[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31417-31418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14924]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Learn and Serve America National Clearinghouse
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service
(Corporation) announces the availability of
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approximately $1.5 million over three years to manage a Learn and Serve
America (LSA) national clearinghouse. The Corporation invites
applications for a cooperative agreement from organizations that will
make use of the world wide web, new technological developments, and
other traditional methods to develop and implement plans to compile,
store, market, and disseminate the training and technical assistance
(T/TA) resources provided by the Corporation, other T/TA providers, and
the service-learning field.
DATES: Application guidelines will be available June 15, 1997.
Applications must be submitted to the Corporation no later than 3:00
p.m. (EST) August 1, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Requests for applications should be submitted to Bonnie
Martinez, Attn: Application Request, Corporation for National and
Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20525.
Applications must be submitted to the Corporation for National and
Community Service, Box CH, 1201 New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20525.
Applicants are requested to include three copies of applications to
facilitate the review process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Martinez at the Corporation for
National and Community Service, telephone (202) 606-5000, ext.135.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corporation is a Federal government
corporation that encourages Americans of all ages and backgrounds to
engage in community-based service. This service addresses the nation's
educational, public safety, environmental, and other human needs to
achieve direct and demonstrable results. In supporting service
programs, the Corporation fosters civic responsibility, strengthens the
ties that bind us together as a people, and provides educational
opportunity for those who make a substantial commitment to service.
I. Functions of the Learn and Serve America National Clearinghouse
(1) Develop and implement a plan for conducting periodic
information and technical assistance needs assessments of all
categories of LSA grantees and the service-learning field, including
assessing the availability of current resources of services to meet
those needs.
(2) Compile, analyze, and disseminate service-learning research and
evaluation materials, including intergenerational service-learning
materials.
(3) Facilitate communication among entities receiving LSA funds.
(4) Provide information, curriculum materials, and technical
assistance relating to the planning and operation of service-learning
programs to entities eligible to receive grants or subgrants under LSA.
(5) Provide information regarding methods to make service-learning
programs accessible to individuals with disabilities.
(6) Gather, analyze, market, and disseminate information on
successful service-learning and intergenerational service-learning
programs, components of these successful programs, innovative youth
leadership skills curricula related to service-learning, and service-
learning projects.
(7) Coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse with appropriate
entities to avoid duplication of effort.
(8) Create and maintain a service-learning archive, including
materials developed by past and present LSA grantees and subgrantees.
(9) Gather, analyze, and disseminate information about LSA grantee
and subgrantee programs and participants.
(10) Develop and implement an outreach and marketing plan to
promote the services and resources of the clearinghouse.
(11) Carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer
of the Corporation determines to be appropriate.
II. Amount and Duration of Funding
The first year's award will total approximately $500,000. The
cooperative agreement may be renewed each year for up to three years
based on performance, need, and the availability of funds.
III. Eligibility
Public or private nonprofit organizations that have extensive
experience with service-learning, including use of adult volunteers to
foster service-learning, are eligible to apply. Organizations with
prior clearinghouse experience are preferred.
IV. Applications
The Corporation will enter into only one cooperative agreement in
this area. Based on previous clearinghouse competitions and the
Corporation's estimate of the number of eligible applicants, the
Corporation expects fewer than ten applications to be submitted.
Dated: June 3, 1997.
Barry W. Stevens,
Acting General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service.
[FR Doc. 97-14924 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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