Archived Information

**U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202-2649**

###### 2007 APPLICATION KIT FOR NEW GRANTS

##### UNDER

**THE REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION**

**TRAINING PROGRAM**

## **Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs -- Community Rehabilitation Programs, 84.264B**

## 

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FORM APPROVED

OMB No. 1820-0018, EXP. DATE 5/31/2007

ED FORM 424, OMB APPROVED

DATED MATERIAL - OPEN IMMEDIATELY

**CLOSING DATE: April 5, 2007**

[TABLE OF CONTENTS]{.underline}

[SUBJECT]{.underline} [SECTION]{.underline}

Dear Applicant Letter A

Program Application Indirect Cost Instructions

Important -- Please Read First

Training Program Unit: Competition Manager B

Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards C

Title III of the Rehabilitation Act and Associated Regulations D

Selection Criteria for Applications E

Application Transmittal Instructions F

Application Forms G

Part I; Federal Assistance Face Page (424)

Part II; Budget Information

Part III; Program Narrative and Schedule of Trainee Expense

Part IV; Assurances, Certifications, Disclosures

-   Assurances - Non-Construction Programs;

-   Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension

> and Other Responsibility Matters, and Drug-Free
>
> Workplace Requirements;

-   Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility

> and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transaction;

-   Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

-   Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants

Important Notices H

-   Notice Regarding Submission of Training Materials to the

> National Clearinghouse

• New Provision in the Department of Education's General Education

Provisions Act (GEPA)

• The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)

-   Important Notice to Prospective Participants/USDE

Contract and Grant Programs

• Application Transmittal Instructions and Requirements for
Intergovernmental Review (Executive Order 12372) State Single Points of
Contact

-   

Application Check List and Common Questions and Answers I

REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Dear Applicant:

The Secretary invites applications under the Rehabilitation Continuing
Education Program. Please take a few moments to read this letter
carefully as it includes important information related to the grant
competition.

The purpose of the Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RCEP) is
to support training centers that serve either a Federal region or
another geographical area and provide for a broad intergrated sequence
of training activities that focus on meeting recurrent and common needs
of employed rehabilitation personnel throughout a multi-State
geographical area. The RCEP-Community Rehabilitation Program develops
and conducts training for staff of private rehabilitation agencies and
facilities which cooperate with State vocational rehabilitation units in
providing vocational rehabilitation and other rehabilitation services.

We ask that you limit the narrative portion of your application to not
more than 35 pages.

Please remember that peer reviewers are instructed that appendix
material is to be considered supplemental material to support or show
evidence supporting statements made in the narrative. They are neither
requested nor expected to consider appendix material in rating
applications.

You are required to allow your State Vocational Rehabilitation agency an
opportunity to review and comment on your application. Please be sure
that this requirement is documented in your application. **Failure to
comply with this requirement will also result in rejection of your
application.**

-   Applicants must demonstrate how the training they plan to provide
    will prepare rehabilitation professional to address the needs of
    individuals with disabilities from minority backgrounds

-   Applicants must include a detailed description of strategies that
    will be utilized to recruit and train individuals so as to reflect
    the diverse populations of the United States as part of the effort
    to increase the number of individuals with disabilities, and
    individuals who are from linguistically and culturally diverse
    backgrounds, who are available to provide rehabilitation services.
    Applications lacking this information will not be reviewed.

All applicants in this competition should budget for a project
director's orientation to be held in Washington, DC in October 2007
(tentative). This meeting is usually held in conjunction with National
Rehabilitation Education Conference (jointly sponsored by RSA, the
National Council on Rehabilitation Education and The Council of State
Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation). Grantees are encouraged to
attend the National Rehabilitation Education Conference annually, and
may use project funds for this purpose.

Applications for new projects in response to this announcement should
become familiar with the Selection criteria contained in this
application kit (see Section E). These criteria will be used by
Reviewers and Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) staff to
evaluate all applications. Your application should respond to each
identified criterion since failure to do so will put your application at
a significant disadvantage.

Reviewers of applications report that an application written in a format
that follows the peer

Review criteria and contains a separate budget section, greatly
facilities the review process.

Such a format would appear as follows:

> **SECTION A:** Application face page
>
> **SECTION B:** Budget pages/budget narrative
>
> **SECTION C:** Abstract (one page)
>
> **SECTION D:** Narrative (not to exceed 35 pages):

-   **Relevance to State-Federal Rehabilitation Program**

-   **Significance**

-   **Project Design**

> **Project Services**

-   **Management Plan**

-   **Project Evaluation**

-   **Project Personnel**

-   **Project Resources**

> **SECTION E:** Appendicies (assurances/certifications,one-page
> resumes, bibliography, letters of support, etc.)

**Cost-sharing of at least ten percent of the total cost of the
project** is required of grantees under the Rehabilitation Training
Program. Under 34 CFR 75.562, it is not possible for grantees identify
the difference between a negotiated indirect cost rate and the eight
percent maximum indirect cost rate applicable to training grants as the
non-Federal share of the cost of a project. [EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS (EDGAR)]{.underline} Rehabilitation
Training Program grants are subject to the requirements of the Education
Department General Administrative Regulations at 34 CFR Parts 74, 75,
77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, and 86. These regulations set forth all general
rules affecting application submittal, review, grant awarding, and
post-award administration of Department of Education grant programs.
Rehabilitation training projects are subject to the requirements for
"Intergovernmental Review of Department of Education Programs and
Activities," found in 34 CFR Part 79 and EDGAR. If your State has
established a process for intergovernmental review, you must use that
process. Applicants should review the material in this kit for
information on the intergovernmental review process.

[APPLICATION PROCEDURES]{.underline}

**Applicants for multi-year projects are required to provide detailed
budget information for each of the five project years.** The Department
will determine at the time of the initial award, the funding levels for
each year of the grant award. RSA requires annual Performance and
financial status reports, and uses those reports to determine progress
and to make a decision as to whether or not to continue funding the
project. These reports must be submitted to the designated RSA Project
Officer.

**[GRANTS.GOV APPLICATION SUBMISSION]{.underline}.**

Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (www.Grants.gov). Please
read carefully the document that is included immediately following this
letter, which includes helpful tips about submitting electronically
using the Grants.gov Apply site. Please note that you must follow the
Application Procedures as described in the Federal Register notice
announcing this grant competition. Information (including dates and
times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail
or hand delivery, can also be found in section F Application Transmittal
Instructions of this application package.

Applicants may contact the Competition Manager to discuss any matters
relating to this competition. The Competition Manager is Christine E.
Marschall, who may be reached at (202) 245-7429.

Your concern for the training of skilled rehabilitation personnel to
serve persons with disabilities is appreciated.

> Sincerely,
>
> ![](media/image2.png){width="2.2493055555555554in"
> height="0.43333333333333335in"}
>
> Timothy C. Muzzio, Ph.D.
>
> Chief
>
> Training Program Unit

**Program Application Indirect Cost Instructions**

The Department of Education (ED) reimburses grantees for its portion of
indirect costs that a grantee incurs in projects funded by the State
Vocational Rehabilitation Unit In-Service Training, 84.265A. Any grantee
charging indirect costs to a grant from this program must use the
indirect cost rate (**ICR**), negotiated with its *cognizant agency,*
i.e., either the Federal agency from which it has received the most
direct funding, subject to indirect cost support, the particular agency
specifically assigned cognizance by the Office of Management and Budget
or the State agency that provides the most subgrant funds to the
grantee.

**Note:** Applicants should pay special attention to specific questions
on the application budget form (ED 524) about their cognizant agency and
the ICR they are using in their budget.

If an applicant selected for funding under this program has not already
established a current ICR with its cognizant agency as a result of
current or previous funding, ED will require it to do so within 90 days
after the date the grant was issued by ED. Applicants should be aware
that ED is very often ***not*** the cognizant agency for its own
grantees. Rather, ED accepts, for the purpose of funding its awards, the
current ICR established by the appropriate cognizant agency.

An applicant that has not previously established an indirect cost rate
with the Federal government or a State agency under a Federal program
and that is selected for funding will not be allowed to charge its grant
for indirect costs until it has negotiated a current indirect cost rate
agreement with its cognizant agency.

Applicants are encouraged to use their accountant (or CPA) to calculate
an indirect cost rate using information in the IRS Form 990, audited
financial statements, actual cost data or a *cost policy statement* that
such applicants are urged to prepare (but NOT submit to ED) during the
application process.

Applicants should use this proposed rate in their application materials
and indicate which of the above methods was used to calculate the rate.
Guidance for creating a cost policy statement can be obtained by sending
an e-mail to *katrina.mcdonald@ed.gov*.

Applicants with questions about using indirect cost rates under this
program should contact the program contact person shown elsewhere in
this application package or in the *Federal Register* application notice
of 04/26/2006.

**IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ FIRST**

**U.S. Department of Education**

***[Grants.gov Submission Procedures and Tips for
Applicants]{.underline}***

**To facilitate your use of Grants.gov, this document includes important
submission procedures you need to be aware of to ensure your application
is received in a timely manner and accepted by the Department of
Education.**

1)  **REGISTER EARLY** -- Grants.gov registration may take five or more
    business days to complete. You may begin working on your application
    while completing the registration process, but you cannot submit an
    application until all of the Registration steps are complete. For
    detailed information on the Registration Steps, please go to:
    [http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp](http://www.grants.gov/GetStarted).
    \[Note: Your organization will need to update its Central Contractor
    Registry (CCR) registration annually.\]

2)  **SUBMIT EARLY** -- **We strongly recommend that you do not wait
    until the last day to submit your application. Grants.gov will put a
    date/time stamp on your application and then process it after it is
    fully uploaded.** The time it takes to upload an application will
    vary depending on a number of factors including the size of the
    application and the speed of your Internet connection, and the time
    it takes Grants.gov to process the application will vary as well. If
    Grants.gov rejects your application (see step three below), you will
    need to resubmit successfully before 4:30 pm on the deadline date.

> **Note: To submit successfully, you must provide the DUNS number on
> your application that was used when your organization registered with
> the CCR (Central Contractor Registry).**

3)  **VERIFY SUBMISSION IS OK** -- You will want to verify that
    Grants.gov and the Department of Education receive your Grants.gov
    submission timely and that it was validated successfully. To see the
    date/time your application was received, login to Grants.gov and
    click on the Track My Application link. For a successful submission,
    the date/time received should be earlier than 4:30 p.m. on the
    deadline date, AND the application status should be: Validated,
    Received by Agency, or Agency Tracking Number Assigned.

> If the date/time received is later than 4:30 p.m. Washington, D.C.
> time, on the closing date, your application is late. If your
> application has a status of "Received" it is still awaiting validation
> by Grants.gov. Once validation is complete, the status will either
> change to "Validated" or "Rejected with Errors." If the status is
> "Rejected with Errors," your application has not been received
> successfully. Some of the reasons Grants.gov may reject an application
> can be found on the Grants.gov site:
> <http://www.grants.gov/help/submit_application_faqs.jsp#10>. For more
> detailed information on why an application may be rejected, you can
> review Application Error Tips
> <http://www.grants.gov/section910/ApplicationErrorTips.pdf>. If you
> discover your application is late or has been rejected, please see the
> instructions below. Note: You will receive a series of confirmations
> both online and via e-mail about the status of your application.
> Please do not rely solely on e-mail to confirm whether your
> application has been received timely and validated successfully.

# Submission Problems -- What should you do?

If you have problems submitting to Grants.gov before the closing date,
please contact Grants.gov Customer Support at 1-800-518-4726 or use the
customer support available on the Web site:
<http://www.grants.gov/applicants/applicant_help.jsp>.

If electronic submission is [optional]{.underline} and you have problems
that you are unable to resolve before the deadline date and time for
electronic applications, please follow the transmittal instructions for
hard copy applications in the Federal Register notice and get a hard
copy application postmarked by midnight on the deadline date.

If electronic submission is [required]{.underline}, you must submit an
electronic application before 4:30 p.m., unless you follow the
procedures in the Federal Register notice and qualify for one of the
exceptions to the electronic submission requirement [and]{.underline}
submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a
written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. (See the Federal Register notice for detailed instructions.)

# 

# Helpful Hints When Working with Grants.gov

Please note, once you download an application from Grants.gov, you will
be working offline and saving data on your computer. Please be sure to
note where you are saving the Grants.gov file on your computer. You will
need to logon to Grants.gov to upload and submit the application. **You
must provide on your application the DUNS number that was used when your
organization registered with the CCR.**

Please go to <http://www.grants.gov/applicants/applicant_help.jsp> for
help with Grants.gov. For additional tips related to submitting grant
applications, please refer to the Grants.gov Submit Application FAQs
found on the Grants.gov
<http://www.grants.gov/help/submit_application_faqs.jsp>.

# 

# Dial-Up Internet Connections

When using a dial up connection to upload and submit your application,
it can take significantly longer than when you are connected to the
Internet with a high-speed connection, e.g. cable modem/DSL/T1. While
times will vary depending upon the size of your application, it can take
a few minutes to a few hours to complete your grant submission using a
dial up connection. If you do not have access to a high-speed connection
and electronic submission is required, you may want to consider
following the instructions in the Federal Register notice to obtain an
exception to the electronic submission requirement no later than two
weeks before the application deadline date. (See the Federal Register
notice for detailed instructions.)

# MAC Users

If you do not have a Windows operating System, you will need to use the
Citrix solution discussed on Grants.gov or a Windows Emulation program
to submit an application using Grants.gov. For additional information,
review the FAQs for non-windows users
<http://www.grants.gov/resources/download_software.jsp#non_window>.
Also, to view white paper for Macintosh users published by Pure Edge go
to the following link:
<http://www.grants.gov/section678/PureEdgeSupportforMacintosh.pdf>,
and/or contact Grants.gov Customer Support
(<http://www.grants.gov/contactus/contactus.jsp>) for more information.
**If electronic submission is required and you are concerned about your
ability to submit electronically as a non-windows user, please follow
instructions in the Federal Register notice to obtain an exception to
the electronic submission requirement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.** (See the Federal Register notice for
detailed instructions.)

######## 

######## SECTION B

####### 

####### **Training Program Unit**

####### **COMPETITION MANAGER**

**RSA Central Office Contact:**

Christine E. Marschall

Competition Manager

U.S. Department of Education, RSA

Potomac Center Plaza, Room 5053

400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Mail Stop 2800

Washington, DC 20202-2550

Telephone (202) 245-7429

########  

**[SECTION C]{.underline}**

**NOTICE INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR NEW AWARDS**

4000-01-U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

Overview Information

Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs\--Community Rehabilitation
Programs

Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2007.

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number]{.underline}:
84.264B

[Dates]{.underline}:

Applications Available: (March 6, 2007.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 5, 2007.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 4, 2007.

[Eligible Applicants]{.underline}: States and public and nonprofit
agencies and organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of
higher education.

[Estimated Available Funds]{.underline}: The Administration has
requested \$38,438,000 for the Training program for FY 2007, of which we
intend to use an estimated \$1,500,000 for this competition. 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 if Congress appropriates funds for this program.

[Maximum Award]{.underline}: We will reject any application that
proposes a budget exceeding \$500,000 for a single budget period of 12
months. The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice
published in the [Federal Register]{.underline}.

[Estimated Range of Awards]{.underline}: \$475,000-\$500,000.

[Estimated Average Size of Awards]{.underline}: \$500,000.

[Estimated Number of Awards]{.underline}: 3.

[Note]{.underline}: We are inviting applications for CFDA number 84.264B
for Department of Education Regions II, IV, and X only.

[Note]{.underline}: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.

[Project Period]{.underline}: Up to 12 months.

#### Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

[Purpose of Program]{.underline}: This program is designed to support
training centers that serve either a Federal region or another
geographical area and provide for a broad integrated sequence of
training activities that focus on meeting recurrent and common training
needs of employed community rehabilitation program personnel throughout
a multi-State geographical area.

[Program Authority]{.underline}: 29 U.S.C. 709(a)(2) and 29 U.S.C. 772.

[Applicable Regulations]{.underline}: a) The Education Department
General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77,
79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, and 86. b) The regulations in 34 CFR parts 385
and 389.

[Note]{.underline}: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all
applicants except federally recognized Indian tribes.

[Note]{.underline}: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to
institutions of higher education only.

