[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 204 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26935]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.128G]
Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects Program for Migratory
Agricultural Workers and Seasonal Farmworkers With Disabilities Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1997
Purpose of program: To provide grants for vocational rehabilitation
services for migratory agricultural workers or seasonal farmworkers
with disabilities.
Eligible applicants: State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies
(SVRAs); nonprofit agencies working in collaboration with the SVRAs;
and local agencies administering vocational rehabilitation programs
under written agreements with SVRAs.
Deadline for transmittal of applications: December 9, 1996.
Deadline for intergovernmental review: February 10, 1997.
Applications available: October 25, 1996.
Available funds: $639,274.
Estimated range of awards: $150,000-$175,000.
Estimated average size of award: $160,000.
Estimated number of awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project period: Up to 60 months.
Applicable regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
Parts 369 and 375.
For applications or information contact: Mary Winkler-Chambers,
U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2740. Telephone: (202) 205-8435.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 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; on the Internet Gopher Server (at gopher://
gcs.ed.gov/); or on the World Wide Web (at http://gcs.ed.gov). However,
the official application notice for a discretionary grant competition
is the notice published in the Federal Register.
Program authority: 29 U.S.C. 777b.
Dated: October 11, 1996.
Howard R. Moses,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
[FR Doc. 96-26935 Filed 10-18-96; 8:45 am]
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