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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND PLACE: 2:00 p.m., Monday,

August 31, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Availability of Funds for Grants To

Support the Martin Luther King, Jr.

Service Day Initiative

AGENCY: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service (the

Corporation), in consultation with the

King Center on Nonviolent Social

Change, Inc. in Atlanta, invites

applications for grants to pay for the

federal share of the cost of planning and

carrying out service opportunities in

conjunction with the federal legal

holiday honoring the birthday of Martin

Luther King, Jr. on January 18, 1999.

The grants are intended to mobilize

more Americans to observe the Martin

Luther King, Jr. federal holiday as a day

of service in communities and to bring

people together around the common

focus of service to others. To achieve

this, the Corporation will make

available a total of up to $500,000 in

grant funds to support approved service

opportunities. Eligible organizations

may apply for a grant in one of the

following two categories. The first

category of grants, in amounts of up to

$3,500, will support national service

and community volunteering projects of

a relatively small scale and limited

geographical scope. The second category

of grants, in amounts of up to $20,000,

will support large-scale (e.g., state-wide,

city-wide, county-wide, or regional)

service projects.

DATES: The deadline for submission of

applications is August 31, 1998, no later

than 5:00 p.m local time.

ADDRESSES: Application materials

should be obtained from and returned to

the Corporation state office in the

applicant’s state unless otherwise noted.

See Supplementary Information section

for Corporation state office addresses.

The application should be addressed to:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service,

Corporation for National Service

(Appropriate State Address).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, contact the person

listed for the Corporation office in your

state, unless otherwise noted. This

notice may be requested in an

alternative format for the visually

impaired by calling (202) 606–5000, ext.

262. The Corporation’s T.D.D. number is

(202) 565–2799 and is operational

between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Eastern Daylight Time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Corporation is a federal

government corporation, established by

Congress in amendments to the National

and Community Service Act of 1990

(the Act) that engages Americans of all

ages and backgrounds in communitybased service. This service addresses the

nation’s education, public safety,

environmental, or other human needs to

achieve direct and demonstrable results

with special consideration to service

that affects the needs of children. In

doing so, 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 Corporation

supports a range of national service

programs including AmeriCorps, Learn

and Serve America, and the National

Senior Service Corps. In providing

grants to support service in connection

with the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal

holiday, the Corporation acts in

consultation with the King Center on

Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. For more

information about the Corporation and

the programs it supports, go to http://

www.nationalservice.org. For more

information about the King Center, go to

http://www.thekingcenter.com.

Section 12653(s) of the Act, as

amended in 1994, authorizes the

Corporation to make grants to share the

cost of planning and carrying out

service opportunities in conjunction

with the federal legal holiday honoring

the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Corporation intends that the

activities supported by these grants will

(1) get necessary things done in

communities, (2) strengthen the

communities engaged in the service

activity, (3) reflect the life and teaching

of Martin Luther King, Jr., and (4) begin

or occur in significant part on the

federal legal holiday (January 18, 1999).

Getting necessary things done means

that projects funded under the Martin

Luther King Jr. holiday grant will help

communities meet education, public

safety, environmental, or other human

needs through direct service and

effective citizen action. Accordingly, the

Corporation expects a project sponsor to

identify one or more unmet needs that

are important to the community and

design a project that helps meet such

need or needs.

Strengthening communities means

bringing people together in pursuit of a

common objective that is of value to the

community. On Martin Luther King, Jr.

Day in 1998, President Clinton said

‘‘* * * to achieve one America, we

must go beyond words to deeds. Serving

together on the King holiday—and

everyday—will bring our nation closer

together and help meet some of our

toughest challenges.’’ Projects should

seek to engage a wide range of local

partners in the communities served.

Projects should be designed,

implemented, and evaluated with these

partners, including local and state King

Holiday Commissions, national service

programs (AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve

America, and the National Senior

Service Corps), state and local

organizations affiliated with the

campaign for children and youth

launched by America’s Promise—the

Alliance for Youth at the Presidents’

Summit for America’s Future,

community-based agencies, schools and

school districts, Volunteer Centers of

the Points of Light Foundation and

other volunteer organizations,

communities of faith, businesses,

foundations, state and local

governments, labor organizations, and

colleges and universities.

Reflecting the life and teaching of

Martin Luther King means

demonstrating his proposition that,

‘‘Everybody can be great because

anybody can serve.’’ Service

opportunities to be considered for this

program should foster cooperation and

understanding among racial and ethnic

groups, nonviolent conflict resolution,

equal economic and educational

opportunities, and social justice. 42

U.S.C. 12653(s)(1).

