99-18756. Availability of Funds for Grants To Support the Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day Initiative

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39487-39491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18756]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Availability of Funds for Grants To Support the Martin Luther 
King, Jr. Service Day Initiative

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 (the 
Corporation), in consultation with the King Center on Nonviolent Social 
Change, Inc. in Atlanta, invites applications for grants to pay for the 
federal share of the cost of planning and carrying out service 
opportunities in conjunction with the federal legal

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holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 17, 
2000.
    The grants are intended to mobilize more Americans to observe the 
Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday as a day of service in 
communities and to bring people together around the common focus of 
service to others. To achieve this, the Corporation will make 
approximately $500,000 in grant funds available to support approved 
service opportunities. Eligible organizations may apply for a grant in 
one of the following two categories. The first category of grants, in 
amounts of up to $3,500, will support national service and community 
volunteering projects of a relatively smaller scale and limited 
geographical scope. The second category of grants, in amounts of up to 
$10,000, will support large-scale (e.g., state-wide, city-wide, county-
wide, or regional) service projects. By large-scale, we mean that the 
service involves a large number of participants in a geographic area. 
The Corporation expects that it will make more smaller scale grants 
than larger scale grants.

DATES: The deadline for submission of applications is August 26, 1999, 
no later than 5:00 p.m. local time.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be obtained from and returned to the 
Corporation state office in the applicant's state unless otherwise 
noted. See Supplementary Information section for Corporation state 
office addresses. The application should be addressed to: Martin Luther 
King, Jr. Day of Service, Corporation for National Service (Appropriate 
State Address).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact the 
person listed for the Corporation office in your state, unless 
otherwise noted. This notice may be requested in an alternative format 
for the visually impaired by calling [phone], ext. 262. The 
Corporation's T.D.D. number is [phone] and is operational 
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Corporation is a federal government corporation, established by 
Congress in 1993 amendments to the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (the Act) that engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in 
community-based service. This service addresses the nation's education, 
public safety, environmental, or other human needs to achieve direct 
and demonstrable results with special consideration to service that 
affects the needs of children. In doing so, 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. The Corporation supports a range of 
national service programs including AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve 
America, and the National Senior Service Corps. In providing grants to 
support service in connection with the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal 
holiday, the Corporation acts in consultation with the King Center on 
Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. For more information about the 
Corporation and the programs it supports, go to http://
www.nationalservice.org. For more information about the King Center, go 
to http://www.thekingcenter.com.
    Section 12653(s) of the Act, as amended in 1994, authorizes the 
Corporation to make grants to share the cost of planning and carrying 
out service opportunities in conjunction with the federal legal holiday 
honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Corporation 
intends that the activities supported by these grants will: (1) Get 
necessary things done in communities, (2) strengthen the communities 
engaged in the service activity, (3) reflect the life and teaching of 
Martin Luther King, Jr., (4) respond to one or more of the goals set 
forth at the President's Summit for America's Future and include young 
people as service providers, not just recipients of service, and (5) 
begin or occur in significant part on the federal legal holiday 
(January 17, 2000).
    Getting things done means that projects funded under the Martin 
Luther King Jr. holiday grant will help communities meet education, 
public safety, environmental, or other human needs through direct 
service and effective citizen action. Accordingly, the Corporation 
expects well designed activities that meet compelling community needs 
and lead to measurable outcomes and impact.
    Strengthening communities means bringing people together in pursuit 
of a common objective that is of value to the community. On Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Day in 1998, President Clinton said ``* * * to achieve 
one America, we must go beyond words to deeds. Serving together on the 
King holiday--and everyday--will bring our nation closer together and 
help meet some of our toughest challenges.'' Projects should seek to 
engage a wide range of local partners in the communities served. 
Projects should be designed, implemented, and evaluated with these 
partners, including local and state King Holiday Commissions, national 
service programs (AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and the National 
Senior Service Corps), state and local organizations affiliated with 
the campaign for children and youth launched at the President's Summit 
for America's Future and carried forward by America's Promise--the 
Alliance for Youth, community-based agencies, schools and school 
districts, Volunteer Centers of the Points of Light Foundation and 
other volunteer organizations, local United Ways, communities of faith, 
businesses, foundations, state and local governments, labor 
organizations, and colleges and universities.
    Reflecting the life and teaching of Martin Luther King means 
demonstrating his proposition that, ``Everybody can be great because 
anybody can serve.'' Service opportunities to be considered for this 
program should foster cooperation and understanding among racial and 
ethnic groups, nonviolent conflict resolution, equal economic and 
educational opportunities, and social justice.
    Respond to one or more of the goals of the President's Summit and 
include young people as service providers, not just recipients of 
service means that service projects should be designed to help achieve 
five basic goals necessary for all children and youth declared at the 
President's Summit for America's Future and carried forward by 
America's Promise--the Alliance for Youth, the organization set up to 
pursue the Summit's goals. Those five ``fundamental resources'' are: an 
ongoing relationship with a caring adult--mentor, tutor, coach; safe 
spaces and structured activities during non-school hours; a healthy 
start; an effective education that provides marketable skills; and an 
opportunity to give back to their communities through their own 
service. Particularly important is the fifth goal: to challenge and 
inspire young people to give at least one hundred hours of service a 
year. All young people must see themselves--and be seen by others--as 
resources and leaders, not just as problems or victims. Therefore, 
young people should be included as service providers and resources in 
project planning, not just as the recipients of service, realizing Dr. 
King's assertion that, ``Everybody can be great because anybody can 
serve.''
    Begin or occur in significant part on the federal legal holiday 
means that a significant portion of the community service activities 
supported by the grant should occur on the holiday itself to strengthen 
the link between the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, 
the federal legal holiday