II\. Award Information

[Type of Award]{.underline}: Discretionary grant.

[Estimated Available Funds]{.underline}: The Administration has
requested \$38,438,000 for the Training program for FY 2007, of which we
intend to use an estimated \$1,500,000 for this competition. 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 if Congress appropriates funds for this program.

[Maximum Award]{.underline}: We will reject any application that
proposes a budget exceeding \$500,000 for a single budget period of 12
months. The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice
published in the [Federal Register]{.underline}.

[Estimated Range of Awards]{.underline}: \$475,000-\$500,000.

[Estimated Average Size of Awards]{.underline}: \$500,000.

[Estimated Number of Awards]{.underline}: 3.

[Note]{.underline}: We are inviting applications for CFDA number 84.264B
for Department of Education Regions II, IV, and X only.

[Note]{.underline}: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.

[Project Period]{.underline}: Up to 12 months**.**

###  Eligibility Information

1\. [Eligible Applicants]{.underline}: States and public and nonprofit
agencies and organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of
higher education.

2\. [Cost Sharing or Matching]{.underline}: The Secretary has determined
that a grantee must provide a match of at least 10 percent of the total
cost of the project (34 CFR 389.40).

[Note]{.underline}: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect cost
reimbursement on a training grant is limited to the recipient's actual
indirect costs, as determined by its negotiated indirect cost rate
agreement, or eight percent of a modified total direct cost base,
whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in excess of the eight percent
limit may not be charged directly, used to satisfy matching or
cost-sharing requirements, or charged to another Federal award.

IV\. Application and Submission Information

1\. [Address to Request Application Package]{.underline}: 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 at its Web site:
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 84.264B.

Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape,
or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services
Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5075,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202)
245-7363. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you
may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

2\. [Content and Form of Application Submission]{.underline}:
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]{.underline}:

Applications Available: March 6, 2007.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 5, 2007.

Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement**,** please
refer to section IV. 6. [Other Submission Requirements]{.underline} 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]{.underline}.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 4, 2007.

4\. [Intergovernmental Review]{.underline}: This program 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]{.underline}: We reference regulations
outlining funding restrictions in the [Applicable
Regulations]{.underline} section of this notice.

6\. [Other Submission Requirements]{.underline}: Applications for grants
under this competition must be submitted electronically unless you
qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.

a\. [Electronic Submission of Applications]{.underline}.

Applications for grants under the Rehabilitation Continuing Education
Programs---Community Rehabilitation Programs, CFDA Number 84.264B, must
be submitted electronically using 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.

We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format unless,
as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of the
exceptions to the electronic submission requirement [and]{.underline}
submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a
written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under [Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement]{.underline}.

You may access the electronic grant application for the Rehabilitation
Continuing Education Programs---Community Rehabilitation Programs at
http://www.Grants.gov You must search for the downloadable application
package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA
number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.264, not
84.264B).

Please note the following:

• 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 time and date 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
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]{.underline}).
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
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, as
described elsewhere in this section, and submit your application in
paper format.

• 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).

• 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]{.underline}: If you are experiencing problems
submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the
Grants.gov Support Desk 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 as
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
elsewhere in this notice under [For Further Information
Contact]{.underline}, 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]{.underline}: 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.

[Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement]{.underline}: You
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and
may submit your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit
an application through the Grants.gov system because----

• You do not have access to the Internet; or

• You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system;

[and]{.underline}

• No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14
calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application
deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day
following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to
the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.

If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must receive the
faxed statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date.

Address and mail or fax your statement to: Christine Marschall, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5053, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. FAX: (202) 245-6824.

Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or
hand delivery instructions described in this notice.

b\. [Submission of Paper Applications by Mail]{.underline}.

If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. 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]{.underline}:

U.S. Department of Education

Application Control Center

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.264B)

400 Maryland Avenue, SW.

Washington, DC 20202-4260

or

[By mail through a commercial carrier]{.underline}:

U.S. Department of Education

Application Control Center -- Stop 4260

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.264B)

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.

[Note]{.underline}: 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]{.underline}.

If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You 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 84.264B)

550 12th Street, SW.

Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza

Washington, DC 20202-4260

The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 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]{.underline}: 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]{.underline}: In reviewing applications under this
competition, the Secretary will use the selection criteria selected from
34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. These are listed in the application package for
this competition. The Secretary also will use the selection criterion in
34 CFR 389.30(a) to evaluate applications under this competition.

VI\. Award Administration Information

1\. [Award Notices]{.underline}: 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 also notify you informally.

If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we
notify you.

2\. [Administrative and National Policy Requirements]{.underline}: We
identify administrative and national policy requirements in the
application package and reference these and other requirements in the
[Applicable Regulations]{.underline} section of this notice.

We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an
award in the [Applicable Regulations]{.underline} section of 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]{.underline}: 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 specified by the
Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.

4\. [Performance Measures]{.underline}: The Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal departments and agencies to
improve the effectiveness of their programs by engaging in strategic
planning, setting outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring
program results against those goals. The goal of the Rehabilitation
Continuing Education Programs (RCEP)\--Regional Rehabilitation
Continuing Education Programs (RRCEP)\--Community Rehabilitation
Programs is to upgrade the skills of personnel currently employed in
private rehabilitation agencies and facilities that cooperate with State
vocational rehabilitation units in providing vocational rehabilitation
and other rehabilitation services and personnel in centers for
independent living. In order to measure the success of RRCEPs in meeting
this goal, each RRCEP\'s cooperative agreement with the Rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA) requires the conduct of an evaluation of
RRCEP training activities. Therefore, in annual performance reports
RRCEPs are required to provide specific information on the number of
training activities, the topics of each training program, the number of
participants served, the target groups represented by participants, and
summary data from participant evaluations. Performance measures
established for the RRCEP are the percentage of training participants
who report an increase in their knowledge, skills, and abilities and the
percentage of training participants who report the training is relevant
to their employment. These data allow RSA to measure results against the
regional needs assessment conducted by the RRCEP and against the goal of
upgrading the skills of personnel currently employed in CRPs that
cooperate with State vocational rehabilitation units in providing
vocational rehabilitation and other rehabilitation services and centers
for independent living.

VII\. Agency Contact

[For Further Information Contact]{.underline}: Christine Marschall, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5053, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC, 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7429 or
by e-mail: Christine.Marschall@ed.gov

If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 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 program contact person listed in this section.

#### VIII. Other Information

[Electronic Access to This Document]{.underline}: You may view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in
the [Federal Register]{.underline}, in text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site:
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]{.underline}: The official version of this document is the
document published in the [Federal Register]{.underline}. Free Internet
access to the official edition of the [Federal Register]{.underline} and
the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at:
www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html

Dated:

> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_[/S/]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

John H. Hager,

[Assistant Secretary for]{.underline}

[Special Education and]{.underline}

[Rehabilitative Services]{.underline}.

**[SECTION D]{.underline}**

**Section 302 of the Rehabilitation Act**

**and Associated Regulations**

**Sec. 302. Training**

**(a)** **Grants and Contracts for Personnel Training**

**(1)** **Authority**

The Commissioner shall make grants to, and enter into contracts with,
States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations (including
institutions of higher education) to pay part of the cost of projects to
provide training, traineeships, and related activities, including the
provision of technical assistance, that are designed to assist in
increasing the numbers of, and upgrading the skills of, qualified
personnel (especially rehabilitation counselors) who are trained in
providing vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation
services, who are trained to assist individuals with communication and
related disorders, who are trained to provide other services provided
under this Act, to individuals with disabilities, and who may include‑‑

**(A)** personnel specifically trained in providing employment
assistance to individuals with disabilities through job development and
job placement services;

**(B)** personnel specifically trained to identify, assess, and meet the
individual rehabilitation needs of individuals with disabilities,
including needs for rehabilitation technology;

**(C)** personnel specifically trained to deliver services to
individuals who may benefit from receiving independent living services;

**(D)** personnel specifically trained to deliver services in the client
assistance programs;

**(E)** personnel specifically trained to deliver services, through
supported employment programs, to individuals with a most significant
disability; and

**(F)** personnel specifically trained to deliver services to
individuals with disabilities pursuing self‑employment, business
ownership, and telecommuting; and

**(G)** personnel trained in performing other functions necessary to the
provision of vocational, medical, social, and psychological
rehabilitation services, and other services provided under this Act.

**(2)** **Authority to provide scholarships**

Grants and contracts under paragraph (1) may be expended for
scholarships and may include necessary stipends and allowances.

**(3)** **Related federal statutes**

In carrying out this subsection, the Commissioner may make grants to and
enter into contracts with States and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including institutions of higher education, to furnish
training regarding provisions of Federal statutes, including section
504, title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12111 et seq.), and the provisions of titles II and XVI of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. and 1381 et seq.), that are related
to work incentives for individuals with disabilities.

**(4)** **Training for statewide workforce systems personnel**

The Commissioner may make grants to and enter into contracts under this
subsection with States and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including institutions of higher education, to furnish
training to personnel providing services to individuals with
disabilities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Under this paragraph, personnel may be trained‑‑

**(A)** in evaluative skills to determine whether an individual with a
disability may be served by the State vocational rehabilitation program
or another component of a statewide workforce investment system; or

**(B)** to assist individuals with disabilities seeking assistance
through one‑stop delivery systems described in section 134(c) of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

**(5)** **Joint funding**

Training and other activities provided under paragraph (4) for personnel
may be jointly funded with the Department of Labor, using funds made
available under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

**(b)** **Grants and Contracts for Academic Degrees and Academic
Certificate Granting Training Projects**

**(1)** **Authority**

**(A)** **In general**

The Commissioner may make grants to, and enter into contracts with,
States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations (including
institutions of higher education) to pay part of the costs of academic
training projects to provide training that leads to an academic degree
or academic certificate. In making such grants or entering into such
contracts, the Commissioner shall target funds to areas determined under
subsection (e) to have shortages of qualified personnel.

**(B)** **Types of projects**

Academic training projects described in this subsection may include‑‑

**(i)** projects to train personnel in the areas of assisting and
supporting individuals with disabilities pursuing self‑employment,
business ownership, and telecommuting, and of vocational rehabilitation
counseling, rehabilitation technology, rehabilitation medicine,
rehabilitation nursing, rehabilitation social work, rehabilitation
psychiatry, rehabilitation psychology, rehabilitation dentistry,
physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and audiology,
physical education, therapeutic recreation, community rehabilitation
programs, or prosthetics and orthotics;

**(ii)** projects to train personnel to provide‑‑

**(I)** services to individuals with specific disabilities or
individuals with disabilities who have specific impediments to
rehabilitation, including individuals who are members of populations
that are unserved or underserved by programs under this Act;

**(II)** job development and job placement services to individuals with
disabilities;

**(III)** supported employment services, including services of
employment specialists for individuals with disabilities;

**(IV)** specialized services for individuals with significant
disabilities; or

**(V)** recreation for individuals with disabilities;

**(iii)** projects to train personnel in other fields contributing to
the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities; and

**(iv)** projects to train personnel in the use, applications, and
benefits of rehabilitation technology.

**(2)** **Application**

No grant shall be awarded or contract entered into under this subsection
unless the applicant has submitted to the Commissioner an application at
such time, in such form, in accordance with such procedures, and
including such information as the Secretary may require, including‑‑

**(A)** a description of how the designated State unit or units will
participate in the project to be funded under the grant or contract,
including, as appropriate, participation on advisory committees, as
practicum sites, in curriculum development, and in other ways so as to
build closer relationships between the applicant and the designated
State unit and to encourage students to pursue careers in public
vocational rehabilitation programs;

**(B)** the identification of potential employers that provide
employment that meets the requirements of paragraph (5)(A)(i); and

**(C)** an assurance that data on the employment of graduates or
trainees who participate in the project is accurate.

**(3)** **Limitation**

**(A)** **In general**

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no grant or contract under this
subsection may be used to provide any one course of study to an
individual for a period of more than 4 years.

**(B)** **Exception**

If a grant or contract recipient under this subsection determines that
an individual has a disability which seriously affects the completion of
training under this subsection, the grant or contract recipient may
extend the period referred to in subparagraph (A).

**(4)** **Authority to provide scholarships**

Grants and contracts under paragraph (1) may be expanded to provide
services that include the provision of scholarships and necessary
stipends and allowances.

**(5)** **Agreements**

**(A)** **Contents**

A recipient of a grant or contract under this subsection shall provide
assurances to the Commissioner that each individual who receives a
scholarship, for any academic year beginning after June 1, 1992,
utilizing funds provided under such grant or contract shall enter into
an agreement with the recipient under which the individual shall‑‑

**(i)** maintain employment‑‑

**(I)** in a nonprofit rehabilitation agency or related agency or in a
State rehabilitation agency or related agency, including a professional
corporation or professional practice group through which the individual
has a service arrangement with the designated State agency;

**(II)** on a full‑ or part‑time basis; and

**(III)** for a period of not less than the full‑time equivalent of 2
years for each year for which assistance under this section was received
by the individual, within a period, beginning after the recipient
completes the training for which the scholarship was awarded, of not
more than the sum of the number of years in the period described in
subclause (III) and 2 additional years; and

**(ii)** repay all or part of any scholarship received, plus interest,
if the individual does not fulfill the requirements of clause (i),
except as the Commissioner by regulation may provide for repayment
exceptions and deferrals.

**(B)** **Enforcement**

The Commissioner shall be responsible for the enforcement of each
agreement entered into under subparagraph (A) upon completion of the
training involved under such subparagraph.

**(c)** **Grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities**

The Commissioner, in carrying out this section, shall make grants to
historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions of
higher education whose minority student enrollment is at least 50
percent of the total enrollment of the institution.

**(d)** **Application**

A grant may not be awarded to a State or other organization under this
section unless the State or organization has submitted an application to
the Commissioner at such time, in such form, in accordance with such
procedures, and containing such information as the Commissioner may
require. Any such application shall include a detailed description of
strategies that will be utilized to recruit and train individuals so as
to reflect the diverse populations of the United States as part of the
effort to increase the number of individuals with disabilities, and
individuals who are from linguistically and culturally diverse
backgrounds, who are available to provide rehabilitation services.

**(e)** **Evaluation and Collection of Data**

The Commissioner shall evaluate the impact of the training programs
conducted under this section, and collect information on the training
needs of, and data on shortages of qualified personnel necessary to
provide services to individuals with disabilities. The Commissioner
shall prepare and submit to Congress, by September 30 of each fiscal
year, a report setting forth and justifying in detail how the funds made
available for training under this section for the fiscal year prior to
such submission are allocated by professional discipline and other
program areas. The report shall also contain findings on such personnel
shortages, how funds proposed for the succeeding fiscal year will be
allocated under the President\'s budget proposal, and how the findings
on personnel shortages justify the allocations.

[PROGRAM REGULATIONS]{.underline}

PART 385‑‑REHABILITATION TRAINING

Subpart A‑‑General

Sec.

385.1 What is the Rehabilitation Training program?

385.2 Who is eligible for assistance under these programs?

385.3 What regulations apply to these programs?

385.4 What definitions apply to these programs?

Subpart B‑‑\[Reserved\]

Subpart C‑‑How Does One Apply For a Grant

Sec.

385.20 What are the application procedures for these programs?

Subpart D‑‑How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?

Sec.

385.30 \[Reserved\]

385.31 How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

385.33 What other factors does the Secretary consider in reviewing an
application?

Subpart E‑‑What Conditions Must Be Met by a Grantee?

Sec.

385.40 What are the requirements pertaining to the membership of a
project advisory committee?

385.41 What are the requirements affecting the collection of data from
designated State agencies?

385.42 What are the requirements affecting the dissemination of training
materials?

385.43 What requirements apply to the training of rehabilitation
counselors and other rehabilitation personnel?

385.44 What requirement applies to the training of individuals with
disabilities?

385.45 What additional application requirements apply to the training of
individuals for rehabilitation careers?

385.46 What limitations apply to the rate of pay for experts or
consultants appointed or serving under contract under the Rehabilitation
Training program?

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 711(c), 772, and 774, unless otherwise noted.

Source: 45 FR 86379, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A‑‑General

Sec.

