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In addition, all Rehabilitation LongTerm Training grantees must submit the 

following quantitative and qualitative 

data in an annual performance report: 

(a) Program activities that occurred 

during each fiscal year from October 1 

to March 31 and projected program 

activities to occur from April 1 to 

September 30. For subsequent reporting 

years, grantees confirm projections 

made from the prior year; 

(b) Summary of academic support and 

counseling provided to scholars to 

ensure successful completion; 

(c) Summary of career counseling 

provided to scholars upon program 

completion to ensure that they have 

support during their search for 

qualifying employment, as well as 

during their initial months of their 

employment. This may include but is 

not limited to informing scholars of 

professional contacts, networks, and job 

leads, matching scholars with mentors 

in the field, and connecting scholars to 

other necessary resources and 

information; 

(d) Summary of partnership and 

coordination activities with State VR 

agencies and community-based 

rehabilitation providers. This may 

include but is not limited to obtaining 

input and feedback regarding curricula 

from State VR agencies and communitybased rehabilitation providers; 

organizing internships, practicum 

agreements, job shadowing, and 

mentoring opportunities; and assessing 

scholars at the work site; 

(e) Assistance provided to scholars 

who may not be meeting academic 

standards or who are performing poorly 

in a practicum or internship setting; 

(f) Results of the program evaluation, 

as well as information describing how 

these results will be used to make 

necessary adjustments and 

improvements to the program; 

(g) Results from scholar internship, 

practicum, job shadowing, or mentoring 

assessments, as well as information 

describing how those results will be 

used to ensure that future scholars 

receive all necessary preparation and 

training prior to program completion; 

(h) Results from scholar evaluations 

and information describing how these 

results will be used to ensure that future 

scholars will be proficient in meeting 

the needs and demands of today’s 

consumers and employers; 

(i) Number of scholars who began an 

internship during the reporting period; 

(j) Number of scholars who completed 

an internship during the reporting 

period; 

(k) Number of scholars who dropped 

out or were dismissed from the program 

during the reporting period; 

(l) Number of scholars receiving RSA 

scholarships during the reporting 

period; 

(m) Number of scholars who 

graduated from the program during the 

reporting period; 

(n) Number of scholars who obtained 

qualifying employment during the 

reporting period; 

(o) Number of vacancies filled in the 

State VR agency with qualified 

counselors from the program during the 

reporting period; 

(p) A budget and narrative detailing 

expenditures covering the period of 

October 1 through March 31 and 

projected expenditures from April 1 

through September 30. The budget 

narrative must also verify progress 

towards meeting the 10 percent match 

requirement. For subsequent reporting 

years, grantees will confirm projections 

made from the prior year; and 

(q) Other information, as requested by 

RSA, in order to verify substantial 

progress and effectively report program 

impact to Congress and key 

stakeholders. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. In 

making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RoseAnn Ashby, U.S. Department of 

Education, Rehabilitation Services 

Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Room 5055, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–7258 

or by email: roseann.ashby@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or TTY, call the 

Federal Relay Service, 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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: January 2, 2015. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00024 Filed 1–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Rehabilitation Services 

Administration—Capacity Building 

Program for Traditionally Underserved 

Populations—Vocational Rehabilitation 

Training Institute for the Preparation of 

Personnel in American Indian 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Rehabilitation 

Services Administration—Capacity 

Building Program for Traditionally 

Underserved Populations—Vocational 

Rehabilitation (VR) Training Institute 

for the Preparation of Personnel in 

American Indian Vocational 

Rehabilitation Services Projects 

(Institute) Notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.315C. 

DATES: Applications Available: January 

7, 2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

January 22, 2015. 


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Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 9, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 7, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of the Program: The Capacity 

Building Program for Traditionally 

Underserved Populations under section 

21(b)(2)(C) of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act) 

(29 U.S.C. 718(b)(2)(C)), provides 

outreach and technical assistance (TA) 

to minority entities and American 

Indian tribes to promote their 

participation in activities funded under 

the Rehabilitation Act, including 

assistance to enhance their capacity to 

carry out such activities. 

Priorities: This notice includes two 

absolute priorities. These priorities are 

from the notice of final priorities for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on August 14, 2014 (79 FR 

47579). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet both of these 

priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1—Vocational 

Rehabilitation Training Institute for the 

Preparation of Personnel in American 

Indian Vocational Rehabilitation 

Services Projects. 