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(January 17, 2000), and service that reflects his life and teaching.
    The direct service to be done on and in connection with the King 
holiday may include, but is not limited to, the following types of 
activities: tutoring children or adults, feeding the hungry, packing 
lunches, delivering meals, stocking a food or clothing pantry, 
repairing a school and adding to its resources, translating books and 
documents into other languages, recording books for the visually 
impaired, restoring a public space, organizing a blood drive, 
registering bone marrow and organ donors, renovating low-income or 
senior housing, building a playground, removing graffiti and painting a 
mural, arranging safe spaces for children who are out of school and 
whose parents are working, collecting oral histories of elders, running 
health fairs, gleaning and distributing fruits and vegetables, etc.
    Although celebrations, parades, and recognition ceremonies may be a 
part of the activities planned on the holiday and lead to or celebrate 
a commitment to service, for the purposes of this grant those 
activities themselves do not constitute direct service and may not be 
supported by this grant.
    Other service outcomes for which grant applications will be 
considered include, but are not limited to, the following: a day-of-
service that is designed to produce a sustained long-term service 
commitment; community-wide servathons that bring a broad cross-section 
together in a burst of energy on one day of service, including schools 
or school districts that seek to involve all students and teachers in 
joint service; service-learning projects that link student service in 
schools and universities with community-based organizations; faith-
based service collaborations that bring together communities of faith 
and secular human service programs (subject to the limitations listed 
below); and service projects that include a pledge or commitment for 
continued service throughout the year.
    Grant funding will be available on a one-time, non-renewable basis 
for a budget period not to exceed seven months, beginning not sooner 
than November 1, 1999 and ending not later than June 30, 2000. By 
statute, grants provided for this program, together with all other 
federal funds used to plan or carry out the service opportunity, may 
not exceed 30 percent of the cost of planning and carrying out the 
service opportunity.
    For example, if you request $3,500 in federal dollars you must have 
a non-federal match of at least $8,167 (cash and/or in-kind 
contributions) and a total projected cost of at least $11,667. If you 
request $10,000 in federal dollars you must have a non-federal match of 
at least $23,333 (cash and/or in-kind contributions) and a total 
projected cost of at least $33,333. In other words the total dollars 
requested from the federal government should be divided by .30 to 
determine the total cost of the project (and total project cost minus 
federal dollars requested equals the required match). It may assist in 
the calculation to apply the formula as follows:

Federal Dollars Requested .30 = Total Project Cost
Total Project Cost - Federal Dollars Requested = Non-Federal Match.

