80_FR_45658 80 FR 45512 - Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center-Youth With Disabilities

80 FR 45512 - Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center-Youth With Disabilities

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 146 (July 30, 2015)

Page Range45512-45516
FR Document2015-18712

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training: Vocational 
Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center--Youth With Disabilities

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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Overview Information

    Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Technical 
Assistance Center--Youth with Disabilities.
    Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 
2015.

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.264H.

DATES: 
    Applications Available: July 30, 2015.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 31, 2015.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(Rehabilitation Act), as amended by the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Rehabilitation Services Administration 
(RSA) makes grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and 
organizations (including institutions of higher education (IHEs)) to 
support projects that provide training, traineeships, and technical 
assistance (TA) designed to increase the numbers of, and improve the 
skills of, qualified personnel, especially rehabilitation counselors, 
who are trained to: Provide vocational, medical, social, and 
psychological rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities; 
assist individuals with communication and related disorders; and 
provide other services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act.
    Priority: This notice includes one absolute priority. This priority 
is from the notice of final priority (NFP) for this program, published 
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
    Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and any subsequent year in which we 
make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition, 
this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we 
consider only applications that meet this priority.
    This priority is:
    Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center--Youth With 
Disabilities.

    Note: The full text of this priority is included in the notice 
of final priority for this program, published elsewhere in this 
issue of the Federal Register, and in the application package for 
this competition.

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772(a)(1).
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 
and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies 
on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 
part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 
CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 
200, as adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 34 CFR part 385. 
(e) The NFP.

    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants 
except federally recognized Indian tribes.


    Note:  The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply only to IHEs.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
    Estimated Available Funds: $1,500,000.
    Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a 
budget exceeding $1,500,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. 
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in 
the Federal Register.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

    Note:  The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    Continuing the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project: In deciding 
whether to continue funding the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical 
Assistance Center--Youth with Disabilities for the fourth and fifth 
years, the Department, as part of the review of the application 
narrative and annual performance reports will consider the degree to 
which the program demonstrates substantial progress toward--
    (a) Assisting State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to 
identify and meet the VR needs of students and youth with disabilities 
consistent with section 101(a)(15) of the Rehabilitation Act;
    (b) Improving the ability of State VR agencies to develop 
partnerships with State and local agencies, service providers, or other 
entities to ensure that students and youth with disabilities are 
referred for VR services and have access to coordinated supports, 
services, training, and employment opportunities, including: (1) 
Increasing the number of referrals and applications received by State 
VR agencies from agencies, service providers and others serving 
students and youth with disabilities; and (2) increasing the number of 
students and youth with disabilities receiving VR services;
    (c) Improving the ability of VR personnel to develop individualized 
plans for employment that ensure the successful transition of students 
and youth with disabilities and the achievement of post-school goals; 
and
    (d) Increasing the number of students and youth with disabilities 
served by VR agencies (particularly dropouts and youth involved in the 
correctional and foster care systems) who are engaged in education and 
training programs leading to the attainment of postsecondary 
educational skills and credentials needed for employment in high-demand 
occupations.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and 
organizations, including Indian tribes and IHEs.
    2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost sharing of at least 10 percent of 
the total cost of the project is required of grantees under the 
Rehabilitation Training Program. Any program income that may be 
incurred during the period of performance may only be directed towards 
advancing activities in the approved grant application and may not be 
used towards the 10 percent match requirement. The Secretary may waive 
part of the non-Federal share of the cost of the project after 
negotiations if the applicant demonstrates that it does not have 
sufficient resources to contribute the entire match (34 CFR 386.30).

    Note:  Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect cost reimbursement on 
a training grant is limited to the recipient's actual indirect 
costs, as determined by its negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, 
or eight percent of a modified total direct cost base, whichever 
amount is less. Indirect costs in excess of the limit may not be 
charged directly, used to satisfy matching or cost-sharing 
requirements, or charged to another Federal award.

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an 
application package via the Internet, from the Education Publications 
Center (ED Pubs), or from the program office.
    To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following address: 
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html.