Absolute Priority 2—Partnership 

Between a Four-Year Institution of 

Higher Education and a Two-Year 

Community College or Tribal College. 

Note: The full texts of the absolute 

priorities are included in the notice of final 

priorities for this program, published in the 

Federal Register on August 14, 2014 (79 FR 

47579), and in the application package. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 718(b)(2)(C). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86 

and 99. (b) The Office of Management 

and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 

3474. (d) The notice of final priorities 

for this program, published in the 

Federal Register on August 14, 2014 (79 

FR 47579). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

agreement. 

Estimated Available Funds: $500,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $500,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect 

cost reimbursement on a training grant is 

limited to the recipient’s actual indirect 

costs, as determined by its negotiated 

indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent 

of a modified total direct cost base, 

whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in 

excess of the limit may not be charged 

directly, used to satisfy matching or costsharing requirements, or charged to another 

Federal award. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Continuing the Fourth and Fifth Years 

of the Project: 

In deciding whether to continue 

funding the Institute for the fourth and 

fifth years, the Department, as part of 

the review of the cooperative agreement, 

the application narrative, the 

partnership agreement, and annual 

performance reports will consider the 

degree to which the Institute 

demonstrates— 

(a) Substantial progress in providing a 

structured training program focused on 

the VR process and practices and the 

unique skills and knowledge necessary 

to improve employment outcomes for 

American Indians with disabilities. 

(b) Substantial progress in improving 

counseling and VR services in a 

culturally appropriate manner to 

American Indians with disabilities so 

that they can prepare for, and engage in, 

gainful employment consistent with 

their informed choice. 

(c) Effective collaboration between the 

four-year IHE and the two-year 

community college or tribal college that 

demonstrates efficient and effective 

program and fiduciary operations. 

(d) A commitment to sustain the 

collaboration and the structured training 

program after the Federal investment is 

completed. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs, 

community colleges, and tribal colleges. 

Applications must reflect a partnership 

between a four-year IHE and a two-year 

community college or tribal college. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet, from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs), or from the program office. 

To obtain a copy via the Internet, use 

the following address: www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html. 

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax, or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S. 

Department of Education, P.O. Box 

22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. 

Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827. 

FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call, 

toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its 

email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.315C. 

To obtain a copy from the program 

office, contact Kristen RhinehartFernandez, U.S. Department of 

Education, Rehabilitation Services 

Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6103 or by email: 

kristen.rhinehart@ed.gov. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the person or team listed 

under Accessible Format in section VIII 

of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) 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 45 pages using the 

following standards: 

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

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

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• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

In addition to the page limit on the 

application narrative section, you must 

limit the partnership agreement to the 

equivalent of no more than 15 pages and 

the abstract to the equivalent of no more 

than two pages. The standards listed 

above, which also are applicable to the 

application narrative, apply to these 

sections. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limits, or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limits. 

The only optional materials that will 

be accepted are one-page resumes for 

those identified as key personnel, not to 

exceed a total of five pages. There are 

no page standards associated with these 

optional materials. Please note that 

although optional materials exceeding 

the page limit will not result in 

automatic rejection of an application, 

our reviewers are not required to read 

optional materials and will not review 

optional materials exceeding the page 

limit. 

Please note that any funded 

applicant’s application abstract will be 

made available to the public. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available January 7, 2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in a pre-application webinar. 

The pre-application webinar with staff 

from the Department will be held at 2:00 

p.m., Washington DC time, on 

Thursday, January 22, 2015. The 

webinar will be recorded. For further 

information about the pre-application 

webinar, contact the person listed under 

For Further Information Contact in 

section VII of this notice. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 9, 2015. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (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. 7. 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. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review May 7, 2015. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and System for Award 

Management: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the System for Award 

Management (SAM) (formerly the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 

Government’s primary registrant 

database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information 

while your application is under review 

by the Department and, if you are 

awarded a grant, during the project 

period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one to two 

business days. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data entered into the 

SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you 

think you might want to apply for 

Federal financial assistance under a 

program administered by the 

Department, please allow sufficient time 

to obtain and register your DUNS 

number and TIN. We strongly 

recommend that you register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is active, 

you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the 

information to be available in Grants.gov and 

before you can submit an application through 

Grants.gov. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your registration 

annually. This may take three or more 

business days. 

Information about SAM is available at 

www.SAM.gov. To further assist you 

with obtaining and registering your 

DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, 

which you can find at: http://

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/samfaqs.html. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/

web/grants/register.html. 

