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Part II
Department of Education
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Training
Personnel for the Education of Individuals With Disabilities, et al.;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995;
Notices
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final priority.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces a final priority to provide a
competitive preference to applications funded under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that serve communities that have
been designated as Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities under
section 1391 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by title XIII of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. This priority is
intended to focus resources on the needs of infants, toddlers,
children, and youth with disabilities and their families who live in
these communities and who are often underserved. For 1995, the
Secretary anticipates using this priority with competitions for Parent
Training and Information Centers under the Training Personnel for the
Education of Children and Youth with Disabilities program, and Outreach
Projects under the Early Education for Children with Disabilities
program.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This priority takes effect on December 7, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Coleman, U.S. Department of
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Switzer Building, Room 4615,
Washington D.C. 20202-2732. Telephone: (202) 205-8166. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for deaf (TDD) may call the TDD number
at (202) 205-8170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 26, 1994, the Secretary published a
notice of proposed priority for projects funded under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act in the Federal Register (59 FR 38082).
The Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program is a critical
element of the Administration's community revitalization strategy. The
program is a first step in rebuilding communities in America's poverty-
stricken inner cities and rural heartlands. It is designed to empower
people and communities by inspiring Americans to work together to
create jobs and opportunity.
Under this program, the Federal Government will designate up to
nine areas as Empowerment Zones and up to 95 areas as Enterprise
Communities in accordance with Internal Revenue Code section 1391, as
amended by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
(Pub. L. 103-66). To be eligible for designation, an area must be
nominated by one or more local governments and the State or States in
which it is located or by a State-Chartered Economic Development
Corporation. A nominated area must be one of pervasive poverty,
unemployment, and general distress, and must have a poverty rate of not
less than the level specified in section 1392 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
In the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program,
communities have been invited to submit strategic plans that
comprehensively address how the community would link economic
development with education and training as well as how community
development, public safety, human services, and environmental
initiatives will together support sustainable communities. Empowerment
Zones and Enterprise Communities will be designated by the Department
of Agriculture and the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) based on the quality of their strategic plans. Designated areas
will receive Federal grant funds and substantial tax benefits and will
have access to other Federal programs. (For additional information on
the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program, contact HUD at
1-800-998-9999.)
The Department of Education is supporting the Empowerment Zone and
Enterprise Community initiative in a variety of ways. It is encouraging
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities to use funds they already
receive from Department of Education programs (including Chapter 1 of
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Drug-Free
Schools and Community Act, the Adult Education Act, and the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act) to support the
comprehensive vision of their strategic plans. The Department of
Education also intends to give preferences to Empowerment Zones and
Enterprise Communities in a number of discretionary grant programs that
are well-suited for inclusion in a comprehensive approach to economic
and community development. In addition to the programs under IDEA, the
Department intends to give preferences to Empowerment Zones and
Enterprise Communities in the Rehabilitation Act Projects with Industry
program, the Rehabilitation Act Special Demonstration Projects program,
the Urban Community Service program, and a variety of discretionary
programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
The discretionary programs funded under IDEA are well suited to
play a role in Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities because of
the close relationship between poverty and disabilities. While the risk
factors associated with disabilities are highest in low income areas,
these areas often serve the lowest numbers of children with
disabilities. Under the authority of IDEA, the Department supports a
wide range of programs related to providing special education, related,
and early intervention services to infants, toddlers, children, and
youth with disabilities and their families. Coordinated and
comprehensive approaches to services, such as those under the
Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program, can be effective
tools in addressing the needs of these children.
For FY 1995, the Secretary expects to use this priority in
conjunction with priorities under the following programs:
Parent Training and Information Centers (funded under IDEA Part D,
Training Personnel for Education of Children and Youth with
Disabilities program); and Outreach Projects (funded under IDEA Part C,
Early Education for Children with Disabilities program).
Parent Training and Information Centers projects provide training
and information to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth
with disabilities, and to persons who work with parents to enable
parents to participate more fully and effectively with professionals in
meeting the educational needs of their children with disabilities.
Outreach projects build the capacity of educational and other
agencies to adopt and implement proven models and components of models
to improve services for children under the age of eight with
disabilities and their families.
