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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO.: 84.313A]

Even Start Family Literacy Program

Women’s Prison Project; Notice

Inviting Applications for a New Award

With Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 Funds

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 forms, and

instructions needed to apply for a grant

under this competition.

Purpose of Program: The Even Start

Family Literacy Program Women’s

Prison grant is designed to help break

the cycle of poverty and illiteracy and

improve the educational opportunities

of low-income families with mothers in

prison by integrating early childhood

education, adult literacy or adult basic

education, and parenting education into

a unified family literacy program of high

quality. This project, which must be

located in a prison that houses women

and their preschool-aged children, will

serve women inmates and their

children, birth through age seven. (For

the purposes of this program, the

Secretary considers a prison to be a

correctional institution that houses

inmates, most of whom are incarcerated

in the institution for at least one year.)

Eligible Applicants: A prison (other

than a Federal prison) that houses

women and their preschool-aged

children, an institution of higher

education, local educational agency,

hospital, or other public or private

organization or entity. (A Federal prison

may not apply for these Federal funds.

However, another eligible entity may

apply for a grant to operate this family

literacy program in a Federal prison.)

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: August 7, 1996.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: October 7, 1996.

Available Funds: $200,000 (for the

entire project period).

Number of Awards: 1.

Project Period: 24 months.

Applicable Regulations: The EDGAR

as follows:

(1) 34 CFR Part 74 (Administration of

Grants and Agreements with Institutions

of Higher Education, Hospitals, and

other Non-profit Organizations), for

applicants that are institutions of higher

education, hospitals, or other public or

private organizations that are not State

educational agencies, local educational

agencies, or Indian tribes and tribal

organizations.

(2) 34 CFR Part 75 (Direct Grant

Programs).

(3) 34 CFR Part 77 (Definitions that

Apply to Department Regulations).

(4) 34 CFR Part 79 (Intergovernmental

Review of Department of Education

Programs and Activities).

(5) 34 CFR Part 80 (Uniform

Administrative Requirements for Grants

and Cooperative Agreements to State

and Local Governments), for applicants

that are State or local governments, or

federally recognized Indian tribal

governments.

(6) 34 CFR Part 81 (General Education

Provisions Act—Enforcement).

(7) 34 CFR Part 82 (New Restrictions

on Lobbying).

(8) 34 CFR Part 85 (Governmentwide

Debarment and Suspension

(Nonprocurement) and

Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)).

Description of Program: Under the

authority of section 1202(a)(2) of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act (ESEA), the Assistant Secretary of

Elementary and Secondary Education

will award one Even Start Family

Literacy grant to an eligible applicant to

plan and implement a family literacy

program of high quality, that integrates

adult literacy or adult basic education

(including, as appropriate, English as a

second language), parenting education,

and early childhood education, in a

prison that houses women and their

preschool-aged children. This family

literacy project will serve female

inmates and their children birth through

age seven. The children are eligible

participants in the project whether or

not they reside in the prison. Some

project activities may be located outside

the prison. The Secretary intends to

award this grant for a 24-month period.

Eligible participants. Eligible

participants are—

1. Female prison inmates who

participate in the project with one or

more of their eligible children, and

who—

• Are eligible for participation in an

adult basic education program under the

Adult Education Act; or

• Are within the State’s compulsory

school attendance age range; and

2. The child or children, from birth

through age seven, of an individual

described in paragraph 1 (whether or

not the child resides in the prison).

(Note: Family members of eligible

participants described in paragraphs one and

two, above, also may participate in Even Start

Family Literacy Program activities when

appropriate to serve Even Start purposes. In

addition, under section 1206(b)(2) of the

ESEA, participants remain eligible for Even

Start Family Literacy services until all

eligible participants in a family become

ineligible for participation. For example, in

the case of a participating family in which

the mother becomes ineligible due to

educational advancement, the family would

remain eligible until the participating

children reach age eight.)

Federal and local funding. The Even

Start Family Literacy Program Women’s

Prison grant funding comprises both a

Federal portion of funds (Federal share)

and a portion contributed by the eligible

applicant (local project share). The

Federal share of the project may not

exceed—

• 90 percent of the total cost of the

program in the first year; and

• 80 percent of the total cost of the

program in the second year.

