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HEA: Underground Railroad Program - FY 2005


CFDA Number: 84.345 - Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program

Program Goal: To provide grants to support research, exhibition, interpretation, and collection of artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad
Objective 1 of 1: To support research and education related to the history of the Underground Railroad.
Indicator 1.1 of 2: Fundraising initiatives: Private sector support will increase by 5 percent each year (old measure).
 
Measure 1.1.1 of 1: Private sector support (in dollars)
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2001 33,717,762  
2002 35,000,000  
2003 39,000,000  
2004 57,000,000 41,000,000
2005   62,000,000
2006   72,000,000

Source: Annual Performance Report.

Frequency: Annually.

Data Validated By: No Formal Verification.
 
Explanation: The Department plans to replace this measure for FY 2006 with a measure (shown below) that reports the percentage of projects sustained beyond their federal funding. Data will be collected for FY 2004 and subsequent years for the new measure and will no longer be collected for the fundraising measure. Data for FY 2005 will not be collected.
 
Indicator 1.2 of 2: Projects sustained: The percentage of projects sustained beyond federal funding (new measure).
 
Measure 1.2.1 of 1: The percentage of projects sustained beyond federal funding.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2005
 
999
2006
 
999

Source: Annual Performance Report

Frequency: Annually.

Next Data Available: October 2006

Data Validated By: No Formal Verification.
 
Explanation: Data for 2005 will not be collected. The 2006 target is to establish a baseline. FY 2006 data will be available in October 2006.
 

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