7. 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 

Capacity Building Program for 

Traditionally Underserved 

Populations—Vocational Rehabilitation 

Training Institute for the Preparation of 

Personnel in American Indian 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects, CFDA number 84.315C, must 

be submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, 

you will be able to download a copy of 

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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 the Capacity Building 

Program for Traditionally Underserved 

Populations—Vocational Rehabilitation 

Training Institute for the Preparation of 

Personnel in American Indian 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects competition at 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 84.315, not 

84.315C). 

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 under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at www.G5.gov. 

• 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: the Application for Federal 

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 upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a PDF 

(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an 

interactive or fillable PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF 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 email. 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 the 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 

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exception prevents 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: Kristen RhinehartFernandez, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

FAX: (202) 245–7592. 

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 84.315C), 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 84.315C), 550 12th 

Street SW., Room 7039, 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 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR 

3474.10, the Secretary may impose 

special conditions and, in appropriate 

circumstances, high-risk conditions on a 

grant if the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 2 

CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

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); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your 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: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) 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 www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/appforms/

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal 

departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. 

The goal of the Capacity Building 

Program for Traditionally Underserved 

Populations—Vocational Rehabilitation 

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Personnel in American Indian 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects is to improve the knowledge 

and skills of such personnel so that they 

can provide appropriate, effective, and 

culturally relevant VR services to assist 

American Indians with disabilities 

prepare for, and engage in, gainful 

employment consistent with their 

informed choice. 

The cooperative agreement will 

specify the measures that will be used 

to assess the grantee’s performance 

against the goals and objectives of the 

project, including outcome measures 

and measures that reflect the quality, 

relevance, and usefulness of the training 

and TA products developed by the 

Institute. 

In its annual and final performance 

report to the Department, the grant 

recipient will be expected to report the 

data outlined in the cooperative 

agreement that is needed to assess its 

performance, including, at a minimum, 

the following information related to the 

performance measures for this project: 

• The number of participants enrolled 

in the Institute; 

• The number of participants who 

successfully completed the series of 

trainings provided by the Institute; and 

• The number of participants who 

obtained a VR certificate. 

The cooperative agreement and 

annual report will be reviewed by RSA 

and the grant recipient between the 

third and fourth quarter of each project 

period. Adjustments will be made to the 

project accordingly in order to ensure 

demonstrated progress towards meeting 

the goal and outcomes of the project. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. In 

making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Rhinehart-Fernandez, U.S. 

Department of Education, Rehabilitation 

Services Administration, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 5027, PCP, 

Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6103 or by email: 

kristen.rhinehart@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: January 2, 2015. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00022 Filed 1–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Coal Council 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces one 

virtual meeting of the National Coal 

Council (NCC). The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to join the 

meeting you must forward an email 

address to robert.wright@hq.doe.gov by 

close of business, Friday, January 23, 

2015, with your name, organization, 

email address, telephone number and a 

request to join the meeting. Three days 

before the meeting, instructions on how 

to join the WebEx webinar will be 

forwarded to your email address. WebEx 

requires a computer, web browser and 

an installed application (free). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Robert J. Wright, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 4G–036/Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0001; 

Telephone: 202–586–0429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Council: The National 

Coal Council provides advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Energy, on general policy matters 

relating to coal and the coal industry. 

Purpose of Meeting: The National 

Coal Council (the Council) will hold a 

virtual meeting via Cisco WebEx at 

11:00 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, January 

29, 2015, for the sole purpose of 

receiving a report, ‘‘Bridging the CCS 

Chasm: An Assessment of Opportunities 

to Advance CCS/CCUS Deployment’’, 

from the Council Policy Committee. The 

Council membership will be asked to 

accept the study and forward it to the 

U. S. Secretary of Energy. 

The draft report to be presented will 

be available eight days in advance 

(Wednesday, January 21, 2015) at the 

following URL: http://

www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/

newsletter/Bridging_the_CCS_

Chasm.pdf. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Council, you may do so either before or 

up to 5 days after the meeting. Please 

contact Dr. Wright at the address or 

telephone number listed above. 

Minutes: A link to the audio/video 

recording of the meeting will be posted 

on the NCC Web site at: http://

www.nationalcoalcouncil.org/. 

Issued at Washington, DC on December 31, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00026 Filed 1–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 


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