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Federal Register :: Applications for New Awards; Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities-Parent Training and Information Centers
73557-73569 (13 pages)
2014-29133
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2014-29133 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2014-29133
Overview Information: Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities—Parent Training and Information Centers Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015.
Applications Available: December 11, 2014.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 9, 2015.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 10, 2015.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and any subsequent year for which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition, this Start Printed Page 73558priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet this priority.
Parent Training and Information Centers.
The purpose of this priority is to fund 41 Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) designed to meet the information and training needs of parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, ages birth through 26 (collectively, “children with disabilities”), and the information and training needs of youth with disabilities living in the States, regions of the States, or areas served by the centers.
More than 35 years of research and experience has demonstrated that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by strengthening the ability of parents to participate fully in the education of their children at school and at home (see section 601(c)(5)(B) of IDEA). Since the Department first funded PTIs over 35 years ago, it has helped parents set high expectations for their children with disabilities and provided parents with the information and training they need to help their children meet those expectations. The following Web site provides further information on the work of currently funded PTIs: www.parentcenterhub.org.
The Department intends to fund 41 grants to establish and operate 41 PTIs. Based on the quality of applications received, the Department intends to fund Statewide PTIs in the following States: [1] Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, and Wisconsin. In addition, the Department intends to fund multiple PTIs to serve regions within the following States: California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas. Regional PTIs will be better able to provide responsive services to families in the largest, most diverse States. The Department also intends to fund one PTI to serve the following outlying areas and freely associated States [2] in the Pacific: American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
At a minimum, the PTIs must: (a) increase parents' [3] capacity to help their children with disabilities [4] improve their early learning, school-aged, and postsecondary outcomes; and (b) increase youth with disabilities' capacity to be effective self-advocates.
(a) Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under “Significance of the Project,” how the proposed project will, within its State, region of the State, or area served by the center—
(1) Address the needs of parents of children with disabilities for high-quality services that increase parents' capacity to help their children with disabilities improve their early learning, school-aged, and postsecondary outcomes. To meet this requirement, the applicant must—
(ii) Demonstrate knowledge of best practices in providing training and information to a variety of audiences, including underserved parents, low-income parents, parents with limited English proficiency, parents of incarcerated youth with disabilities, and parents with disabilities;
(iii) Demonstrate knowledge of best practices in outreach and family-centered services;
(2) Address the needs of youth with disabilities for high-quality services that increase their capacity to be effective self-advocates. To meet this requirement, the applicant must—
(i) Present appropriate information on the needs of youth with disabilities, including underserved youth, Start Printed Page 73559incarcerated youth, youth in foster care, and youth with limited English proficiency;
(ii) Demonstrate knowledge of best practices in providing training and information to youth with disabilities;
(1) Use a project logic model (see paragraph (f)(1) of this priority) to guide the development of project plans and activities within its State, region of the State, or area served by the centers;
(2) Develop and implement an outreach plan to inform parents of children with disabilities of how they can benefit from the services provided by the PTI, including—
(4) Provide high-quality services that increase parents' capacity to help their children with disabilities improve their early learning, school-aged, and postsecondary outcomes. To meet this requirement, the applicant must include information as to how the services will—
(E) Other relevant educational and health care legislation, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA); section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (section 504); and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990(ADA);
(5) Provide high-quality services that increase youth with disabilities' capacity to be effective self-advocates. To meet this requirement, the applicant must include information as to how the services will—
(ii) Increase the capacity of youth with disabilities to advocate for themselves, including communicating effectively and working in partnership with providers;
(7) Use best practices to provide training and information to adult learners and youth;
(i) Proposed evaluation methodologies, including proposed instruments, data collection methods, and analyses; and
(ii) Proposed criteria for determining effectiveness, to include, at a minimum, the effectiveness of strategies used to reach and serve youth with disabilities Start Printed Page 73560and parents, including underserved parents of children with disabilities; and
(2) The applicant will encourage applications for employment from persons who are members of groups that have historically been underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, linguistic diversity, gender, age, or disability, as appropriate; and
(3) The applicant and key partners have adequate resources to carry out the proposed activities.
(5) The proposed project benefits from a diversity of perspectives, including those of parents, providers, and administrators in the State, region of the State, or area to be served by the center;
(i) Make use of the technical assistance (TA) and products provided by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)-funded Center on Parent Information and Resources (CPIR), Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs), Native American PTAC, Military PTAC, and other TA centers as appropriate, including the PROMISE TA Center (if funded), in order to serve parents of children with disabilities and youth with disabilities as effectively as possible;
(1) Include in Appendix A a logic model that depicts, at a minimum, the goals, activities, outputs, and intended outcomes of the proposed project. A logic model communicates how a project will achieve its intended outcomes and provides a framework for both the formative and summative evaluations of the project;
(3) Include in the budget attendance by the project director at one OSEP meeting in Washington DC annually, to be determined by OSEP; and
Applicable Regulations: This notice inviting applications (NIA) is being published before the Department adopts the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements in 2 CFR part 200. We expect to publish interim final regulations that would adopt those requirements before December 26, 2014, and make those regulations effective on that date. Because grants awarded under this NIA will likely be made after we adopt the requirements in 2 CFR part 200, we list as applicable regulations both those that are currently effective and those that will be effective at the time we make the grants.
