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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
Overview Information; Foundations for
Learning; Notice inviting applications
for new awards for fiscal year (FY)
2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215H.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 22,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 13, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 12, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: (1) Local
educational agencies (LEAs); (2) Local
councils; (3) Community-based
organizations (CBOs), including faithbased organizations; (4) Other public or
nonprofit private entities; or (5) A
combination of such entities.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration’s budget request for FY
2007 does not include funds for this
program. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to
complete the grant process before the
end of the current fiscal year if Congress
appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in FY
2008 and subsequent years based on the
list of unfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$200,000–$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$245,500.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 18 months.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program
supports projects to help eligible
children become ready for school.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority is from
section 5542 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. 7269a (ESEA).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards on the basis of the list of
unfunded applications from this
competition, this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we
consider only applications that meet
this priority.
This priority is: Grants to local
educational agencies, local councils,
community-based organizations,
including faith-based organizations, and
other public and nonprofit private
entities, or a combination of such
entities, to assist eligible children to
become ready for school.
To be eligible for funding, a project
must propose one or more of the
following—
(1) To deliver services to eligible
children and their families that foster
eligible children’s emotional,
behavioral, and social development;
(2) To coordinate and facilitate access
by eligible children and their families to
the services available through
community resources, including mental
health, physical health, substance
abuse, educational, domestic violence
prevention, child welfare, and social
services;
(3) To provide ancillary services such
as transportation or child care in order
to facilitate the delivery of any other
authorized services or activities;
(4) To develop or enhance early
childhood community partnerships and
build toward a community system of
care that brings together child-serving
agencies or organizations to provide
individualized supports for eligible
children and their families;
(5) To evaluate the success of
strategies and services provided
pursuant to the grant in promoting
young children’s successful entry to
school and to maintain data systems
required for effective evaluations; and
(6) To pay for the expenses of
administering the grant activities,
including assessment of children’s
eligibility for services.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7269a.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 97, 98, and 99.
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II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration’s budget request for FY
2007 does not include funds for this
program. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to
complete the grant process before the
end of the current fiscal year if Congress
appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in FY
2008 and subsequent years based on the
list of unfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$200,000–$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$245,500.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 18 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs; (2) Local
councils; (3) Community-based
organizations (CBOs), including faithbased organizations; (4) Other public or
nonprofit private entities; or (5) A
combination of such entities.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching but does involve
supplement-not supplant funding
provisions. See 20 U.S.C. 7269a(b)(3)(D).
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
84.215H.
Copies of the application package for
this competition can also be found at:
https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/
osdfs/programs.html.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact
person listed in Section VII of this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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2. Content and Form of Application
Submission:
a. Statutory Application
Requirements: Applications submitted
under this program must include the
following—
(1) A description of the population
that the applicant intends to serve and
the types of services to be provided
under the grant;
(2) A description of the manner in
which services under the grant will be
coordinated with existing similar
services provided by public and
nonprofit private entities within the
State; and
(3) An assurance that—
• Services under the grant will be
provided by or under the supervision of
qualified professionals with expertise in
early childhood development;
• These services will be culturally
competent;
• These services will be provided in
accordance with the permissible uses of
funds as described elsewhere in this
notice;
• Funds will be used to supplement,
and not supplant, non-Federal funds;
and
• Parents of students participating in
services will be involved in the design
and implementation of the services.
b. Page Limit: The program narrative
section should not exceed 25 doublespaced pages using a standard font no
smaller than 12-point, with 1-inch
margins (top, bottom, left, and right).
The narrative should follow the format
and sequence of the selection criteria.
c. Other: Other requirements
concerning the content of an
application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application
package for this program.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 22,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 13, 2007.
Applications for grants under the
Foundations for Learning Grants
Program 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
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under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in Section VII of this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
review: June 12, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
program.
5. Funding Restrictions:
Limitations on Use of Funds.
(1) Grant funds may be used only to
pay for services that cannot be paid for
using other Federal, State, or local
public resources or through private
insurance.
(2) A grantee may not use more than
3 percent of the amount of the grant to
pay the expenses of administering the
authorized activities, including
assessment of children’s eligibility for
services.
We reference additional regulations
outlining funding restrictions in the
Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under the
Foundations for Learning Grants
Program 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
Government-wide Grants.gov Apply
site. The Foundations for Learning
Grants Program, CFDA Number
84.215H, is included in this project. We
request your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your
application electronically, you must use
the Government-wide 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.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the Foundations for
learning Grants Program 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 84.215, not 84.215H). Please note the
following:
• Your participation in Grants.gov is
voluntary.
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
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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
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
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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 EDspecified 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
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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 84.215H),
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–4260.
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or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop
4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.215H), 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.
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(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 84.215H), 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
grant application receipt. 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
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are in the
application package for this
competition.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
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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 final performance
report at the end of your project period.
Your final performance report must also
include financial information, as
directed by the Secretary. We may also
require more frequent performance
reports in accordance with 34 CFR
75.720(c).