Note: This notice of final priority does not solicit
applications. Notices inviting applications under these competitions
are published in a separate notice in this issue of the Federal
Register.
On July 26, 1994, the Secretary published a notice of proposed
priority in the Federal Register (59 FR 38082). The comments, and the
Secretary's responses to them, are discussed in appendix 1 to this
notice. A listing of areas for which applications have been made for
designation as Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities is
contained in appendix 2.
Priority
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2) the Secretary gives a competitive
preference to applications that are otherwise eligible for funding
under appropriate discretionary programs under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act and that meet the following priority. The
Secretary will implement this priority for fiscal year 1995 and may
implement it for any later fiscal year:
Propose to provide services to one or more Empowerment Zones or
Enterprise Communities that are designated within the areas served by
projects. To meet this priority an applicant must indicate that it
will:
Design a program that includes special activities focused
on the unique needs of one or more Empowerment Zones or Enterprises
Communities; or,
Devote a substantial portion of program resources to
providing services within, or meeting the needs of residents of these
zones and communities.
As appropriate, the proposed project under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act must contribute to the strategic plan of the
Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities and be made an integral
component of the Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community activities.
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities are not expected to be
designated by the time proposals must be prepared for fiscal year 1995
competitions. In order to obtain a competitive preference under this
priority for FY 1995, applicants must choose one of the following
options. First, an applicant may indicate that it will serve a specific
area or areas that have applied for designations as Empowerment Zones
or Enterprise Communities within the geographic area that the applicant
proposes to serve. Alternatively, the applicant may simply state that
it would serve one or more Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities
that may be designated within the geographic area that the applicant
proposes to serve. In the first case, additional points will be awarded
only if one or more of the areas specified in the application are
designated as Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities. In the
second case, additional points will be awarded only if one or more
Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities are designated within the
geographic area that the project proposes to serve.
Intergovernmental Review
One or more of the programs that may be affected by this priority
are subject to the requirements of Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR Part 79. The objective of the Executive order is
to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened
federalism by relying on processes developed by State and local
governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal financial
assistance.
In accordance with the order, this document is intended to provide
early notification of the Department's specific plans and actions for
these programs.
Program authority: 20 U.S.C. Sections 1421 through 1462.
Dated: November 1, 1994.
Howard R. Moses,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
Appendix 1--Analysis of Comments and Changes
In response to the Secretary's invitation in the notice of
proposed priority, 14 parties submitted comments. Six of the 14
commenters generally supported the priority. The 8 remaining
commenters objected to the priority for a variety of reasons. An
analysis of the comments and of the changes in the proposed priority
follows. Technical and other minor changes--and suggested changes
the Secretary is not legally authorized to make under the applicable
statutory authority--are not addressed.
Comment: Six commenters expressed concern that services would be
reduced for families in general that are not located in Empowerment
Zones or Enterprise Communities, or that poor, isolated, and
underserved populations not included in these areas would receive
fewer services. Most of these commenters also did not see a
relationship between the purposes of IDEA programs and the
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.
Discussion: The discretionary programs funded under IDEA program
are well suited to play a role in Empowerment Zones and Enterprise
Communities because of the close relationship between poverty and
disabilities. Because residents of low income areas are often
underserved, an important goal of the IDEA discretionary programs is
to improve services for this population. Providing preferences for
applications serving Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
will assist in meeting this goal. While the risk factors associated
with disabilities are highest in low income areas, these areas often
serve the lowest numbers of children with disabilities. In addition,
the coordinated and comprehensive approaches to services, such as
those under the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program,
can be effective tools in addressing the needs of these children.
The priority is expected to both target resources on areas of
greatest need and to increase the effective use of resources.
Changes: None.
Comment: Three commenters were concerned that the competitive
preference would lead to some areas not receiving any services
because they would not be able to compete effectively with
applicants serving Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities. This
comment was made most often with regard to the Parent Training and
Information Center (PTI) program, which is intended to ensure
coverage of services throughout the States to the greatest extent
possible, and from small States.
Discussion: The Secretary agrees that it is important in some
programs to serve all areas of the country. Specifically, with
regard to the PTI program, section 631(e)(4)(A) of IDEA and
regulations at 34 CFR 316.24 place a priority on projects that
ensure widespread geographic coverage.
