Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information; Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians With Disabilities; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, 11851-11854 [E7-4676]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Vocational Rehabilitation
Services Projects for American Indians
With Disabilities; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.250C.
Dates:
Applications Available: March 19,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 12, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: The governing
bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of
those governing bodies) located on
Federal and State reservations.
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Estimated Available Funds:
$3,416,000.
Estimated Median Amount and Range
of Awards: The estimated median
amount of an award is $413,000, which
means that one-half of the awards will
be over $413,000 and one-half of the
awards will be under $413,000, with the
majority of awards in the range of
approximately $350,000 to $450,000.
Maximum Award: For applicants that
are current grantees under the
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Projects for American Indians With
Disabilities program (they received
funding in FY 2006), the maximum
award amount for the first project year
is the greater of (a) $375,000 or (b) an
amount equal to 103.4 percent of the
applicant’s approved budget for their FY
2006 grant (an increase of 3.4 percent).
For applicants that are not current
grantees under the Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Projects for
American Indians with Disabilities
program, the maximum award amount
for the first project year is $360,000.
In addition, the Secretary may limit
any proposed increases in funding for
project years two through five to the
annual estimated percentage change in
the Consumer Price Index for all Urban
Consumers (CPIU). The current
estimated percentage increase in the
CPIU over the prior year for project year
two (FY 2008) is 1.3 percent and for
project years three through five (FY
2009–FY 2011) is approximately 2.5
percent.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to provide vocational
rehabilitation services to American
Indians with disabilities who reside on
or near Federal or State reservations,
consistent with their individual
strengths, resources, priorities,
concerns, abilities, capabilities, and
informed choices, so that they may
prepare for and engage in gainful
employment, including selfemployment, telecommuting, or
business ownership.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority is from
section 121(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C.
741).
Competitive Preference Priority: For
FY 2007 this priority is a competitive
preference priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an
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additional 10 points to an application,
depending on how well the application
meets this priority.
This priority is:
Continuation of Previously Funded
Tribal Programs
In making new awards under this
program, we give priority consideration
to applications for the continuation of
tribal programs that have been funded
under this program.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 741.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85,
and 97. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR
parts 369 and 371.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$3,416,000.
Estimated Median Amount and Range
of Awards: The estimated median
amount of an award is $413,000, which
means that one-half of the awards will
be over $413,000 and one-half of the
awards will be under $413,000, with the
majority of awards in the range of
approximately $350,000 to $450,000.
Maximum Award: For applications
that are current grantees under the
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Projects for American Indians With
Disabilities program (they received
funding in FY 2006), the maximum
award amount for the first project year
is the greater of (a) $375,000 or (b) an
amount equal to 103.4 percent of the
applicant’s approved budget for their FY
2006 grant (an increase of 3.4 percent).
For applicants that are not current
grantees under the Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Projects for
American Indians with Disabilities
program, the maximum award amount
for the first project year is $360,000.
In addition, the Secretary may limit
any proposed increases in funding for
project years two through five to the
annual estimated percentage change in
the CPIU. The current estimated
percentage increase in the CPIU over the
prior year for project year two (FY 2008)
is 1.3 percent and for project years three
through five (FY 2009-FY 2011) is
approximately 2.5 percent.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
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Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: The governing
bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of
those governing bodies) located on
Federal and State reservations.
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2. Cost Sharing or Matching: See 34
CFR 371.40.
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
84.250C.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5075, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2550. Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 19,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 12, 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.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is not subject to Executive
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Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79.
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 Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Projects for American Indians With
Disabilities, CFDA Number 84.250C, is
included in this project. We request
your participation in Grants.gov. For
this program, this is a change from
previous years.
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.
You may access the electronic grant
application for Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Projects for
American Indians With Disabilities at
https://www.Grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application
package for this program by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA
number’s alpha suffix in your search
(e.g., search for 84.250, not 84.250C).
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
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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 application
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
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
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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
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 as 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
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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 84.250C), 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 84.250C),
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.
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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 84.250C), 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. 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 from 34 CFR
75.210 of EDGAR and are in the
application package. The selection
criteria may total 100 points, plus the 10
competitive preference priority points
(see section I. Competitive Preference
Priority).
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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.
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3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has
established two performance measures
for the Vocational Rehabilitation
Services Projects for American Indians
with Disabilities program. The measures
are the percentage of individuals who
leave the program with an employment
outcome and the cost per employment
outcome. Each grantee must annually
report its performance on these
measures through the Annual Progress
Reporting Form for the American Indian
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
(AIVRS) Program.
In addition, this program is part of the
Administration’s job training and
employment common measures
initiative. The common measures for job
training and employment programs
targeting adults are—entered
employment (percentage employed in
the first quarter after program exit);
retention in employment (percentage of
those employed in the first quarter after
exit that were still employed in the
second and third quarter after program
exit); earnings increase (percentage
change in earnings pre-registration to
post-program and first quarter after exit
to third quarter after exit); and
efficiency measure (annual cost per
employment outcome). The Department
is currently working toward
implementation of these common
measures. Each grantee will be required
to collect and report data for the
common measures when implemented.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Alfreda Reeves, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5051, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20204–2800.
