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1Ricciuti, A.E., St. Pierre, R.G., Lee, W., Parsad, 

A. & Rimdzius, T. Third National Even Start 

Evaluation: Follow-Up Findings From the 

Experimental Design Study. U.S. Department of 

Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National 

Center for Education Evaluation and Regional 

Assistance. Washington, DC: 2004. p. 8–9. 

Subreaches 1B, 1C, and 1D will be 

completed when designs (anticipated 

late 2009) are available. This study is a 

cooperative effort between the Corps 

and the South Florida Water 

Management District (SFWMD). 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Planning Division, 

Environmental Branch, P.O. Box 4970, 

Jacksonville, FL 32232–0019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William Porter at (904) 232–3206 or email at 

William.L.Porter2@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: a. The 

proposed action will be the selected 

plan described in the July 2005 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) with the additional 

action of implementing the landside 

rehabilitation features as needed based 

on geology and adjacent land factors. 

The proposed action will not affect the 

Regulation Schedule for Lake 

Okeechobee. Land may have to be 

acquired outside of the existing right-ofway (ROW) and this SEIS will account 

for any impacts that result due to 

acquisition of additional real estate. 

b. Alternatives to be considered 

separately for each subdivision of Reach 

1 are dependent upon the geology and 

adjacent land factors with the cut-off 

wall. Reach 1 is divided into Subreaches 

A, B, C and D. The alternatives to be 

implemented include one or more of the 

following features: Seepage Berm, Relief 

Trench, Soil Replacement Wedge, Relief 

Wells, Sand Column and Drainage 

Feature. 

c. A scoping letter will be used to 

invite comments on alternatives and 

issues from Federal, State, and local 

agencies, affected Indian tribes, and 

other interested private organizations 

and individuals. A scoping letter was 

sent in October 2007 in anticipation of 

writing a single EIS for Reach 1. An 

additional scoping letter will be sent out 

in March 2009 to address the change in 

the process of completing the Reach 1 

Environmental Impact Statements. A 

scoping meeting is not anticipated. 

d. A public meeting will be held after 

release of each of the Draft Second 

Supplemental EIS’s. The public meeting 

is anticipated to be held in late 2009 for 

Reach 1A in Clewiston, FL. The exact 

location, date, and times will be 

announced in a public notice and local 

newspapers. 

e. A Major Rehabilitation Evaluation 

Report (MRR) was approved by 

Congress in the Water Resources 

Development Act (WRDA) 2000 that 

addressed the need to repair the aging 

dike. 

Dated: February 23, 2009. 

Eric P. Summa, 

Chief, Environmental Branch. 

[FR Doc. E9–4931 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

William F. Goodling Even Start Family 

Literacy Programs—Grants for 

Federally Recognized Indian Tribes 

and Tribal Organizations 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.258A. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 9, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 4, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The William F. 

Goodling Even Start Family Literacy 

Programs (Even Start), including the 

grants for Indian tribes and Tribal 

organizations, are intended to help 

break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy 

by improving the educational 

opportunities of low-income families by 

integrating early childhood education, 

adult literacy or adult basic education, 

and parenting education into a unified 

family literacy program. These programs 

are implemented through cooperative 

activities that: Build on high-quality 

existing community resources to create 

a new range of educational services; 

promote the academic achievement of 

children and adults; assist children and 

adults from low-income families in 

achieving challenging State content and 

student achievement standards; and use 

instructional programs based on 

scientifically based reading research and 

addressing the prevention of reading 

difficulties for children and adults, to 

the extent such research is available. A 

description of the required 15 program 

elements for which funds must be used 

is included in the application package. 

Priorities: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2009 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are invitational priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets these 

invitational priorities a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1—Intensity 

Applications that propose to operate 

full-time programs of high intensity that 

offer a minimum of the following hours 

in each of the following four core 

instructional components: 

• Adult Education—60 hours per 

month. 

• Early Childhood Education (birth 

through 3 years of age)—60 hours per 

month. 

• Early Childhood Education (3 to 4 

years of age)—65 hours per month. 

• Parenting Education and Interactive 

Literacy Activities between Parents and 

Children—20 hours per month. 

Scientifically based research on 

increasing the effectiveness of early 

childhood education programs serving 

children from low-income families tells 

us that children who participate more 

intensively in early childhood 

education score higher on standardized 

literacy measures. For example, the 

Third National Even Start Evaluation: 

Program Impacts and Implications for 

Improvement showed that ‘‘children 

who participated more intensively in 

early childhood education scored higher 

on standardized literacy skills. Further, 

parents who participate more 

intensively in parenting education have 

children who score higher on 

standardized literacy measures.’’ \1\ In 

other words, children who spend more 

time in high-quality early childhood 

education programs learn more than 

children who spend less time in those 

programs. The purpose of this 

invitational priority is to encourage 

family literacy programs supported with 

Even Start funds to provide services that 

are of a sufficient intensity to maximize 

language and early literacy gains for 

children enrolled in those programs.1

Invitational Priority 2—Early Childhood 

Education Services in a Group Setting 

Applications that propose to offer 

center-based early childhood education 

services. 