The current regulations follow: (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The Education Department debarment and suspension regulations in 2 CFR part 3485.
At the time we award grants under this NIA, the following regulations will apply: (a) EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The Education Department debarment and suspension regulations as adopted in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards as adopted in 2 CFR part 3474.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested $27,411,000 for the Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities program for FY 2015, of which we intend to use an estimated $14,117,737 for this competition. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent on the availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards for FY 2016 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition.
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Project Period: In order to allocate resources equitably, create a unified system of service delivery, and provide the broadest coverage for the parents and families in every State, the Department is making awards to PTIs in five-year cycles for each State, region within a State, or area. For FY 2015, applications for five-year awards will be accepted for the following States: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota,, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, the Virgin Islands, and Wisconsin. These projects will be funded for a period up to 60 months.
Region 1—Los Angeles and Ventura counties;
Region 2—Imperial, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties;
Region 3—Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, and Tulare counties;
Region 4— Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, and Solano counties; and
Region 5— Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
Region 1—Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, Putnam, Santa Rosa, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington counties;
Region 2—Brevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Lucie, and Sumter counties; and
Region 3—Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties.
Region 2—-the rest of the State of Illinois (Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, DeKalb, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Kankakee, Knox, LaSalle, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Massac, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford counties).
Region 1—-Bronx, Nassau, New York, Richmond, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk counties; and
Region 2—-the rest of the State of New York (Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, St Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, and Yates counties).
Region 1—-Anderson, Angelina, Archer, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, Comal, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Franklin, Freestone, Gillespie, Gonzales, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Hays, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Hunt, Jack, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Kaufman, Kendall, Lamar, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Madison, Marion, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Montague, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Polk, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rockwall, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Somervell, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Titus, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wichita, Williamson, Wise, Wood, and Young counties;
Region 2—-Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Duval, Fort Bend, Frio, Galveston, Goliad, Harris, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kerr, Kleberg, La Salle, Lavaca, Liberty, Live Oak, Matagorda, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Victoria, Wharton, Willacy, Wilson, and Zapata counties; and
Region 3—Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Brewster, Briscoe, Brown, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hudspeth, Hutchinson, Irion, Jeff Davis, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Kinney, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Pecos, Potter, Presidio, Randall, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Roberts, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Webb, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Winkler, Yoakum, and Zavala counties.
Applications for a five-year award will also be accepted to serve the area in the Pacific comprised of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and the freely associated States of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Estimated Project Awards: Project award amounts are for a single budget Start Printed Page 73565period of 12 months. To ensure that parents in the most populous States can have timely access to services responsive to their needs, the Department has established regions within these States and has identified corresponding maximum award amounts for each region. Applicants for PTIs to serve the regions within these States must submit a separate application for each of the regions they propose to serve.
The Department took into consideration current funding levels, population distribution, poverty rates, and low-density enrollment when determining the award amounts for grants under this competition. For the States without designated regions listed in the funding table, one award may be made for up to the amounts listed in the table to a qualified applicant for a PTI Center to serve the entire State.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program 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.Start Printed Page 73566
You must upload any narrative sections and all other attachments to your application as files in a PDF (Portable Document) read-only, non-modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only, non-modifiable PDF or submit a password-protected file, we will not review that material. Additional, detailed information on how to attach files is in the application instructions.Start Printed Page 73567
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.328M), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260.
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 84.328M), 550 12th Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
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 Start Printed Page 7356875.217(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.
4. Special Conditions: Under current 34 CFR 74.14 and 80.12 and, when grants are made under this NIA, 2 CFR 3574.10, the Secretary may impose specific 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 34 CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable or, when grants are awarded, 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
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4057, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2600. Telephone: (202) 245-6595.
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1. Under section 602(31) of IDEA, the term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying areas. Under section 602(22) “outlying area” means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
2. As defined in section 611(b)(1)(C) of IDEA.
3. Section 602(23) of IDEA defines “parent” to include natural, adoptive, and foster parents; guardians; individuals acting in the place of natural or adoptive parents, and individuals assigned to be surrogate parents.
4. The term “disabilities” refers to the full range of disabilities described in section 602(3) of IDEA.
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