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Part VII
Department of Education
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Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Models of
Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse
Prevention Programs on College Campuses; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information;
Models of Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug
Abuse Prevention Programs on College Campuses
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY)
2008.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184N.
DATES: Applications Available: April 4, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 19, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 18, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The goals of this program are to identify and
disseminate information about exemplary and effective alcohol or other
drug abuse prevention programs implemented on college campuses. Through
this grant program, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) also will
recognize colleges and universities whose programs, while not yet
exemplary or effective, show evidence that they are promising.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priority,
definitions, requirements, and selection criteria for this program,
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2008 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards based on the list of unfunded applicants from this
competition, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse
Prevention Programs on College Campuses
Under this priority the Department provides funding to IHEs that
have implemented an exemplary, effective, or promising alcohol or other
drug abuse prevention program on their campus. To meet the priority, in
its application, an applicant must:
1. Describe the program that has for at least two full years been
implemented on its campus, including the structure and content of the
program, the student population that is targeted by the program, and
any unique features of the program;
2. Provide a detailed theoretical basis for the program's
effectiveness;
3. Provide data to demonstrate the program's impact on the target
student population, including evidence of cognitive or behavioral
changes, or both, among the target population; and
4. Consent to a site visit to clarify information in the
application and verify evaluation data.
Under this program, the Department selects an IHE for recognition
as having an exemplary, effective, or promising program based on the
recommendation from the two peer reviewers who conduct the site visit.
Therefore, note that selection for a site visit does not ensure
recognition as an exemplary, effective, or promising program by the
Department.
Recognition Types
Contingent upon the quality of data provided by the applicant and
the recommendation of site visitors, an applicant may earn one of three
levels of recognition.
Level 1 is recognition as an exemplary program. An IHE whose
program is designated as exemplary must:
1. Within 30 days of receiving an award, provide to the Department
a plan to disseminate information about its program to other IHEs;
2. Upon approval by the Department, implement its dissemination
plan; and
3. Enhance and further evaluate the exemplary program during the
project period of the grant award.
Level 2 is recognition as an effective program. An IHE whose
program is designated as effective must:
1. Within 30 days of receiving an award, provide to the Department
a plan to disseminate information about its program to other IHEs;
2. Upon approval by the Department, implement its dissemination
plan; and
3. Enhance and further evaluate the effective program during the
project period of the grant award.
Level 3 is designation as a promising program. An IHE whose program
is recognized as promising must:
1. Within 30 days of receiving an award, submit to the Department a
plan to enhance and further evaluate its program;
2. Upon approval by the Department, implement its enhancement and
evaluation plan; and
3. Within 12 months of award, provide to the Department a report
detailing the results of its evaluation.
Definitions
1. Exemplary program means a program that has a strong theoretical
base and demonstrated effectiveness in reducing alcohol or other drug
abuse among college students or reducing problems resulting from
alcohol or other drug use among college students, using a research
design of the highest quality. For the purpose of this grant
competition, a research design of the highest quality means an
experimental design in which students are randomly assigned to
participate in a project being evaluated (treatment group) or not
participate in the project (control group). The effect of the project
is the difference in outcomes between the treatment and control groups.
If strong, experimentally determined evidence of the effectiveness
of a program already exists, and the program was implemented on the
applicant's campus with fidelity to the research, then a quasi-
experimental evaluation of the program's implementation on the
applicant's campus may be an acceptable research design. For the
purpose of this grant competition, quasi-experimental designs include
several designs that attempt to approximate a random assignment design.
2. Effective program means a program that has a strong theoretical
base and has been evaluated using either an experimental or quasi-
experimental research design, with the evaluation results suggesting
effectiveness in reducing alcohol or other drug abuse among college
students, reducing problems resulting from alcohol or other drug use
among college students, reducing risk factors, enhancing protective
factors, or resulting in some combination of those impacts.
3. Promising program means a program that has a strong theoretical
base and for which evidence has been obtained, using limited research
methods, that the program may reduce alcohol or other drug abuse among
college students, reduce problems resulting from alcohol or other drug
use among college students, reduce risk factors, enhance protective
factors, or result in some combination of those impacts. For the
purpose of this grant competition, limited research methods are methods
that include a pre- and post-treatment measurement of the effects of a
treatment on a single subject or group of single subjects.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part
299. (c) The notice of final priority, definitions, requirements, and
selection criteria, 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.
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Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $715,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards later in FY 2008 and FY
2009 and in subsequent years from the list of unfunded applicants from
this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $125,000-$175,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $143,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 18 months for projects designated as
exemplary or effective, and up to 12 months for projects designated as
promising.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that offer an associate or
baccalaureate degree.
Limitations on Eligibility:
(a) Exemplary or effective programs. The length of time an IHE is
ineligible for a subsequent award after receiving recognition for an
exemplary or effective program is three years.
(b) Promising programs. Programs recognized as promising may be
eligible for a new award when their current grant is no longer active.
A grant is considered active until the end of the grant's project or
funding period, including any extensions of those periods that extend
the grantee's authority to obligate funds. A project that fails to
achieve exemplary or effective status after a second designation as a
promising program may not reapply for three years after its second
project period is no longer active.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following
address: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html. You
may also access the electronic version of the application at the
following Web sites: http://www.grants.gov or
http://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpcollege/applicant.html.
To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the following:
Education Publications Center, 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 from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this program as follows: CFDA number 84.184N.
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 program contact
person listed in this section.
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: April 4, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 19, 2008.
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (http://www.Grants.gov),
or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including
dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically,
or in paper format by mail or hand delivery, 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: July 18, 2008.
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: The maximum amount an applicant may
receive for a project recognized as an exemplary or effective program
may be no more than $150,000 plus indirect costs, and a project
recognized as a promising program may receive no more than $100,000
plus indirect costs.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
To comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are
participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site.
The Models of Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug
Abuse Prevention Programs on College Campuses, CFDA Number 84.184N, is
included in this project. We request your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use 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.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Models of
Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse
Prevention Programs on College Campuses Grant Competition 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 84.184, not
84.184N).
Please note the following:
Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary.
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
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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 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 submit your application in paper format.
If you submit your application electronically, 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).
If you submit your application electronically, 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.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 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
84.184N), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.184N), 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.
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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 submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) 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, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.184N), 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
from the notice of final priority, definitions, requirements, and
selection criteria for this program, published elsewhere in this issue
of the Federal Register 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
Notification (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 in 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 in
34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary also may 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 Secretary may choose to develop
performance measures for the Models of Exemplary, Effective, and
Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Programs on College
Campuses grant competition in accordance with the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). If measures are developed, grantees
will be asked to provide information that relates to participant
outcomes and project management.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Lucey, Jr., U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E335, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 205-5471 or by e-mail: richard.lucey@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) on
request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice.
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:
www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.
Dated: March 26, 2008.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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