The research in early childhood 

education, such as the Third National 

Even Start Evaluation, shows that 

educational services for young children 

that are provided in a center are more 

likely to be intensive and, therefore, 

more likely to result in significant 


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learning outcomes than non-centerbased services. A center is defined, for 

the purpose of this invitational priority, 

as a place where early childhood 

educational services can be provided to 

a group of children from multiple 

households. All center-based programs 

still must comply with the required 

program elements, including providing 

integrated home-based instructional 

programs. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 

6381a(a)(1)(C). 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grant. 

Estimated Available Funds: $831,470 

of FY 2008 funds are available for new 

awards in FY 2009. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards later in 

FY 2009 or in FY 2010 from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$150,000—$250,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$200,000 per year. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3–5. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Federally 

recognized Indian tribes and Tribal 

organizations. Definitions of the terms 

‘‘Indian tribe’’ and ‘‘Tribal organization’’ 

are in section 4 of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. 450b. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost 

sharing requirements for these grants are 

detailed in section 1234(b) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (ESEA). 

3. Other: (a) In general, a family is 

eligible to participate in an Even Start 

project for Indian tribes and Tribal 

organizations if—(1) the participating 

parent (a) is eligible to participate in 

adult education and literacy activities 

under the Adult Education and Family 

Literacy Act, or (b) is within the State’s 

compulsory school attendance age range 

(in which case a local educational 

agency must provide or ensure the 

availability of the basic education 

component), or is attending secondary 

school; and (2) the participating child is 

younger than eight years of age. More 

specific information on family eligibility 

is contained in section 1236 of the 

ESEA. 

(b) Participation by Private School 

Children and Teachers. An entity that 

receives a grant under the Even Start 

Family Literacy Program for Indian 

tribes and Tribal organizations is 

required to provide for the equitable 

participation of otherwise eligible 

private elementary school children and 

secondary school students and their 

teachers or other educational personnel. 

In order to ensure that grant program 

activities address the needs of private 

school children, the applicant must 

engage in timely and meaningful 

consultation with appropriate 

elementary and secondary private 

school officials during the design and 

development of the program. This 

consultation must take place before the 

applicant makes any decision that 

affects the opportunities of eligible 

private school children and students, 

teachers, and other educational 

personnel to participate. Administrative 

direction and control over grant funds 

must remain with the grantee. (See 

section 9501, Participation by Private 

School Children and Teachers, of the 

ESEA.) 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http:// 

www.Grants.gov. To obtain a copy from 

ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the 

following: Education Publications 

Center, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone, toll free: 1– 

877–433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If 

you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877– 

576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program or 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.258A. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed under Accessible 

Format in section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of the application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative to the 

equivalent of no more than 25 typed 

pages. You, the applicant, also provide 

a budget narrative that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the budget narrative to the 

equivalent of no more than 5 typed 

pages, and the project abstract to the 

equivalent of no more than 2 typed 

pages. For all page limits, use the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1’’ margins at the top, 

bottom, and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application and budget narratives, 

including titles, headings, footnotes, 

quotations, references, and captions. 

Text in tables, charts, graphs, and the 

limited Appendices may be single 

spaced. 

• Use a font that is either 12-point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). You may use other 

point fonts for any tables, charts, graphs, 

and the limited Appendices, but those 

tables, charts, graphs, and limited 

Appendices should be in a font size that 

is easily readable by the reviewers of 

your application. 

• Use one of the following fonts for 

the application and budget narratives: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application with an 

application or budget narrative 

submitted in any other font (including 

Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not 

be accepted. 

• Other application materials are 

limited to the specific materials 

indicated in the application package, 

and may not include any video or other 

non-print materials. 

The page limits do not apply to: The 

cover sheet; the budget forms; and the 

assurances and certifications. 

Any tables, charts, or graphs are 

included in the overall application 

narrative and budget narrative page 

limits. The limited Appendices are not 

part of these page limits. Appendices 

are limited to the following: The 

curriculum vitae or position 

descriptions of no more than 5 people 

(including key contract personnel and 

consultants). 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 


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limit; or exceed the equivalent of the 

page limit if you apply other standards. 

In addition, our reviewers will not 

read or view any Appendices or 

enclosures (including non-print 

materials such as videotapes or CDs) 

other than those described in this notice 

and the application package. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 4, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (http://Grants.gov). For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format 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 of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: Recipients of 

an Even Start Indian tribe and Tribal 

organization grant may not use funds 

awarded under this competition for the 

indirect costs of a project, or claim 

indirect costs as part of the local project 

share. (Section 1234(b)(3) of the ESEA.) 

