2014-24265. Extension of Deadline; Preschool Development Grants-Development Grants and Preschool Development Grants-Expansion Grants

AGENCY:

Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION:

Notice extending deadline date for the FY 2014 grant competitions.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.419A and 84.419B.

SUMMARY:

On August 18, 2014, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services (Departments) published in the Federal Register (79 FR 48853, 79 FR 48873) notices inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 2014 for the Preschool Development Grants—Development Grants and Preschool Development Grants—Expansion Grants programs. The notices established October 14, 2014, as the deadline date for eligible applicants to apply for funding under the programs. However, the Departments have been informed that the Grants.gov Web site will be unavailable to applicants on October 11-12, 2014, due to a scheduled maintenance outage. To allow applicants additional time to complete their applications as a result of this outage, we are extending the deadline date for transmittal of applications to October 15, 2014.

DATES:

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 15, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rebecca Marek, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: [phone] or by email: [e-mail].

If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text telephone, call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

All other information in the August 18, 2014 notices inviting applications for these competitions remains the same, including the application submission instructions.

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Program Authority: Sections 14005 and 14006 of the ARRA, as amended by section 1832(b) of division B of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 112-10), the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2012 (title III of division F of Pub. L. 112-74, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012), and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2014 (title III of division H of Pub. L. 113-76, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014).

Dated: October 7, 2014.

Deborah S. Delisle,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education.

Mark H. Greenberg,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.