Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for American Indians With Disabilities; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002, CFDA No.: 84.250C [OSERS]

[Federal Register: December 4, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 233)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.250C]

 
Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for American Indians 
With Disabilities; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2002

    Purpose of Program: 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.
    Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted only by the 
governing bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of those governing 
bodies) located on Federal or State reservations.
    Applications Available: December 14, 2001.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 17, 2002.
    Estimated Available Funds: $1,900,000.
    The Administration has requested $25,998,000 for this program for 
FY 2002. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final 
congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow 
enough time to complete the grant process before the end of the fiscal 
year, if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000-$400,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $350,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 5-6.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, and 
82; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 371.
    Priorities: We give preference to applications that meet the 
following competitive priorities.

Competitive Preference Priority 1--Continuation of Previously 
Funded Tribal Programs

    Under section 121(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended (29 U.S.C. 741), we give preference to applications that meet 
the following competitive priority (see 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv)).
    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.
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an additional 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.

Competitive Preference Priority 2--Employing and Advancing in 
Employment Qualified Individuals With Disabilities

    We give preference to applications that meet the competitive 
preference 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) we award up to an additional 10 points 
to an application, depending on the extent to which the 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. These points are in addition 
to any points the application earns under the selection criteria.
    Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant 
under this competition, we use selection criteria chosen from the 
general selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. The selection 
criteria to be used for this competition will be provided in the 
application package for this competition.
    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.

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    You may also contact ED Pubs at 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 84.250C.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternative format by contacting the Grants and Contracts 
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: 
(202) 205-8207. 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: Pamela Martin or Suzanne Tillman, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3314, Switzer 
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2650. Telephone: for Pamela Martin (202) 
205-8494; for Suzanne Tillman (202) 205-8303. 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 this document in an 
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

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    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 773(b).

    Dated: November 29, 2001.
Robert H. Pasternack,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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