Grant recipients may request that the 

Secretary waive this requirement under 

appropriate circumstances. To obtain a 

waiver, a recipient must demonstrate to 

the Secretary’s satisfaction that the 

recipient otherwise would not be able to 

participate in the Even Start program. 

(Section 1234(b)(3) of the ESEA.) 

Information about requesting a waiver is 

in the application package. We reference 

regulations outlining additional funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

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 

Applications for grants under the 

William F. Goodling Even Start Family 

Literacy Programs—Grants for Federally 

Recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal 

Organizations, CFDA Number 84.258A, 

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 email 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 

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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for William F. Goodling 

Even Start Family Literacy Programs— 

Grants for Federally Recognized Indian 

Tribes and Tribal Organizations at 

http://www.Grants.gov. You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for this competition by the 

CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.258, not 

84.258A). 

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 date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 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 

4:30:00 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://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you 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 


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Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• 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 EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: 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 

• 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: Amber Sheker, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 3E252, Washington, 

DC 20202–6200. Telephone: (202) 205– 

0653. Fax: (202) 260–8969. 

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 

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 following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.258A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

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: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications by 

Hand Delivery 

If you 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 84.258A), 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 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 


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application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 

sections 34 CFR 75.209 and 75.210 and 

are listed in the following paragraphs. 

The maximum score for each criterion is 

indicated after the title of the criterion. 

The maximum score for all of the 

selection criteria is 100 points. 

(1) Quality of the Project Design (50 

points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(a) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. (34 CFR 

75.210(c)(2)(i)) 

(b) The extent to which the proposed 

project represents an exceptional 

approach for meeting statutory purposes 

and requirements. (34 CFR 

75.210(c)(2)(xiv)) 

Note: Under section 1235 of the ESEA, 

projects funded under this program must 

meet the following requirements: 

(1) Include the identification and 

recruitment of families most in need of 

services provided under this program, 

as indicated by a low level of income, 

a low level of adult literacy or English 

language proficiency of the eligible 

parent or parents, and other needrelated indicators; 

(2) Include screening and preparation 

of parents, including teenage parents, 

and children to enable those parents 

and children to participate fully in the 

activities and services provided under 

this program, including testing, referral 

to necessary counseling, other 

developmental and support services, 

and related services; 

(3) Be designed to accommodate the 

participants’ work schedule and other 

responsibilities, including the provision 

of support services, when those services 

are unavailable from other sources, 

necessary for participation in the 

activities assisted under this program, 

such as— 

(a) Scheduling and locating of 

services to allow joint participation by 

parents and children; 

(b) Child care for the period that 

parents are involved in the program 

provided under this program; and 

(c) Transportation for the purpose of 

enabling parents and their children to 

participate in activities authorized by 

this program; 

(4) Include high-quality, intensive 

instructional programs that promote 

adult literacy and empower parents to 

support the educational growth of their 

children, developmentally appropriate 

early childhood educational services, 

and preparation of children for success 

in regular school programs; 

(5) With respect to the qualifications 

of staff the cost of whose salaries are 

paid, in whole or in part, with Federal 

funds provided under the grant, ensure 

that— 

(a)(i) A majority of the individuals 

providing academic instruction— 

(I) Have obtained an associate’s, 

bachelor’s, or graduate degree in a field 

related to early childhood education, 

elementary school or secondary school 

education, or adult education; and 

(II) If applicable, meet qualifications 

established by the State for early 

childhood education, elementary school 

or secondary school education, or adult 

education provided as part of an Even 

Start program or another family literacy 

program; 

(ii) The individual responsible for 

administration of family literacy 

services carried out through the grant 

has received training in the operation of 

a family literacy program; and 

(iii) Paraprofessionals who provide 

support for academic instruction have a 

secondary school diploma or its 

recognized equivalent; and 

(b) All new personnel hired to 

provide academic instruction— 

(i) Have obtained an associate’s, 

bachelor’s, or graduate degree in a field 

related to early childhood education, 

elementary school or secondary school 

education, or adult education; and 

(ii) If applicable, meet qualifications 

established by the State for early 

childhood education, elementary school 

or secondary school education, or adult 

education provided as part of an Even 

Start program or another family literacy 

program; 

(6) Include special training of staff, 

including child-care staff, to develop the 

skills necessary to work with parents 

and young children in the full range of 

instructional services offered through 

this program; 

(7) Provide and monitor integrated 

instructional services to participating 

parents and children through homebased programs; 

(8) Operate on a year-round basis, 

including the provision of some 

program services, including 

instructional and enrichment services, 

during the summer months; 

(9) Be coordinated with— 

(a) Other programs assisted under the 

ESEA; 