Changes: While no change is being made in this priority, a 15-
point competitive preference will be given to applications under the
Parent Training and Information Centers competition that would
provide parent training and information in a State that would be
unserved by an existing PTI center in 1995. The Secretary believes
that this additional competitive preference will help ensure that
all areas of the country receive services. This competitive
preference is announced in the Notice inviting applications that is
published separately in this issue of the Federal Register.
Comment: One commenter indicated that the priority would give
grant applications from Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
priority for funding.
Discussion: The priority would give applications proposing to
serve Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities priority for
funding, not applications from the zones and communities themselves.
Changes: None.
Comment: Two commenters proposed replacing the competitive
preference with a requirement that Parent Training and Information
Center applicants be required to consult and collaborate with the
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities on activities which
would serve families of children with disabilities who are poor,
unemployed or in general distress.
Discussion: Parent Training and Information Centers are already
required to collaborate with other agencies that would include
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter noted that designation of the Empowerment
Zones and Enterprise Communities would not occur until later this
year and the information would not be available for applicants in
time for this competition. The commenter suggested postponing action
until fiscal year 1996.
Discussion: It is important to begin links between IDEA programs
and Empowerment Zones and Enterprise communities as early as
possible. However, the Department agrees that much of the pertinent
information will not be available to applicants at the time their
applications are prepared. Depending on the timing of the
Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community designations, applicants
will not know the designations for Empowerment Zones and Enterprise
Communities at the time they prepare their proposals.
Changes: The priority has been revised to indicate that, in
order to obtain the competitive preference, applicants must propose
to provide services to one or more Empowerment Zones or Enterprise
Communities that are designated within the areas served by projects.
If no zones or communities are designated within an applicant's
proposed project areas, applicants would not receive the competitive
preference.
Comment: Two commenters indicated a concern that the competitive
preference would interfere with the ability of projects to serve
children with disabilities and their families in accordance with the
intent of IDEA, because of conflicts with the multiple purposes of
the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities that emphasize
economic development.
Discussion: While the scope of the Empowerment Zone and
Enterprise Community initiative is significantly broader than that
of IDEA, the Secretary does not believe that there is a fundamental
conflict between the purposes or operation of IDEA programs and the
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities. However, it is
important to clarify that project activities are limited to carrying
out the purpose of IDEA and do not extend to broader purposes of the
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities that extend beyond
IDEA. Language in the priority states that projects must contribute
to the strategic plan of the Empowerment Zones or Enterprise
Communities and be made an integral component of the Empowerment
Zone or Enterprise Community activities. This language might
incorrectly be construed to require projects to participate in
activities that are not consistent with IDEA, or that are
inappropriate or infeasible within the context of a particular IDEA
program. For example, an Outreach project under the Early Education
for Children with Disabilities program that serves the entire Nation
would find it infeasible to become an integral part of the
activities of 104 Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities.
Changes: In order to clarify that projects activities related to
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities must be appropriate
within the context of IDEA while participating in broader community
empowerment strategies, the words ``as appropriate'' have also been
added with regard to the inclusion of the projects in the planning
and activities of the Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities.
Appendix 2--Areas for Which Applications Have Been Submitted for
Designation as Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
Note: Areas for which more than one application are submitted
are repeated.