385.1 What is the Rehabilitation Training program?

\(a\) The Rehabilitation Training program is designed to‑‑

\(1\) Ensure that skilled personnel are available to provide
rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities through
vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs,
through supported employment programs, through independent living
services programs, and through client assistance programs;

\(2\) Maintain and upgrade basic skills and knowledge of personnel
employed to provide state‑of‑the‑art service delivery systems and
rehabilitation technology services; and

\(3\) Provide training and information to individuals with disabilities,
the parents, families, guardians, advocates, and authorized
representatives of the individuals, and other appropriate parties to
develop the skills necessary for individuals with disabilities to access
the rehabilitation system and to become active decision makers in the
rehabilitation process.

\(b\) The Secretary awards grants and contracts to pay part of the costs
of projects for training, trainee ships, and related activities,
including the provision of technical assistance, to assist in increasing
the numbers of qualified personnel trained in providing rehabilitation
services and other services provided under the Act, to individuals with
disabilities. Financial assistance is provided through six categories of
training programs:

\(1\) Rehabilitation Long‑Term Training (34 CFR Part 386).

\(2\) Experimental and Innovative Training (34 CFR Part 387).

\(3\) State Vocational Rehabilitation Unit In‑Service Training (34 CFR
Part 388).

\(4\) Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs (34 CFR Part 389).

\(5\) Rehabilitation Short‑Term Training (34 CFR Part 390).

\(6\) Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf and
Individuals Who Are Deaf‑Blind (34 CFR Part 396).

(Authority: Secs. 301 and 302 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 770 and 774)

\[59 FR 8344, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 385.2 Who is eligible for assistance under these programs?

States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including
Indian tribes and institutions of higher education, are eligible for
assistance under the Rehabilitation Training program.

(Authority: Secs. 7(19) and 302 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 706(19) and 774)

\[59 FR 8345, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 385.3 What regulations apply to these programs?

The following regulations apply to the Rehabilitation Training program:

\(a\) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations
(EDGAR) as follows:

\(1\) 34 CFR Part 74 (Administration of Grants to Institutions of Higher
Education, Hospitals, and Nonprofit Organizations).

\(2\) 34 CFR Part 75 (Direct Grant Programs).

\(3\) 34 CFR Part 77 (Definitions That Apply to Department Regulations).

\(4\) 34 CFR Part 79 (Intergovernmental Review of Department of
Education Programs and Activities).

\(5\) 34 CFR Part 80 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments).

\(6\) 34 CFR Part 81 (General Education Provisions Act - Enforcement).

\(7\) 34 CFR Part 82 (New Restrictions on Lobbying).

\(8\) 34 CFR Part 85 (Government wide Debarment and Suspension

(Nonprocurement) and Government wide Requirements for Drug‑Free
Workplace (Grants)).

\(9\) 34 CFR Part 86 (Drug‑Free Schools and Campuses).

\(b\) The regulations in this Part 385.

\(c\) The regulations in 34 CFR Parts 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, and 396,
as appropriate.

(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 302 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 774)

\[59 FR 8345, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 385.4 What definitions apply to these programs?

\(a\) The following definitions in 34 CFR Part 77 apply to the programs
under the Rehabilitation Training Program‑‑

\"Applicant\"

\"Application\"

\"Award\"

\"Budget Period\"

\"Department\"

\"EDGAR\"

\"Nonprofit\"

\"Private\"

\"Project\"

\"Project Period\"

\"Public\"

\"Secretary\"

(Authority: Sec. 12(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

\(b\) The following definitions also apply to programs under the
Rehabilitation Training program:

Act means the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as
amended.

Assistive technology device means any item, piece of equipment, or
product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified,
or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional
capabilities of individuals with disabilities.

Assistive technology service means any service that directly assists an
individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an
assistive technology device. The term includes‑‑

\(1\) The evaluation of the needs of an individual with a disability,
including a functional evaluation of the individual in the individual\'s
customary environment;

\(2\) Purchasing, leasing, or otherwise providing for the acquisition of
assistive technology devices by individuals with disabilities;

\(3\) Selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying,
maintaining, repairing, or replacing of assistive technology devices;

\(4\) Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions, or services
with assistive technology devices, such as those associated with
existing education and rehabilitation plans and programs;

\(5\) Training or technical assistance for an individual with
disabilities, or, if appropriate, the family of an individual with
disabilities; and

\(6\) Training or technical assistance for professionals (including
individuals providing education and rehabilitation services), employers,
or other individuals who provide services to, employ, or are otherwise
substantially involved in the major life functions of individuals with
disabilities.

Community rehabilitation program means a program that provides directly
or facilitates the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to
individuals with disabilities, and that provides, singly or in
combination, for an individual with a disability to enable the
individual to maximize opportunities for employment, including career
advancement‑‑

\(1\) Medical, psychiatric, psychological, social, and vocational
services that are provided under one management;

\(2\) Testing, fitting, or training in the use of prosthetic and
orthotic devices;

\(3\) Recreational therapy;

\(4\) Physical and occupational therapy;

\(5\) Speech, language, and hearing therapy;

\(6\) Psychiatric, psychological, and social services, including
positive behavior management;

\(7\) Assessment for determining eligibility and vocational
rehabilitation needs;

\(8\) Rehabilitation technology;

\(9\) Job development, placement, and retention services;

\(10\) Evaluation or control of specific disabilities;

\(11\) Orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind;

\(12\) Extended employment;

\(13\) Psychosocial rehabilitation services;

\(14\) Supported employment services and extended services;

\(15\) Services to family members when necessary to the vocational
rehabilitation of the individual;

\(16\) Personal assistance services; or

\(17\) Services similar to the services described in paragraphs (1)
through (16) of this definition.

Designated State agency means an agency designated under section
101(a)(1)(A) of the Act.

Designated State unit means (1) Any State agency unit required under
section 101(a)(2)(A) of the Act, or (2) In cases in which no State
agency unit is required, the State agency described in section
101(a)(2)(B)(I) of the Act.

Independent living core services means‑‑

\(1\) Information and referral services;

\(2\) Independent living skills training;

\(3\) Peer counseling, including cross‑disability peer counseling; and

\(4\) Individual and systems advocacy.

Independent living services includes‑‑

\(1\) Independent living core services; and

(2)(I) Counseling services, including psychological, psychotherapeutic,
and related services;

\(ii\) Services related to securing housing or shelter, including
services related to community group living, and supportive of the
purposes of this Act and of the titles of this Act, and adaptive housing
services (including appropriate accommodations to and modifications of
any space used to serve, or occupied by, individuals with disabilities);

\(iii\) Rehabilitation technology;

\(iv\) Mobility training;

\(v\) Services and training for individuals with cognitive and sensory
disabilities, including life skills training, and interpreter and reader
services;

\(vi\) Personal assistance services, including attendant care and the
training of personnel providing these services;

\(vii\) Surveys, directories, and other activities to identify
appropriate housing, recreation opportunities, and accessible
transportation, and other support services;

\(viii\) Consumer information programs on rehabilitation and independent
living services available under this Act, especially for minorities and
other individuals with disabilities who have traditionally been unserved
or underserved by programs under this Act;

\(ix\) Education and training necessary for living in the community and
participating in community activities;

\(x\) Supported living;

\(xi\) Transportation, including referral and assistance for
transportation;

\(xii\) Physical rehabilitation;

\(xiii\) Therapeutic treatment;

\(xiv\) Provision of needed prostheses and other appliances and devices;

\(xv\) Individual and group social and recreational services;

\(xvi\) Training to develop skills specifically designed for youths who
are individuals with disabilities to promote self‑awareness and esteem,
develop advocacy and self‑empowerment skills, and explore career
options;

\(xvii\) Services for children;

\(xviii\) Services under other Federal, State, or local programs
designed to provide resources, training, counseling, or other assistance
of substantial benefit in enhancing the independence, productivity, and
quality of life of individuals with disabilities;

(xvix) Appropriate preventive services to decrease the need of
individuals assisted under this Act for similar services in the future;

\(xx\) Community awareness programs to enhance the understanding and
integration of individuals with disabilities; and

\(xxi\) Such other services as may be necessary and not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act.

Individual with a disability means any individual who‑‑

\(1\) Has a physical or mental impairment, which for that individual
constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment; and

\(2\) Can benefit in terms of an employment outcome from vocational
rehabilitation services provided pursuant to titles I, II, III, VI, or
VIII of the Act.

Individual with a severe disability means an individual with a
disability‑‑

\(1\) Who has a severe physical or mental impairment that seriously
limits one or more functional capacities (such as mobility,
communication, self‑care, self‑direction, interpersonal skills, work
tolerance, or work skills) in terms of an employment outcome;

\(2\) Whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require
multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of
time; and

\(3\) Who has one or more physical or mental disabilities resulting from
amputation, arthritis, autism, blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral
palsy, cystic fibrosis, deafness, head injury, heart disease,
hemiplegia, hemophilia, respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, mental
retardation, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy,
musculo‑skeletal disorders, neurological disorders (including stroke and
epilepsy), paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions,
sickle‑cell anemia, specific learning disabilities, end‑stage renal
disease, or another disability or combination of disabilities determined
on the basis of an assessment for determining eligibility and vocational
rehabilitation needs to cause comparable substantial functional
limitation.

Institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in
section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).

Personal assistance services means a range of services provided by one
or more persons designed to assist an individual with a disability to
perform daily living activities on or off the job that the individual
would typically perform if the individual did not have a disability. The
services shall be designed to increase the individual\'s control in life
and ability to perform everyday activities on or off the job.

Qualified personnel: (1) For designated State agencies or designated
State units, means personnel who have met standards that are consistent
with existing national or State approved or recognized certification,
licensing, registration, or other comparable requirements that apply to
the area in which such personnel are providing vocational rehabilitation
services.

\(2\) For other than designated State agencies or designated State
units, means personnel who have met existing State certification or
licensure requirements, or in the absence of State requirements, have
met professionally accepted requirements established by national
certification boards.

Rehabilitation technology means the systematic application of
technologies, engineering methodologies, or scientific principles to
meet the needs of and address the barriers confronted by individuals
with disabilities in areas that include education, rehabilitation,
employment, transportation, independent living, and recreation. The term
includes rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology devices, and
assistive technology services.

State includes, in addition to each of the several States of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands and the Republic of Palau (until the
Compact of Free Association with Palau takes effect).

Stipend means financial assistance on behalf of individuals in support
of their training, as opposed to salary payment for services provided
within the project.

Supported employment means‑‑

\(1\) Competitive work in integrated work settings for individuals with
the most severe disabilities‑‑

(I)(A) For whom competitive employment has not traditionally occurred;
or

\(B\) For whom competitive employment has been interrupted or
intermittent as a result of a severe disability; and

\(ii\) Who, because of the nature and severity of their disability, need
intensive supported employment services from the designated State unit
and extended services after transition in order to perform this work.

\(2\) Transitional employment for individuals with the most severe
disabilities due to mental illness.

Supported employment services means ongoing support services and other
appropriate services needed to support and maintain an individual with
most severe disability in supported employment, that are‑‑

\(1\) Provided singly or in combination and are organized and made
available in such a way as to assist an eligible individual in entering
or maintaining integrated, competitive employment;

\(2\) Based on a determination of the needs of an eligible individual,
as specified in an individualized written rehabilitation program; and

\(3\) Provided by the designated State unit for a period of time not to
extend beyond 18 months, unless under special circumstances the eligible
individual and the rehabilitation counselor or coordinator jointly agree
to extend the time in order to achieve the rehabilitation objectives
identified in the individualized written rehabilitation program.

Vocational rehabilitation services means the same as the term is defined
in 34 CFR 369.4(b).

(Authority: Secs. 7, 12(c), and 101(a)(7) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 706,
711(c), and 721(a)(7))

\[45 FR 86379, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 38631, Sept. 23, 1985;
53 FR 17146, May 13, 1988; 59 FR 8345, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Subpart B‑‑\[Reserved\]

Subpart C‑‑How Does One Apply for a Grant?

Sec. 385.20 What are the application procedures for these programs?

The Secretary gives the designated State agency an opportunity to review
and comment on applications submitted from within the State that it
serves. The procedures to be followed by the applicant and the State are
in EDGAR Secs. 75.155‑75.159.

(Authority: Sec. 12(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

\[45 FR 86379, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Subpart D‑‑How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?

Sec. 385.30 \[Reserved\]

Sec. 385.31 How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

\(a\) The Secretary evaluates each applications under the procedures in
34 CFR Part 75.

\(b\) The Secretary evaluates each application using selection criteria
identified in Parts 386, 387, 388, 389 and 390, as appropriate.

\(c\) In addition to the selection criteria described in paragraph (b)
of this section, the Secretary evaluates each application using\--

\(1\) Selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210;

\(2\) Selection criteria established under 34 CFR 75.209; or

\(3\) A combination of selection criteria established under 34 CFR
75.209 and selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

Sec. 385.33 What other factors does the Secretary consider in reviewing
an application?

In addition to the selection criteria listed in Sec. 75.210 and Parts
386 through 390, the Secretary, in making awards under this program,
considers such factors as‑‑

\(a\) The geographical distribution of projects in each Rehabilitation
Training Program category throughout the country; and

\(b\) The past performance of the applicant in carrying out similar
training activities under previously awarded grants, as indicated by
such factors as compliance with grant conditions, soundness of
programmatic and financial management practices and attainment of
established project objectives.

(Authority: Sec. 12(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

Subpart E‑‑What Conditions Must Be Met by a Grantee?

Sec. 385.40 What are the requirements pertaining to the membership of a
project advisory committee?

If a project funded under 34 CFR parts 386 through 390 or 396
establishes an advisory committee, its membership must include
individuals with disabilities or parents, family members, guardians,
advocates, or other authorized representatives of the individuals;
members of minority groups; trainees; and providers of vocational
rehabilitation and independent living rehabilitation services.

(Authority: Sec. 12(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

\[59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 385.41 What are the requirements affecting the collection of data
from designated State agencies?

If the collection of data is necessary from individuals with
disabilities being served by two or more designated State agencies or
from employees of two or more of these agencies, the project director
must submit requests for the data to appropriate representatives of the
affected agencies, as determined by the Secretary. This requirement also
applies to employed project staff and individuals enrolled in courses of
study supported under these programs.

(Authority: Sec. 12(C) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

\[45 FR 86379, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 53 FR 17147, May 13, 1988;
59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 385.42 What are the requirements affecting the dissemination of
training materials?

A set of any training materials developed under the Rehabilitation
Training Program must be submitted to any information clearinghouse
designated by the Secretary.

(Authority: Sec. 12(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

Sec. 385.43 What requirements apply to the training of rehabilitation
counselors and other rehabilitation personnel?

Any grantee who provides training of rehabilitation counselors or other
rehabilitation personnel under any of the programs in 34 CFR parts 386
through 390 shall train those counselors and personnel on the services
provided under this Act, and, in particular, services provided in
accordance with amendments made by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of
1992. The grantee shall also furnish training to these counselors and
personnel regarding the applicability of section 504 of this Act, title
I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the provisions of
titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act that are related to work
incentives for individuals with disabilities.

(Authority: Sec. 302(a)(3) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 774(a)(3))

\[59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 385.44 What requirement applies to the training of individuals with
disabilities?

Any grantee or contractor who provides training under any of the
programs in 34 CFR parts 386 through 390 and 396 shall give due regard
to the training of individuals with disabilities as part of its effort
to increase the number of qualified personnel available to provide
rehabilitation services.

(Authority: Sec. 302(a)(1) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 774(a)(1))

\[59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 385.45 What additional application requirements apply to the
training of individuals for rehabilitation careers?

\(a\) All applicants for a grant or contract to provide training under
any of the programs in 34 CFR parts 386 through 390 and 396 shall
demonstrate how the training they plan to provide will prepare
rehabilitation professionals to address the needs of individuals with
disabilities from minority backgrounds.

\(b\) All applicants for a grant under any of the programs in 34 CFR
parts 386 through 390 and 396 shall include a detailed description of
strategies that will be utilized to recruit and train persons so as to
reflect the diverse populations of the United States, as part of the
effort to increase the number of individuals with disabilities, and
individuals who are members of minority groups, who are available to
provide rehabilitation services.