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    To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the following: 
ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA 
22304. Telephone, toll free: 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (703) 605-6794. If 
you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734.
    You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at 
its email address: [email protected].
    If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify 
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.264H.
    To obtain a copy from the program office, contact the person listed 
under For Further Information Contact in section VII of this notice.
    Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application 
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, 
or compact disc) by contacting the person or team listed under 
Accessible Format in section VIII of this notice.
    2.a. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements 
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you 
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
    Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application) 
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that 
reviewers use to evaluate your application. Because of the limited time 
available to review applications and make a recommendation for funding, 
we strongly encourage applicants to limit the application narrative to 
no more than 50 pages, using the following standards:
     A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1'' 
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
     Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) 
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, 
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in 
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
     Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller 
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
     Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, 
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font 
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
    In addition to the page-limit guidance on the application narrative 
section, we recommend that you adhere to the following page limits, 
using the standards listed above: (1) The abstract should be no more 
than one page, (2) the resumes of key personnel should be no more than 
two pages per person, and (3) the bibliography should be no more than 
three pages. The only optional materials that will be accepted are 
letters of support. Please note that our reviewers are not required to 
read optional materials.
    Please note that any funded applicant's application abstract will 
be made available to the public.
    b. Submission of Proprietary Information:
    Given the types of projects that may be proposed in applications 
for the Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Technical 
Assistance Center--Youth with Disabilities competition, an application 
may include business information that the applicant considers 
proprietary. The Department's regulations define ``business 
information'' in 34 CFR 5.11.
    Because we plan to make the abstract of the successful application 
available to the public, you may wish to request confidentiality of 
business information.
    Consistent with Executive Order 12600, please designate in your 
application any information that you feel is exempt from disclosure 
under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act. In the appropriate 
Appendix section of your application, under ``Other Attachments Form,'' 
please list the page number or numbers on which we can find this 
information. For additional information please see 34 CFR 5.11(c).
    3. Submission Dates and Times:
    Applications Available: July 30, 2015.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 31, 2015.
    Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted 
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For 
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your 
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery 
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, please refer to section IV.7. Other Submission 
Requirements of this notice.
    We do not consider an application that does not comply with the 
deadline requirements.
    Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact 
the person listed under For Further Information Contact in section VII 
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the 
application process, the individual's application remains subject to 
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
    4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to 
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However, 
under 34 CFR 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental review in order to 
make an award by the end of FY 2015.
    5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding 
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
    6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification 
Number, and System for Award Management: To do business with the 
Department of Education, you must--
    a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a 
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
    b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the System for Award 
Management (SAM) (formerly the Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 
Government's primary registrant database;
    c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and
    d. Maintain an active SAM registration with current information 
while your application is under review by the Department and, if you 
are awarded a grant, during the project period.
    You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 
can be created within one to two business days.
    If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or 
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service. 
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal 
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a 
new TIN, please allow two to five weeks for your TIN to become active.
    The SAM registration process can take approximately seven business 
days, but may take upwards of several weeks, depending on the 
completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by 
an entity. Thus, if you think you might want to apply for Federal 
financial assistance under a program administered by the Department, 
please allow sufficient time to obtain and register your DUNS number 
and TIN. We strongly recommend that you register early.

    Note: Once your SAM registration is active, you will need to 
allow 24 to 48 hours for the information to be available in 
Grants.gov and before you can submit an application through 
Grants.gov.

    If you are currently registered with SAM, you may not need to make 
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changes. However, please make certain that the TIN associated with your 
DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will need to update your 
registration annually. This may take three or more business days.
    Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further 
assist you with obtaining and registering your DUNS number and TIN in 
SAM or updating your existing SAM account, we have prepared a SAM.gov 
Tip Sheet, which you can find at: www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html.
    In addition, if you are submitting your application via Grants.gov, 
you must (1) be designated by your organization as an Authorized 
Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with 
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the 
following Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html.
    7. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under 
this competition must be submitted electronically unless you qualify 
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the 
instructions in this section.

a. Electronic Submission of Applications

    Applications for grants under the Rehabilitation Training: 
Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center--Youth with 
Disabilities, CFDA number 84.264H, must be submitted electronically 
using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. 
Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the 
application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit 
your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 
application to us.
    We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format 
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of 
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no 
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written 
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these 
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that 
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in 
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
    You may access the electronic grant application for the 
Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance 
Center--Youth with Disabilities competition at www.Grants.gov. You must 
search for the downloadable application package for this competition by 
the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your 
search (e.g., search for 84.264, not 84.264H).
    Please note the following:
     When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find 
information about submitting an application electronically through the 
site, as well as the hours of operation.
     Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time 
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must 
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00 
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as 
otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your application if 
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov 
system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply 
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from 
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application 
because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
     The amount of time it can take to upload an application 
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the 
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we 
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline 
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
     You should review and follow the Education Submission 
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are 
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that 
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures 
pertaining to Grants.gov under News and Events on the Department's G5 
system home page at www.G5.gov.
     You will not receive additional point value because you 
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you 
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your 
application in paper format.
     You must submit all documents electronically, including 
all information you typically provide on the following forms: The 
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and 
certifications.
     You must upload any narrative sections and all other 
attachments to your application as files in a PDF (Portable Document) 
read-only, non-modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or 
fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only, 
non-modifiable PDF or submit a password-protected file, we will not 
review that material.
     Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
     After you electronically submit your application, you will 
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that 
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates 
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The 
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send 
a second notification to you by email. This second notification 
indicates that the Department has received your application and has 
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified 
identifying number unique to your application).
     We may request that you provide us original signatures on 
forms at a later date.
    Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues 
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting 
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov 
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a 
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
    If you are prevented from electronically submitting your 
application on the application deadline date because of technical 
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension 
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to 
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand 
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing 
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
    If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this 
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you 
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk 
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a 
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that 
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affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00 p.m., 
Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department 
will contact you after a determination is made on whether your 
application will be accepted.

    Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply 
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the 
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed 
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before 
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem 
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.

    Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an 
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your 
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application 
through the Grants.gov system because--
     You do not have access to the Internet; or
     You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to 
the Grants.gov system;
    and
     No later than two weeks before the application deadline 
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the 
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business 
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement 
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception 
prevents you from using the Internet to submit your application.
    If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be 
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline 
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must 
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the 
application deadline date.
    Address and mail or fax your statement to: Tara Jordan, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5040, Potomac 
Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2800. FAX: (202) 245-7592.
    Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the 
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.

b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail

    If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a 
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail 
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: 
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA Number 84.264H), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the 
U.S. Department of Education.
    If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    If your application is postmarked after the application deadline 
date, we will not consider your application.

    Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated 
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your 
local post office.

 c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery

    If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper 
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original 
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: 
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA Number 84.264H), 550 12th Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center 
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except 
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.

    Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you 
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department--
    (1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by 
the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including 
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are 
submitting your application; and
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a 
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not 
receive this notification within 15 business days from the 
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of 
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.

V. Application Review Information

    1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition 
are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package.
    2. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants 
that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition, 
the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the past 
performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as 
the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and 
compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider 
whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or 
submitted a report of unacceptable quality.
    In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary 
also requires various assurances including those applicable to Federal 
civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or 
activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department 
of Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
    3. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the Secretary may 
impose special conditions and, in appropriate circumstances, high-risk 
conditions on a grant if the applicant or grantee is not financially 
stable; has a history of unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or 
other management system that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 
200, subpart D; has not fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or 
is otherwise not responsible.

VI. Award Administration Information

    1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your 
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award 
Notification (GAN); or we may send you an email containing a link to 
access an electronic version of your GAN. We may notify you informally, 
also.
    If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, 
we notify you.
    2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify 
administrative and national policy requirements in the application 
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable 
Regulations section of this notice.
    We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of 
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and 
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also 
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding 
commitments under the grant.

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    3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition, 
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and 
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170 
should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply 
if you have an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
    (b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final 
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the 
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual 
performance report that provides the most current performance and 
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary under 34 
CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance 
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting, 
please go to www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
    4. Performance Measures: The Government Performance and Results Act 
of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal departments and agencies to improve the 
effectiveness of programs by engaging in strategic planning, setting 
outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring program results 
against those goals.
    The purpose of this priority is to fund a cooperative agreement to 
establish a Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center--
Youth with Disabilities to achieve, at a minimum, the following 
outcomes:
    (a) Assist State VR agencies to identify and meet the VR needs of 
students and youth with disabilities consistent with section 101(a)(15) 
of the Rehabilitation Act;
    (b) Improve the ability of State VR agencies to develop 
partnerships with State and local agencies, service providers, or other 
entities to ensure that students and youth with disabilities are 
referred for VR services and have access to coordinated supports, 
services, training, and employment opportunities, including: (1) 
Increasing the number of referrals and applications received by State 
VR agencies from agencies, service providers and others serving 
students and youth with disabilities; and (2) increasing the number of 
students and youth with disabilities receiving VR services;
    (c) Improve the ability of VR personnel to develop individualized 
plans for employment that ensure the successful transition of students 
and youth with disabilities and the achievement of post-school goals; 
and
    (d) Increase the number of students and youth with disabilities 
served by VR agencies, particularly dropouts and youth involved in the 
correctional and foster care systems, who are engaged in education and 
training programs leading to the attainment of postsecondary 
educational skills and credentials needed for employment in high-demand 
occupations.
    The Cooperative Agreement will specify the short-term and long-term 
measures that will be used to assess the grantee's performance against 
the goals and objectives of the project and the outcomes listed in the 
preceding paragraph.
    In its annual and final performance report to the Department, the 
grant recipient will be expected to report the data outlined in the 
Cooperative Agreement that is needed to assess its performance.
    The Cooperative Agreement and annual report will be reviewed by RSA 
and the grant recipient between the third and fourth quarter of each 
project period. Adjustments will be made to the project accordingly in 
order to ensure demonstrated progress towards meeting the goals and 
outcomes of the project.
    5. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award under 34 CFR 
75.253, the Secretary considers, among other things: Whether a grantee 
has made substantial progress in achieving the goals and objectives of 
the project; whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is 
consistent with its approved application and budget; and, if the 
Secretary has established performance measurement requirements, the 
performance targets in the grantee's approved application. In making a 
continuation grant, the Secretary also considers whether the grantee is 
operating in compliance with the assurances in its approved 
application, including those applicable to Federal civil rights laws 
that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities receiving 
Federal financial assistance from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 
106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).