    The non-federal match may include cash and in-kind contributions 
(including, but not limited to, supplies, staff time, trainers, food, 
transportation, facilities, equipment, and services) necessary to plan 
and carry out the service opportunity. Grants under this program 
constitute federal assistance and therefore may not be used primarily 
to inhibit or advance religion in a material way. No part of an award 
from the Corporation may be used to fund religious instruction, worship 
or proselytization. No part of an award may be used to pay honoraria or 
fees for speakers. Federal funds should not be requested to support a 
celebration banquet or other activity not connected to the actual 
service.
    The total amount of grant funds provided under this Notice will 
depend on the quality of applications and the availability of 
appropriated funds for this purpose.

Eligible Applicants

    By law, any entity otherwise eligible for assistance under the 
national service laws shall be eligible to receive a grant under this 
announcement. The applicable laws include the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990, as amended, and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973, as amended.
    Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to: nonprofit 
organizations, State Commissions, volunteer centers, institutions of 
higher education, local education agencies, educational institutions, 
local or state governments, and private organizations that intend to 
utilize volunteers in carrying out the purposes of this program.
    The Corporation especially invites applications from organizations 
with experience in--and commitment to--fostering service on Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Day, including state and local Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Commissions, local education agencies, faith-based partnerships, 
Volunteer Centers of the Points of Light Foundation, and United Ways 
and other community-based agencies.
    Any grant recipient from the 1997, 1998, and 1999 Martin Luther 
King, Jr., Day of Service Initiatives will be ineligible if it has been 
determined to be noncompliant with the terms of those grant awards.
    Pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, an organization 
described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 
U.S.C. 501(c)(4), which engages in lobbying activities, is not 
eligible.

Overview of Application Requirements

    To be considered for funding applicants should submit the following 
standard components for federal grants:
    1. An Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form 424.
    2. A Project Narrative describing:
    a. Clearly-defined service activities (that lead to measurable 
outcomes) being planned in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 
which must take place significantly on the legal federal holiday 
(January 17, 2000), but which may extend for the budget period 
(November 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000).
    b. The partnerships in the local community, city, state or region 
that are being engaged in support of the service activities.
    c. The organization's background and capacity to carry out this 
program.
    d. The proposed staffing of the activity.
    The project narrative portion of the application may be no longer 
than 7 single sided pages for applications not to exceed $3,500 and 15 
single-sided pages for applications not to exceed $10,000 and must be 
typed double-spaced in a font no smaller than 12 point, with each page 
numbered.
    3. A Budget Narrative (specific instructions will be provided in 
the application materials).
    4. The Budget Form supplied with the application package.
    5. A signed Certification and Assurances form incorporating 
conditions attendant to the receipt of federal funding.
    6. Three complete copies (one original and two copies) of the 
application.
    All applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. local time, August 
26, 1999 at the Corporation office in the applicant's state, unless 
otherwise noted, addressed as follows: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of 
Service, Corporation for National Service, (appropriate state office 
address; see list of addresses provided

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below). Applications may not be submitted by facsimile.
    To ensure fairness to all applicants, the Corporation reserves the 
right to take action, up to and including disqualification, in the 
event an application fails to comply with the requirements relating to 
page limits, line-spacing, font size, and application deadlines.

Budget

    Detailed instructions about the budget information required will be 
provided in the application materials.

Selection Process and Criteria

    The applications will be reviewed initially to confirm that the 
applicant is an eligible recipient and to ensure that the application 
contains the information required and otherwise complies with the 
requirements of this notice. The Corporation will assess the quality of 
the applications based on their responsiveness to the objectives 
included in this announcement based on the following criteria listed 
below (in descending order of importance):
    1. Program Design. The proposal must demonstrate the applicant's 
ability to get necessary things done, strengthen communities, reflect 
the life and teaching of Martin Luther King Jr., respond to one or more 
of the goals set forth at the Presidents' Summit for America's Future 
and include young people as service providers, not just recipients of 
service, and begin or occur in significant part on the federal legal 
holiday, January 17, 2000.
    2. Organizational Capacity. The application must demonstrate the 
organization's ability to carry out the activities described in the 
proposal, including the use of highly qualified staff.
    3. Cost. The applicant must demonstrate how this grant will be used 
effectively, including the sources and uses of matching support.