(Authority: Secs. 21(b)(5) and 302(a)(5) of the Act; 29 U.S.C.
718b(b)(6) and 774(a)(6))

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1820‑0018)

\[59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 33680, June 30, 1994\]

Sec. 385.46 What limitations apply to the rate of pay for experts or
consultants appointed or serving under contract under the Rehabilitation
Training program?

An expert or consultant appointed or serving under contract pursuant to
this section shall be compensated at a rate subject to approval of the
Commissioner which shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the rate of
pay for level 4 of the Senior Executive Service Schedule under section
5382 of title 5, United States Code. Such an expert or consultant may be
allowed travel and transportation expenses in accordance with section
5703 of title 5, United States Code.

(Authority: Sec. 302(g)(2) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 774(g)(2))

\[59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 389.4 What definitions apply to this program?

The definitions in 34 CFR Part 385 apply to this program.

(Authority: Sec. 12(c) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

Subpart B‑‑What Kinds of Projects Does the Department of Education
Assist

Under This Program?

Sec. 389.10 What types of projects are authorized under this program?

Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs‑‑

\(a\) Train newly employed State agency staff at the administrative,
supervisory, professional, subprofessional, or clerical levels in order
to develop needs skills for effective agency performance;

\(b\) Provide training opportunities for experienced State agency
personnel at all levels of State agency practice to upgrade their skills
and to develop mastery of new program developments dealing with
significant issues,

priorities and legislative thrusts of the State/Federal vocational
rehabilitation program; and

\(c\) Develop and conduct training programs for staff of‑‑

\(1\) Private rehabilitation agencies and facilities which cooperate
with State vocational rehabilitation units in providing vocational
rehabilitation and other rehabilitation services;

\(2\) Centers for independent living; and

\(3\) Client assistance programs.

(Authority: Sec. 302 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 774)

\[45 FR 86385, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 38631, Sept. 23, 1985;
59

FR 8348, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Subpart C‑‑\[Reserved\]

Subpart D‑‑How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?

Sec. 389.30 What additional selection criteria is used under this
program?

In addition to the criteria in 34 CFR 385.31(c), the Secretary uses the
following additional criterion to evaluate an application:

\(a\) Relevance to State-Federal rehabilitation service program.

\(1\) The Secretary reviews each application for information that shows
that the proposed project appropriately relates to the mission of the
State-Federal rehabilitation service programs.

\(2\) The Secretary reviews each application for information that shows
that the proposed project includes an assessment of the potential of
existing programs within the geographical area (including State
vocational rehabilitation unit in-service training) to meet the needs
for which support is sought.

\(3\) The Secretary looks for information that shows that the proposed
project can be expected to improve the competence of professional and
other personnel in the rehabilitation agencies serving individuals with
severe disabilities.

\(6\) \[Reserved.\]

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 711(c))

Subpart E‑‑What Conditions Must Be Met by a Grantee?

Sec. 389.40 What are the matching requirements?

A grantee must contribute to the cost of a project under this program in
an amount satisfactory to the Secretary. The part of the cost to be
borne by the grantee is determined by the Secretary at the time of the
grant award.

(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 302 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 774)

\[45 FR 86365, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 59 FR 8348, Feb. 18, 1994\]

Sec. 389.41 What are allowable costs?

In addition to those allowable costs established under EDGAR Secs.
75.530‑ 75.562, the following items are allowable under Rehabilitation
Continuing Education programs‑‑

\(a\) Trainee per diem costs;

\(b\) Trainee travel in connection with a training course;

\(c\) Trainee tuition and fees; and

\(d\) Special accommodations for trainees with handicaps.

(Authority: Secs. 12(c) and 302 of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 774)

\[45 FR 86385, Dec. 30, 1980, as amended at 53 FR 17147, May 13, 1988;
59 FR

8348, Feb. 18, 1994\] \[59 FR 8347, Feb. 18, 1994\]

######## SECTION E

**Selection Criteria for Applications**

The Secretary uses the following selection criteria to evaluate
applications for new grants under this competition. The maximum score
for all of these criteria is 100 points. The maximum score for each
criterion is indicated in parentheses. Because no points are assigned to
the selected factors, the Secretary evaluates each factor within each
criterion equally.

The criteria are\--

**RELEVANCE TO STATE-FEDERAL REHABILITATION SERVICE PROGRAM**

**(20 points)**

(1) The Secretary reviews each application for information that shows
    that the proposed

> project appropriately relates to the mission of the State-Federal
> rehabilitation service program.
>
> \(2\) The Secretary reviews each application for information that
> shows that the proposed project includes an assessment of the
> potential of existing programs within the geographical area (including
> State vocational rehabilitation unit in-service training) to meet the
> needs for which support is sought.

\(3\) The Secretary looks for information that shows that the proposed
project can be expected to improve the competence of professional and
other personnel in the rehabilitation agencies serving individuals with
severe disabilities.

**SIGNIFICANCE (20 points)**

\(1\) The Secretary considers the significance of the proposed project.

\(2\) The Secretary considers one or more of the following factors\--

\(i\) The potential contribution of the proposed project to increased
knowledge or understanding of rehabilitation problems, issues, or
effective strategies;

\(ii\) The likelihood that the proposed project will result in system
change or improvement;

\(iii\) The extent to which the proposed project is likely to build
local capacity to provide, improve, or expand services that address the
needs of the target population; and

\(iv\) The potential contribution of the proposed project to the
development and advancement of theory, knowledge, and practices in the
field of study.

.

**QUALITY OF PROJECT DESIGN (10 points)**

> \(1\) In determining the quality of the design of the proposed
> project, the

Secretary considers one or more of the following factors:

\(i\) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable;

\(ii\) The extent to which the design of the proposed project is
appropriate to and will successfully address, the needs of the target
population or other identified needs;

\(iii\) The extent to which the proposed activities constitute a
coherent, sustained program of training in the field;

\(iv\) The extent to which the design of the proposed project reflects
up-to-date knowledge from research and effective practice.

QUALITY OF PROJECT SERVICES (10 points)

\(1\) The Secretary considers the quality of the services to be provided
by the proposed project.

\(2\) In determining the quality of the services to be provided by the
proposed project the Secretary considers the quality and sufficiency of
strategies for ensuring equal access and treatment for eligible project
participants who are members of groups that have traditionally been
underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or
disability.

\(3\) In addition, the Secretary considers the following factors:

(i)The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed
project are appropriate to the needs of the intended recipients or
beneficiaries of those services;

\(ii\) The extent to which the training or professional development
services to be provided by the proposed project are of sufficient
quality, intensity, and duration to lead to improvements in practice
among the recipients of those services;

\(iii\) The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed
project involve the collaboration of appropriate partners for maximizing
the effectiveness of project services.

QUALITY OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN (10 points)

\(1\) The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives of
the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly
defined responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing
project tasks.

\(2\) The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous
improvement in the operation of the proposed project.

\(3\) The extent to which the time commitments of the project director
and principal investigator and other key project personnel are
appropriate and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project.

**QUALITY OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION (10 points)**

\(1\) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough,
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the
proposed project.

\(2\) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are appropriate to
the context within which the project operates.

> (3)The extent to which the methods of evaluation will include the use
> of objective

performance measures that are clearly related to the intended outcomes
of the project and will produce quantitative and qualitative data to the
extent possible.

**QUALITY OF PROJECT PERSONNEL (10 points)**

(1) In determining the quality of project personnel, the Secretary
    consider the extent to

> which the applicant encourages applications for employment from
> persons who are members of groups that have traditionally been
> underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age,
> or disability.
>
> \(2\) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience,
> of the project director or principal investigator.
>
> \(3\) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience,
> of key project personnel.
>
> \(4\) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience
> of project consultants or subcontractors.
>
> **ADEQUACY OF RESOURCES (10 points)**

(1) The adequacy of support, including facilities, equipment, supplies,
    and other resources,

from the applicant organization or the lead applicant organization.

(2) The extent to which the budget is adequate to support the proposed
    project.

(3) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the
    objectives, design, and

potential significance of the proposed project.

\(4\) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the
number of persons to be served and to the anticipated results and
benefits.

(5)The potential for the incorporation of project purposes, activities,
or benefits into the ongoing program of the agency or organization at
the end of Federal funding.

Section F

Application Transmittal Instructions

##### ATTENTION ELECTRONIC APPLICANTS: Please note that you must follow the Application Procedures as described in the Federal Register notice announcing the grant competition. Some programs may require electronic submission of applications, and those programs will have specific requirements and waiver instructions in the Federal Register notice. 

An original and two copies of an application for an award must be mailed
or hand-delivered by the application deadline date unless it is
submitted electronically.

If you want to apply for a grant and be considered for funding, you must
meet the following deadline requirements:

### Applications Submitted Electronically

You must submit your grant application through the Internet using the
software provided on the Grants.gov Web site
([http://www.grants.gov](http://www.grants.gov/)) by 4:30 p.m.
(Washington, DC time) on the application deadline date.

If you submit your application through the Internet via the e-Grants Web
site, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment when we receive your
application.

For more information on using Grants.gov, please refer to the Notice
Inviting Applications that was published in the Federal Register, the
Grants.gov Submission Procedures and Tips document found in the
application package instructions, and visit http://www.grants.gov.

### Applications Sent by Mail

You must mail the original and two copies of the application on or
before the deadline date to. To help expedite our review of your
application, we would appreciate your voluntarily including an
additional 3 copies of your application.

**Please mail copies to:**

##  **U.S. Department of Education** 

#### Application Control Center

**Attention: CFDA# 84. 264B**

**400 Maryland Avenue, SW**

**Washington, DC 20202 -- 4260**

You must show one of the following as proof of mailing:

(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.

If you mail an 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 Services.

An applicant should note that the U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly
provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an applicant
should check with its local post office.

**[Applications Delivered by Commercial Carrier]{.underline}:**

Special Note: Due to recent disruptions to normal mail delivery, the
Department encourages you to consider using an alternative delivery
method (for example, a commercial carrier, such as Federal Express or
United Parcel Service; or U. S. Postal Service Express Mail) to transmit
your application for this competition to the Department. If you use an
alternative delivery method, please obtain the appropriate proof of
mailing under "Applications Sent by Mail," then follow the mailing
instructions under the appropriate delivery method.

Applications that are delivered by commercial carrier, such as Federal
Express, United Parcel Service, etc. should be mailed to the:

> **U.S. Department of Education**

#####  Application Control Center -- Stop 4260 

> **Attention: CFDA# 84.264B**
>
> **7100 Old Landover Road**
>
> **Landover, MD 20785-1506**

### 

### Applications Delivered by Hand

You or your courier must hand deliver the original and number of copies
requested of the application by 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on or
before the deadline date. To help expedite our review of your
application, we would appreciate your voluntarily including an
additional 3 copies of your application.

**Please hand deliver copies to:**

##  **U.S. Department of Education** 

####  Application Control Center

> **Attention: CFDA#84.264B**
>
> **550 12^th^ Street, SW**
>
> **PCP - Room 7041**

#####  Washington, DC 20202 -- 4260

The Application Control Center accepts application deliveries daily
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time), except Saturdays,
Sundays and Federal holidays

.

**[PLEASE NOTE -- NEW ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION POLICY]{.underline}**

**[Electronic Submission is Required]{.underline}** - As outlined in the
Federal Register notice for this grant competition, applications must be
submitted electronically. You must submit your application using the
electronic application system designated in the Federal Register notice.
(The notice will designate whether you will use e-Application or
Grants.gov). You may not e-mail an electronic copy to us. We will reject
your application if you submit it in paper format unless you qualify for
one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement described
below [and]{.underline} submit, no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that
you qualify for one of these exceptions.

Under mandatory submission, electronic applications must be received by
4:30 pm Washington, DC time on the application deadline date. **Under
this new policy, Education does not allow for any last minute waiver
requests from applicants, which is a change from the previous policy for
mandatory electronic submission. Consequently, we strongly encourage you
to review the registration and submission procedures for the designated
electronic application system right away. In addition, we strongly
suggest that you do not wait until the deadline date to submit your
application.**

[Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement]{.underline}: You
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and
may submit your application in paper format, by mail or hand delivery,
if you are unable to submit an application through the electronic
application system designated in the Federal Register notice because----

• You do not have access to the Internet; or

• You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the system;

[and]{.underline}

> • No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14
> calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
> application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next
> business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written
> statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for
> an exception prevent you from using the Internet to submit your
> application. If you mail your written statement to the Department, it
> must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application
> deadline date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we
> must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
> application deadline date. (Please follow the fax instructions found
> in the Federal Register notice for this competition. Also, your paper
> application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand
> delivery instructions also described in the Federal Register notice
> for this grant competition.)

For detailed information on the electronic submission requirement for
this competition, please refer to the Federal Register notice.

######## Section G

**APPLICATION FORMS**

**U.S. Department of Education**

**Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services**

#### REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

**INSTRUCTIONS FOR AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE**

(Nonconstruction Programs)

The enclosed forms shall be used by all applicants for Federal
Assistance under all Rehabilitation Services Administration programs. A
separate application must be submitted for each grant sought. No grant
may be awarded unless the completed application forms have been
received. If an item does not appear to be relevant to the assistance
requested, write \"NA\" for not applicable.

This application consists of four parts. These parts are organized in
the same manner that the submitted application should be organized.
These parts are as follows:

**Part I** - Federal Assistance Application Face Page

**Part II** - Budget Information

**Part III** - Program Narrative

**Part IV** - Assurances, Certifications and Disclosures

The following statement must be included in this section of your general
application instructions and information document:

**Electronic submission requires that narratives and other files be
attached to the following attachment forms as per the instruction in
this document such as:**

**• One Page Abstract must be attached to the "Department of Education
Abstract Form"**

**• Program Narratives must be attached to the "Program Narrative
Attachment Form"**

**• Budget Narratives must be attached to the "Budget Narrative
Attachment Form"**

**• All vitas, table of contents, letters, certifications, supplementary
statements; and other requested appendicies must be attached to the
"Other Attachment Form"**

**NOTE: Please do not attach any narratives, supporting files, or
application components to the Standard Form (SF 424). Although this form
accepts attachments, the Department of Education will only review
materials/files attached to the attachment forms listed above.**

Each submitted application must include an index or table of contents
and a one-page project abstract. Pages should be consecutively numbered.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
valid OMB control number. The valid

OMB control number for this information collection is 1820-0018. The
time required to complete this information collection is estimated to
average 40 hours per response, including the time to review
instructions, search existing data resources, gathering and maintaining
the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information.

Under terms of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended, and the
regulations implementing that Act, the Department of Education invites
comment on the public reporting burden in this collection of
information. You may send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions
for reducing this burden, to the U.S. Department of Education,
Information Management and Compliance Division, Washington, D.C.
20202-4651; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project 1820-0018, Washington, D.C. 20503.