The local share of the project may be

provided in cash or in kind and may be

obtained from any source, including

other Federal programs funded by the

ESEA.

Indirect costs. Funds under this grant

may not be used for the indirect costs

of an Even Start Family Literacy

Program Women’s Prison grant project.

National Evaluation: The Secretary

suggests that each applicant budget for

evaluation activities as follows: a project

with an estimated cost of up to $120,000

should designate $5,000 for this

purpose; a project with an estimated

cost of over $120,000 should designate

$10,000 for these activities. These funds

will be used for expenditures related to

the collection and aggregation of data

required for the Department’s national

evaluation. The Secretary also

recommends that projects budget for the

cost of travel to Washington, DC, and

two nights’ lodging for the project

director and the project evaluator, for

their participation in annual evaluation

meetings.

Waiver of Reporting Requirement:

Under the EDGAR, an applicant

generally must submit an annual

performance report to the Department.

(See 34 CFR 74.51, 75.720, and 80.40.)

However, in the interest of reducing

burden at the local level, the Secretary

has determined that a performance

report is unnecessary until the end of

the 24-month project period, and

therefore waives the requirement for a

performance report at the end of the first

year. This waiver is in accordance with

the Secretary’s authority under these

regulations.

Invitational Priority: Under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(1) and section 1202(a)(2) of

the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 6362(a)(2)), the

Secretary is particularly interested in

applications that meet the following

invitational priority. However, an

applicant that meets this invitational

priority does not receive competitive or
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absolute preference over other

applications:

The applicant’s proposed project

includes the following:

(1) A recruitment and intake

procedure for participants that involves

extensive participant preparation for the

family literacy program and an

established agreement with the

participants to participate for a specified

minimum length of time sufficient to

meet the program’s purposes.

(2) An intensity of services in

parenting education, adult literacy or

adult basic education, and early

childhood education.

(3) Active involvement of participants

in planning and implementing the

project.

(4) Integration with other educational

and related activities offered to inmates

at the prison.

(5) An approach that has been

successful in providing academic or

family literacy programs in the past.

Selection Criteria: (a)(1) The Secretary

uses the following selection criteria to

evaluate applications for grants under

this competition.

(2) The maximum composite score for

all of these criteria is 100 points.

(3) The maximum score for each

criterion is indicated in parentheses.

(b) The Criteria.—(1) Meeting the

purposes of the authorizing statute. (20

points) The Secretary reviews each

application to determine how well the

project will meet the purpose of the

Even Start Family Literacy Program

Women’s Prison Grant, which under

sections 1201 and 1202(a)(2) of the

ESEA is to help break the cycle of

poverty and illiteracy by awarding a

grant for a project that—

• Improves the educational

opportunities of low-income families

with mothers in prison by integrating

early childhood education, adult

literacy or adult basic education, and

parenting education into a unified

family literacy program;

• Is implemented through cooperative

projects that build on existing

community resources to create a new

range of services for women inmates

and their children through age seven;

• Promotes achievement of the

National Education Goals; and

• Assists children and women in

prison to achieve to challenging State

content standards and challenging State

student performance standards.

(2) Extent of need for the project. (20

points) The Secretary reviews each

application to determine the extent to

which the project meets specific needs

recognized in the authorizing statute,

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.

(Note: The Secretary invites applicants to

address such factors as the following: the

number of women in the prison who need

Even Start services, the average educational

level of female inmates with eligible

children, the lack of availability of

comprehensive family literacy services for

that population, other resources that will be

used to benefit project participants, and any

other factors that the applicant considers

relevant to the extent of need for the project.)

(3) Plan of Operation. (30 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 purposes 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 handicapping

condition.

(Note: Concerning the design of the project,

an eligible applicant must propose a project

that incorporates, at a minimum, the

following program elements required by

section 1205 of the ESEA:

• Identification and recruitment of eligible

participants most in need of services

provided under the Even Start Family

Literacy Program, as indicated by a low level

of adult literacy or English language

proficiency of the eligible mother and other

need-related indicators.

• Screening and preparation of mothers

and children to enable those mothers to

participate fully in the Even Start activities

and services provided by the project,

including testing, referral to necessary

counseling (which may include drug and

alcohol counseling), other necessary

developmental and support services, and

related services.