Awards

    The Corporation anticipates making selections under this 
announcement no later than November 1, 1999.

Corporation for National Service State Offices

Alabama

Roktabija Abdul-Azeez, Acting Director/CNS, Medical Forum, 950 22nd 
St., N., Suite 428, Birmingham, AL 35203; Phone: [phone], FAX: 
[phone]

Alaska

Billie Caldwell, Director/CNS, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second 
Avenue, Suite 3190, Seattle, WA 98174-1103; Phone: [phone], FAX: 
[phone]

Arkansas

Opal Sims, Director/CNS, Federal Building, Room 2506, 700 West Capitol 
Street, Little Rock, AR 72201; Phone: [phone], FAX: (501) 324-
6949

Arizona

Richard Persely, Director/CNS, 522 North Central, Room 205A, Phoenix, 
AZ 85004-2190; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

California

Javier LaFianza, Director/CNS, Federal Building, Room 11221, 11000 
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024-3671; Phone: [phone], 
FAX: [phone]

Colorado

James Byrnes, Director/CNS, 999 Eighteenth Street, Suite 1440 South, 
Denver, CO 80202; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Connecticut

Romero Cherry, Director/CNS, 1 Commercial Plaza, 21st Floor, Hartford, 
CT 06103-3510; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Delaware/Maryland

Jerry Yates, Director/CNS, One Market Center, Suite 703, Box 5300, W. 
Lexington St., Baltimore, MD 21201-3418; Phone: [phone], FAX: 
[phone]

District of Columbia/Virginia

Thomas Harmon, Director/CNS, 400 North 8th Street, Suite 446, P. O. Box 
10066, Richmond, VA 23240-1832; Phone: [phone], FAX: (804) 771-
2157

Florida

Warren Smith, Director/CNS, 3165 McCrory Street, Suite 115, Orlando, FL 
32803-3750; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Georgia

David Dammann, Director/CNS, 75 Piedmont Avenue, N.E., Room 902, 
Atlanta, GA 30303-2587; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Hawaii

Lynn Dunn, Director/CNS, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 6326, Honolulu, HI 
96850-0001; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Iowa

Joel Weinstein, Director/CNS, Federal Building, Room 917 210 Walnut 
Street, DeMoines, IA 50309-2195; Phone: [phone], FAX: (515) 284-
6640

Idaho

V. Kent Griffitts, Director/CNS, 304 North 8th Street, Room 344, Boise, 
ID 83702-5835; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Illinois

Timothy Krieger, Director/CNS, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 442, 
Chicago, IL 60604-3511; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Indiana

Thomas Haskett, Director/CNS, 46 East Ohio Street, Room 457, 
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1922; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Kentucky

Betsy Wells, Director/CNS, 600 Martin L. King Place, Room 372-D, 
Louisville, KY 40202-2230; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Louisiana

Willard Labrie, Director/CNS, 707 Florida Street, Suite 316, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70801; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Maine/New Hampshire

Kathleen Ferguson, Director/CNS, 1 Pillsbury Street, Suite 201, 
Concord, NH 03301-3556; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Massachusetts/Vermont

Malcolm Coles, Director/CNS, 10 Causeway Street, Room 473, Boston, MA 
02222-1038; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Maryland/Delaware

Jerry Yates, Director/CNS, One Market Center, Suite 703, Box 5300, W. 
Lexington St., Baltimore, MD 21201-3418; Phone: [phone], FAX: 
[phone]

Michigan

Mary Pfeiler, Director/CNS, 211 West Fort Street, Suite 1408, Detroit, 
MI 48226-2799; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Minnesota

Robert Jackson, Director/CNS, 431 South 7th Street, Room 2480, 
Minneapolis, MN 55415-1854; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