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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| 3\. Date Received  |   |      |   |                                   |
| : 4. Applicant     |   |      |   |                                   |
| Identifier:        |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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| **State Use        |   |      |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| 6\. Date Received  |   | 7\.  |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **8. APPLICANT     |   |      |   |                                   |
| INFORMATION:**     |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*a. Legal Name:   |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **d. Address:**    |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*Street 1:        |   |      |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*City:            |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| County:            |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*State:           |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Province:          |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*Country:         |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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| Code               |   |      |   |                                   |
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|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **f. Name and      |   |      |   |                                   |
| contact            |   |      |   |                                   |
| information of     |   |      |   |                                   |
| person to be       |   |      |   |                                   |
| contacted on       |   |      |   |                                   |
| matters involving  |   |      |   |                                   |
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| application:**     |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Prefix:            |   |      |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Middle Name:       |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*Last Name:       |   |      |   |                                   |
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|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Suffix:            |   |      |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Title:             |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Organizational     |   |      |   |                                   |
| Affiliation:       |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*Telephone        |   |      |   |                                   |
| Number:       Fax  |   |      |   |                                   |
| Number:            |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*Email:           |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| OMB Number:        |   |      |   |                                   |
| 4040-0004          |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
| Expiration Date:   |   |      |   |                                   |
| 01/31/2009         |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **Application for  |   |      |   |                                   |
| Federal Assistance |   |      |   |                                   |
| SF-424** Version   |   |      |   |                                   |
| 02                 |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **\*9. Type of     |   |      |   |                                   |
| Applicant 1:       |   |      |   |                                   |
| Select Applicant   |   |      |   |                                   |
| Type:**            |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Type of Applicant  |   |      |   |                                   |
| 2: Select          |   |      |   |                                   |
| Applicant Type:    |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| Type of Applicant  |   |      |   |                                   |
| 3: Select          |   |      |   |                                   |
| Applicant Type:    |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| \*Other (Specify)  |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **\*10 Name of     |   |      |   |                                   |
| Federal Agency:**  |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
| **     **          |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **11. Catalog of   |   |      |   |                                   |
| Federal Domestic   |   |      |   |                                   |
| Assistance         |   |      |   |                                   |
| Number**:          |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
| CFDA Title:        |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
|      ]{.underline} |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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| Opportunity        |   |      |   |                                   |
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|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
| [                  |   |      |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **13. Competition  |   |      |   |                                   |
| Identification     |   |      |   |                                   |
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+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
| **14. Areas        |   |      |   |                                   |
| Affected by        |   |      |   |                                   |
| Project (Cities,   |   |      |   |                                   |
| Counties, States,  |   |      |   |                                   |
| etc.):**           |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
| **     **          |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+
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| Descriptive Title  |   |      |   |                                   |
| of Applicant's     |   |      |   |                                   |
| Project**:         |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
|                    |   |      |   |                                   |
+--------------------+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+

+-----------+------------+-------------+---------+-------------------+
| OMB       |            |             |         |                   |
| Number:   |            |             |         |                   |
| 4040-0004 |            |             |         |                   |
|           |            |             |         |                   |
| E         |            |             |         |                   |
| xpiration |            |             |         |                   |
| Date:     |            |             |         |                   |
| 0         |            |             |         |                   |
| 1/31/2009 |            |             |         |                   |
+-----------+------------+-------------+---------+-------------------+
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| plication |            |             |         |                   |
| for       |            |             |         |                   |
| Federal   |            |             |         |                   |
| A         |            |             |         |                   |
| ssistance |            |             |         |                   |
| SF-424**  |            |             |         |                   |
| Version   |            |             |         |                   |
| 02        |            |             |         |                   |
+-----------+------------+-------------+---------+-------------------+
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| Cong      |            |             |         |                   |
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| Districts |            |             |         |                   |
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|           |            |             |         |                   |
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| Date:     |            |             |         |                   |
|           |            |             |         |                   |
| \*b. End  |            |             |         |                   |
| Date:     |            |             |         |                   |
|           |            |             |         |                   |
+-----------+------------+-------------+---------+-------------------+
| **18.     |            |             |         |                   |
| Estimated |            |             |         |                   |
| Funding   |            |             |         |                   |
| (\$):**   |            |             |         |                   |
+-----------+------------+-------------+---------+-------------------+
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| Federal   |            |             |         |                   |
|           |            |             |         |                   |
| \*b.      |            |             |         |                   |
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|           |            |             |         |                   |
| \*c.      |            |             |         |                   |
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|           |            |             |         |                   |
| \*d.      |            |             |         |                   |
| Local     |            |             |         |                   |
|           |            |             |         |                   |
| \*e.      |            |             |         |                   |
| Other     |            |             |         |                   |
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| Income    |            |             |         |                   |
|           |            |             |         |                   |
| \*g.      |            |             |         |                   |
| TOTAL     |            |             |         |                   |
+-----------+------------+-------------+---------+-------------------+
|           |            |             |         |                   |
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| has not   |            |             |         |                   |
| been      |            |             |         |                   |
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|           |            |             |         |                   |
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+-----------+------------+-------------+---------+-------------------+
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| D         |            |             |         |                   |
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| OMB Number: 4040-0004                                                 |
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| Expiration Date: 01/31/2009                                           |
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| **Application for Federal Assistance SF-424** Version 02              |
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| **\*Applicant Federal Debt Delinquency Explanation**                  |
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| The following should contain an explanation if the Applicant          |
| organization is delinquent of any Federal Debt.                       |
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**SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION**

**REQUIRED FOR**

**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

**1. [Project Director:]{.underline}**

Prefix: \*First Name: Middle Name: \*Last Name: Suffix:

Address:

\* Street1:

Street2:

\* City:

County:

\* State: \* Zip Code: \* Country:

\* Phone Number (give area code) Fax Number (give area code)

Email Address:

**2. [Applicant Experience:]{.underline}**

Novice Applicant Yes No Not applicable to this program

**3. [Human Subjects Research:]{.underline}**

Are any research activities involving human subjects planned at any time
during the proposed project Period?

Yes No

Are ALL the research activities proposed designated to be exempt from
the regulations?

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height="0.12013888888888889in"}

Yes Provide Exemption(s) #:

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height="0.12013888888888889in"}

No Provide Assurance #, if available:

**[Please attach an explanation Narrative:]{.underline}**

# INSTRUCTIONS FOR

**DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR SF 424**

1.  **Project Director.** Name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and
    e-mail address of the person to be contacted on matters involving
    this application.

**2. Novice Applicant.** Check **"Yes"** or "**No**" only if assistance
is being requested under a program that gives special consideration to
novice applicants. Otherwise, **leave blank.**

Check "**Yes"** if you meet the requirements for novice applicants
specified in the regulations in 34 CFR 75.225 and included on the
attached page entitled "Definitions for Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424." By checking "Yes" the applicant
certifies that it meets these novice applicant requirements. Check
"**No**" if you do not meet the requirements for novice applicants**.**

**3. Human Subjects Research.** (See I. A. "Definitions" in attached
page entitled "Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental
Information For SF 424.")

**If Not Human Subjects Research.** Check "**No**" if research
activities involving human subjects are not planned at any time during
the proposed project period. The remaining parts of Item 3 are then not
applicable.

**If Human Subjects Research.** Check "**Yes**" if research activities
involving human subjects are planned at any time during the proposed
project period, either at the applicant organization or at any other
performance site or collaborating institution. Check "**Yes**" even if
the research is exempt from the regulations for the protection of human
subjects. (See I. B. "Exemptions" in attached page entitled "Definitions
for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424.")

**3a. If Human Subjects Research is Exempt from the Human Subjects
Regulations.** Check "**Yes**" if all the research activities proposed
are designated to be exempt from the regulations. Insert the exemption
number(s) corresponding to one or more of the six exemption categories
listed in I. B. "Exemptions." In addition, follow the instructions in
II. A. "Exempt Research Narrative" in the attached page entitled
"Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF
424."

**3a. If Human Subjects Research is Not Exempt from Human Subjects
Regulations.** Check "**No**" if some or all of the planned research
activities are covered (not exempt). In addition, follow the
instructions in II. B. "Nonexempt Research Narrative" in the page
entitled "Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental
Information For SF 424

**3a. Human Subjects Assurance Number.** If the applicant has an
approved Federal Wide (FWA) on file with the Office for Human Research
Protections (OHRP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that
covers the specific activity, insert the number in the space provided.
If the applicant does not have an approved assurance on file with OHRP,
enter "None." In this case, the applicant, by signature on the SF-424,
is declaring that it will comply with 34 CFR 97 and proceed to obtain
the human subjects assurance upon request by the designated ED official.
If the application is recommended/selected for funding, the designated
ED official will request that the applicant obtain the assurance within
30 days after the specific formal request.

**Note about Institutional Review Board Approval.** ED does not require
certification of Institutional Review Board approval with the
application. However, if an application that involves non-exempt human
subjects research is recommended/selected for funding, the designated ED
official will request that the applicant obtain and send the
certification to ED within 30 days after the formal request.

## *Paperwork Burden Statement*. ***According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1890-0017. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average between 15 and 45 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-4700. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form write directly to: Joyce I. Mays, Application Control Center, U.S. Department of Education, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12^th^ Street, S.W. Room 7076, Washington, D.C. 20202-4260***. 

**DEFINITIONS FOR**

# DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR SF 424

# (Attachment to Instructions for Supplemental Information for SF 424)

**Definitions:**

**Novice Applicant (See 34 CFR 75.225**). For discretionary grant
programs under which the Secretary gives special consideration to novice
applications, a novice applicant means any applicant for a grant from ED
that---

-   Has never received a grant or subgrant under the program from which
    it seeks funding;

-   Has never been a member of a group application, submitted in
    accordance with 34 CFR 75.127-75.129, that received a grant under
    the program from which it seeks funding; and

-   Has not had an active discretionary grant from the Federal
    government in the five years before the deadline date for
    applications under the program. For the purposes of this
    requirement, a grant is 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.

In the case of a group application submitted in accordance with 34 CFR
75.127-75.129, a group includes only parties that meet the requirements
listed above.

#### PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH

**I. Definitions and Exemptions**

**A. Definitions.**

A research activity involves human subjects if the activity is research,
as defined in the Department's regulations, and the research activity
will involve use of human subjects, as defined in the regulations.

---**Research**

The ED Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects, Title 34, Code
of Federal Regulations, Part 97, define research as "a systematic
investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation,
designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge." *If an
activity follows a deliberate plan whose purpose is to develop or
contribute to generalizable knowledge it is research.* Activities which
meet this definition constitute research whether or not they are
conducted or supported under a program that is considered research for
other purposes. For example, some demonstration and service programs may
include research activities.

**---Human Subject**

The regulations define human subject as "a living individual about whom
an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research
obtains (1) data through intervention or interaction with the
individual, or (2) identifiable private information." *(1) If an
activity involves obtaining information about a living person by
manipulating that person or that person's environment, as might occur
when a new instructional technique is tested, or by communicating or
interacting with the individual, as occurs with surveys and interviews,
the definition of human subject is met. (2) If an activity involves
obtaining private information about a living person in such a way that
the information can be linked to that individual (the identity of the
subject is or may be readily determined by the investigator or
associated with the information), the definition of human subject is
met.* \[Private information includes information about behavior that
occurs in a context in which an individual can reasonably expect that no
observation or recording is taking place, and information which has been
provided for specific purposes by an individual and which the individual
can reasonably expect will not be made public (for example, a school
health record).\]

**B. Exemptions.**

Research activities in which the **[only]{.underline}** involvement of
human subjects will be in one or more of the following six categories of
***exemptions*** are not covered by the regulations:

\(1\) Research conducted in established or commonly accepted educational
settings, involving normal educational practices, such as (a) research
on regular and special education instructional strategies, or (b)
research on the effectiveness of or the comparison among instructional
techniques, curricula, or classroom management methods.

\(2\) Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive,
diagnostic, aptitude, achievement), survey procedures, interview
procedures or observation of public behavior, unless: (a) information
obtained is recorded in such a manner that human subjects can be
identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects; and
(b) any disclosure of the human subjects' responses outside the research
could reasonably place the subjects at risk of criminal or civil
liability or be damaging to the subjects' financial standing,
employability, or reputation. ***If the subjects are children, exemption
2 applies only to research involving educational tests and observations
of public behavior when the investigator(s) do not participate in the
activities being observed. Exemption 2 does not apply if children are
surveyed or interviewed or if the research involves observation of
public behavior and the investigator(s) participate in the activities
being observed.*** \[Children are defined as persons who have not
attained the legal age for consent to treatments or procedures involved
in the research, under the applicable law or jurisdiction in which the
research will be conducted.\]

\(3\) Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive,
diagnostic, aptitude, achievement), survey procedures, interview
procedures or observation of public behavior that is not exempt under
section (2) above, if the human subjects are elected or appointed public
officials or candidates for public office; or federal statute(s)
require(s) without exception that the confidentiality of the personally
identifiable information will be maintained throughout the research and
thereafter.

\(4\) Research involving the collection or study of existing data,
documents, records, pathological specimens, or diagnostic specimens, if
these sources are publicly available or if the information is recorded
by the investigator in a manner that subjects cannot be identified,
directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects.

\(5\) Research and demonstration projects which are conducted by or
subject to the approval of department or agency heads, and which are
designed to study, evaluate, or otherwise examine: (a) public benefit or
service programs; (b) procedures for obtaining benefits or services
under those programs; (c) possible changes in or alternatives to those
programs or procedures; or (d) possible changes in methods or levels of
payment for benefits or services under those programs.

\(6\) Taste and food quality evaluation and consumer acceptance studies,
(a) if wholesome foods without additives are consumed or (b) if a food
is consumed that contains a food ingredient at or below the level and
for a use found to be safe, or agricultural chemical or environmental
contaminant at or below the level found to be safe, by the Food and Drug
Administration or approved by the Environmental Protection Agency or the
Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.

**II. Instructions for Exempt and Nonexempt Human Subjects Research
Narratives**

If the applicant marked "Yes" for Item 3 of Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424, the applicant must provide a human
subjects "exempt research" or "nonexempt research" narrative. Insert the
narrative(s) in the space provided. If you have multiple projects and
need to provide more than one narrative, be sure to label each set of
responses as to the project they address.

**A. Exempt Research Narrative.**

If you marked "Yes" for item 3 a. and designated exemption numbers(s),
provide the "exempt research" narrative. The narrative must contain
sufficient information about the involvement of human subjects in the
proposed research to allow a determination by ED that the designated
exemption(s) are appropriate. The narrative must be succinct.

**B. Nonexempt Research Narrative.**

If you marked "No" for item 3 a. you must provide the "nonexempt
research" narrative. The narrative must address the following seven
points. Although no specific page limitation applies to this section of
the application, be succinct.

\(1\) **Human Subjects Involvement and Characteristics**: Provide a
detailed description of the proposed involvement of human subjects.
Describe the characteristics of the subject population, including their
anticipated number, age range, and health status. Identify the criteria
for inclusion or exclusion of any subpopulation. Explain the rationale
for the involvement of special classes of subjects, such as children,
children with disabilities, adults with disabilities, persons with
mental disabilities, pregnant women, prisoners, institutionalized
individuals, or others who are likely to be vulnerable

\(2\) **Sources of Materials**: Identify the sources of research
material obtained from individually identifiable living human subjects
in the form of specimens, records, or data. Indicate whether the
material or data will be obtained specifically for research purposes or
whether use will be made of existing specimens, records, or data.

\(3\) **Recruitment and Informed Consent**: Describe plans for the
recruitment of subjects and the consent procedures to be followed.
Include the circumstances under which consent will be sought and
obtained, who will seek it, the nature of the information to be provided
to prospective subjects, and the method of documenting consent. State if
the Institutional Review Board (IRB) has authorized a modification or
waiver of the elements of consent or the requirement for documentation
of consent.

\(4\) **Potential Risks**: Describe potential risks (physical,
psychological, social, legal, or other) and assess their likelihood and
seriousness. Where appropriate, describe alternative treatments and
procedures that might be advantageous to the subjects.

\(5\) **Protection Against Risk**: Describe the procedures for
protecting against or minimizing potential risks, including risks to
confidentiality, and assess their likely effectiveness. Where
appropriate, discuss provisions for ensuring necessary medical or
professional intervention in the event of adverse effects to the
subjects. Also, where appropriate, describe the provisions for
monitoring the data collected to ensure the safety of the subjects.

\(6\) **Importance of the Knowledge to be Gained**: Discuss the
importance of the knowledge gained or to be gained as a result of the
proposed research. Discuss why the risks to subjects are reasonable in
relation to the anticipated benefits to subjects and in relation to the
importance of the knowledge that may reasonably be expected to result.

\(7\) **Collaborating Site(s)**: If research involving human subjects
will take place at collaborating site(s) or other performance site(s),
name the sites and briefly describe their involvement or role in the
research.

***Copies of the Department of Education's Regulations for the
Protection of Human Subjects, 34 CFR Part 97 and other pertinent
materials on the protection of human subjects in research are available
from the Grants Policy and Oversight Staff, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
20202-4250, telephone: (202) 245-6120, and on the U.S. Department of
Education's Protection of Human Subjects in Research Web Site:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/humansub.html***

NOTE: The **State Applicant Identifier** on the SF 424 is for State Use
only. Please complete it on the OMB Standard 424 in the upper right
corner of the form (if applicable).

