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You do not have the capacity toupload large documents to theDepartment
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No later than two weeks before theapplication deadline date (14 calendardays or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application deadline datefalls on a Federal holiday, the next business day following the Federalholiday), you mail or fax a writtenstatement to the Department, explainingwhich of the two grounds for anexception prevent you from using theInternet to submit your application. If you mail your written statement to theDepartment, it must be postmarked nolater than two weeks before theapplication deadline date. If you faxyour written statement to theDepartment, we must receive the faxedstatement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.Address and mail or fax yourstatement to: David Johnson, HurricaneEducation Recovery Awards, U.S.Department of Education, 1990 K Street,NW., Room 6155, Washington, DC20006
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8544. FAX: (202) 502
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7877.Your paper application must besubmitted in accordance with the mailor hand delivery instructions describedin this notice. b.
Submission of Paper Applicationsby Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to theelectronic submission requirement, youmay mail (through the U.S. PostalService or a commercial carrier) yourapplication to the Department. Youmust mail the original and two copiesof your application, on or before theapplication deadline date, to theDepartment at the applicable followingaddress:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:
U.S. Department of Education,Application Control Center, Attention:(CFDA Number 84.938H), 400 MarylandAvenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202
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4260. or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,Application Control Center
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Stop 4260,Attention: (CFDA Number 84.938H),7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD20785
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1506.Regardless of which address you use,you must show proof of mailingconsisting of one of the following:(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Servicepostmark,(2) A legible mail receipt with thedate of mailing stamped by the U.S.Postal Service,(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, orreceipt from a commercial carrier, or(4) Any other proof of mailingacceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.Department of Education.If you mail your application throughthe U.S. Postal Service, we do notaccept either of the following as proof of mailing:(1) A private metered postmark, or(2) A mail receipt that is not dated bythe U.S. Postal Service.If your application is postmarked afterthe application deadline date, we willnot consider your application.
Note:
The U.S. Postal Service does notuniformly provide a dated postmark. Beforerelying on this method, you should checkwith your local post office.
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Submission of Paper Applicationsby Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to theelectronic submission requirement, you(or a courier service) may deliver yourpaper application to the Department byhand. You must deliver the original andtwo copies of your application, by hand,on or before the application deadlinedate, to the Department at the followingaddress: U.S. Department of Education,Application Control Center, Attention:(CFDA Number 84.938H), 550 12thStreet, SW., Room 7041, Potomac CenterPlaza, Washington, DC 20202
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4260.The Application Control Centeraccepts hand deliveries daily between 8a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DCtime, except Saturdays, Sundays, andFederal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications:
If you mail or hand deliveryour application to the Department:(1) You must indicate on the envelopeand
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if not provided by the Department
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onthe Hurricane Education Recovery AwardsTitle Page the CFDA number and suffix letter(84.938H of the competition under whichyou are submitting your application.(2) The Application Control Center willmail a grant application receiptacknowledgment to you. If you do not receivethe grant application receiptacknowledgment within 15 business daysfrom the application deadline date, youshould call the U.S. Department of EducationApplication Control Center at (202) 245
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6288.
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Program Authority:
Division B, Title IV of Pub. L. 109
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148; Title II of Pub. L. 109
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234.Dated: August 15, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONOffice of Special Education andRehabilitative Services OverviewInformation; Centers for IndependentLiving; Notice Inviting Applications forNew Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance(CFDA) Number:
84.132A.
Dates: Applications Available:
August18, 2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 18, 2006.
Eligible Applicants:
To be eligible toapply, an applicant must
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(a) Be a consumer-controlled,community-based, cross-disability,nonresidential, private nonprofitagency;(b) Have the power and authority to
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(1) Carry out the purpose of part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (the Act) and performthe functions listed in section 725(b)and (c) of the Act and subparts F andG of 34 CFR part 366 within acommunity located within a State or ina bordering State; and(2) Receive and administer
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(i) Funds under 34 CFR part 366;(ii) Funds and contributions fromprivate or public sources that may beused in support of a center forindependent living (center); and(iii) Funds from other public andprivate programs;(c) Be able to plan, conduct,administer, and evaluate a centerconsistent with the standards andassurances in section 725(b) and (c) of the Act and subparts F and G of 34 CFRpart 366;(d) Either
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(1) Not currently be receiving fundsunder part C of chapter 1 of title VII of the Act; or(2) Propose the expansion of anexisting center through theestablishment of a separate andcomplete center (except that thegoverning board of the existing centermay serve as the governing board of thenew center) at a different geographicallocation;
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(e) Propose to serve one or more of thegeographic areas that are identified asunserved or underserved by the Stateand territories listed under
Estimated Number of Awards
; and(f) Submit appropriate documentationdemonstrating that the establishment of a new center is consistent with thedesign for establishing a statewidenetwork of centers in the State plan of the State or territory whose geographicarea or areas the applicant proposes toserve.
