
the percentage of grantees that achieve
a five percent decrease in violent
behavior among students served by the
project (Absolute Priority Two).
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from the
Notice of Final Priorities and Selection
Criteria and are listed 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.
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grant application. If you do not receive this
notification 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.
VII. Agency Contact
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 two-year grants: (1) The
percentage of grantees that achieve a
five percent decrease in high-risk
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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 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 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.
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/
index.html.
Dated: December 19, 2006.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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National Mathematics Advisory
Panel, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting & public
hearing.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of an
upcoming meeting, including a public
hearing, with members of the National
Mathematics Advisory Panel. The notice
also describes the functions of the
Panel. Notice of this meeting is required
by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and is
intended to notify the public of their
opportunity to attend.
DATES: Thursday, January 11, 2007.
Time: 8:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the InterContinental New Orleans, 444
St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70130.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tyrrell Flawn, Executive Director,
National Mathematics Advisory Panel,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202; telephone: (202)
260–8354.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel
was established by Executive Order
13398. The purpose of this Panel is to
foster greater knowledge of an improved
performance in mathematics among
American students, in order to keep
America competitive, support American
talent and creativity, encourage
innovation throughout the American
economy, and help State, local,
territorial, and tribal governments give
the nation’s children and youth the
education they need to succeed.
The meeting will be hosted by Xavier
University, a historically black
university. It will begin with an Open
Public Session from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. At
that time, the public is invited to
comment on elements of the Executive
Order and the Panel’s work. Following
the public comment session, from 10:15
a.m. to 12:45 p.m., the four task
groups—Conceptual Knowledge and
Skills, Learning Processes, Instructional
Practices, and Teachers—will present
their draft contributions to the
preliminary report. Individuals
interested in attending the meeting are
advised to register in advance to ensure
space availability. Please contact
Jennifer Graban at (202) 260–1491 or by
e-mail at Jennifer.Graban@ed.gov by
Thursday, January 4, 2007.
If you are interested in giving
testimony during the public session on
January 11, please contact Jennifer
Graban at (202) 260–1491 or
Jennifer.Graban@ed.gov by Thursday,
January 4, 2007, to reserve time on the
agenda. Presenters are encouraged to
address one or more of the Panel’s
present four focus areas: Conceptual
knowledge and skills; learning
processes; instructional practices; and
teachers. (Please refer to the Web site at
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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) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184H.
DATES: Applications Available: January 5, 2007. Deadline for
Transmittal of Applications: February 5, 2007. Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: April 6, 2007. Eligible Applicants:
Institutions of higher education (IHEs), consortia thereof, public and
private nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations,
and individuals.
Note: The Secretary is limiting eligibility under the Grant
Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior among
College Students (CFDA Number 84.184H) to applicants that do not
currently have an active grant under this program. For the purpose
of this eligibility requirement, a grant is considered active until
the end of the grant's project or funding period, including any
extensions of those periods that extend the grantee's authority to
obligate funds (71 FR 70369).
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$2,323,000 for new awards under this program for FY 2007. The actual
level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete
the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent upon the availability of funds, we may make additional
awards in FY 2008 and subsequent years from the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $125,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 18.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
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 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 the
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 2007 and any subsequent year in which
we make awards based on the list of unfunded applications 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 the goals
and objectives 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 the goals
and objectives 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 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. (b) The Notice of Final Priority
and Selection Criteria. (c) The Notice of Final Eligibility Requirement
for Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools discretionary grant programs
as published in the Federal Register on December 4, 2006 (71 FR 70369).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$2,323,000 for new awards under this program for FY 2007. The actual
level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete
the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent upon the availability of funds, we may make additional
awards in FY 2008 and subsequent years from the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$150,000.
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Estimated Average Size of Awards: $125,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 18.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs, consortia thereof, public and private
nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations, and
individuals.
Note: The Secretary is limiting eligibility under the Grant
Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior among
College Students (CFDA Number 84.184H) to applicants that do not
currently have an active grant under this program. For the purpose
of this eligibility requirement, a grant is considered active until
the end of the grant's project or funding period, including any
extensions of those periods that extend the grantee's authority to
obligate funds (71 FR 70369).
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): 1-877-433-7827. Fax: 1-301-470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.
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 may also access the electronic version of the application at
the following Web sites: https://www.grants.gov or 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 under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 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 competition.
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: January 5,
2007. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 5, 2007.
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by
mail or hand delivery, 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.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
of this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 6, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition 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 may be submitted electronically or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
To comply with the President's management Agenda, we are
participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site.
The Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior
among College Students, CFDA Number 84.184H, is included in this
project. We request your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at https://www.grants.gov.
Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the
application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit
your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant
application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Grant
Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior among
College Students at https://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the
downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search
(e.g., search for 84.184, not 84.184H).
Please note the following:
Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary.
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see https://
www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These
steps include (1) registering your organization, a multi-part process
that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);
(2) registering yourself
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as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps are
outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). You also must provide on
your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration.
Please note that the registration process may take five or more
business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration
steps to allow you to submit successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration
on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to
complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you submit your application in paper format.
If you submit your application electronically, you must
submit all documents electronically, including all information you
typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental
Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
(ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note
that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424--have replaced the ED 424
(Application for Federal Education Assistance).
If you submit your application electronically, you must
attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC
(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If
you upload a file type other than the three file types specified in
this paragraph or submit a password-protected file, we will not review
that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department). The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support
Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed
elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and
provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will
accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem
occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your
ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after
a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 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.
or
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.
(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.
(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 submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) 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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your
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grant application. If you do not receive this notification 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 program are
from the Notice of Final Priorities and Selection Criteria and are
listed 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 two-year grants: (1) The percentage of grantees that
achieve a five percent decrease in high-risk drinking among students
served by the project (Absolute Priority One) and (2) the percentage of
grantees that achieve a five 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 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 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.
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: December 19, 2006.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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