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| ndirect |         |        |         |         |         |          |
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| T       |         |        |         |         |         |          |
| raining |         |        |         |         |         |          |
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| 12\.    |         |        |         |         |         |          |
| Total   |         |        |         |         |         |          |
| Costs   |         |        |         |         |         |          |
|         |         |        |         |         |         |          |
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| **      |         |        |         |         |         |          |
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+---------+---------+--------+---------+---------+---------+----------+

> ED 524

**Instructions for ED 524**

[General Instructions]{.underline}

This form is used to apply to individual U.S. Department of Education
(ED) discretionary grant programs. Unless directed otherwise, provide
the same budget information for each year of the multi-year funding
request. Pay attention to applicable program specific instructions, if
attached. Please consult with your Business Office prior to submitting
this form.

[Section A - Budget Summary]{.underline}

[U.S. Department of Education Funds]{.underline}

All applicants must complete Section A and provide a breakdown by the
applicable budget categories shown in lines 1-11.

Lines 1-11, columns (a)-(e): For each project year for which funding is
requested, show the total amount requested for each applicable budget
category.

Lines 1-11, column (f): Show the multi-year total for each budget
category. If funding is requested for only one project year, leave this
column blank.

Line 12, columns (a)-(e): Show the total budget request for each project
year for which funding is requested.

Line 12, column (f): Show the total amount requested for all project
years. If funding is requested for only one year, leave this space
blank.

Indirect Cost Information:\
If you are requesting reimbursement for indirect costs on line 10, this
information is to be completed by your Business Office. (1): Indicate
whether or not your organization has an Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
that was approved by the Federal government. (2): If you checked "yes"
in (1), indicate in (2) the beginning and ending dates covered by the
Indirect Cost Rate Agreement. In addition, indicate whether ED or
another Federal agency (Other) issued the approved agreement. If you
check "Other," specify the name of the Federal agency that issued the
approved agreement. (3): If you are applying for a grant under a
Restricted Rate Program (34 CFR 75.563 or 76.563), indicate whether you
are using a restricted indirect cost rate that is included on your
approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement or whether you are using a
restricted indirect cost rate that complies with

34 CFR 76.564(c)(2). Note: State or Local government agencies may not
use the provision for a restricted indirect cost rate specified in 34
CFR 76.564(c)(2). Check only one response. Leave blank, if this item is
not applicable.

[Section B - Budget Summary]{.underline}

[Non-Federal Funds]{.underline}

If you are required to provide or volunteer to provide matching funds or
other non-Federal resources to the project, these should be shown for
each applicable budget category on lines 1‑11 of Section B.

Lines 1-11, columns (a)-(e): For each project year, for which matching
funds or other contributions are provided, show the total contribution
for each applicable budget category.

Lines 1-11, column (f): Show the multi-year total for each budget
category. If non-Federal contributions are provided for only one year,
leave this column blank.

Line 12, columns (a)-(e): Show the total matching or other contribution
for each project year.

Line 12, column (f): Show the total amount to be contributed for all
years of the multi-year project. If non-Federal contributions are
provided for only one year, leave this space blank.

[Section C - Budget Narrative \[Attach separate sheet(s)\]]{.underline}

[Pay attention to applicable program specific instructions,\
if attached.]{.underline}

1.  Provide an itemized budget breakdown, and justification by project
    year, for each budget category listed in Sections A and B. For grant
    projects that will be divided into two or more separately budgeted
    major activities or sub-projects, show for each budget category of a
    project year the breakdown of the specific expenses attributable to
    each sub-project or activity.

2.  If applicable to this program, provide the rate and base on which
    fringe benefits are calculated.

3.  If you are requesting reimbursement for indirect costs on line 10,
    this information is to be completed by your Business Office. Specify
    the estimated amount of the base to which the indirect cost rate is
    applied and the total indirect expense. Depending on the grant
    program to which you are applying and/or your approved Indirect Cost
    Rate Agreement, some direct cost budget categories in your grant
    application budget may not be included in the base and multiplied by
    your indirect cost rate. For example, you must multiply the indirect
    cost rates of "Training grants\" (34 CFR 75.562) and grants under
    programs with "Supplement not Supplant" requirements (\"Restricted
    Rate\" programs) by a "modified total direct cost" (MTDC) base (34
    CFR 75.563 or 76.563). Please indicate which costs are included and
    which costs are excluded from the base to which the indirect cost
    rate is applied.

> When calculating indirect costs (line 10) for \"Training grants\" or
> grants under \"Restricted Rate\" programs, you must refer to the
> information and examples on ED's website at:
> <http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html> .
>
> You may also contact (202) 377-3838 for additional information
> regarding calculating indirect cost rates or general indirect cost
> rate information.

4.  Provide other explanations or comments you deem necessary.

Paperwork Burden Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of information unless such
collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control
number for this information collection is **1890-0004**. The time
required to complete this information collection is estimated to vary
from 13 to 22 hours per response, with an average of 17.5 hours per
response, including the time to review instructions, search existing
data sources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the
information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy
of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please
write to: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651. If
you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual
submission of this form, write directly to (insert program office), U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20202.

###### PART III - APPLICATION NARRATIVE

This narrative section of the application requires applicants to address
the selection criteria that will be used by reviewers in evaluating
individual applications. Please refer to the "Selection Criteria and
Format" sections in this package for the competition to which you wish
to submit an application.

Also, all of the competitions covered by this package have page
limitations for the application narrative. Please refer to the "Page
Limits" information for the competition to which you wish to submit an
application.

OMB Approval No. 0348-0040

ASSURANCES - NON-CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated
to average 15 minutes per response, including time for reviewing
instructions,

searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of

information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project (0348-0040), Washington, DC 20503

PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR COMPLETED FORM TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET. SEND IT TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED BY THE SPONSORING AGENCY.

Note: Certain of these assurances may not be applicable to your project
or program. If you have questions, please contact the awarding agency.
Further, certain Federal awarding agencies may require applicants to
certify to additional assurances. If such is the case, you will be
notified.

As the duly authorized representative of the applicant I certify that
the applicant:

1\. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance, and the
institutional, managerial and financial capability (including funds
sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project cost) to ensure
proper planning, management, and completion of the project described in
this application.

2\. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of the United
States, and if appropriate, the State, through any authorized
representative, access to and the right to examine all records, books,
papers, or documents related to the award; and will establish a proper
accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting
standards or agency directives.

3\. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using their
positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the appearance of
personal or organizational conflict of interest, or personal gain.

4\. Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable time frame
after receipt of approval of the awarding agency.

5\. Will comply with the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42
U.S.C. §§4728-4763) relating to prescribed standards for merit systems
for programs funded under one of the 19 statutes or regulations
specified in Appendix A of OPM\'s Standards for a Merit System of
Personnel Administration (5 C.F.R. 900, Subpart F).

6\. Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to nondiscrimination.
These include but are not limited to: (a) Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) which prohibits discrimination on the basis of
race, color or national origin; (b) Title IX of the Education Amendments
of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. §§1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which
prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex; (c) Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. §794), which prohibits
discrimination on the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act
of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 6101-6107), which prohibits
discrimination on the basis of age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and
Treatment Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-255), as amended, relating to
nondiscrimination on the basis of drug abuse; (f) the Comprehensive
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation
Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-616), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on
the basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; (g) §§ 523 and 527 of the
Public Health Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. §§ 290 dd-3 and 290 ee 3),
as amended, relating to confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse
patient records; (h) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination in the
sale, rental or financing of housing; (i) any other nondiscrimination
provisions in the specific statute(s) under which application for
Federal assistance is being made; and (j) the requirements of any other
nondiscrimination statute(s) which may apply to the application.

7\. Will comply, or has already complied, with the requirements of
Titles II and III of the uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646)

which provide for fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced or
whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or federally assisted
programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real property
acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal participation in
purchases.

8\. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Hatch Act (5
U.S.C. §§1501-1508 and 7324-7328) which limit the political activities
of employees whose principal employment activities are funded in whole
or in part with Federal funds.

9\. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Davis-Bacon
Act (40 U.S.C. §§276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40 U.S.C. §276c and
18 U.S.C. §§874) and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
(40 U.S.C. §§ 327-333), regarding labor standards for federally assisted
construction subagreements.

10\. Will comply, if applicable, with flood insurance purchase
requirements of Section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973 (P.L. 93-234) which requires recipients in a special flood hazard
area to participate in the program and to purchase flood insurance if
the total cost of insurable construction and acquisition is \$10,000 or
more.

11\. Will comply with environmental standards which may be prescribed
pursuant to the following: (a) institution of environmental quality
control measures under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(P.L. 91-190) and Executive Order (EO) 11514; (b) notification of
violating facilities pursuant to EO 11738; (c) protection of wetlands
pursuant to EO 11990; (d) evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in
accordance with EO 11988; (e) assurance of project consistency with the
approved State management program developed under the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. §§1451 et seq); (f) conformity of
Federal actions to State (Clear Air) Implementation Plans under Section
176(c) of the Clear Air Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§7401 et
seq.); (g) protection of underground sources of drinking water under the
Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended, (P.L. 93-523); and (h)
protection of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended, (P.L. 93-205).

12 Will comply with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C.
§§1721 et seq.) related to protecting components or potential components
of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

13\. Will assist the awarding agency in assuring compliance with Section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16
U.S.C. §470), EO 11593 (identification and protection of historic
properties), and the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of
1974 (16 U.S.C. §§469a-1 et seq.).

14\. Will comply with P.L. 93-348 regarding the protection of human
subjects involved in research, development, and related activities
supported by this award of assistance.

15\. Will comply with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966 (P.L.
89-544, as amended, 7 U.S.C. §§2131 et seq.) pertaining to the care,
handling, and treatment of warm blooded animals held for research,
teaching, or other activities supported by this award of assistance.

16\. Will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (42
U.S.C. §§4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead- based paint in
construction or rehabilitation of residence structures.

17\. Will cause to be performed the required financial and compliance
audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and
OMB Circular No. A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and
Non-Profit Organizations."

18\. Will comply with all applicable requirements of all other Federal
laws, executive orders, regulations and policies governing this program.

  ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------
  SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING        TITLE    
  OFFICIAL                                           

  APPLICANT ORGANIZATION                             DATE SUBMITTED
  ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------

Standard Form 424B (Rev. 7-97) Back

# CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans and Cooperative Agreements.

The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and
belief, that:

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or
    on behalf of the undersigned,

> to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
> employee of any agency, a
>
> Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee
> of a Member of
>
> Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the
> making of any Federal
>
> grant, the making of any Federal Loan, the entering into of any
> cooperative agreement, and the
>
> extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any
> Federal contract, grant,
>
> loan or cooperative agreement.

(2) If any funds other Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will
    be paid to any person for

> influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
> agency, a Member of Congress,
>
> an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of
> Congress in connection with this
>
> Federal contract, grant, loam or cooperative agreement, the
> undersigned shall complete and submit
>
> Standard Form -- LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities," in
> accordance with its instructions.

(3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this
    certification be included in the award documents

> for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants and
> contracts under grants, loans,
>
> and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify
> and disclose accordingly. This
>
> certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance
> was placed when this transaction
>
> was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a
> prerequisite for making or entering
>
> into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code.
> Any person who fails to file the
>
> required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less
> than \$10,000 and not more than
>
> \$100,000 for each such failure.

Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan Insurance.

The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief,
that:

If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for
influencing or attempting to influence an

officer or employee or any agency, a member of Congress, an officer or
employee of Congress or an employee

of a Member of Congress in connection with this commitment providing for
the United States to insure

or guarantee a loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard
Form-LLL, "Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities," in accordance with its instructions. Submission of
this statement is a prerequisite for

making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title
31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails

to file the required statement shall be subject to a civil penalty of
not less than \$10,000 and not more

than \$100,000 for each such failure.

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  Applicant's Organization

  Printed Name of Authorized Representative Printed Title of Authorized
  Representative

  Signature Date
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ED80-0013 08/05

> Approved by OMB
>
> 0348-0046

**Disclosure of Lobbying Activities**

Complete this form to disclose lobbying activities pursuant to 31 U.S.C.
1352

(See reverse for public burden disclosure)

+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+
| 1.  **Type of        | 2.       |         | 3.  **Report Type:**    |
|     Federal          | **Status |         |                         |
|     Action:**        |     of   |         | a\. initial filing      |
|                      |          |         |                         |
| a\. contract         |  Federal |         | \_\_\_\_\_ b. material  |
|                      |     A    |         | change                  |
| \_\_\_\_ b. grant    | ction:** |         |                         |
|                      |          |         | **For material change   |
| c\. cooperative      | a\.      |         | only:**                 |
| agreement            | bid/o    |         |                         |
|                      | ffer/app |         | Year \_\_\_\_\_\_\_     |
| d\. loan             | lication |         | quarter \_\_\_\_\_\_\_  |
|                      |          |         |                         |
| e\. loan guarantee   | \_       |         | Date of last            |
|                      | \_\_\_\_ |         | repor                   |
| f\. loan insurance   | b.       |         | t\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ |
|                      | initial  |         |                         |
|                      | award    |         |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      | c\.      |         |                         |
|                      | po       |         |                         |
|                      | st-award |         |                         |
+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+
| 4.  **Name and       |          | 5       |                         |
|     Address of       |          | .  **If |                         |
|     Reporting        |          |     Re  |                         |
|     Entity:**        |          | porting |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
| \_\_\_\_ Prime       |          |  Entity |                         |
| \_\_\_\_\_           |          |     in  |                         |
| Subawardee           |          |     No. |                         |
|                      |          |     4   |                         |
| > Tier\_\_\_\_\_\_,  |          |     is  |                         |
| > if Known:          |          |         |                         |
|                      |          |  Subawa |                         |
| **Congressional      |          | rdee,** |                         |
| District, if         |          |         |                         |
| known:**             |          |   Enter |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          |    Name |                         |
|                      |          |     and |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          | Address |                         |
|                      |          |     of  |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          |  Prime: |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          | *       |                         |
|                      |          | *Congre |                         |
|                      |          | ssional |                         |
|                      |          | Di      |                         |
|                      |          | strict, |                         |
|                      |          | if      |                         |
|                      |          | k       |                         |
|                      |          | nown:** |                         |
+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+
| **6. Federal         |          | **7.    |                         |
| Department/Agency:** |          | Federal |                         |
|                      |          | Program |                         |
|                      |          | Name/   |                         |
|                      |          | Descrip |                         |
|                      |          | tion:** |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          | CFDA    |                         |
|                      |          | Number, |                         |
|                      |          | *if     |                         |
|                      |          | appli   |                         |
|                      |          | cable*: |                         |
|                      |          | \       |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+
| **8. Federal Action  |          | **9.    |                         |
| Number,** *if        |          | Award   |                         |
| known:*              |          | Am      |                         |
|                      |          | ount**, |                         |
|                      |          | *if     |                         |
|                      |          | known:* |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          | **\$**  |                         |
+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+
| **10. a. Name and    |          | **b.    |                         |
| Address of Lobbying  |          | Indi    |                         |
| Registrant**         |          | viduals |                         |
|                      |          | Per     |                         |
| *(if individual,     |          | forming |                         |
| last name, first     |          | Ser     |                         |
| name, MI):*          |          | vices** |                         |
|                      |          | *(in    |                         |
|                      |          | cluding |                         |
|                      |          | address |                         |
|                      |          | if      |                         |
|                      |          | di      |                         |
|                      |          | fferent |                         |
|                      |          | from    |                         |
|                      |          | No.     |                         |
|                      |          | 10a)*   |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          | *(last  |                         |
|                      |          | name,   |                         |
|                      |          | first   |                         |
|                      |          | name,   |                         |
|                      |          | MI):*   |                         |
+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+
| **11. Information    |          | **Sig   |                         |
| requested through    |          | nature: |                         |
| this form is         |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| authorized by title  |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| 31 U.S.C. section    |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| 1352. This           |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| disclosure of        |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| lobbying activities  |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| is a material        |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| representation of    |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| fact upon which      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| reliance was placed  |          | _\_\_** |                         |
| by the tier above    |          |         |                         |
| when this            |          | **Print |                         |
| transaction was made |          | Nam     |                         |
| or entered into.     |          | e:\_\_\ |                         |
| This disclosure is   |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| required pursuant to |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| 31 U.S.C. 1352. This |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| information will be  |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| reported to the      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| Congress             |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| semi-annually and    |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| will be available    |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| for public           |          | _\_\_** |                         |
| inspection. Any      |          |         |                         |
| person who fails to  |          | **      |                         |
| file the required    |          | Title:\ |                         |
| disclosure shall be  |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| subject to a civil   |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| penalty of not less  |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| than \$10,000 and    |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| not more than        |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
| \$100,000 for each   |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
| such failure.**      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_** |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          | **Te    |                         |
|                      |          | lephone |                         |
|                      |          | No.:    |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_    |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_\_ |                         |
|                      |          | Date:   |                         |
|                      |          | \_      |                         |
|                      |          | \_\_\_\ |                         |
|                      |          | _\_\_** |                         |
+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+
| **Federal Use Only** |          | **Aut   |                         |
|                      |          | horized |                         |
|                      |          | for     |                         |
|                      |          | Local   |                         |
|                      |          | Reprodu |                         |
|                      |          | ction** |                         |
|                      |          |         |                         |
|                      |          | **S     |                         |
|                      |          | tandard |                         |
|                      |          | Form -  |                         |
|                      |          | LLL     |                         |
|                      |          | (Rev.   |                         |
|                      |          | 7-97)** |                         |
+----------------------+----------+---------+-------------------------+

**INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF SF-LLL, DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES**

This disclosure form shall be completed by the reporting entity, whether
subawardee or prime Federal recipient, at the initiation or receipt of a
covered Federal action, or a material change to a previous filing,
pursuant to title 31 U.S.C. section 1352. The filing of a form is
required for each payment or agreement to make payment to any lobbying
entity for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee
of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress,
or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with a covered
Federal action. Complete all items that apply for both the initial
filing and material change report. Refer to the implementing guidance
published by the Office of Management and Budget for additional
information.

