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strategy and unified programmatically

by a common theme and program

elements, including training and

technical assistance.

To ensure fairness to all applicants,

the Corporation reserves the right to

take action up to and including

disqualification, in the event that a

proposal fails to comply with any

requirements specified in the

application instructions. After this

initial screening, the Corporation will

assess applications based on the

following criteria that will be further

specified in the application instructions:

(1) The capacity of the applicant to

effectively implement RSVP according

to law, regulations and current

Corporation policy, procedures, and

priorities.

(2) The cost-effectiveness of the

proposal; the applicant’s ability to

leverage significant additional resources

from non-federal sources to support and

sustain the project; and the extent to

which the national organization can

demonstrate that local projects have the

capacity to continue in subsequent

years.

The Corporation will take into

consideration the following factors after

the proposals are assessed:

Geographic Location: The Corporation

will assure that local projects include a

mix of urban and rural sites.

Diversity: The Corporation will select

organizations whose local projects have

the capacity to recruit ethnic and racial

minorities, males and persons with

disabilities.

I. Applicable Regulations

Regulations governing the RSVP

Program are located in 45 CFR part 1209

(1997).

J. Program Authority

The Corporation’s authority to make

these grants is codified in 42 U.S.C.

5001.

Dated: April 10, 1998.

Thomas L. Bryant,

Associate General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–10021 Filed 4–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Availability of Funds for New Senior

Companion Projects—Nationwide

AGENCY: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service (‘‘Corporation’’)

announces the availability of up to

$1,000,000 to support one national

organization and five of its local

affiliates to operate new Senior

Companion Projects. The local projects

must be located in geographic areas that

do not fall within approved geographic

service areas of current Senior

Companion program sponsors or urban

areas or large counties where the project

serves only part of the city or county.

The national organization will be

expected to provide coordination,

networking and training and technical

assistance to its five local affiliates who

combined will support a total of 225

Senior Companions. Awards will cover

a twelve-month period and can be

renewed for up to twenty-four

additional months contingent upon the

continuing need for the projects,

performance and the availability of

appropriations. This allows the

Corporation to fund multi-state and

multi-site projects that are national in

scope and build on existing networks.

The Corporation is seeking a national

organization that is willing to actively

promote senior service within its

network and that have the potential to

view older volunteers as an important

resource in accomplishing its own

objectives.

The Senior Companion Program (SCP)

provides opportunities for income

eligible individuals 60 years of age and

over to serve frail adults on a person to

person basis. The SCP provides

essential services that enable frail adults

to continue to live in their own homes,

while also enhancing the lives of the

volunteers and those whom they serve.

DATES: Applications must be received

by 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, May

11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Application instructions

and kits are available from the

Corporation for National and

Community Service, National Senior

Service Corps, 1201 New York Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20525, (202) 606–

5000, ext. 261, TDD (202) 565–2799, or

TTY via the Federal Information Relay

Service at 1–(800) 877–8339.

Applications should be submitted to

the Corporation for National and

Community Service, National Senior

Service Corps, 1201 New York Avenue,

NW., Mailstop 9310, Attn: Barbara

Wilson, Washington, DC 20525. The

Corporation will not accept applications

that are submitted via facsimile or email transmission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

The Corporation is a federal

government corporation that encourages

Americans of all ages and backgrounds

to engage in community-based service.

This service addresses the nation’s

educational, public safety,

environmental, and other human needs

to achieve direct and demonstrable

results. In supporting service programs,

the Corporation fosters civic

responsibility, strengthens the ties that

bind us together as a people, and

provides educational opportunity for

those who make a substantial

commitment to service.

The SCP is authorized by the

Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973,

as amended. (See 42 U.S.C. 5013 et seq.)

The SCP is one of three programs that

comprise the National Senior Service

Corps. All three Senior Corps programs

are based on the premise that seniors are

valuable resources, can be mobilized to

help meet priority community needs,

and through their skills and talents can

have an impact on national problems of

local concern.

The SCP was launched in 1974 with

its first 11 projects. Today there are over

13,000 Senior Companions serving

48,000 frail adults annually. These

Senior Companions provide high

quality and reliable personal support to

adults, primarily frail elderly,

experiencing difficulties with activities

of daily living, allowing them to live

independently in their own homes for

as long as possible. SCP focuses on

those with moderate physical, mental or

emotional impairments who are without

adequate family support and who in the

absence of non-medical support services

would be at risk of institutionalization.

Senior Companions also assist clients in

patient discharge programs at acute

care, mental health, and long-term care

facilities to make the transition to living

in less restrictive community settings,

and some Senior Companions provide

short-term respite for primary care

givers of frail adults in times of special

need.

B. Purpose of This Announcement

The Corporation is soliciting

applications from national nonprofit

organizations in order to fund multistate and multi-site projects that are

national in scope and build on existing

networks of the national organizations.

