[Federal Register: January 22, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 14)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.335]
Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001
Purpose of Program: The Child Care Access Means Parents In School
(CCAMPIS) Program supports the participation of low-income parents in
postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based childcare
services.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that have a
total amount of all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded to students
enrolled at the institution of higher education for the preceding
fiscal year that equals or exceeds $350,000.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 24, 2001.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 25, 2001.
Applications Available: February 23, 2001.
Available Funds: $20,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $10,000-$300,000. An institution will be
eligible for a maximum grant award equal to one (1) percent of its
Federal Pell Grant disbursement with no grant being less than $10,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 150-200.
Project Period: 48 months.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, 86, 97, 98 and 99.
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In preparing applications, applicants should pay particular
attention to the requirements in section 427 of the General Education
Provisions Act (GEPA), as detailed later in this notice. Applicants
must address the requirements in section 427 in order to receive
funding under this competition. Section 427 requires each applicant to
describe the steps it proposes to take for addressing one or more
barriers (i.e., gender, race, national origin, color, disability, or
age) that can impede equitable access to, or participation in, the
program. A restatement of compliance with civil rights requirements is
not sufficient to meet the requirements in section 427 of GEPA. Because
there are no program-specific regulations for the Child Care Access
Means Parents In School Program, applicants are encouraged to read the
authorizing statute in section 419N of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA).
Priority:
Competitive Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 20 U.S.C.
1070e(d) the Secretary gives preference to applications that meet the
following competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to 10 points to
an application that meets this competitive priority. These points are
in addition to any points the application earns under the selection
criteria:
Projects that leverage significant local or institutional
resources, including in-kind contributions to support the activities,
and use a sliding fee scale for childcare services provided by a
facility assisted under this grant in order to support a high number of
low-income parents pursuing postsecondary education at the institution.
Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant
under this competition, the Secretary uses selection criteria under 34
CFR 75.209 and 75.210 of EDGAR. The Secretary informs applicants in the
application package of the selection criteria and factors, if any, to
be used for this competition and of the maximum weight assigned to each
criterion.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part C of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. We suggest you limit Part C
to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages using the following
standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5" x 11" on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet, the budget
section, including the narrative budget justification, the assurances
and certifications, the three-page abstract, the resumes, or the
letters of support. However, you must include all of the application
narrative in Part C.
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 Child Care
Access Means Parents In School (CCAMPIS) Program, CFDA No, 84.335, is
one of the programs included in the pilot project. If you are an
applicant under the CCAMPIS 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 Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
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 the ED
424.
(5) Fax the 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 CCAMPIS
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 (EDPUBS),
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, Maryland 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 EDPUBS at its web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html. Or you may contact EDPUBS at its e-mail address:
edpubs@net.ed.gov.
If you request an application from EDPUBS, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number 84.335.
For Application or Information Contact: Karen W. Johnson, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW, Suite 7018, Washington, DC
20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7525. Fax: CCAMPIS Program (202) 502-7864.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) 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 to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph. Individuals
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with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an
alternative format, also, by contacting that person. However, the
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative format the
standard forms included in the application package.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other Department of Education documents published in the
Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on
the Internet at either of the following sites: http://ocfo.ed.gov/
fedreg.htm and http://www.ed.gov/news.html. To use PDF, you must have
the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at either of the
previous sites. If you have questions about using the 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: http://
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070e.
Dated: January 16, 2001.
Lee A. Fritschler,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
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