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing
the effectiveness of the Foundations for
Learning grants program: (1) The
percentage of eligible children served by
the grant attaining measurable gains in
emotional, behavioral, and social
development will increase; and (2) The
percentage of eligible children and their
families served by the grant receiving
individualized support from childserving agencies or organizations will
increase.
Applicants are encouraged to
demonstrate a strong capacity to provide
reliable data on these indicators in
responding to the selection criteria,
‘‘Quality of project services’’ and
‘‘Quality of the project evaluation.’’
VII. Agency Contact
Earl
Myers, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3E254,
Washington, DC 20202–6450.
Telephone: (202) 708–8846 or by e-mail:
earl.myers@ed.gov.
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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/
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To use PDF you must have Adobe
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evaluate the January 18, 2007
recommendations EAC received from
NIST to federally accredit two voting
system test laboratories and (2) to serve
the public interest by having the two
federally accredited labs in place
immediately in order to begin testing
voting systems against federal voting
system standards and guidelines. With
the 2008 elections schedule fast
approaching, it is most critical that the
federal voting system testing process
begin at the earliest possible date.
PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:
Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–
3100.
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Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
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Dated: February 16, 2007.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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Record of Decision and Floodplain
Statement of Findings: Site Selection
for the Expansion of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve
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Office of Fossil Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD).
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Notice
United States Election
Assistance Commission.
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ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, February 21,
2007, 8 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
PLACE: Ritz-Carlton Atlanta, 191
Peachtree Street, NE., Ballroom PreFunction III/IV, Atlanta, Georgia 30303,
(404) 659–0400.
AGENDA: The Commission will consider
accrediting iBeta Quality Assurance and
SysTest Labs LLC. to receive federal
approval to test voting systems against
federal voting system standards and
guidelines based upon the
recommendations of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) as required by the Help America
Vote Act (HAVA).
This meeting will be open to the
public.
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CIRCUMSTANCES: This notice
of a meeting
will not be published in the Federal
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date. Late notice was unavoidable due
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SUMMARY: DOE has prepared an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
(DOE/EIS–0385), pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), to assess the
environmental impacts associated with
a proposal to expand the crude oil
storage capacity of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve (SPR) from 727
million barrels (MMB) to 1 billion
barrels, and to fill the Reserve to the full
authorized volume of 1 billion barrels.
The proposal was to develop one new
storage facility and expand the capacity
of two or three existing SPR storage
facilities.
After careful consideration of the
environmental impacts of the
alternatives, along with an evaluation of
SPR distribution capabilities, geological
technical assessments, projected costs,
and operational impacts associated with
existing commercial operations, DOE
has decided to develop a new 160 MMB
SPR storage facility at Richton
(Mississippi), expand the storage
capacity at the existing Bayou Choctaw
(Louisiana) SPR facility by 33 MMB,
expand the storage capacity at the
existing Big Hill (Texas) SPR facility by
80 MMB, and fill the Reserve to 1
billion barrels of oil as authorized by
Congress.
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This ROD has been prepared in
accordance with the regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality (40
CFR Parts 1500–1508) for implementing
NEPA and DOE’s NEPA Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR Part 1021). The
accompanying Floodplain Statement of
Findings has been prepared in
accordance with DOE’s regulations
‘‘Compliance with Floodplain and
Wetland Environmental Review
Requirements’’ (10 CFR Part 1022).
Because the decision differs somewhat
from the alternatives evaluated in the
EIS, DOE has prepared a Supplement
Analysis (SA) (DOE/EIS–0385–SA–1) to
determine whether a supplement to the
final EIS is required. DOE has
determined that the minor modification
to the Bayou Choctaw expansion site,
i.e., an increase in capacity of 33 MMB
compared to 20 MMB as described in
the final EIS, is not a substantial change
to the proposed action that is relevant
to environmental concerns, and there
are no significant new circumstances or
information relevant to environmental
concerns and bearing on the proposed
action or its impacts, within the
meaning of 40 CFR 1502.9(c)(1) and 10
CFR 1021.314(c). Therefore, a
supplement to the SPR final EIS is not
needed.
ADDRESSES: The final EIS is available on
the DOE NEPA Web site at https://
www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/
documentspub.html and on the project’s
Web site at https://
www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/
reserves/spr/expansion-eis.html, and the
ROD and SA will be available on both
Web sites in the near future. Copies of
the final EIS and this ROD and SA may
be requested by contacting Donald
Silawsky at the Office of Petroleum
Reserves (FE–47), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585, by
telephone at 202–586–1892, by
facsimile at 202–586–4446, or by
electronic mail at
donald.silawsky@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on the site selection
for the expansion of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve, contact David
Johnson at the Office of Petroleum
Reserves (FE–42), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585, by
telephone at 202–586–4733, by
facsimile at 202–586–7919, or by
electronic mail at
david.johnson@hq.doe.gov. For general
information on the DOE NEPA process,
contact Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office
of NEPA Policy and Compliance (GC–
20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information;
Foundations for Learning; Notice inviting applications for new awards
for fiscal year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215H.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 22, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 13, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 12, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: (1) Local educational agencies (LEAs); (2)
Local councils; (3) Community-based organizations (CBOs), including
faith-based organizations; (4) Other public or nonprofit private
entities; or (5) A combination of such entities.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration's budget request for
FY 2007 does not include funds for this program. However, we are
inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant
process before the end of the current fiscal year if Congress
appropriates funds for this program. Contingent upon the availability
of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards
in FY 2008 and subsequent years based on the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $245,500.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 18 months.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program supports projects to help eligible
children become ready for school.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority
is from section 5542 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C.