Begin or occur in significant part on

the federal legal holiday means that a

significant portion of the community

service activities supported by the grant

should occur on the holiday itself to

strengthen the link between the

observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s

birthday, the federal legal holiday
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(January 18, 1999), and service that

reflects his life and teaching.

The direct service to be done on and

in connection with the King holiday

may include, but is not limited to, the

following types of activities: tutoring

children or adults, feeding the hungry,

packing lunches, delivering meals,

stocking a food or clothing pantry,

repairing a school and adding to its

resources, translating books and

documents into other languages,

recording books for the visually

impaired, restoring a public space,

organizing a blood drive, registering

bone marrow and organ donors,

renovating low-income or senior

housing, building a playground,

removing graffiti and painting a mural,

arranging safe spaces for children who

are out of school and whose parents are

working, collecting oral histories of

elders, running health fairs, gleaning

and distributing fruits and vegetables,

etc.

Although celebrations, parades, and

recognition ceremonies may be a part of

the activities planned on the holiday

and lead to or celebrate a commitment

to service, for the purposes of this grant

those activities themselves are not

considered direct service and may not

be supported by this grant.

Other service outcomes for which

grant applications will be considered

include, but are not limited to, the

following: a day of service that is

designed to produce a sustained longterm service commitment; communitywide servathons that bring a broad

cross-section together in a burst of

energy on one day of service, including

schools or school districts that seek to

involve all students and teachers in

joint service; service-learning projects

that link student service in schools and

universities with community-based

organizations; faith-based service

collaborations that bring together

communities of faith and secular human

service programs (subject to the

limitations listed below).

A preference will be given in the

selection process to projects designed to

help achieve the five goals for children

and youth declared at the Presidents’

Summit for America’s Future and

sought by America’s Promise—the

Alliance for Youth, the organization set

up to pursue the Summit goals. Those

five ‘‘fundamental resources’’ are: an

ongoing relationship with a caring

adult—mentor, tutor, coach; safe spaces

and structured activities during nonschool hours; a healthy start; an

effective education that provides

marketable skills; and an opportunity to

give back to their communities through

their own service. Particularly

important is to challenge and inspire

young people to give at least one

hundred hours of service a year, the

fifth goal of the President’s Summit. To

the maximum extent possible young

people should be included as service

providers and resources in project

planning, not just as the recipients of

service.

Grant funding will be available on a

one-time, non-renewable basis for a

budget period not to exceed seven

months, beginning not sooner than

November 1, 1998 and ending not later

than June 30, 1999. By statute, grants

provided under this program, together

with all other federal funds used to plan

or carry out the service opportunity,

may not exceed 30 percent of the cost

of planning and carrying out the service

opportunity.

For example, if you request $3,500 in

federal dollars you must have a nonfederal match of at least $8,167 (cash

and/or in-kind contributions) and a total

projected cost of at least $11,667. If you

request $20,000 in federal dollars you

must have a non-federal match of at

least $46,667 (cash and/or in-kind

contributions) and a total projected cost

of at least $66,667. In other words the

total dollars requested from the federal

government should be divided by .30 to

determine the total cost of the project

(and total project cost minus federal

dollars requested equals the required

match). It may assist in the calculation

to apply the formula as follows:

Federal Dollars Requested ÷ .30 = Total

Project Cost

Total Project Cost—Federal Dollars

Requested = Non-Federal Match.

The non-federal match may include

cash and in-kind contributions

(including, but not limited to, supplies,

staff time, trainers, food, transportation,

facilities, equipment, and services)

necessary to plan and carry out the

service opportunity. Grants under this

program constitute federal assistance

and therefore may not be used primarily

to inhibit or advance religion in a

material way. No part of an award from

the Corporation may be used to fund

religious instruction, worship or

proselytization or to pay honoraria or

fees for speakers. Federal funds should

not be requested to support a

celebration banquet or other activities

that do not constitute direct service.

The total amount of grant funds

provided under this Notice will depend

on the quality of applications and the

availability of appropriated funds for

this purpose.

Eligible Applicants

By law, any entity otherwise eligible

for assistance under the national service

laws shall be eligible to receive a grant

under this announcement. The

applicable laws include the National

and Community Service Act of 1990, as

amended, and the Domestic Volunteer

Service Act of 1973, as amended.

