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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.310A]

Parental Assistance Program; Notice

Inviting Applications for New Awards

for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

Note to Applicants: This notice is a

complete application package. Together

with the statute authorizing the program

and the Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

the notice contains all of the

information, application requirements,

and instructions needed to apply for a

grant under this competition.

Purpose of Program: To assist

nonprofit organizations, and nonprofit

organizations in consortia with local

educational agencies (LEAs), in

establishing parental information and

resource centers that would (1) increase

parents’ knowledge of and confidence in

child-rearing activities, such as teaching

and nurturing their young children; (2)

strengthen partnerships between parents

and professionals in meeting the

educational needs of children aged birth

through five and the working

relationship between home and school;

and (3) enhance the developmental

progress of the children assisted under

the program.

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit

organizations, and nonprofit

organizations in consortia with LEAs.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: July 7, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: September 7, 1995.

Available Funds: Approximately $10

million.

Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000

to $500,000.

(Note: Due to anticipated variances in the

breadth of proposed activities, the estimated

range is very broad.)

Estimated Number of Awards: 44.

Note: These estimates are projections for

the guidance of potential applicants. The

Department of Education is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 48 months.

Applicable Regulations: 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 81 (General Education

Provisions Act—Enforcement).

(6) 34 CFR Part 82 (New Restrictions

on Lobbying).

(7) 34 CFR Part 85 (Governmentwide

Debarment and Suspension

(Nonprocurement) and

Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)).

(8) 34 CFR Part 86 (Drug-Free Schools

and Campuses).

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 80

(Uniform Administrative Requirements for

Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State

and Local Governments) apply to an LEA that

is part of a consortium receiving assistance.

Supplementary Information:

Increased parental involvement and

participation in the social, emotional

and academic growth of children is an

essential part of comprehensive

education reform. Title IV of the Goals

2000: Educate America Act (Pub. L.

103–227) (20 U.S.C 5801 et seq.) (the

Act) helps foster parental involvement

by authorizing grants to nonprofit

organizations, and nonprofit

organizations in consortia with LEAs, to

establish and fund parent information

and resource centers. These centers will

provide training, information, and

support to (a) parents of children aged

birth through five years; (b) parents of

children enrolled in elementary and

secondary schools; and (c) individuals

who work with these parents.

Grant funds received under this

program may be used for the following

purposes:

(1) For parent training, information,

and support programs that assist parents

to—

(a) Better understand their children’s

educational needs;

(b) Provide followup for their

children’s educational achievement;

(c) Communicate more effectively

with teachers, counselors,

administrators, and other professional

educators and support staff;

(d) Participate in the design and

provision of assistance to students who

are not making adequate educational

progress;

(e) Obtain information about the range

of options, programs, services, and

resources available at the national,

State, and local levels to assist parents

of children aged birth through five

years, and parents of children in

elementary and secondary schools;

(f) Seek technical assistance regarding

compliance with the requirements of

title IV and of other Federal programs

relevant to achieving the National

Education Goals;

(g) Participate in State and local

decisionmaking;

(h) Train other parents; and

(i) Plan, implement, and fund

activities that coordinate the education

of their children with other Federal

programs that serve their children or

their families.

(2) To include State or local

educational personnel where such

participation will further the activities

assisted under the grant.

Entities are encouraged to develop

and implement their projects through

broad-based outreach and collaborative

processes that reflect the diverse needs

of parents to be served. The Secretary is

especially interested in receiving

applications from eligible entities that

would facilitate and support

opportunities for broad-based

participation of communities and

parents in the project from throughout

the State or throughout a large area of

the State, including—

(i) Areas with high concentrations of

low-income families;

(ii) Urban and rural areas; and

(iii) Parents of children who are lowincome, minority, or have limited

English proficiency.