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Missouri

John McDonald, Director/CNS, 801 Walnut Street, Suite 504, Kansas City, 
MO 64106-2009; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Mississippi

R. Abdul-Azeez, Director/CNS, 100 West Capitol Street, Room 1005A, 
Jackson, MS 39269-1092; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Montana

John Allen, Director/CNS, 208 North Montana Avenue, Suite 206, Helena, 
MT 59601-3837; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

North Dakota/South Dakota

John Pohlman, Director/CNS, 225 S. Pierre Street, Room 225, Pierre, SD 
57501-2452; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

North Carolina

Robert Winston, Director/CNS, 300 Fayetteville Street Mall, Room 131, 
Raleigh, NC 27601-1739; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Nebraska

Anne Johnson, Director/CNS, Federal Building, Room 156, 100 Centennial 
Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3896, Phone: [phone], FAX: (402) 
437-5495

Nevada

Craig Warner, Director/CNS, 4600 Kietzke Lane, Suite E-141, Reno, NV 
89502-5033, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

New Hampshire/Maine

Kathleen Ferguson, Director/CNS, 1 Pillsbury Street, Suite 201, 
Concord, NH 03301-3556, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

New Jersey

Stanley Gorland, Director/CNS, 44 South Clinton Ave., Room 702, 
Trenton, NJ 08609-1507, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

New York

Donna Smith, Director/CNS, Clinton Ave. & Pearl St., Room 818, Albany, 
NY 12207, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Ohio

Paul Schrader, Director/CNS, 51 North High Street, Suite 451, Columbus, 
OH 43215, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Oklahoma

Zeke Rodriguez, Director/CNS, 215 Dean A. McGee, Suite 324, Oklahoma 
City, OK 73102, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Oregon

Robin Sutherland, Director/CNS, 2010 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232, 
Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Pennsylvania

Jorina Ahmed, Director/CNS, Robert N.C. Nix Federal Bldg., 900 Market 
St., Suite 229, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Phone: [phone], FAX: 
[phone]

Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands

Loretta Cordova, Director/CNS, 150 Carlos Chardon Ave., Suite 662, San 
Juan, PR 00918-1737, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Rhode Island

Vincent Marzullo, Director/CNS, 400 Westminster Street, Room 203, 
Providence, RI 02903, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

South Carolina

Jerome Davis, Director/CNS, 1835 Assembly Street, Suite 872, Columbia, 
SC 29201-2430, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

South Dakota/North Dakota

John Pohlman, Director/CNS, 225 S. Pierre Street, Room 225, Pierre, SD 
57501-2452, Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Tennessee

Jerry Herman, Director/CNS, 265 Cumberland Bend Drive, Nashville, TN 
37228; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Texas

Jerry Thompson, Director/CNS, 903 San Jacinto, Suite 130, Austin, TX 
78701-3747; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Utah

Rick Crawford, Director/CNS, 350 S. Main Street, Room 504, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84101-2198; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Vermont/Massachusetts

Malcolm Coles, Director/CNS, 10 Causeway Street, Room 473, Boston, MA 
02222-1038; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Virginia/District of Columbia

Thomas Harmon, Director/CNS, 400 North 8th Street, Suite 446, P. O. Box 
10066, Richmond, VA 23240-1832; Phone: [phone], FAX: (804) 771-
2157

Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico

Loretta Cordova, Director/CNS, 150 Carlos Chardon Ave., Suite 662, San 
Juan, PR 00918-1737; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Washington

John Miller, Director/CNS, Jackson Federal Bldg., Suite 3190, 915 
Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98174-1103; Phone: [phone], FAX: (206) 
553-4415

West Virginia

Judith Russell, Director/CNS, 10 Hale Street, Suite 203, Charleston, WV 
25301-1409; Phone: [phone], FAX: [phone]

Wyoming

Patrick Gallizzi, Director/CNS, Federal Building, Room 1110, 2120 
Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001-3649; Phone: [phone], FAX: 
[phone]

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12653(s).

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
Gary Kowalczyk,
Coordinator of National Service Programs, Corporation for National and 
Community Service.
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