The Corporation is interested in

expanding the Senior Companion

Program to serve new geographic

locations currently unserved by the

program. The Corporation is interested

in focusing on in-home assignments for

older persons most in need and respite

for family care givers.

Many older adults experience

problems in one or more routine

activities of daily living (ADLs) which
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makes them homebound. With the

support of a caring adult, many of these

individuals are able to remain at home.

This in-home support often makes the

difference between living independently

at home and premature placement into

a long-term care facility, especially

when immediate family members are

not present to provide support.

It is essential that project activities

strive to result in improvements that

otherwise would not occur. While

multiple benefits may be realized

through these projects, the primary

outcome objectives should be focused

on:

(a) Reducing the gap between

available services and the need for

services among the frail elderly in need

of independent living support.

Depending upon the specific needs

identified within a community, this

might involve increasing the number of

persons who receive services, increasing

the amount of service available to

current service recipients, or adding

types of services that are needed but not

currently available within the

community; and

(b) Increasing the efficiency of service

delivery by making use of the diverse

talents of volunteers. This might involve

freeing professional and

paraprofessional care givers from

routine tasks, improving coordination of

services, or improving the

appropriateness of the level and type of

service delivered.

Activities should complement

services being provided by medical

professionals and para-professionals

and others who are also providing

services to the older person.

C. Eligible Applicants

National nonprofit organizations that

operate in more than one state are

eligible to apply. The Corporation

defines a national nonprofit

organization as one whose mission,

membership and activities, or

constituencies are national in scope.

However, an organization described in

section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986, (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4)) that

engages in lobbying activities is not

eligible to apply, serve as a host site for

volunteers, or act in any type of

supervisory role in the program. The

Corporation is seeking a national

organization that is willing to actively

promote senior service within its

networks and that views older

volunteers as an important resource in

accomplishing its own objectives.

All activities within a proposal

should be coordinated through a welldeveloped national strategy and unified

programmatically by a common theme

and program elements, including

training and technical assistance. In

designing a program, an applicant

should consider its national, regional

and local capacities.

The local affiliates of the national

organizations must have or develop

strong partnerships with the aging

network; hospitals and other health care

providers; care giver coalitions and

agencies; volunteer, church and civic

groups that provide in-home and respite

services; businesses and community

members; and collaborations with

RSVP, Learn and Serve America and/or

AmeriCorps.

D. Award Process and Estimated

Number of Awards

The Corporation will issue a letter of

intent to provide funding to the

approved applicant. This letter will

instruct the national organization to

work with the Corporation to identify

the local affiliates that will serve as

local project sites. The official awards

will be made only after the Corporation

is satisfied that the local sites are

located in currently unserved

geographic areas and that the local

affiliates have the capacity to effectively

implement the program.

The Corporation anticipates making

one award to a national organization

and approximately five awards to local

affiliates of the national organization.

E. Scope of Grant

The amount of the grant for the

national organization will include funds

to cover national coordination,

networking, training and technical

assistance. The amount of the grants to

the local affiliates will include funds to

support approximately 45 Senior

Companion Volunteer Service Years

(VSYs.). The amount of each local grant

will include funds to cover: volunteer

cost reimbursements including stipends

of approximately $2,662 a year for each

Volunteer Service Year (VSY),

transportation, meals and insurance;

and volunteer support costs including

project administration, staff and training

and technical assistance. The average

Federal Cost per Volunteer Service Year

(VSY) is approximately $4,000 for

standard volunteers and $4,600 for

volunteer leaders.

Grant applicants should demonstrate

their commitment to cost-sharing by

offsetting part of the costs. This support

can be achieved through cash or in-kind

contributions.

Publication of this announcement

does not obligate the Corporation to

award any specific number of grants or

to obligate the entire amount of funds

available, or any part thereof, for grants

under the Senior Companion Program.

F. Period of Awards

Grants cover twelve months and may

be renewed for up to twenty-four

additional months contingent upon the

continuing need for the projects,

performance and the availability of

appropriations.

G. Submission Requirements

To be considered for funding,

applicants must submit five copies of

the following (with original signatures

on items 1 and 2):

(1) An Application for Federal

Assistance, Corporation Form 424–

NSSC (OMB 3045–0035), Parts I through

III;

(2) Signed Assurances (424–B) and

Certifications (424E–G);

(3) Verification of status as a nonprofit organization as described in

Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal

Revenue Code; and

(4) Most recent audit report.

H. General Selection Criteria

The Corporation will initially

determine whether the organization is

eligible and whether the application

contains the information required in the

application materials. All activities

within the proposal should be

coordinated through a well-developed

national strategy and unified

programmatically by a common theme

and program elements, including

training and technical assistance.

To ensure fairness to all applicants,

the Corporation reserves the right to

take action up to and including

disqualification, in the event that a

proposal fails to comply with any

requirements specified in the

application instructions. After this

initial screening, the Corporation will

assess applications based on the

following criteria that will be further

specified in the application instructions:

(1) The capacity of the applicant to

effectively implement the Senior

Companion Program according to law,

regulations and current Corporation

policy, procedures, and priorities.