(b) Any relevant programs under the 

Adult Education and Family Literacy 

Act, the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act, and title I of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and 

(c) The Head Start program, volunteer 

literacy programs, and other relevant 

programs; 

(10) Use instructional programs based 

on scientifically based reading research 

for children and adults, to the extent 

that research is available; 

(11) Encourage participating families 

to attend regularly and to remain in the 

program a sufficient time to meet their 

program goals; 

(12) Include reading-readiness 

activities for preschool children based 

on scientifically based reading research, 

to the extent available, to ensure that 

children enter school ready to learn to 

read; 

(13) If applicable, promote the 

continuity of family literacy to ensure 

that individuals retain and improve 

their educational outcomes; 

(14) Ensure that the programs will 

serve those families most in need of the 

activities and services provided by this 

program; and 

(15) Provide for an independent 

evaluation of the program, to be used for 

program improvement. 

(2) Quality of Project Services (20 

points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project. 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. (34 CFR 75.210(d)(2)) In 

addition, the Secretary considers the 

following factor: The likelihood that the 

services to be provided by the proposed 

project will lead to improvements in the 

achievement of students as measured 

against rigorous academic standards. (34 

CFR 75.210(d)(3)(vii)) 

(3) Adequacy of Resources (15 points). 

The Secretary considers the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project. In 

determining the adequacy of resources 

for the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(a) The adequacy of support, 

including facilities, equipment, 

supplies, and other resources, from the 

applicant organization or the lead 

applicant organization. (34 CFR 

75.210(f)(2)(i)) 


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Note: Please note that section 1234(b)(1) of 

the ESEA requires grantees to provide an 

increasing local project share over the grant 

period (at least the following amounts: 10 

percent in the first year, 20 percent in the 

second year. 30 percent in the third year, 40 

percent in the fourth year, 50 percent in the 

fifth through eighth years, and 65 percent 

thereafter). The law also does not permit 

indirect costs to be included in the budget, 

either as a part of the Federal funding or for 

the local project’s share or match, unless a 

project requests and qualifies for a waiver of 

that requirement under section 1234(b)(3) of 

the ESEA. 

(b) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the objectives, 

design, and potential significance of the 

proposed project. (34 CFR 

75.210(f)(2)(iv)) 

(4) Quality of the Management Plan 

(15 points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the management plan for the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the management plan for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(a) 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. (34 CFR 75.210(g)(2)(i)) 

(b) The extent to which the time 

commitments of the project director and 

principal investigator and other key 

personnel are appropriate and adequate 

to meet the objectives of the proposed 

project. (34 CFR 75.210(g)(2)(iv)) 

Note: Grantees will be required to report 

annually on any project-specific performance 

measures that are included in the grantees’ 

approved grant application, including the 

performance measures established for the 

Tribal Even Start Program under the 

Government Performance and Results Act 

(GPRA) and identified in section VI of this 

notice under the heading Performance 

Measures 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations 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: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Department has established the 

following Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance 

measures for the William F. Goodling 

Even Start Family Literacy Programs, 

including the Indian tribes and Tribal 

organizations grants: 

(1) The percentage of Tribal Even 

Start adults who do not have limited 

English proficiency who achieve 

significant learning gains in reading; 

(2) The percentage of Tribal Even 

Start adults with limited English 

proficiency who achieve significant 

learning gains in reading/English 

Language acquisition; 

(3) The percentage of Tribal Even 

Start adults with a high school 

completion goal who earn a high school 

diploma; 

(4) The percentage of Tribal Even 

Start adults with the goal of General 

Equivalency Diploma (GED) attainment 

who earn a GED; 

(5) The percentage of preschool-aged 

children participating in Tribal Even 

Start programs who achieve significant 

gains in oral language skills; 

(6) The average number of letters 

Tribal Even Start preschool-aged 

children are able to identify; and 

(7) The percentage of preschool-aged 

children participating in Tribal Even 

Start programs who demonstrate ageappropriate oral language skills. 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicators of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to give careful consideration to 

these measures in conceptualizing the 

approach and evaluation for its 

proposed project. Each grantee will be 

required to provide, in its annual 

performance and final reports, data 

about its progress in meeting these 

measures. The Department will provide 

further information on selecting valid, 

reliable, and program-appropriate 

assessment instruments on the Tribal 

Even Start Web site at http:// 

www.ed.gov/programs/evenstartindian/ 

applicant.html. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amber Sheker, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 3E252, Washington, DC 20202– 

6200. Telephone: (202) 205–0653 or by 

e-mail: Amber.Sheker@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Joseph C. Conaty, Director, Academic 

Improvement and Teacher Quality 

Programs for the Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education to perform the 

functions of the Assistant Secretary for 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Dated: March 4, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–4932 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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