Estimated Available Funds:
$154,046.
Estimated Number of Awards:
1,distributed in the following manner:
States and territoriesEstimatedavailable fundsEstimatednumber ofawardsAmerican Samoa.....................................................................................................................................................$154,046 1
Note:
The Department is not bound by anyestimates in this notice.
Project Period:
Up to 60 months.
Full Text of AnnouncementI. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program:
This programprovides support for planning,conducting, administering, andevaluating centers that comply with thestandards and assurances in section 725of the Act, consistent with the designincluded in the State plan forestablishing a statewide network of centers.
Program Authority:
29 U.S.C. 796f
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1.
Applicable Regulations:
(a) TheEducation Department GeneralAdministrative Regulations (EDGAR) in34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,84, 85, and 97. (b) The regulations forthis program in 34 CFR parts 364 and366.
II. Award Information
Type of Award:
Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$154,046.
Estimated Number of Awards:
1,distributed in the following manner:
States and territoriesEstimatedavailable fundsEstimatednumber ofawardsAmerican Samoa.....................................................................................................................................................$154,046 1
Note:
The Department is not bound by anyestimates in this notice.
Project Period:
Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1.
Eligible Applicants:
To be eligibleto apply, an applicant must
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(a) Be a consumer-controlled,community-based, cross-disability,nonresidential, private nonprofitagency;(b) Have the power and authority to
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(1) Carry out the purpose of part C of title VII of the Act and perform thefunctions listed in section 725(b) and (c)of the Act and subparts F and G of 34CFR part 366 within a communitylocated within a State or in a borderingState; and(2) Receive and administer
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(i) Funds under 34 CFR part 366;(ii) Funds and contributions fromprivate or public sources that may beused in support of a center; and(iii) Funds from other public andprivate programs;(c) Be able to plan, conduct,administer, and evaluate a centerconsistent with the standards andassurances in section 725(b) and (c) of the Act and subparts F and G of 34 CFRpart 366;(d) Either
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(1) Not currently be receiving fundsunder part C of chapter 1 of title VII of the Act; or(2) Propose the expansion of anexisting center through theestablishment of a separate andcomplete center (except that thegoverning board of the existing centermay serve as the governing board of thenew center) at a different geographicallocation;(e) Propose to serve one or more of thegeographic areas that are identified asunserved or underserved by the Statesand territories listed under
Estimated Number of Awards;
and(f) Submit appropriate documentationdemonstrating that the establishment of a new center is consistent with thedesign for establishing a statewidenetwork of centers in the State plan of the State or territory whose geographicarea or areas the applicant proposes toserve.2.
Cost Sharing or Matching:
Thisprogram does not involve cost sharingor matching.
IV. Application and SubmissionInformation
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Address To Request ApplicationPackage:
Education Publications Center(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD20794
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1398. Telephone (toll free): 1
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877
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433
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7827. FAX: (301) 470
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1244. If you use a telecommunications devicefor the deaf (TDD), you may call (tollfree): 1
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877
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576
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7734. You may alsocontact ED Pubs at its Web site:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
oryou may contact ED Pubs at its E-mailaddress:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from EDPubs, be sure to identify thiscompetition as follows: CFDA number84.132A.Individuals with disabilities mayobtain a copy of the application packagein an alternative format (
e.g.
, Braille,large print, audiotape, or computerdiskette) by contacting the Grants andContracts Services Team, U.S.Department of Education, 400 MarylandAvenue, SW., Room 5075, PotomacCenter Plaza, Washington, DC 20202
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2550. Telephone: (202) 245
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7363. If youuse a telecommunications device for thedeaf (TDD), you may call the FederalRelay Service (FRS) at 1
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800
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877
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8339.2.
Content and Form of ApplicationSubmission:
Requirements concerningthe content of an application, togetherwith the forms you must submit, are inthe application package for thiscompetition.3.
Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: August 18,2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 18, 2006.Applications for grants under thiscompetition must be submittedelectronically using the Grants.govApply site (
http://www.grants.gov
). Forinformation (including dates and times)about how to submit your applicationelectronically or by mail or handdelivery if you qualify for an exception
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to the electronic submissionrequirement, please refer to section IV.6.
Other Submission Requirements
inthis notice.We do not consider an applicationthat does not comply with the deadlinerequirements.4.
Intergovernmental Review:
Thisprogram is subject to Executive Order12372 and the regulations in 34 CFRpart 79. However, in order to ensure thatthese FY 2006 grants are made beforeSeptember 30, 2006, the 60-dayintergovernmental review period has been waived.5.
Funding Restrictions:
We referenceregulations outlining fundingrestrictions in the ApplicableRegulations section of this notice.6.
Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under thiscompetition must be submittedelectronically unless you qualify for anexception to this requirement inaccordance with the instructions in thissection.a.
Electronic Submission of Applications:
Applications for grantsunder the Centers for IndependentLiving program
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CFDA Number84.132A must be submittedelectronically using the Grants.govApply site at:
http://www.grants.gov.
Through this site, you will be able todownload a copy of the applicationpackage, complete it offline, and thenupload and submit your application.You may not E-mail an electronic copyof a grant application to us.We will reject your application if yousubmit it in paper format unless, asdescribed elsewhere in this section, youqualify for one of the exceptions to theelectronic submission requirement
and
submit, no later than two weeks beforethe application deadline date, a writtenstatement to the Department that youqualify for one of these exceptions.Further information regardingcalculation of the date that is two weeks before the application deadline date isprovided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic SubmissionRequirement
.You may access the electronic grantapplication for the Centers forIndependent Living program at:
http:// www.grants.gov.
You must search forthe downloadable application packagefor this program by the CFDA number.Do not include the CFDA number
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salpha suffix in your search.Please note the following:
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When you enter the Grants.gov site,you will find information aboutsubmitting an application electronicallythrough the site, as well as the hours of operation.
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Applications received by Grants.govare time and date stamped. Yourapplication must be fully uploaded andsubmitted, and must be date/timestamped by the Grants.gov system nolater than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DCtime, on the application deadline date.Except as otherwise noted in thissection, we will not consider yourapplication if it is date/time stamped bythe Grants.gov system later than 4:30p.m., Washington, DC time, on theapplication deadline date. When weretrieve your application fromGrants.gov, we will notify you if we arerejecting your application because itwas date/time stamped by theGrants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,Washington, DC time, on theapplication deadline date.
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The amount of time it can take toupload an application will varydepending on a variety of factorsincluding the size of the application andthe speed of your Internet connection.Therefore, we strongly recommend thatyou do not wait until the applicationdeadline date to begin the submissionprocess through Grants.gov
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You should review and follow theEducation Submission Procedures forsubmitting an application throughGrants.gov that are included in theapplication package for this competitionto ensure that you submit yourapplication in a timely manner to theGrants.gov system. You can also find theEducation Submission Procedurespertaining to Grants.gov at
http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
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To submit your application viaGrants.gov, you must complete all thesteps in the Grants.gov registrationprocess (see
http://www.grants.gov/ applicants/get
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registered.jsp
). Thesesteps include (1) registering yourorganization, (2) registering yourself asan Authorized OrganizationRepresentative (AOR), and (3) gettingauthorized as an AOR by yourorganization. Details on these steps areoutlined in the Grants.gov 3-StepRegistration Guide (
see http:// www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf
). You alsomust provide on your application thesame D
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S Number used with thisregistration. Please note that theregistration process may take five ormore business days to complete, andyou must have completed allregistration steps to allow you to submitsuccessfully an application viaGrants.gov.
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You will not receive additionalpoint value because you submit yourapplication in electronic format, norwill we penalize you if you qualify foran exception to the electronicsubmission requirement, as describedelsewhere in this section, and submityour application in paper format.
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You must submit all documentselectronically, including all informationtypically included on the followingforms: Application for FederalAssistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information forSF 424, Budget Information
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Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and allnecessary assurance and certifications.Please note that two of these forms
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theSF 424 and the Department of EducationSupplemental Information for SF 424
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have replaced the ED 424 (Applicationfor Federal Education Assistance). Youmust attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF(Portable Document) format. If youupload a file type other than the threefile types specified above or submit apassword protected file, we will notreview that material.
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Your electronic application mustcomply with any page limitrequirements described in this notice.
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After you electronically submityour application, you will receive anautomatic acknowledgment fromGrants.gov that contains a Grants.govtracking number. The Department willretrieve your application fromGrants.gov and send you a secondconfirmation by e-mail that will includea PR/Award number (an ED-specifiedidentifying number unique to yourapplication).
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We may request that you provide usoriginal signatures on forms at a laterdate.
Application Deadline Date Extensionin Case of Technical Issues with theGrants.gov System:
If you are preventedfrom electronically submitting yourapplication on the application deadlinedate because of technical problems withthe Grants.gov system, we will grant youan extension until 4:30 p.m.,Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmityour application electronically, or byhand delivery. You also may mail yourapplication by following the mailinginstructions as described elsewhere inthis notice. If you submit an applicationafter 4:30 p.m., Washington DC time, onthe deadline date, please contact theperson listed elsewhere in this noticeunder
For Further Information Contact
,and provide an explanation of thetechnical problem you experienced withGrants.gov, along with the Grants.govSupport Desk Case Number (if available). We will accept yourapplication if we can confirm that atechnical problem occurred with the
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