Eligible applicants include, but are

not limited to: nonprofit organizations,

State Commissions, volunteer centers,

institutions of higher education, local

education agencies, educational

institutions, local or state governments,

and private organizations that intend to

utilize volunteers in carrying out the

purposes of this program.

The Corporation especially invites

applications from organizations with

experience in ‘‘and commitment to’’

fostering service on Martin Luther King,

Jr. Day, including state and local Martin

Luther King, Jr. Commissions, local

education agencies, faith-based

partnerships, Volunteer Centers of the

Points of Light Foundation, and United

Ways and other community-based

agencies.

Any grant recipient from the 1997 and

1998 Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of

Service Initiatives will be ineligible if it

has been determined to be

noncompliant with the terms of those

grant awards.

Pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure

Act of 1995, an organization described

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

Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.

501(c)(4), which engages in lobbying

activities, is not eligible.

Overview of Application Requirements

To be considered for funding

applicants should submit the following

standard components for federal grants:

1. An Application for Federal

Assistance, Standard Form 424.

2. A Project Narrative describing:

a. Clearly defined service activities

being planned in observance of Martin

Luther King, Jr. Day, which must take

place significantly on the legal federal

holiday (January 18, 1999), but which

may extend for the budget period

(November 1, 1998 through June 30,

1999).

b. The partnerships in the local

community, city, state or region that are

being engaged in support of the service

activities.

c. The organization’s background and

capacity to carry out this program.

d. The proposed staffing of the

activity.

The project narrative portion of the

application may be no longer than 7

single-sided pages for applications not

to exceed $3,500 and 15 single-sided

pages for applications not to exceed

$20,000 and must be typed double-
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spaced in a font no smaller than 12

point, with each page numbered.

3. A Budget Narrative (specific

instructions will be provided in the

application materials).

4. The Budget Form supplied with the

application materials.

5. A signed Certification and

Assurances form incorporating

conditions attendant to the receipt of

federal funding.

6. Three complete copies (one original

and two copies) of the application.

All applications must be received by

5:00 p.m. local time, August 31, 1998 at

the Corporation office in the applicant’s

state, unless otherwise noted, addressed

as follows: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

of Service, Corporation for National

Service.

(Appropriate state office address; see list

of addresses provided below).

Applications may not be submitted by

facsimile.

To ensure fairness to all applicants,

the Corporation reserves the right to

take action, up to and including

disqualification, in the event an

application fails to comply with the

requirements relating to page limits,

line-spacing, font size, and application

deadlines.

Budget

Detailed instructions about the budget

information required will be provided

in the application materials.

Selection Process and Criteria

The applications will be reviewed

initially to confirm that the applicant is

an eligible recipient and to ensure that

the application contains the information

required and otherwise complies with

the requirements of this notice. The

Corporation will assess the quality of

the applications based on their

responsiveness to the objectives

included in this announcement based

on the criteria listed below (in

descending order of importance):

1. Program Design. The proposal must

demonstrate the applicants’s ability to

get necessary things done, strengthen

communities, reflect the life and

teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr., and

begin or occur in significant part on the

federal legal holiday, with a preference

given to projects that serve and include

young people.

2. Organizational Capacity. The

application must demonstrate the

organization’s ability to carry out the

activities described in the proposal,

including the use of high quality staff.

3. Cost. The applicant must

demonstrate how this grant will be used

cost effectively, including the sources

and uses of matching support.

Awards

The Corporation anticipates making

awards under this announcement no

later than November 1, 1998.

Corporation for National Service State

Offices

Alabama

John D. Timmons, Director, Medical

Forum, 950 22nd Street, North, Ste.

428, Birmingham, AL 35203, (205)

731–0027, FAX: (205) 731–0031

Alaska

Billy Joe Caldwell, Director, Jackson

Federal Building, 915 Second

Avenue, Ste. 3190, Seattle, WA

98174–1103, (206) 220–7736, FAX:

(206) 553–4415

Arizona

Richard Persely, Director, 522 North

Central, Room 205A, Phoenix, AZ

85004–2190, (602) 379–4825, FAX:

(602) 379–4030

Arkansas

Opal Simms, Director, Federal Building,

700 West Capitol Street, Rm 2506,

Little Rock, AR 72201, (501) 324–

5234, FAX: (501) 324–6949

California

Gayle A. Hawkins, Director, Federal

Building, 11000 Wilshire Boulevard,

Room 11221, Los Angeles, CA 90024–

3671 (310) 235–7421, FAX: (310) 235–

7422

Colorado

Gayle Schladale, Director, One Sherman

Place, 140 E. 19th Avenue, Ste. 120,

Denver, CO 80203–1167, (303) 866–

1070, FAX: (303) 866–1081

Connecticut

Romero A. Cherry, Director, One

Commercial Plaza 21st Floor,

Hartford, CT 06103–3510, (860) 240–

3237, FAX: (860) 240–3238

Delaware and (MD)