The Secretary believes that a

meritorious proposal might also

describe how the applicant would

coordinate project activities with the

activities being conducted by other

organizations and agencies, parent

centers, and parent groups. The

Secretary invites applications from

eligible entities that would provide

training, information, and support to

parents who reside in communities that

are developing or implementing a

comprehensive education reform plan

in which family involvement is an

integral strategy, such as those

communities supported by a national

leadership grant under section 314(b)(1)

of Goals 2000, by a subgrant under

section 309(a) of the Act, or by other

funds. In developing proposals for

increasing the involvement of parents in

their children’s learning and for

strengthening partnerships between

parents and educational professionals,

applicants might consider issues such as

the following:

(1) How the participating

communities have assessed or propose

to assess the interests and needs of

parents in these communities,

particularly the interests and needs of

parents of low-income, minority, and

limited English proficient children, in

order to provide services that meet their

needs.

(2) How parent groups, schools, and

organizations and agencies in the local

communities would collaborate to

initiate or expand opportunities for

parents to be involved in their
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children’s learning and strengthen their

relationships in order to meet the

educational needs of children.

(3) How the applicant organization

and participating communities will use

information currently available

concerning best practices in parent and

family involvement activities to meet

parents’ information, training, and

support needs.

(4) How participating communities

will implement activities that enable

parents to engage in learning activities

with their children at home and at

school.

(5) How the applicant organization

would establish, expand, or otherwise

participate in a broad-based Statewide

or areawide network of parents, school

personnel, business and community

leaders, organizations that work with

parents and their children, and others as

appropriate, that helps the communities

participating in the project as well as

other communities learn from and

support each other.

Geographic Distribution of Funds:

The Secretary will ensure that grants

awarded under this competition will be

distributed, to the greatest extent

possible, to all geographic regions of the

country.

Program Requirements:

Each grantee receiving funding under

this program must—

(A)(i) Be governed by a board of

directors the membership of which

includes parents; or

(ii) Be an organization that represents

the interests of parents;

(B) Establish a special advisory

committee the membership of which—

(i) Includes—

(I) Parents of children aged birth

through five years, and parents of

children enrolled in elementary and

secondary schools; and

(II) Representatives of educational

professionals with expertise in

improving services for disadvantaged

children; and

(ii) Is broadly representative of

minority, low-income, and other

individuals and groups that have an

interest in compensatory education and

family literacy;

(C) Use at least one-half of the funds

provided under this Act in each fiscal

year to serve areas with high

concentrations of low-income families

in order to serve parents who are

severely educationally or economically

disadvantaged;

(D) Operate a center of sufficient size,

scope, and quality to ensure that the

center is adequate to serve the parents

in the area;

(E) Serve both urban and rural areas;

(F) Design a center that meets the

unique training, information, and

support needs of parents of children

aged birth through five years, and of

parents of children enrolled in

elementary and secondary schools,

particularly parents who are

economically or educationally

disadvantaged;

(G) Demonstrate the capacity and

expertise to conduct the effective

training information and support

activities for which assistance is sought;

(H) Network with—

(i) Clearinghouses;

(ii) Parent centers for the parents of

infants, toddlers, children, and youth

with disabilities served under section

631(e) of the Individuals with

Disabilities Act;

(iii) Other organizations and agencies;

(iv) Established national, State, and

local parent groups representing the full

range of parents of children, aged birth

through five years; and

(v) Parents of children enrolled in

elementary and secondary schools;

(I) Focus on serving parents of

children aged birth through five years,

and parents of children enrolled in

elementary and secondary schools, who

are parents of low-income, minority,

and limited-English proficient, children;

and

(J) Use part of the funds received

under this program to establish, expand,

or operate Parents as Teachers programs

or Home Instructions for Preschool

Youngsters programs, as defined in

section 405 of the Act.

Each application for assistance must

include assurances that the grantee will

comply with these requirements.

To be eligible for a continuation

award, in each fiscal year after the first

fiscal year a grantee receives assistance

under this program, the grantee must

demonstrate that a portion of the

services provided by the grantee is

supported through non-Federal

contributions, which contributions may

be in cash or in kind.

Selection Criteria

The Secretary will use the selection

criteria in 34 CFR 75.210 to evaluate

applications under this competition.

The Secretary assigns the 15 points that

are reserved in 34 CFR 75.210(c) as

follows: 10 additional points to

selection criterion (2)—Extent of need

for the project—for a total of 30 points

for that criterion; and 5 additional

points to criterion (3)—Plan of

operation—for a total of 20 points for

that criterion.