7269a (ESEA).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards on the basis of the list of unfunded applications from this
competition, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority.
This priority is: Grants to local educational agencies, local
councils, community-based organizations, including faith-based
organizations, and other public and nonprofit private entities, or a
combination of such entities, to assist eligible children to become
ready for school.
To be eligible for funding, a project must propose one or more of
the following--
(1) To deliver services to eligible children and their families
that foster eligible children's emotional, behavioral, and social
development;
(2) To coordinate and facilitate access by eligible children and
their families to the services available through community resources,
including mental health, physical health, substance abuse, educational,
domestic violence prevention, child welfare, and social services;
(3) To provide ancillary services such as transportation or child
care in order to facilitate the delivery of any other authorized
services or activities;
(4) To develop or enhance early childhood community partnerships
and build toward a community system of care that brings together child-
serving agencies or organizations to provide individualized supports
for eligible children and their families;
(5) To evaluate the success of strategies and services provided
pursuant to the grant in promoting young children's successful entry to
school and to maintain data systems required for effective evaluations;
and
(6) To pay for the expenses of administering the grant activities,
including assessment of children's eligibility for services.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7269a.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration's budget request for
FY 2007 does not include funds for this program. However, we are
inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant
process before the end of the current fiscal year if Congress
appropriates funds for this program. Contingent upon the availability
of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards
in FY 2008 and subsequent years based on the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $245,500.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 18 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs; (2) Local councils; (3) Community-
based organizations (CBOs), including faith-based organizations; (4)
Other public or nonprofit private entities; or (5) A combination of
such entities.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching but does involve supplement-not supplant funding
provisions. See 20 U.S.C. 7269a(b)(3)(D).
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 84.215H.
Copies of the application package for this competition can also be
found at: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/programs.html.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person
listed in Section VII of this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission:
a. Statutory Application Requirements: Applications submitted under
this program must include the following--
(1) A description of the population that the applicant intends to
serve and the types of services to be provided under the grant;
(2) A description of the manner in which services under the grant
will be coordinated with existing similar services provided by public
and nonprofit private entities within the State; and
(3) An assurance that--
Services under the grant will be provided by or under the
supervision of qualified professionals with expertise in early
childhood development;
These services will be culturally competent;
These services will be provided in accordance with the
permissible uses of funds as described elsewhere in this notice;
Funds will be used to supplement, and not supplant, non-
Federal funds; and
Parents of students participating in services will be
involved in the design and implementation of the services.
b. 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.
c. Other: Other requirements concerning the content of an
application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the
application package for this program.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 22, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 13, 2007.
Applications for grants under the Foundations for Learning Grants
Program 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
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under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII of this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental review: June 12, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions:
Limitations on Use of Funds.
(1) Grant funds may be used only to pay for services that cannot be
paid for using other Federal, State, or local public resources or
through private insurance.
(2) A grantee may not use more than 3 percent of the amount of the
grant to pay the expenses of administering the authorized activities,
including assessment of children's eligibility for services.
We reference additional regulations outlining funding restrictions
in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under the
Foundations for Learning Grants Program 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 Government-wide Grants.gov Apply
site. The Foundations for Learning Grants Program, CFDA Number 84.215H,
is included in this project. We request your participation in
Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use the Government-wide 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 Foundations
for learning Grants Program 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 84.215, not 84.215H). 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 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
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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 84.215H), 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
84.215H), 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
84.215H), 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 grant application receipt. 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
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are in
the application package for this competition.
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 final performance report at the end of your
project period. Your final performance report must also include
financial information, as directed by the Secretary. We may also
require more frequent performance reports in accordance with 34 CFR
75.720(c).
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the Foundations for Learning grants program: (1) The percentage of
eligible children served by the grant attaining measurable gains in
emotional, behavioral, and social development will increase; and (2)
The percentage of eligible children and their families served by the
grant receiving individualized support from child-serving agencies or
organizations will increase.
Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate a strong capacity to
provide reliable data on these indicators in responding to the
selection criteria, ``Quality of project services'' and ``Quality of
the project evaluation.''
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Earl Myers, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3E254, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 708-8846 or by e-mail: earl.myers@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-888-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on
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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: February 16, 2007.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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