Telephone: (202) 245–7485.
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 by contacting the Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5075, Potomac
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Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2550. Telephone: (202) 245–7363.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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text or Adobe Portable Document
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index.html.
Dated: March 9, 2007.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11851-11854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4676]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American
Indians With Disabilities; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.250C.
Dates:
Applications Available: March 19, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 12, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: The governing bodies of Indian tribes (and
consortia of those governing bodies) located on Federal and State
reservations.
Estimated Available Funds: $3,416,000.
Estimated Median Amount and Range of Awards: The estimated median
amount of an award is $413,000, which means that one-half of the awards
will be over $413,000 and one-half of the awards will be under
$413,000, with the majority of awards in the range of approximately
$350,000 to $450,000.
Maximum Award: For applicants that are current grantees under the
Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians With
Disabilities program (they received funding in FY 2006), the maximum
award amount for the first project year is the greater of (a) $375,000
or (b) an amount equal to 103.4 percent of the applicant's approved
budget for their FY 2006 grant (an increase of 3.4 percent). For
applicants that are not current grantees under the Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians with Disabilities
program, the maximum award amount for the first project year is
$360,000.
In addition, the Secretary may limit any proposed increases in
funding for project years two through five to the annual estimated
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers
(CPIU). The current estimated percentage increase in the CPIU over the
prior year for project year two (FY 2008) is 1.3 percent and for
project years three through five (FY 2009-FY 2011) is approximately 2.5
percent.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide
vocational rehabilitation services to American Indians with
disabilities who reside on or near Federal or State reservations,
consistent with their individual strengths, resources, priorities,
concerns, abilities, capabilities, and informed choices, so that they
may prepare for and engage in gainful employment, including self-
employment, telecommuting, or business ownership.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority
is from section 121(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(29 U.S.C. 741).
Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2007 this priority is a
competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award
up to an
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additional 10 points to an application, depending on how well the
application meets this priority.
This priority is:
Continuation of Previously Funded Tribal Programs
In making new awards under this program, we give priority
consideration to applications for the continuation of tribal programs
that have been funded under this program.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 741.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, and 97. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR parts 369 and 371.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $3,416,000.
Estimated Median Amount and Range of Awards: The estimated median
amount of an award is $413,000, which means that one-half of the awards
will be over $413,000 and one-half of the awards will be under
$413,000, with the majority of awards in the range of approximately
$350,000 to $450,000.
Maximum Award: For applications that are current grantees under the
Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians With
Disabilities program (they received funding in FY 2006), the maximum
award amount for the first project year is the greater of (a) $375,000
or (b) an amount equal to 103.4 percent of the applicant's approved
budget for their FY 2006 grant (an increase of 3.4 percent). For
applicants that are not current grantees under the Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians with Disabilities
program, the maximum award amount for the first project year is
$360,000.
In addition, the Secretary may limit any proposed increases in
funding for project years two through five to the annual estimated
percentage change in the CPIU. The current estimated percentage
increase in the CPIU over the prior year for project year two (FY 2008)
is 1.3 percent and for project years three through five (FY 2009-FY
2011) is approximately 2.5 percent.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: The governing bodies of Indian tribes (and
consortia of those governing bodies) located on Federal and State
reservations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: See 34 CFR 371.40.
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 84.250C.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 245-7363. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 19, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 12, 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.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
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 Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians
With Disabilities, CFDA Number 84.250C, is included in this project. We
request your participation in Grants.gov. For this program, this is a
change from previous years.
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 Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians With Disabilities
at https://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable
application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include
the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.250,
not 84.250C).
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
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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 application 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 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 as 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
84.250C), 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
84.250C), 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.
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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
84.250C), 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. 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
from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are in the application package. The
selection criteria may total 100 points, plus the 10 competitive
preference priority points (see section I. Competitive Preference
Priority).
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has established two
performance measures for the Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Projects for American Indians with Disabilities program. The measures
are the percentage of individuals who leave the program with an
employment outcome and the cost per employment outcome. Each grantee
must annually report its performance on these measures through the
Annual Progress Reporting Form for the American Indian Vocational
Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) Program.
In addition, this program is part of the Administration's job
training and employment common measures initiative. The common measures
for job training and employment programs targeting adults are--entered
employment (percentage employed in the first quarter after program
exit); retention in employment (percentage of those employed in the
first quarter after exit that were still employed in the second and
third quarter after program exit); earnings increase (percentage change
in earnings pre-registration to post-program and first quarter after
exit to third quarter after exit); and efficiency measure (annual cost
per employment outcome). The Department is currently working toward
implementation of these common measures. Each grantee will be required
to collect and report data for the common measures when implemented.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Alfreda Reeves, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5051, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20204-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7485.
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 by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services
Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
5075, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202)
245-7363.
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: March 9, 2007.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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