1\. Identify the type of covered Federal action for which lobbying
activity is and/or has been secured to influence the outcome of a
covered Federal action.

2\. Identify the status of the covered Federal action.

3\. Identify the appropriate classification of this report. If this is a
followup report caused by a material change to the information
previously reported, enter the year and quarter in which the change
occurred. Enter the date of the last previously submitted report by this
reporting entity for this covered Federal action.

4\. Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the
reporting entity. Include Congressional District, if known. Check the
appropriate classification of the reporting entity that designates if it
is, or expects to be, a prime or subaward recipient. Identify the tier
of the subawardee, e.g., the first subawardee of the prime is the 1st
tier. Subawards include but are not limited to subcontracts, subgrants
and contract awards under grants.

5\. If the organization filing the report in item 4 checks "Subawardee,"
then enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the prime
Federal recipient. Include Congressional District, if known.

6\. Enter the name of the federal agency making the award or loan
commitment. Include at least one organizational level below agency name,
if known. For example, Department of Transportation, United States Coast
Guard.

7\. Enter the Federal program name or description for the covered
Federal action (item 1). If known, enter the full Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for grants, cooperative agreements,
loans, and loan commitments.

8\. Enter the most appropriate Federal identifying number available for
the Federal action identified in item 1 (e.g., Request for Proposal
(RFP) number; Invitations for Bid (IFB) number; grant announcement
number; the contract, grant, or loan award number; the
application/proposal control number assigned by the Federal agency).
Included prefixes, e.g., "RFP-DE-90-001."

9\. For a covered Federal action where there has been an award or loan
commitment by the Federal agency, enter the Federal amount of the
award/loan commitment for the prime entity identified in item 4 or 5.

10\. (a) Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the
lobbying registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 engaged by
the reporting entity identified in item 4 to influence the covered
Federal action.

> \(b\) Enter the full names of the individual(s) performing services,
> and include full address if different from 10(a). Enter Last Name,
> First Name, and Middle Initial (MI).

11\. The certifying official shall sign and date the form, print his/her
name, title, and telephone number.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act, as amended, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
valid OMB control Number. The valid OMB control number for this
information collection is OMB No. 0348-0046. Public reporting burden for
this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per
response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding the
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0046),
Washington, DC 20503.

**Applicant's (Organization) Name:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Applicant's DUNS Number:**
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**Federal Program:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_CFDA
Number: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

1\. Has the applicant ever received a grant or contract from the Federal
government?

Yes No

2\. Is the applicant a faith-based organization?

Yes No

3\. Is the applicant a secular organization?

Yes No

4\. Does the applicant have 501(c)(3) status?

Yes No

5\. Is the applicant a local affiliate of a national\
organization?

Yes No

6\. How many full-time equivalent employees does the applicant have?
*(Check only one box).*

> 3 or Fewer 15-50
>
> 4-5 51-100
>
> 6-14 over 100

7\. What is the size of the applicant's annual budget? *(Check only one
box.)*

Less Than \$150,000

\$150,000 - \$299,999

\$300,000 - \$499,999

\$500,000 - \$999,999

\$1,000,000 - \$4,999,999

\$5,000,000 or more

#  

# 

#  Survey Instructions on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants

# 

> **Provide the applicant's (organization) name and DUNS number and the
> grant name and CFDA number.**

1.  Self-explanatory.

2.  Self-identify.

3.  Self-identify.

> 4\. 501(c)(3) status is a legal designation provided on application to
> the Internal Revenue Service by eligible organizations. Some grant
> programs may require nonprofit applicants to have 501(c)(3) status.
> Other grant programs do not.
>
> 5\. Self-explanatory.
>
> 6\. For example, two part-time employees who each work half-time equal
> one full-time equivalent employee. If the applicant is a local
> affiliate of a national organization, the responses to survey
> questions 2 and 3 should reflect the staff and budget size of the
> local affiliate.
>
> 7\. Annual budget means the amount of money your organization spends
> each year on all of its activities.

**Paperwork Burden Statement**

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of information unless such
collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control
number for this information collection is 1890-0014. The time required
to complete this information collection is estimated to average five (5)
minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search
existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review
the information collection. **If you have any comments concerning the
accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form,
please write to:** The Agency Contact listed in this grant application
package.

> OMB No. 1890-0014 Exp. 02/28/09

**[SECTION H]{.underline}**

IMPORTANT NOTICES

NOTICE REGARDING SUBMISSION OF TRAINING MATERIALS TO

THE NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE OF REHABILITATION TRAINING MATERIALS

For a number of years the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
has provided funding for a National Clearinghouse Rehabilitation
Training Materials (NCHRTM). The purpose of the NCHRTM is to provide
training materials that would benefit rehabilitation personnel. NCHRTM
promotes a computerized on-line catalog of RSA training materials by
circulation of its materials collection through electronic catalogs and
inventory systems.

The success of the NCHRTM depends largely upon training projects sharing
their materials with the NCHRTM. To this end, RSA requires training
grantees to submit any training materials developed for their projects
to:

> THE NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON REHABILITATION TRAINING MATERIALS

Michael Millington, Ph.D.

Director

Utah State University

> Department of Special Education
>
> and Rehabilitation

6524 Old Main Hill

Logan, UT 84322-6524

Toll Free #:1-866-821-5355

Email: ncrtm@cc.usu.edu

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## According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is **1890-0007.** The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. **If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to:** Director, Grants Policy and Oversight Staff, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW,. Washington, DC 20202-4250

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| NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS:                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Program Performance Measures Under The Government Performance And     |
| Results Act (GPRA)                                                    |
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# What is GPRA

The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 is a straightforward
statute that requires all Federal agencies to manage their activities
with attention to the consequences of those activities. Each agency is
to clearly state what it intends to accomplish, identify the resources
required, and periodically report it's progress to the Congress. In
doing so, it is expected that GPRA will contribute to improvements in
accountability for the expenditures of public funds, improve
Congressional decision-making through more objective information on the
effectiveness of Federal programs, and promote a new government focus on
results, service delivery, and customer satisfaction.

How has the United States Department of Education responded to the GPRA
Requirements?

As required by GPRA, the United States Department of Education (the
Department) has prepared a strategic plan for 2002-2007. This plan
reflects the Department's priorities and integrates them with its
mission and program authorities and describes how the Department will
work to improve education for all children and adults in the United
States. The Department's goals, as listed in the plan, are:

*Goal 1*: **Create a Culture of Achievement:** Create a culture of
achievement throughout the nation\'s education system by effectively
implementing the new law, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and by
basing all federal education programs on its principles: accountability,
flexibility, expanded parental options and doing what works.

*Goal 2:* **Improve Student Achievement:** Improve student achievement
for all groups of students by putting reading first, expanding
high-quality mathematics and science teaching, reforming high schools,
and boosting teacher and principal quality, thereby closing the
achievement gap.

*Goal 3:* **Develop Safe Schools and Strong Character:** Establish
disciplined and drug-free education environments that foster the
development of good character and citizenship.

*Goal 4:* **Transform Education into an Evidence-based Field:**
Strengthen the quality of education research.

*Goal 5:* **Enhance the Quality of and Access to Postsecondary and Adult
Education:** Increase opportunities for students and the effectiveness
of institutions.

*Goal 6:* **Establish Management Excellence:** Create a culture of
accountability throughout the Department of Education.

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  IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS**\
  **IN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**\
  **GRANT AND CONTRACT PROGRAMS

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| **GRANTS**                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Applicants for grants from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) have |
| to compete for limited funds. Deadlines assure all applicants that    |
| they will be treated fairly and equally, without last minute haste.   |
| For these reasons, ED must set strict deadlines for grant             |
| applications. Prospective applicants can avoid disappointment if they |
| understand that:                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| **Failure to meet a deadline will mean that an applicant will be      |
| rejected without any consideration.**                                 |
|                                                                       |
| The rules, including the deadline, for applying for each grant are    |
| published, individually, in the Federal Register. A one-year          |
| subscription to the Register may be obtained by sending \$555.00 to:  |
| Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,         |
| Washington, D.C. 20402-9371. (Send check or money order only, no cash |
| or stamps.) In addition, the Federal Register is available on-line    |
| for free on Government Printing Office (GPO) Access:                  |
| <http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html>. Depository Library location |
| and Federal Register services: <http://www.archives.gov/>.            |
|                                                                       |
| The instructions in the Federal Register must be followed exactly. Do |
| not accept any other advice you may receive. No ED employee is        |
| authorized to extend any deadline published in the Register. No ED    |
| employees are authorized to extend any deadline published in the      |
| Federal Register. Questions regarding submission of applications may  |
| be addressed to:                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| U.S. Department of Education\                                         |
| Application Control Center\                                           |
| Washington, D.C. 20202-4725                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **CONTRACTS**                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| Competitive procurement actions undertaken by the ED are governed by  |
| the Federal Acquisition Regulations and implementing Department of    |
| Education Acquisition Regulations.                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Generally, prospective competitive procurement actions are synopsized |
| in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). Prospective offerors are        |
| therein advised of the nature of the procurement and where to apply   |
| for copies of the Request for Proposals (RFP). All of ED's RFP's are  |
| now available on-line for downloading at the following url:           |
| www.ed.gov/offices/ocfo/contracts/currrfp.html.                       |
|                                                                       |
| Offerors are advised to be guided solely by the contents of the CBD   |
| synopsis and the instructions contained in the RFP. Questions         |
| regarding the submission of offers should be addressed to the         |
| Contracts Specialist identified on the face page of the RFP. Offers   |
| are judged in competition with others, and failure to conform with    |
| any substantive requirements of the RFP will result in rejection of   |
| the offer without any consideration whatever.                         |
|                                                                       |
| Do not accept any advice you receive that is contrary to instructions |
| contained in either the CBD synopsis or the RFP. No ED employee is    |
| authorized to consider a proposal which is non-responsive to the RFP. |
| A subscription to the CBD is available for \$208.00 per year via      |
| second class mailing or \$261.00 per year via first class mailing.    |
| Information included in the Federal Acquisition Regulation is         |
| contained in Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1         |
| (\$49.00). The foregoing publication may be obtained by sending your  |
| check or money order only, no cash or stamps, to:                     |
|                                                                       |
| Superintendent of Documents\                                          |
| U.S. Government Printing Office\                                      |
| Washington, D.C. 20402-9371                                           |
|                                                                       |
| In addition, the Commerce Business Daily is available on-line for     |
| free at the following url: <http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/>. The       |
| Federal Acquisition Regulations are available on-line at the          |
| following url: <http://www.arnet.gov/far/> In an effort to be certain |
| this important information is widely disseminated, this notice is     |
| being included in all ED mail to the public. You may therefore,       |
| receive more than one notice. If you do, we apologize for any         |
| annoyance it may cause you.                                           |
|                                                                       |
| ED FORM 5348, ¾                                                       |
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Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs

This appendix applies to each program that is subject to the
requirements of Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of
Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.

The objective of the Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental
partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying on State and local
processes for State and local government coordination and review of
proposed Federal financial assistance.

Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of Contact to
find out about, and to comply with, the State\'s process under Executive
Order 12372. Applicants proposing to perform activities in more than one
State should immediately contact the Single Point of Contact for each of
those States and follow the procedure established in each of those
States under the Executive order. A listing containing the Single Point
of Contact for each State is included in this appendix.

In States that have not established a process or chosen a program for
review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit
comments directly to the Department.

Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a State
Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, areawide, regional,
and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the date
indicated in the actual application notice to the following address: The
Secretary, EO 12372\--CFDA# \[commenter must insert number\--including
suffix letter, if any\], U.S. Department of Education, room
[7W301]{.underline}, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202.

Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as applications
(see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be hand-delivered
until 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the date indicated in the
actual application notice.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE ADDRESS IS NOT THE SAME ADDRESS AS THE ONE TO
WHICH THE APPLICANT SUBMITS ITS COMPLETED APPLICATION. [DO NOT SEND
APPLICATIONS TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS]{.underline}.

STATE SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT (SPOCs)

It is estimated that in 2004 the Federal Government will outlay \$400
billion in grants to State and local governments. Executive Order 12372,
\"Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,\" was issued with the
desire to foster the intergovernmental partnership and strengthen
federalism by relying on State and local processes for the coordination
and review of proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal
development. The Order allows each State to designate an entity to
perform this function. Below is the official list of those entities. For
those States that have a home page for their designated entity, a direct
link has been provided on the official version:
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html>.

States that are not listed on this page have chosen not to participate
in the intergovernmental review process, and therefore do not have a
SPOC. If you are located within one of these States, you may still send
application materials directly to a Federal awarding agency.

Contact information for Federal agencies that award grants can be found
in [The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Contents
Page](http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_CATALOG_DYN.show).
You can access Appendix IV by Agency
\[http://12.46.245.173/CFDA/appx4_web.pdf\] or by State
\[http://12.46.245.173/CFDA/appx4_web_state.pdf\].