The maximum score for all of the

criteria totals 100 points. The maximum

score for each criterion is indicated in

parentheses with the criterion. The

criteria are as follows:

(1) Meeting the purposes of the

authorizing statute. (30 points) The

Secretary reviews each application to

determine how well the project will

meet the purposes of the authorizing

statute (i.e., title IV of the Goals 2000:

Educate America Act), including

consideration of—

(i) The objectives of the project; and

(ii) How the objectives of the project

further the purposes of the authorizing

statute.

(2) Extent of need for the project. (30

points) The Secretary reviews each

application to determine the extent to

which the project meets specific needs

recognized in the statute that authorizes

the program, including consideration of:

(i) The needs addressed by the

project;

(ii) How the applicant identified those

needs;

(iii) How those needs will be met by

the project; and

(iv) The benefits to be gained by

meeting those needs.

(3) Plan of operation. (20 points) The

Secretary reviews each application to

determine the quality of the plan of

operation for the project, including—

(i) The quality of the design of the

project;

(ii) The extent to which the plan of

management is effective and ensures

proper and efficient administration of

the project;

(iii) How well the objectives of the

project relate to the purpose of the

program;

(iv) The quality of the applicant’s plan

to use its resources and personnel to

achieve each objective; and

(v) How the applicant will ensure that

project participants who are otherwise

eligible to participate are selected

without regard to race, color, national

origin, gender, age, or disability.

(4) Quality of key personnel. (7

points)

(i) The Secretary reviews each

application to determine the quality of

key personnel the applicant plans to use

on the project, including—

(A) The qualifications of the project

director (if one is to be used);

(B) The qualifications of each of the

other key personnel to be used in the

project;

(C) The time that each person referred

to in paragraphs (4)(i) (A) and (B) will

commit to the project; and

(D) How the applicant, as part of its

nondiscriminatory employment

practices, will ensure that its personnel

are selected for employment without

regard to race, color, national origin,

gender, age, or disability.
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(ii) To determine personnel

qualifications under paragraphs (4)(i)

(A) and (B), the Secretary considers:

(A) Experience and training in fields

related to the objectives of the project;

and

(B) Any other qualifications that

pertain to the quality of the project.

(5) Budget and effectiveness. (5

points) The Secretary reviews each

application to determine the extent to

which:

(i) The budget is adequate to support

the project; and

(ii) Costs are reasonable in relation to

the objectives of the project.

(6) Evaluation plan. (5 points) The

Secretary reviews each application to

determine the quality of the evaluation

plan for the project, including the extent

to which the applicant’s methods of

evaluation:

(i) Are appropriate to the project; and

(ii) To the extent possible, are

objective and produce data that are

quantifiable.

(7) Adequacy of resources. (3 points)

The Secretary reviews each application

to determine the adequacy of the

resources that the applicant plans to

devote to the project, including

facilities, equipment, and supplies.

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs

This program 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 State

under the Executive order. If you want

to know the name and address of any

State Single Point of Contact, see the list

published in the Federal Register on

March 31, 1995 (60 FR 16713).

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 this notice to the following

address: The Secretary, E.O. 12372—

CFDA# 84.310, U.S. Department of

Education, room 6300, 600

Independence 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 this 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.

Instructions for Transmittal of

Applications

(a) If an applicant wants to apply for

a grant, the applicant shall—

(1) Mail the original and two copies

of the application on or before the

deadline date to: U.S. Department of

Education, Application Control Center,

Attention: (CFDA #84.310), Washington,

DC 20202–4725 or

(2) Hand deliver the original and two

copies of the application by 4:30 p.m.

(Washington, DC time) on the deadline

date to: U.S. Department of Education,

Application Control Center, Attention:

(CFDA #84.310), room #3633, Regional

Office Building #3, 7th and D Streets,

SW., Washington, DC.

(b) An applicant 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.

(c) If an application is mailed through

the U.S. Postal Service, the Secretary

does 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.

Notes: (1) 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.