• Design that accommodates the

participants’ work schedules and other

responsibilities, including the provision of

support services, when those support

services are unavailable from other sources,

but are necessary for participation in the

Even Start activities provided by the project,

such as-—

• Scheduling and locating of services to

allow joint participation by mothers and

children;

• Child care for the period that mothers

participate in project activities; and

• Transportation, if necessary, to enable

mothers and their children to participate in

the project.

• High-quality instructional programs that

promote adult literacy and empower the

mothers to support the educational growth of

their children, developmentally appropriate

early childhood educational services, and

preparation of children for success in regular

school programs.

• Special training of project staff,

including child care staff, to develop the

skills necessary to work with mothers and

young children in the full range of

instructional services offered through the

Even Start Family Literacy Program.

• Operation on a year-round basis,

including the provision of some program

services, instructional or enrichment, during

the summer months.

• As appropriate, coordination with

programs assisted under other parts of Title

I and other programs under the ESEA, any

relevant programs under the Adult Education

Act, the Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act, and the Job Training

Partnership Act, the Head Start program,

volunteer literacy programs, and other

relevant programs.

• Ensuring that the program will serve

those eligible participants most in need of the

activities and services provided by the

project.

• An independent evaluation of the

project.)

(4) Quality of key personnel. (5

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 (b)(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 handicapping condition.

(ii) To determine personnel

qualifications under paragraphs (b)(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) Staff training. (10 points) The

Secretary reviews each application to

determine how well the project provides

special staff training, including child

care staff, to develop the skills necessary

to work with parents and young

children in the full range of

instructional services offered under the

Even Start Family Literacy Program.
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(6) Budget and cost effectiveness. (2

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.

(7) Evaluation plan. (10 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.

(Cross-reference: See 34 CFR 75.590

Evaluation by the grantee.)

(8) 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

August 10, 1995 (60 FR 40980).

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 #84.313A, U.S. Department of

Education, Room 6213, 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: Patricia McKee (CFDA

#84.313A), Compensatory Education

Programs, Room 3633, Regional Office

Building #3, 7th and D Streets, SW,

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 or before the

deadline date to: U.S. Department of

Education, Application Control Center,

Attention: Patricia McKee (CFDA

#84.313A), Compensatory Education

Programs, 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 any 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 date 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

Acknowledgement 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 and

submitted. 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 (ED Form No.

524) 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. This document has been

marked to reflect statutory changes. See

the notice published by the Office of

Management and Budget at 61 FR 1413

(January 19, 1996).

Notice to all Applicants (Section 427

of the General Education Provisions

Act).

An applicant may submit information

on photostatic copies of the application,

budget forms, assurances, and

certifications. However, the application

form, assurances, and certifications

must each have an original signature. A

grant may not be awarded unless a

completed application form, including

the signed assurances and certifications,

have been received.

For Further Information Contact:

Patricia McKee, Compensatory

Education Programs, Office of

Elementary and Secondary Education,

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW, Room 4400

Portals Building, Washington, DC

20202–6132. Telephone (202) 260–0991.

Individuals who use a
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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,

Monday through Friday.

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); or on the World Wide Web (at

http://www.ed.gov/money.html).

However, the official application notice

for discretionary grant competition is

the notice published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6362(a)(2).

Dated: June 6, 1996.

Gerald N. Tirozzi,

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 description of the program,

the information about the invitational

priority, and 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 the invitational priority and

each of the selection criteria, in the

order in which the criteria are listed in

this application package;

3. Provide the following in response

to the attached ‘‘Notice to all

Applicants’’: (1) a reference to the

portion of the application in which

information appears as to how the

applicant is addressing steps to promote

equitable access and participation, or (2)

a separate statement that contains that

information;

4. For any applicant other than the

State educational agency (SEA), include

a copy of the signed set of assurances

specified in section 14306(a) of the

ESEA (20 USC 8856(a)) that the

applicant has filed with its SEA for this

grant application; and

5. Include any other pertinent

information that might assist the

Secretary in reviewing the application.

