[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18389-18390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9973]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.331A]
Grants to States for Workplace and Community Transition Training
for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Program; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998
Purpose of Program: The Workplace and Community Transition Training
for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Program supports grants to State
correctional education agencies to--(a) assist and encourage
incarcerated youths to acquire functional literacy or life and job
skills through the pursuit of a postsecondary education certificate or
an associate of arts or bachelors' degree while in prison; and (b)
provide employment counseling and other related services that start
during incarceration and continue through pre-release and while on
parole or during release.
Eligible Applicants: A State correctional education agency
appointed by the Governor of any of the 50 States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin
Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 1, 1998.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 31, 1998.
Applications Available: April 15, 1998. Application materials will
be sent to the State correctional education agency appointed by the
Governor.
Available Funds: $12,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 56.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 76, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86.
For Information Contact: Richard L. Smith, U.S. Department of
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 4529, Switzer Building,
Washington, D.C. 20202-7142. Telephone (202) 205-5621. 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.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format
the standard forms included in the application package.
Electronic Access to This Document
Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or
portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the
following sites:
http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.
htm http://www.ed.gov/news.html
To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.
Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an
electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511
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or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option
G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases.
Note: The official version of a document is the document
published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135g.
Dated: April 10, 1998.
Patricia W. McNeil,
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education.
[FR Doc. 98-9973 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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