Urban Applications--State, Type of Application, and City/County
Alabama
Empowerment Zone
Anniston
Mobile/Pritchard
Enterprise Community
Auburn
Birmingham
Huntsville
Opelika
Alaska
Empowerment Zone
Fairbanks
Arizona
Empowerment Zone
Phoenix
Tucson
Enterprise Community
Avondale/Maricopa
Arkansas
Empowerment Zone
Pine Bluff
Enterprise Community
Fort Smith
Pulaski County
California
Empowerment Zone
Fresno, Fresno County
Los Angeles City and County
Oakland
Sacramento
San Diego
Enterprise Community
Anaheim
Bell
East Palo Alto
Huntington Park
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
National City
Pomona
Richmond
Riverside
Sacramento
Salinas
San Bernardino
San Francisco/Chinatown
San Francisco/Bayview
San Jose
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara County
Santa Cruz
Sanislause County, Modesto
South El Monte
Colorado
Empowerment Zone
Denver City and County
Greeley, Weld County
Enterprise Community
Aurora
Commerce City
Pueblo
Connecticut
Empowerment Zone
Bridgeport
Hartford
Enterprise Community
New Haven
Delaware
Empowerment Zone
Wilmington, New Castle
District of Columbia
Empowerment Zone
Washington
Florida
Empowerment Zone
Dade County, Miami
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County
Jacksonville
Enterprise Community
Brevard County
Daytona Beach
Gainesville
Hillsborough County
Hollywood
Lee County, Fort Myers
Manatee County
Orange County
Orlando
Polk County
Saint Petersburg
Seminole County
Tallahassee
Tampa
West Palm Beach
Georgia
Empowerment Zone
Atlanta
Savannah
Enterprise Community
Albany
Athens, Clark County
Augusta
Dekalb County
Macon
Illinois
Empowerment Zone
Chicago
East Saint Louis
Peoria
Enterprise Community
Alton
Chicago/Calumet Consortium
Chicago/New Englewood
Chicago/Westside
Cook County
Joliet
Kankakee
Maywood
Rockford
Springfield
Waukegan
Indiana
Empowerment Zone
Gary
Enterprise Community
Bloomington
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Muncie
South Bend
Iowa
Empowerment Zone
Sioux City
Enterprise Community
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Kansas
Empowerment Zone
Kansas City (with Kansas City, Missouri)
Enterprise Community
Topeka
Wichita
Kentucky
Empowerment Zone
Louisville, Jefferson County
Enterprise Community
Lexington-Fayette
Paducah
Richmond
Louisiana
Empowerment Zone
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Ouachita
Shreveport
Enterprise Community
Baton Rouge
Lafayette Parish
New Iberia
Terrebonne
Maryland
Empowerment Zone
Baltimore
Enterprise Community
Hagerstown
Massachusetts
Empowerment Zone
Boston
Enterprise Community
Chelsea
Brockton
Cambridge
Fall River
Holyoke
Lawrence
Lowell
Lynn
New Bedford
Springfield
Worcester
Michigan
Empowerment Zone
Benton Harbor, Benton
Detroit
Flint
Enterprise Community
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Highland Park
Inkster
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Muskegon
Pontiac
Royal Oak
Saginaw
Taylor
Minnesota
Empowerment Zone
Minneapolis
Saint Paul
Enterprise Community
Hennepin County
Mississippi
Empowerment Zone
Gulfport
Enterprise Community
Jackson
Missouri
Empowerment Zone
Kansas City (with Kansas City, Kansas)
Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Wellston
Enterprise Community
Joplin
Kinloch
Pagedale
Saint Joseph
Nebraska
Enterprise Community
Lincoln
Omaha
Nevada
Enterprise Community
Clark County
New Hampshire
Enterprise Community
Manchester
New Jersey
Empowerment Zone
Newark
Camden (with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Enterprise Community
Asbury Park
Atlantic City
East Orange
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Plainfield
Jersey City
Passaic
Paterson
Trenton
Vineland
New Mexico
Enterprise Community
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
New York
Empowerment Zone
Buffalo
New York, Bronx County
Rochester
Syracuse
Enterprise Community
Albany
Auburn
Binghamton
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York City/SW Brooklyn
New York City/So. Bronx
New York City/Jamaica
Kingston/Newburgh
New York City/Brooklyn
Utica
Yonkers
North Carolina
Empowerment Zone
