[Federal Register: January 18, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 12)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.128G]
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for vocational rehabilitation
services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal
farmworkers, as determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the
Secretary of Labor, and to the family members who are residing with
those individuals (whether or not those family members are individuals
with disabilities).
Eligible Applicants: A State designated agency; nonprofit agencies
working in collaboration with a State agency; and a local agency
working in collaboration with a State agency.
Applications Available: January 30, 2001.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 30, 2001.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 30, 2001.
Estimated Available Funds: $528,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$170,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $165,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Reasonable Accommodations: We will consider, and may fund, requests
for additional funding as an addendum to an application to reflect the
costs of reasonable accommodations necessary to allow individuals with
disabilities to be employed on the project as personnel on project
activities.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 85, and 86.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
Priority: This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the
priority in the notice of final competitive preference for this
program, published in the Federal Register on November 22, 2000 (65 FR
70408). Under 34 CFR 75.105 (c)(2)(i) the Assistant Secretary adds a
competitive preference to applications that are otherwise eligible for
funding under this program.
The maximum score under the selection criteria for this program is
100 points; however, we will also use the following competitive
preference so that up to an additional 10 points may be earned by an
applicant for a total possible score of 110 points.
Up to 10 points may be earned based on the extent to which an
application includes effective strategies for employing and advancing
in employment qualified individuals with disabilities as project
employees in projects awarded under this program. In determining the
effectiveness of those strategies, we will consider the applicant's
prior success, as described in the application, in employing and
advancing in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.
Therefore, within this competitive preference, applicants can be
awarded up to a total of 10 points in addition to those awarded under
the published selection criteria for this program (The selection
criteria to be used for this competition will be provided in the
application package for this competition). That is, an applicant
meeting this competitive preference could earn a maximum total of 110
points.
Application Procedures:
Note: Some of the procedures in these instructions for
transmitting applications differ from those in the Education
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR
75.102). Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the
Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to
comment on proposed regulations. However, these amendments make
procedural changes only and do not establish new substantive policy.
Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A), the Secretary has determined
that proposed rulemaking is not required.
Pilot Project for Electronic Submission of Applications
The U.S. Department of Education is expanding its pilot project of
electronic submission of applications to include certain formula grant
programs, as well as additional discretionary grant competitions. The
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program (CFDA 84.128G) is one of the
programs included in the pilot project. If you are an applicant under
the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program, you may submit your
application to us in either electronic or paper format.
The pilot project involves the use of the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-APPLICATION, formerly e-GAPS) portion of the
Grant Administration and Payment System (GAPS). We request your
participation in this pilot project. We shall continue to evaluate its
success and solicit suggestions for improvement.
If you participate in this e-APPLICATION pilot, please note the
following:
Your participation is voluntary.
You will not receive any additional point value or penalty
because you submit a grant application in electronic or paper format.
You can submit all documents electronically, including the
Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
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Fax a signed copy of the Application for Federal
Assistance (ED 424) after following these steps:
1. Print ED 424 from the e-APPLICATION system.
2. Make sure that the institution's Authorizing Representative
signs this form.
3. Before faxing this form, submit your electronic application via
the e-APPLICATION system. You will receive an automatic
acknowledgement, which will include a PR/Award number (an identifying
number unique to your application).
4. Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of ED
424.
5. Fax ED 424 to the Application Control Center within three
working days of submitting your electronic application. We will
indicate a fax number in e-APPLICATION at the time of your submission.
We may request that you give us original signatures on all
other forms at a later date. You may access the electronic grant
application for the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program at: http:/
/e-grants.ed.gov.
We have included additional information about the e-APPLICATION
pilot project (see Parity Guidelines between Paper and Electronic
Applications) in the application package.
For Applications Contact: 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 via its Web site: http://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 84.128G.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team (GCST), U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550.
Telephone: (202) 205-8351. If you use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339. However, the Department is not able to
reproduce in an alternative format the standard forms included in the
application package.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary E. Chambers, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3322, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2647. Telephone (202) 205-8435. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this document in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or
computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the
preceding paragraph.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well as other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe
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following sites:
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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
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.
Dated: January 12, 2001.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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