Jerry E. Yates, Director, One Market

Center, Box 5, 300 W. Lexington

Street, Ste. 702, Baltimore, MD

21201–3418, (410) 962–4443, FAX:

(410) 962–3201

District of Columbia (and VA)

Tom Harmon, Director, 400 North 8th

Street, Room 446, P.O. Box 10066,

Richmond, VA 23240–1832, (804)

771–2197, FAX: (804) 771–2157

Florida

Henry Jibaja, Director, 3165 McCrory

Place, Suite 115, Orlando, FL 32803–

3750, (407) 648–6117, FAX: (407)

648–6116

Georgia

David A. Dammann, Director, 75

Piedmont Avenue, N.E., Suite 462,

Atlanta, GA 30303–2587, (404) 331–

4646, FAX: (404) 331–2898

Hawaii (Guam and American Samoa)

Lynn Dunn, Director, Federal Building,

300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room

6326, Honolulu, HI 96850–0001, (808)

541–2832, FAX: (808) 541–3603

Idaho

Van Kent Griffitts, Director, 304 North

8th Street, Room 344, Boise, ID

83702–5835, (208) 334–1707, FAX:

(208) 334–1421

Illinois

Timothy Krieger, Director, 77 West

Jackson Blvd, Suite 442, Chicago, IL

60604–3511, (312) 353–3622, FAX:

(312) 353–5343

Indiana

Thomas L. Haskett, Director, 46 East

Ohio Street, Room 457, Indianapolis,

IN 46204–1922, (317) 226–6724, FAX:

(317) 226–5437

Iowa

Joel Weinstein, Director, Federal

Building, 210 Walnut Street, Room

917, Des Moines, IA 50309–2195,

(515) 284–4816, FAX: (515) 284–6640

Kansas

James M. Byrnes, Director, 444 S.E.

Quincy Street, Room 260, Topeka, KS

66683–3572, (785) 295–2540, FAX:

(785) 295–2596

Kentucky

Betsy Irvin Wells, Director, Federal

Building, 600 Martin Luther King

Place, Room 372–K, Louisville, KY

40202–2230, (502) 582–6384, FAX:

(502) 582–6386

Louisiana

Willard L. Labrie, Director, 707 Florida

Street, Suite 316, Baton Rouge, LA

70801–1910, (504) 389–0471, FAX:

(504) 389–0510

Maine (and NH)

Kathie Ferguson, Director, The

Whitebridge 91–93 North State Street,

Concord, NH 03301–3939, (603) 226–

7780, FAX: (603) 225–1459

Maryland (and DE)

Jerry E. Yates, Director, One Market

Center, Box 5, 300 W. Lexington

Street, Ste. 702, Baltimore, MD

21201–3418, (410) 962–4443, FAX:

(410) 962–3201
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Massachusetts (and VT)

Mal Coles, Director, 10 Causeway Street,

Suite 473, Boston, MA 02222–1038,

(617) 565–7000, FAX: (617) 565–7011

Michigan

Mary Pfeiler, Director, 211 West Fort

Street, Suite 1408, Detroit, MI 48226–

2799, (313) 226–7848, FAX: (313)

226–2557

Minnesota

Robert Jackson, Director, 431 South 7th

Street, Room 2480, Minneapolis, MN

55415–1854, (612) 334–4083, FAX:

(612) 334–4084

Mississippi

Roktabija Abdul-Azeez, Director, 100

West Capitol Street, Room 1005A,

Jackson, MS 39269–1092, (601) 965–

5664, FAX: (601) 965–4617

Missouri

John J. McDonald, Director, 801 Walnut

Street, Suite 504, Kansas City, MO

64106–2009, (816) 374–6300, FAX:

(816) 374–6305

Montana

John Allen, Director, Capitol One

Center, 208 North Montana Avenue,

Suite 206, Helena, MT 59601–3837,

(406) 449–5404, FAX: (406) 449–5412

Nebraska

Anne C. Johnson, Director, Federal

Building, Room 156, 100 Centennial

Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508–3896,

(402) 437–5493, FAX: (402) 437–5495

Nevada

Craig Warner, Director, 4600 Kietzke

Lane, Suite E–141, Reno, NV 89502–

5033, (702) 784–5314, FAX: (702)