Asheville
Enterprise Community
Charlotte
Durham
Fayetteville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Ohio
Empowerment Zone
Cleveland
Kent
Stuebenville (with Weirton, West Virginia)
Enterprise Community
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
East Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Mansfield
Toledo
Urbancrest
Warren
Youngstown
Oklahoma
Empowerment Zone
Oklahoma City
Enterprise Community
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oregon
Empowerment Zone
Portland
Enterprise Community
Eugene
Pennsylvania
Empowerment Zone
Chester
Philadelphia (with Camden, New Jersey)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Enterprise Community
Altoona
Beaver Falls
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia/NC
Philadelphia/SC
Reading
Scranton
Sharon/Farrell
Washington County
York
Rhode Island
Enterprise Community
Providence
Pawtucket/Central Falls
South Carolina
Enterprise Community
Charleston
North Charleston
Columbia
Florence
Greenville
Spartanburg
Sumter
Tennessee
Empowerment Zone
Knoxville
Memphis
Enterprise Community
Chattanooga
Jackson
Nashville
Texas
Empowerment Zone
Austin
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth, Lake Worth
Houston
Longview, Gregg County
Orange
Port Arthur
San Antonio
Waco
Enterprise Community
Beaumont
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Denton
Harlingen
Galena Park
Laredo
Lubbock
Galveston
Garland
Temple
Texarkana
Utah
Enterprise Community
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Virginia
Empowerment Zone
Hampton
Norfolk
Richmond
Enterprise Community
Danville
Lynchburg
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Suffolk
Vermont
Enterprise Community
Burlington
Washington
Empowerment Zone
Tacoma
Enterprise Community
Pierce County
Seattle
Spokane
Yakima
West Virginia
Empowerment Zone
Charleston
Weirton (with Stuebenville, Ohio)
Enterprise Community
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Wisconsin
Empowerment Zone
Milwaukee
Enterprise Community
Beloit
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Racine
Rural Applications--State, Type of application, and City/County
Alabama
Empowerment Zone
Butler, Lowndes
Bullock
Wilcox
Hale
Macon
Enterprise Community
Tuscaloosa
Bibb
Chambers
Perry
Greene, Sumter
Alaska
Empowerment Zone
Nome Census Area
Enterprise Community
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Bethel Census Area, Wade Hampton Census Area
Arizona
Empowerment Zone
Pinal
Coconino
Cochise, Santa Cruz, Yuma
Arkansas
Empowerment Zone
Cross, Lee, Monroe, Saint Francis
Chicot (with East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, and Washington,
Mississippi)
Phillips (with Coahoma and Quitman, Mississippi)
Enterprise Community
Poinsen
Mississippi
Crittenden, Cross
Woodruff
Newton
Columbia, Ouachita, Union
Lee, Monroe, Phillips
Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew
Lee, Saint Francis
California
Empowerment Zone
Riverside
San Diego
Enterprise Community
Imperial
Kern
Santa Cruz
Hanford, Kings
Merced
Riverside
San Benito
Humboldt
Fresno
Colorado
Enterprise Community
Otero
Connecticut
Enterprise Community
Windham
Florida
Empowerment Zone
Collier
Putnam
Palm Beach
Enterprise Community
Highlands
Jackson
Hillsborough
Georgia
Empowerment Zone
Baker, Mitchell
Troup
Crisp, Dooly
Burke, Hancock, Jefferson, McDuffie, Taliaferro, Warren
Bryan
Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart
Enterprise Community
Macon
Lowndes, Tift
Floyd
Idaho
Empowerment Zone
Bannock
Illinois
Empowerment Zone
Kankakee
Enterprise Community
Adams
Hamilton, Saline, White
Jackson
Pulaski
Alexander
Hamilton, Saline, White
Vermillion
Iowa
Enterprise Community
Webster
Kansas
Empowerment Zone
Cherokee
Kentucky
Empowerment Zone
Carter, Lewis, Rowan
Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe
Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry
Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Letcher, Perry
Fulton (with New Madrid and Pemiscot, Missouri, and Lake,
Tennessee)
Floyd, Magoffin, Martin, Pike
Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Letcher, Perry