The Secretary strongly requests that

the applicant limit the Application

Narrative to no more than 20 doublespaced, typed pages 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

According to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a valid

OMB control number. The valid OMB

control number for this information

collection is 1810–0592. The time

required to complete this information

collection is estimated to average 15

hours per response, including the time

to review instructions, search existing

data resources, gather the data needed,

and complete and review the

information collection. If you have any

comments concerning the accuracy of

the time estimate(s) or suggestions for

improving this form, please write to:

U.S. Department of Education,

Washington, D.C. 20202–4651. If you

have comments or concerns regarding

the status of your individual submission

of this form, write directly to: Patricia

McKee, Compensatory Education

Programs, Office of Elementary and

Secondary Education, U.S. Department

of Education, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW, Room 4400, Portals

Building, Washington, DC 20202–6132.

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Notice to All Applicants

Thank you for your interest in this

program. The purpose of this enclosure

is to inform you about a new provision

in the Department of Education’s

General Education Provisions Act

(GEPA) that applies to applicants for

new grant awards under Department

programs. This provision is section 427

of GEPA, enacted as part of the

Improving America’s Schools Act of

1994 (Pub. L. 103–382).

To Whom Does This Provision Apply?

Section 427 of GEPA affects

applicants for new discretionary grant

awards under this program. ALL

APPLICANTS FOR NEW AWARDS

MUST INCLUDE INFORMATION IN

THEIR APPLICATIONS TO ADDRESS

THIS NEW PROVISION IN ORDER TO

RECEIVE FUNDING UNDER THIS

PROGRAM.

What Does This Provision Require?

Section 427 requires each applicant

for funds (other than an individual

person) to include in its application a

description of the steps the applicant

proposes to take to ensure equitable

access to, and participation in, its

federally-assisted program for students,

teachers, and other program

beneficiaries with special needs.

This section allows applicants

discretion in developing the required

description. The statute highlights six

types of barriers that can impede

equitable access or participation that

you may address: gender, race, national

origin, color, disability, or age. Based on

local circumstances, you can determine

whether these or other barriers may

prevent your students, teachers, etc.

from equitable access or participation.

Your description need not be lengthy;

you may provide a clear and succinct

description of how you plan to address

those barriers that are applicable to your

circumstances. In addition, the

information my be provided in a single

narrative, or, if appropriate, may be

discussed in connection with related

topics in the application.

Section 427 is not intended to

duplicate the requirements of civil

rights statutes, but rather to ensure that,

in designing their projects, applicants

for Federal funds address equity

concerns that may affect the ability of

certain potential beneficiaries to fully

participate in the project and to achieve

to high standards. Consistent with

program requirements and its approved

application, an applicant may use the

Federal funds awarded to it to eliminate

barriers it identifies.

What are Examples of How an

Applicant Might Satisfy the

Requirement of This Provision?

The following examples may help

illustrate how an applicant may comply

with section 427.

(1) An applicant that proposes to

carry out an adult literacy project

serving, among others, adults with

limited English proficiency, might

describe in its application how it

intends to distribute a brochure about

the proposed project to such potential

participants in their native language.

(2) An applicant that proposes to

develop instructional materials for

classroom use might describe how it

will make the materials available on

audio tape or in braille for students who

are blind.

(3) An applicant that proposes to

carry out a model science program for

secondary students and is concerned

that girls may be less likely than boys

to enroll in the course, might indicate

how it tends to conduct ‘‘outreach’’

efforts to girls, to encourage their

enrollment.

We recognize that many applicants

may already be implementing effective

steps to ensure equity of access and

participation in their grant programs,

and we appreciate your cooperation in

responding to the requirements of this

provision.

Estimated Burden Statement

According to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a valid

OMB control number. The valid OMB

control number for this information

collection is 1801–0004 (Exp. 8/31/98).

The time required to complete this

information collection is estimated to

vary from 1 to 3 hours per response,

with an average of 1.5 hours, including

the time to review instructions, search

existing data resources, gather and

maintain the data needed, and complete

and review the information collection. If

you have any comments concerning the

accuracy of the time estimate(s) or

suggestions for improving this form,

please write to: U.S. Department of

Education, Washington, DC 20202–

4651.

[FR Doc. 96–14928 Filed 6–11–96; 8:45 am]

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