FR Doc E7-12117
[Federal Register: June 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 120)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Centers for Independent Living--Training and Technical
Assistance; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.132B.
Applications Available: June 22, 2007.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: July 2, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 6, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: October 3, 2007.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To provide training and technical assistance
with respect to planning, developing, conducting, administering, and
evaluating centers for independent living to the following entities:
Centers for independent living (CILs), eligible agencies, and Statewide
Independent Living Councils (SILCs).
A CIL is a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability,
nonresidential private nonprofit agency that is designed and operated
within a local community by individuals with disabilities and that
provides an array of independent living services. An eligible agency is
a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability,
nonresidential, private nonprofit agency.
Each State establishes a SILC that jointly develops and signs the
State Plan for Independent Living with the Designated State Unit and
monitors, reviews, and evaluates the implementation of the State plan.
A majority of a SILC's members are individuals with disabilities, and
other members include CIL representatives and State agency
representatives, as well as other appropriate individuals.
The purpose of independent living services is to maximize
independence, productivity, empowerment, and leadership of individuals
with significant disabilities and integrate these individuals into the
mainstream of society.
Priorities: These priorities are from the notice of final
priorities for this program, published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2007 these priorities are absolute
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105 (c)(3) we consider only applications
that meet one or more of these priorities.
These priorities are:
Priority 1--Centers for Independent Living (CILs) Training and
Technical Assistance Center.
Priority 2--Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs) Training
and Technical Assistance Center.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 796f.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, and 97. (b) The regulations for this program in 34
CFR part 366. (c) The notice of final priorities published elsewhere in
this issue of the Federal Register.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative agreements.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,329,327 ($1,004,327 for Priority 1
and $325,000 Priority 2).
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $1,004,327 for Priority 1 and $325,000 for Priority 2
for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 2 (one for Priority 1 and one for
Priority 2).
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Entities that have experience in the
operation of centers for independent living.
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2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
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), call, toll free: 1-877-
576-7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
or at its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application package from ED Pubs, be sure to
identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.132B.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the team under
Alternative Format in section VIII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 22, 2007.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: July 2, 2007. Interested parties
are invited to participate in this pre-application meeting to discuss
the priorities and to receive information and technical assistance
through individual consultation. Interested parties may participate in
this meeting by conference call with staff from the Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) between 1 p.m. and 3
p.m., Washington, DC time. On the same day, OSERS staff also will be
available from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., by telephone, to provide
information and technical assistance through individual consultation.
For further information or to make arrangements to participate on the
conference call or for an individual consultation, contact Sean
Barrett, U.S. Department of Education, Potomac Center Plaza, room 5042,
550 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 245-7604
or by e-mail: sean.barrett@ed.gov.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 6, 2007.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: October 3, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under
Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this
competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition must be submitted electronically unless you qualify
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under Centers for Independent Living--
Training and Technical Assistance-CFDA Number 84.132B must be submitted
electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at
http://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.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for Centers for
Independent Living--Training and Technical Assistance at
http://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 84.132, not
84.132B).
Please note the following:
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
http://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
http://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
http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You
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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 qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
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).
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, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice 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.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Thomas Kelley, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5055, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Fax: (202) 245-7593.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.132B), 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
orBy mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.132B), 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 qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
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Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.132B), 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 competition are
in 34 CFR 366.15 and are listed in the application package.
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 Notice
(GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
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 in 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 directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements
on reporting, please go to
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The Government Performance and Results Act
of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal departments and agencies to improve the
effectiveness of their programs by engaging in strategic planning,
setting outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring program
results against those goals.
The goal of these grants is to provide training and technical
assistance with respect to planning, developing, conducting,
administering, and evaluating CILs to the following eligible entities
authorized under title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended: Eligible agencies, CILs, and SILCs.
In annual performance reports, grantees are required to provide
specific information on the number of training activities, the topics
of each training program, the number and types of participants served
(i.e., CILs, SILCs, or eligible agencies), and summary data from
participant evaluations.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Thomas Kelley, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5055, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7404 or by e-mail:
thomas.kelley@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and 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, PCP, Washington, DC
20202-2500. Telephone: (202) 245-7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS,
toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can 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: http://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:
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Dated: June 19, 2007.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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