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # ARKANSAS                        | **CALIFORNIA**                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Tracy L. Copeland                 | Grants Coordination               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Manager, State Clearinghouse      | State Clearinghouse               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Office of Intergovernmental       | Office of Planning and Research   |
| Services                          |                                   |
|                                   | P.O. Box 3044, Room 222           |
| Department of Finance and         |                                   |
| Administration                    | Sacramento, California 95812-3044 |
|                                   |                                   |
| 1515 W. 7^th^ Street, Room 412    | Telephone: (916) 445-0613         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Little Rock, Arkansas 72203       | FAX: (916) 323-3018               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (501) 682-1074         | <State.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov>  |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (501) 682-5206               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [tracy                            |                                   |
| .copeland@dfa.state.ar.us](mailto |                                   |
| :tracy.copeland@dfa.state.ar.us ) |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **DELAWARE**                      | # DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA            |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ellen P. McDowell                 | Marlene Jefferson                 |
|                                   |                                   |
| Federal Aid Coordinator           | DC Government Office of           |
|                                   | Partnerships                      |
| Office of Management and Budget   |                                   |
|                                   | and Grants Development            |
| Budget Development, Planning &    |                                   |
| Admin.                            | 414 4^th^ Street, NW              |
|                                   |                                   |
| Haslet Armory                     | Washington, DC 20001              |
|                                   |                                   |
| 122 William Penn Street           | Telephone: (202) 727-6518         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Dover, Delaware 19901 SLC D570E   | FAX: (202) 727-1652               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (302) 739-4206         | <marlene.Jefferson@dc.gov>        |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (302) 739-5661               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <ellen.mcdowell@state.de.us>      |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **FLORIDA**                       | **GEORGIA**                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Lauren P. Milligan                | Barbara Jackson                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Florida State Clearinghouse       | Georgia State Clearinghouse       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Florida Dept. of Environmental    | 270 Washington Street, SW, 8^th^  |
|                                   | Floor                             |
| Protection                        |                                   |
|                                   | Atlanta, Georgia 30334            |
| 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard       |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (404) 656-3855         |
| Mall Station 47                   |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (404) 656-7901               |
| Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000   |                                   |
|                                   | <gach@mail.opb.state.ga.us>       |
| Telephone: (850) 245-2161         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (850) 245-2190               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <Lauren.Milligan@dep.state.fl.us> |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **ILLINOIS**                      | **IOWA**                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Roukaya McCaffrey                 | Kathy Mable                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Commerce and        | Iowa Department of Management     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Economic Opportunities            | State Capitol Building Room G12   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 620 East Adams, 6^th^ Floor       | 1007 E Grand Avenue               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Springfield, Illinois, 62701      | Des Moines, Iowa 50319            |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (217) 524-0188         | Telephone: (515) 281-8834         |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (217) 558-0473               | FAX: (515) 242-5897               |
|                                   |                                   |
| <r                                | <Kathy.Mable@iowa.gov>            |
| oukaya_mccaffrey@illinoisbiz.biz> |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **KENTUCKY**                      | # MAINE                           |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ron Cook                          | Joyce Benson                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Governor's Office for Local   | State Planning Office             |
|                                   |                                   |
| Development                       | 184 State Street                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite  | 38 State House Station            |
| 340                               |                                   |
|                                   | Augusta, Maine 04333              |
| Frankfort, Kentucky 40601         |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (207) 287-3261         |
| Telephone: (502) 573-2382 / (800) |                                   |
| 346-5606                          | (direct): (207) 287-1461          |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (502) 573-2512               | FAX: (207) 287-6489               |
|                                   |                                   |
| <Ron.Cook@Ky.Gov>                 | <joyce.benson@state.me.us>        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # MARYLAND                        | # MICHIGAN                        |
|                                   |                                   |
| Linda C. Janey, J.D.              | William Parkus                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Director, Capital Planning and    | Southeast Michigan Council of     |
|                                   | Governments                       |
| Development Review                |                                   |
|                                   | 535 Griswold, Suite 300           |
| Maryland Department of Planning   |                                   |
|                                   | Detroit, Michigan 48226           |
| 301 West Preston Street, Room     |                                   |
| 1104                              | Telephone: (313) 961-4266         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2305    | FAX: (313) 961-4869               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (410) 767-4490         | [parkus@sem                       |
|                                   | cog.org](mailto:pfaff@semcog.org) |
| FAX: (410) 767-4480               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <linda@mail.op.state.md.us>       |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **MISSISSIPPI**\                  | **MISSOURI**                      |
| Janet Riddell\                    |                                   |
| Clearinghouse Officer\            | Sara VanderFeltz                  |
| Department of Finance and         |                                   |
|                                   | Federal Assistance Clearinghouse  |
| Administration\                   |                                   |
| 1301 Woolfolk Building, Suite E\  | Office of Administration          |
| 501 North West Street\            |                                   |
| Jackson, Mississippi 39201\       | Commissioner's Office             |
| Telephone: (601) 359-6762\        |                                   |
| Fax: (601) 359-6758               | Capitol Building, Room 125        |
|                                   |                                   |
| <JRiddell@dfa.state.ms.us>        | Jefferson City, Missouri 65102    |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (573) 751-0337         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (573) 751-1212               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | <sara.vanderfeltz@oa.mo.gov>      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # NEVADA                          | # NEW HAMPSHIRE                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Kimberley Perondi                 | Jack Ruderman                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Administration      | Acting Director, New Hampshire    |
|                                   | Office of                         |
| State Clearinghouse               |                                   |
|                                   | Energy and Planning               |
| 209 E. Musser Street, Room 200    |                                   |
|                                   | Attn: Intergovernmental Review    |
| Carson City, Nevada 89701         | Process                           |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (775) 684-0209         | James P. Taylor                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (775) 684-0260               | 57 Regional Drive                 |
|                                   |                                   |
| <kperondi@budget.state.nv.us>     | Concord, New Hampshire 03301-8519 |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (603) 271-2155         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (603) 271-2615               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | <irp@nh.gov>                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **NEW YORK**                      | **NORTH DAKOTA**                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| Linda Shkrell                     | Jim Boyd                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Office of Public Security         | ND Department of Commerce         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Homeland Security Grants          | 1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 2 |
| Coordination                      |                                   |
|                                   | P.O. Box 2057                     |
| 633 3^rd^ Avenue                  |                                   |
|                                   | Bismarck, North Dakota 58502-2057 |
| New York, NY 10017                |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (701) 328-2676         |
| Telephone: (212) 867-1289         |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (701) 328-2308               |
| FAX: (212) 867-1725               |                                   |
|                                   | <jboyd@state.nd.us>               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # RHODE ISLAND                    | # SOUTH CAROLINA                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| Joyce Karger                      | Jean Ricard                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Administration      | Office of State Budget            |
|                                   |                                   |
| One Capitol Hill                  | 1201 Main Street, Suite 870       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Providence Rhode Island           | Columbia, South Carolina 29201    |
| 02908-5870                        |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (803) 734-1314         |
| Telephone: (401) 222-6181         |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (803) 734-0645               |
| FAX: (401) 222-2083               |                                   |
|                                   | <jricard@budget.sc.us>            |
| <jkarger@doa.state.ri.us>         |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **TEXAS**                         | # UTAH                            |
|                                   |                                   |
| Denise S. Francis                 | Sophia DiCaro                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Director, State Grants Team       | Utah State Clearinghouse          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Governor's Office of Budget and   | Governor's Office of Planning and |
| Planning                          | Budget Utah                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| P.O. Box 12428                    | Capitol Complex                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Austin, Texas 78711               | Suite E210, P.O. Box 142210       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (512) 305-9415         | Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2210   |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (512) 936-2681               | Telephone: (801) 538-1027         |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 | FAX: (801) 538-1547               |
| dfrancis@governor.state.tx.us](ma |                                   |
| ilto:tadams@governor.state.tx.us) | <ddicaro@utah.gov>                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # WEST VIRGINIA                   | **WISCONSIN**                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Bobby Lewis, Director             | Division of Intergovernmental     |
|                                   | Relations                         |
| Community Development Division    |                                   |
|                                   | Wisconsin Department of           |
| West Virginia Development Office  | Administration                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Building #6, Room 553             | 101 East Wilson Street, 10^th^    |
|                                   | Floor                             |
| Charleston, West Virginia 25305   |                                   |
|                                   | P.O. Box 8944                     |
| Telephone: (304) 558-4010         |                                   |
|                                   | Madison, Wisconsin 53708          |
| FAX: (304) 558-3248               |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (608) 266-7043         |
| <rlewis@wvdo.org>                 |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (608) 267-6917               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | <SPOC@doa.state.wi.us>            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **AMERICAN SAMOA**                | # GUAM                            |
|                                   |                                   |
| # Pa                              | Director                          |
| t M. Galea\'i Federal Grants/Prog |                                   |
| rams Coordinator Office of Federa | Bureau of Budget and Mgmt.        |
| l Programs/Office of the Governor | Research                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Commerce\           | Office of the Governor            |
| American Samoa Government\        |                                   |
| Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799\  | P.O. Box 2950                     |
| Telephone: (684) 633-5155\        |                                   |
| Fax: (684) 633-4195\              | Agana, Guam 96910                 |
| <pmgaleai@samoatelco.com>         |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: 011-671-472-2285       |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: 011-671-472-2825             |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | <jer@ns.gov.gu>                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS           | **PUERTO RICO**                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ms. Jacoba T. Seman               | Jose Caballero / Mayra Silva      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Federal Programs Coordinator      | Puerto Rico Planning Board        |
|                                   |                                   |
| Office of Management and Budget   | Federal Proposals Review Office   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Office of the Governor            | Minillas Government Center        |
|                                   |                                   |
| Saipan, MP 96950                  | P.O. Box 41119                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (670) 664-2289         | San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1119  |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (670) 664-2272               | Telephone: (787) 723-6190         |
|                                   |                                   |
| [omb.jseman@saipan.com](          | FAX: (787) 722-6783               |
| mailto:omb.villagomez@saipan.com) |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **VIRGIN ISLANDS**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ira Mills                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Director, Office of Management    |                                   |
| and                               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Budget                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| \# 41 Norre Gade Emancipation     |                                   |
| Garden                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Station, Second Floor             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands      |                                   |
| 00802                             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (340) 774-0750         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (787) 776-0069               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <Irmills@usvi.org>                |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Changes to this list can be made only after OMB is notified by a State's
officially designated representative. E-mail messages can be sent to
<ephillips@omb.eop.gov>. If you prefer, you may send correspondence to
the following postal address:

Attn: Grants Management

Office of Management and Budget

New Executive Office Building, Suite 6025

725 17^th^ Street, NW

Washington, DC 20503

Please note: Inquiries about obtaining a Federal grant should not be
sent to the OMB e-mail or postal address shown above. The best source
for this information is the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or
CFDA [**http://www.cfda.gov**](http://www.cfda.gov/) and the Grants.gov
website ([**http://www.grants.gov**](http://www.grants.gov/)).

## 

## **SECTION** I

### Application Checklist

**Does your application include each of the following?**

\[ \] Cover page (If paper application use the ED 424, If Grants.gov use
SF 424 and ED Supplement)

\[ \] Budget form (ED Form 524)

\[ \] Program specific budget form \[if applicable\]

\[ \] Budget narrative -- Attach this to the Budget Narrative Attachment
form \[if applicable\]

\[ \] Program narrative and responses to the selection criteria should
be attached to the project narrative attachment form

\[ \] The one page abstract should be attached to the ED Abstract Form

\[ \] Assurances and Certifications \[list\]

\[ \] Other supporting documents, i.e. appendices, resumes, should be
attached to the Other Attachment Form

### Did You \--

**\[ \]** Provide one (1) original plus two (2) copies of the
application (One original and six copies are requested)?

**\[ \]** Include all required forms with original signatures and dates?

**\[ \]** Submit a copy of the application to the State Single Point of
Contact, if applicable?

+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
| **\[ \]** \***Mail          | * | # |   | **\*\*Hand-deliver\*      |
| Application To**:           | * |   |   | Application To**:         |
|                             | O |   |   |                           |
|                             | R |   |   |                           |
|                             | * |   |   |                           |
|                             | * |   |   |                           |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
|                             |   |   |   |                           |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
| Rehabilitation Continuing   |   |   |   | Rehabilitation Continuing |
| Education                   |   |   |   | Education                 |
|                             |   |   |   |                           |
| Programs                    |   |   |   | Programs                  |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
| ATTN: 84.264B               |   |   |   | ATTN: 84.264B             |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
| U.S. Department of          |   |   |   | U.S. Department of        |
| Education                   |   |   |   | Education                 |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
| Application Control Center  |   |   |   | Application Control       |
|                             |   |   |   | Center                    |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
| Room 7041                   |   |   |   | Room 7041                 |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
| Potomac Center Plaza        |   |   |   | Potomac Center Plaza      |
|                             |   |   |   |                           |
| 550 12th Street, SW.        |   |   |   | 550 12th Street, SW.      |
|                             |   |   |   |                           |
| Washington, DC 20202        |   |   |   | Washington, DC 20202      |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+
|                             |   |   |   |                           |
+-----------------------------+---+---+---+---------------------------+

**\***The Application Control Center accepts deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time), except Saturdays,
Sundays and Federal holidays. Application must be received by mail
postmarked no later than the closing date.

\*\*Hand-delivered applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. no later
than the closing date. A person delivering an application must show
identification to enter the building.

**COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS**

\[Below are some examples of Q\'s & A\'s that programs may include in
their application booklets. Programs may want to add others. Generally
speaking, Q\'s & A\'s should not repeat information that is given
elsewhere in the application. However, there may be exceptions to this
\"rule of thumb.\" Q\'s & A\'s should not be subregulatory and should
not take the place of instructions.\]

Q. What happens to my application after it is received in the
Department?

A. The Department\'s Application Control Center receives each
application, assigns each an identifying number (PR/Award number),
confirms receipt of applications, and sends the applications to the
appropriate program office, which screens them for eligibility. The
program conducts a peer review of all eligible applications sent to a
program competition, ranks them and recommends the highest ranked
applications for funding with exceptions as provided by law. The
responsible official for the applicable program reviews the program
office\'s recommendations, checks the adequacy of the documentation
supporting the recommendations, and approves a final list, or slate, of
recommended projects and funding amounts. RSA Training Division staff
discuss the recommendations with the successful applicants and awards
the grants.

Q. What happens to my application if the Department finds it to be
ineligible?

A. The Department immediately returns an application that does not meet
the eligibility criteria for the particular program. A letter from the
Department explaining why it is not being reviewed in the competition
accompanies the application.

Q. How does the Department review an application?

A. Each application is assessed by knowledgeable persons from outside
and sometimes inside the Department who are asked for their judgements
about the quality and significance of the proposed project. These
persons represent a diversity of disciplines and institutional,
regional, and cultural backgrounds. The advice of these experts is
compiled by Departmental staff who comment on matters of fact or on
significant issues that would otherwise be missing from the review. The
results are then presented to the responsible official responsible for
the program who approves the recommendations for funding.

Q. What Criteria do the reviewers use when scoring an application?

A. Reviewers score each application using the selection criteria
published in the [Federal Register]{.underline} as part of the program
regulations, which are given in Section F of this application package.
Reviewers are instructed to use only the published criteria.

Q. Is a recommended application guaranteed funding?

A. No. Funding is not final until discussions have been successfully
concluded and a grant award notification has been signed by the grants
office and mailed to the applicant.

Q. How long does it take the Department to complete the review process?

A.  Most review processes take from four to six months.

B.  

Q. How does the invitational, competitive and absolute priorities
differ?

A. **Invitational Priority**

> The Secretary may simply invite applicants to meet a priority.
> However, an application that addresses invitational priorities
> receives no competitive or absolute preference over applications that
> do not meet this priority.

**Competitive Priority**

> If a program uses weighted selection criteria, the Secretary may award
> selection points to an application that meets the priority. These
> points are in addition to any points the application earns under the
> selection criteria. The notice states the maximum number of additional
> points that the Secretary may award to applications that meet the
> priority in a particularly effective way. Or the Secretary may simply
> select applications that meet the competitive priority over
> applications of comparable merit that do not meet the priority.

**Absolute Priority**

> Under an absolute priority, the Secretary may select for funding only
> those
>
> Applications that meet the priority.

Q. Can changes in the size of subsequent year awards be made after the
multi-year budget has been negotiated?

A. Yes, a grantee can renegotiate his or her multi-year budget and may
be awarded additional funds if sufficient justification is presented to
the Secretary and funds are available. Also, funds can be decreased if
it is determined that the multi-year budget was overestimated.

Q. How will funding continuation decisions be made if the Department is
phasing out the use of non-competing continuation applications after
fiscal year 1995?

### A. Grantees will be required to complete annual performance reports that describe the projects\' accomplishments, evaluations, and finances. These performance reports, along with other information, will be used by the Department to decide whether to continue funding projects.

### DUNS Number Instructions

D‑U‑N‑S No.: Please provide the applicant\'s D‑U‑N‑S Number. You can
obtain your D‑U‑N‑S Number at no charge by calling 1‑800‑333‑0505 or by
completing a D‑U‑N‑S Number Request Form. The form can be obtained via
the Internet at the following URL:

http://www.dnb.com/

The D‑U‑N‑S Number is a unique nine‑digit number that does not convey
any information about the recipient. A built in check digit helps assure
the accuracy of the D‑U‑N‑S Number. The ninth digit of each number is
the check digit, which is mathematically related to the other digits. It
lets computer systems determine if a D‑U‑N‑S Number has been entered
correctly.

Dun & Bradstreet, a global information services provider, has assigned
D‑U‑N‑S numbers to over 43 million companies worldwide.

**GRANT APPLICATION RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT**

**If you fail to receive the notification of application within fifteen
(15) days from the closing date, call:**

**U.S. Department of Education**

**Application Control Center**

**(202) 245-6288**

**GRANT AND CONTRACT FUNDING INFORMATION**

**The Department of Education provides information about grant and
contract opportunities electronically in several ways:**

**ED Internet Home Page <http://www.ed.gov/> (WWW address)**