Elliott, Lawrence
Casey, Pulaski, Wayne
Clinton, Jackson, Wayne
Bell (with Hancock, Tennessee, and Cumberland, Virginia)
Bell, Whitley (with Campbell, Tennessee)
McCreary (with Scott, Tennessee)
Enterprise Community
Knox
Warren
Louisiana
Empowerment Zone
East Carroll Parish (with Chicot, Arkansas, and Washington,
Mississippi)
Grant Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish
Saint Landry Parish
Madison Parish
Plaquemine, Iberville Parish
Saint Landry Parish
Iberville Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish
Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse
Parish, Tensas Parish
Enterprise Community
Thibodaux, Assumption Parish, Saint Charles Parish, Saint James
Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Terrebonne Parish
Rapides Parish
Saint Tammany Parish
East Carroll Parish
Saint Mary Parish
Acadia Parish, Saint Landry Parish
Webster Parish
Sabine Parish
Saint Tammany Parish
Saint Mary Parish
Maine
Enterprise Community
Androscoggin
Michigan
Enterprise Community
Lake
Minnesota
Enterprise Community
Beltrami
Pennington
Todd
Wadena
Mississippi
Empowerment Zone
Washington (with Chicot, Arkansas, and East Carroll Parish,
Louisiana)
Bolivar, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington
Coahona, Quitman (with Phillips, Arkansas)
Claiborne, Jefferson
Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Enterprise Community
Hinds
Marshall
Madison
Lauderdale
Holmes, Humphreys, Madison
Washington
Leflore
Forrest
Hinds
Adams
Bolivar, Sunflower
Kemper
Tunica
Missouri
Empowerment Zone
Dent
East Prairie
Adair
Scott
New Madrid, Pemiscot (with Fulton, Kentucky, and Lake,
Tennessee)
Enterprise Community
Bates
Dunkin
Benton
Butler, Ripley
Nebraska
Empowerment Zone
Scotts Bluff
Buffalo
Enterprise Community
Dawes
New Jersey
Enterprise Community
Cumberland
New Mexico
Empowerment Zone
Curry, Roosevelt
Guadalupe, San Miguel
Dona Ana
Luna
Dona Ana
Enterprise Community
Lea
Hidalgo
Mora
Cibola, McKinley
Chaves
Torrance
Lea
New York
Empowerment Zone
Sullivan
Enterprise Community
Steuben
Chenango
Chautauqua
North Carolina
Empowerment Zone
Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson
Enterprise Community
Harnett
Robeson
Columbus
Anson
Bertie, Hertford, Martin, Pasquotank, Tyrrell
Halifax, Northampton, Warren
Madison, Watauga
Ohio
Empowerment Zone
Montgomery
Enterprise Community
Athens
Adams, Lawrence, Scioto
Scioto
Oklahoma
Empowerment Zone
Pontotoc
Jackson
Logan
Harmon, Tillman
Choctaw, McCurtain
Okfuskee
Enterprise Community
Logan
Muskogee
Oregon
Enterprise Community
Josephine
Pennsylvania
Enterprise Community
Clarion
Lawrence
Venango
Clinton
Fayette
South Carolina
Enterprise Community
Bamberg
Beaufort
Florence, Williamsburg
Allendale, Barnwell
Orangeburg
Clarendon, Lee, Sumter
Marion
Orangerburg
Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Horry
South Dakota
Enterprise Community
Beadle, Spink
Tennessee
Empowerment Zone
Hancock (with Bell, Kentucky, and Cumberland, Virginia)
Campbell (with Bell and Whitley, Kentucky)
Lake (with New Madrid and Pemiscot, Missouri, and Fulton,
Kentucky)
Scott (with McCreary, Kentucky)
Enterprise Community
Johnson
Tipton
Hardeman
McMinn
Henry
Fayette, Haywood
Claiborne, Grainger, Union
Texas
Empowerment Zone
Pecos
Kaufman
Mitchell
Marion
Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala
Duval
Webb
Wood
Dimmit
Maverick
Pecos
Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy
Presidio
El Paso
Enterprise Community
Hardeman
Jim Wells
Caldwell
Brazos, Grimes, Washington
Gonzales
Harrison, Panola
Burnet
Frio, Medina
Brazos, Madison, Robertson
Ector
Virginia
Empowerment Zone
Cumberland (with Bell, Kentucky, and Hancock, Tennessee)
Enterprise Community
Montgomery, Radford City
Accomack, Northampton
Washington
Enterprise Community
Yakima
Grant
West Virginia
Empowerment Zone
Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Roane
Mingo
McDowell
Enterprise Community
Wyoming
Marion
Logan
Nicholas, Webster
Monongalia
Lincoln
[FR Doc. 94-27455 Filed 11-4-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