784–5026

New Hampshire (and ME)

Kathie Ferguson, Director, The

Whitebridge, 91–93 North State

Street, Concord, NH 03301–4334,

(603) 226–7780, FAX: (603) 225–1459

New Jersey

Stanley Gorland, Director, 44 South

Clinton Ave., Room 702, Trenton, NJ

08609–1507, (609) 989–2243, FAX:

(609) 989–2304

New Mexico

Ernesto Ramos, Director, 120 S. Federal

Place, Room 315, Santa Fe, NM

87501–2026, (505) 988–6577, FAX:

(505) 988–6661

New York

Donna M. Smith, Director, Federal

Building, Room 818, Clinton Avenue

and N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207,

(518) 431–4150, (518) 431–4154 FAX

North Carolina

Robert L. Winston, Director, 300

Fayetteville Street Mall, Room 131,

Raleigh, NC 27601–1739, (919) 856–

4731, FAX: (919) 856–4738

North Dakota (and SD)

John Pohlman, Director, 225 S. Pierre

Street, Room 225, Pierre, SD 57501–

2452, (605) 224–5996, FAX: (605)

224–9201

Ohio

Paul Schrader, Director, 51 North High

Street, Suite 451, Columbus, OH

43215, (614) 469–7441, FAX: (614)

469–2125

Oklahoma

H. Zeke Rodriguez, Director, 215 Dean

A. McGee, Suite 324, Oklahoma City,

OK 73102, (405) 231–5201, FAX:

(405) 231–4329

Oregon

Robin Sutherland, Director, 2010 Lloyd

Center, Portland, OR 97232, (503)

231–2103, FAX: (503) 231–2106

Pennsylvania

Jorina Ahmed, Director, Robert N.C. Nix

Federal Building, Suite 229, 900

Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

19107, (215) 597–2806, FAX: (215)

597–2807

Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands

Loretta de Cordova, Director, U.S.

Federal Building, Suite 662, 150

Carlos Chardon Ave., Hato Rey, PR

00918–1737, (787) 766–5314, FAX:

(787) 766–5189

Rhode Island

Vincent Marzullo, Director, 400

Westminster Street, Room 203,

Providence, RI 02903, (401) 528–5424,

FAX: (401) 528–5220

South Carolina

Jerome J. Davis, Director, STFP—Suite

872, 1835 Assembly Street, Columbia,

SC 29201–2430, (803) 765–5771, FAX:

(803) 765–5777

South Dakota (and ND)

John Pohlman, Director, 225 S. Pierre

Street, Room 225, Pierre, SD 57501–

2452, (605) 224–5996, FAX: (605)

224–9201

Tennessee

Dr. Jerry Herman, Director, 265

Cumberland Bend Drive, Nashville,

TN 37228, (615) 736–5561, FAX: (615)

736–7937

Texas

Jerry G. Thompson, Director, 903 San

Jacinto, Suite 130, Austin, TX 78701–

3747, (512) 916–5671, FAX: (512)

916–5806

Utah

Rick Crawford, Director, 350 South

Main Street, Room 504, Salt Lake

City, UT 84101–2198, (801) 524–5411,

FAX: (801) 524–3599

Vermont (and MA)

Mal Coles, Director, 10 Causeway Street,

Suite 473, Boston, MA 02222–1038,

(617) 565–7000, FAX: (617) 565–7011

Virginia (and DC)

Tom Harmon, Director, 400 North 8th

Street, Room 446, P.O. Box 10066,

Richmond, VA 23240–1832, (804)

771–2197, FAX: (804) 771–2157

Washington

John Miller, Director, Jackson Federal

Bldg., Suite 3190, 915 Second

Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174–1103,

(206) 220–7745, FAX: (206) 553–4415

West Virginia

Judith Russell, Director, 10 Hale Street,

Suite 203, Charleston, WV 25301–

1409, (304) 347–5246, FAX: (304)

347–5464

Wisconsin

Linda Sunde, Director, Henry Reuss

Federal Plaza, 310 W. Wisconsin

Ave., Room 1240, Milwaukee, WI

53203–2211, (414) 297–1118, FAX:

(414) 297–1863

Wyoming

Patrick Gallizzi, Director, Federal

Building, Room 1110, 2120 Capitol

Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001–3649,

(307) 772–2385, FAX: (307) 772–2389

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Kenneth L. Klothen,

General Counsel, Corporation for National

and Community Service.

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