(2) The cost-effectiveness of the

proposal; the applicant’s ability to

leverage significant additional resources

from non-federal sources to support and

sustain the project; the extent to which

the national organization can

demonstrate the capacity to continue

the projects at the local level in

subsequent years.

The Corporation will take into

consideration the following factors after

the proposals are assessed:
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Geographic Location: The Corporation

will assure a mix of urban and rural

sites.

Diversity: The Corporation will select

organizations whose local projects have

the capacity to recruit ethnic and racial

minorities, males and persons with

disabilities.

I. Applicable Regulations

Regulations governing the Senior

Companion Program are located in 45

C.F.R. Part 1207 (1997).

J. Program Authority

The Corporation’s authority to make

these grants is codified in 42 U.S.C.

5013.

Dated: April 10, 1998.

Thomas L. Bryant,

Associate General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–10019 Filed 4–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[OMB Control Number 0704–0336]

Information Collection Requirements;

Drug-Free Work Force

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments regarding a proposed

extension of an approved information

collection requirement.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), DoD announces the

proposed extension of a public

information collection requirement and

seeks public comment on the provisions

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the estimate of the

burden of the proposed information

collection; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology. This

information collection requirement is

currently approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for use

through September 30, 1998. DoD

proposes that OMB extend its approval

for use through September 30, 2001.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by June 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection requirement

should be sent to: Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council, Attn: Mr. Michael

Pelkey, PDUSD (A&T) DP (DAR), IMD

3D139, 3062 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–3062. Telefax

(703) 602–0350. Please cite OMB

Control Number 0704–0336 in all

correspondence related to this issue.

Comments may also be provided

electronically by e-mailing the

comments to dfars@acq.osd.mil. Please

include OMB Control Number 0704–

0336 in the subject line of the e-mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael Pelkey, at (703) 602–0131.

A copy of this information collection

requirement is available electronically

via the Internet at: http://www.dtic.mil/

dfars/.

Paper copies may be obtained from

Mr. Michael Pelkey, PDUSD (A&T) DP

(DAR), IMD 3D139, 3062 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement (DFARS)

Section 223.570, Drug-free work force,

and the associated clause at DFARS

252.223–7004; no form is used for this

information collection; OMB Number

0704–0336.

Needs and Uses: This requirement

provides that DoD contractors shall

maintain records regarding drug-free

work force programs provided to

contractor employees. The information

is used to ensure reasonable efforts to

eliminate the unlawful use of controlled

substances by contractor employees.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.

Annual Burden Hours: 930,432 hours.

Number of Respondents: 13,964.

Number of Responses: 0.

Responses Per Respondent: 0.

Average Burden Per Response: 0.

Frequency: This is a requirement for

recordkeeping only.

Summary of Information Collection

DFARS Section 223.570, Drug-free

work force, and the associated clause at

DFARS 252.223–7004 require that DoD

contractors institute and maintain

programs for achieving the objective of

a drug-free work force. No submission of

information to the Government is

required. This request to extend the

OMB approval of an information

collection reflects the public burden of

maintaining records related to such

programs.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

[FR Doc. 98–9963 Filed 4–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Availability of Government Owned

Inventions for Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Government Owned Inventions for

Licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and are made

available for licensing by the

Department of the Navy.

Copies of patents cited are available

from the Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231,

for $3.00 each. Requests for copies of

patents must include the patent number.

Copies of patent applications cited are

available from the National Technical

Information Service (NTIS), Springfield,

Virginia 22161 for $6.95 each ($10.95

outside North American Continent).

Requests for copies of patent

applications must include the patent

application serial number. Claims are

deleted from the copies of patent

applications sold to avoid premature

disclosure.

The following patents and patent

applications are available for licensing:

Patent 5,638,076: AUTOMATIC RANGE

REDUCING GATING SYSTEM; filed

29 September 1966; patented 10 June

1997.

Patent 5,641,691: METHOD FOR

FABRICATING COMPLEMENTARY

VERTICAL BIPOLAR JUNCTION

TRANSISTORS IN SILICON-ONSAPPHIRE; filed 3 April 1995;

patented 24 June 1997.

Patent 5,642,451: FIBEROPTIC CABLE

JUNCTION; filed 28 December 1995;

patented 24 June 1997.

Patent 5,642,868: CERAMIC

MATERIAL; filed 2 May 1990;

patented 1 July 1997.

Patent 5,644,664: FIBER OPTIC

DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM;

filed 6 June 1995; patented 1 July

1997.

Patent 5,645,006: BLADDER

ASSEMBLY FOR RETAINING FLUID

UNDER PRESSURE; filed 17 January

1996; patented 8 July 1997.