(2) The Application Control Center will

mail a Grant Application Receipt

Acknowledgment to each applicant. If an

applicant fails to receive the notification of

application receipt within 15 days from the

date of mailing the application, the applicant

should call the U.S. Department of Education

Application Control Center at (202) 708–

9494.

(3) The applicant must indicate on the

envelope and—if not provided by the

Department—in Item 10 of the Application

for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424)

the CFDA number—and suffix letter, if any—

of the competition under which the

application is being submitted.

Application Instructions and Forms

The appendix to this application is

divided into three parts plus a statement

regarding estimated public reporting

burden and various assurances and

certifications. These parts and

additional materials are organized in the

same manner that the submitted

application should be organized. The

parts and additional materials are as

follows:

Part I: Application for Federal

Assistance (Standard Form 424 (Rev. 4–

88)) and instructions.

Part II: Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (Standard Form

524A) and instructions.

Part III: Application Narrative.

Additional Materials

Estimated Public Reporting Burden.

Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs (Standard Form 424B).

Certifications regarding Lobbying;

Debarment, Suspension, and Other

Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements (ED 80–0013).

Certification regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion: Lower Tier Covered

Transactions (ED 80–0014, 9/90) and

instructions.

(Note: ED 80–0014 is intended for the use of

grantees and should not be transmitted to the

Department.)

Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

(Standard Form LLL) (if applicable) and

instructions; and Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities Continuation Sheet (Standard

Form LLL–A).

An applicant may submit information

on a photostatic copy of the application

and budget forms, the assurances, and

the certifications. However, the

application form, the assurances, and

the certifications must each have an

original signature. No grant may be

awarded unless a completed application

form has been received.

Application Workshops

The Department will conduct

workshops to provide assistance to

potential applicants concerning

requirements of the authorizing statute

and the application process. However,

applicants are encouraged to begin

preparation of their applications

immediately upon receipt of this

application package.
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The workshops will be held on the

following dates and at the following

locations. Pre-registration is suggested.

Monday, June 12, 1995, 10:00 am to 3:00

pm, Federal Building, Room 16350,

3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

19104, (215) 596–0175

Wednesday, June 14, 1995, 10:00 am to

3:00 pm, El Centro Community

College, Main & Lamar (Lamar

entrance), A Building, 5th floor, Room

A525, Dallas, TX 75201, (214) 767–

3626

Friday, June 16, 1995, 10:00 am to 3:00

pm, Federal Building, Room 205, 50

United Nations Plaza, San Francisco,

CA 94102, (415) 556–4920

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Gore, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Portals Building, Room 4000,

Washington, D.C. 20202–6135.

Telephone: (202) 401–0039. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260–

9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server

at GOPHER.ED.GOV (under

Announcements, Bulletins, and Press

Releases). However, the official

application notice for a discretionary

grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

Program Authority: Title IV of the Goals

2000: Educate America Act, 20 U.S.C. 5911

et seq.

Dated: May 19, 1995.

Thomas W. Payzant,

Assistant Secretary, Elementary and

Secondary Education.

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Instructions for Part III Application

Narrative

Before preparing the Application

Narrative an applicant should read

carefully the authorizing statute and the

information in this notice, including the

selection criteria the Secretary uses to

evaluate applications.

The narrative should encompass each

function or activity for which funds are

being requested and should—

1. Begin with an Abstract; that is, a

summary of the proposed project;

2. Describe the proposed project in

light of each of the selection criteria in

the order in which the criteria are listed

in this application; and

3. Include any other pertinent

information that might assist the

Secretary in reviewing the application.

The Secretary strongly requests the

applicant to limit the Application

Narrative to no more than 20 doublespaced, typed (on one side only),

although the Secretary will consider

applications of greater length. The

Department has found that successful

applications for similar programs

generally meet this page limit.

Instructions for Estimated Public

Reporting Burden

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.

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 48 hours per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the 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.

Washington, D.C. 20202–4651; and to

the Office of Management and Budget,

Paperwork Reduction Project, 1810–

0578), Washington, D.C. 20503.

(Information collection approved under OMB

control number 1810–0578. Expiration date:

5/31/98.)

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