VII. Agency Contact

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Jordan, U.S. Department of 
Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue 
SW., Room 5040, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-
7341 or by email: [email protected].
    If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.

VIII. Other Information

    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format 
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to 
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
in section VII of this notice.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the 
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System 
at: www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well 
as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
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www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Dated: July 27, 2015.
Michael K. Yudin,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-18712 Filed 7-29-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4000-01-P

45512 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 146 / Thursday, July 30, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION this program, published elsewhere in this training, and employment issue of the Federal Register, and in the opportunities, including: (1) Increasing Applications for New Awards; application package for this competition. the number of referrals and applications Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. received by State VR agencies from Rehabilitation Technical Assistance 772(a)(1). agencies, service providers and others Center—Youth With Disabilities Applicable Regulations: (a) The serving students and youth with Education Department General disabilities; and (2) increasing the AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR number of students and youth with Rehabilitative Services, Department of parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, and 99. disabilities receiving VR services; Education. (b) The Office of Management and (c) Improving the ability of VR ACTION: Notice. Budget Guidelines to Agencies on personnel to develop individualized Governmentwide Debarment and plans for employment that ensure the Overview Information Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR successful transition of students and Rehabilitation Training: Vocational part 180, as adopted and amended as youth with disabilities and the Rehabilitation Technical Assistance regulations of the Department in 2 CFR achievement of post-school goals; and Center—Youth with Disabilities. part 3485. (c) The Uniform (d) Increasing the number of students Notice inviting applications for new Administrative Requirements, Cost and youth with disabilities served by awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. Principles, and Audit Requirements for VR agencies (particularly dropouts and Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as youth involved in the correctional and Catalog of Federal Domestic foster care systems) who are engaged in adopted and amended in 2 CFR part Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.264H. education and training programs leading 3474. (d) 34 CFR part 385. (e) The NFP. DATES: to the attainment of postsecondary Applications Available: July 30, 2015. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally educational skills and credentials Deadline for Transmittal of recognized Indian tribes. needed for employment in high-demand Applications: August 31, 2015. occupations. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 Full Text of Announcement III. Eligibility Information apply only to IHEs. I. Funding Opportunity Description 1. Eligible Applicants: States and Purpose of Program: Under the II. Award Information public or nonprofit agencies and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Type of Award: Discretionary grant. organizations, including Indian tribes (Rehabilitation Act), as amended by the Estimated Available Funds: and IHEs. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity $1,500,000. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost Act (WIOA), the Rehabilitation Services Maximum Award: We will reject any sharing of at least 10 percent of the total Administration (RSA) makes grants to application that proposes a budget cost of the project is required of grantees States and public or nonprofit agencies exceeding $1,500,000 for a single budget under the Rehabilitation Training and organizations (including period of 12 months. The Assistant Program. Any program income that may institutions of higher education (IHEs)) Secretary for Special Education and be incurred during the period of to support projects that provide training, Rehabilitative Services may change the performance may only be directed traineeships, and technical assistance maximum amount through a notice towards advancing activities in the (TA) designed to increase the numbers published in the Federal Register. approved grant application and may not of, and improve the skills of, qualified Estimated Number of Awards: 1. be used towards the 10 percent match personnel, especially rehabilitation Note: The Department is not bound by any requirement. The Secretary may waive counselors, who are trained to: Provide estimates in this notice. part of the non-Federal share of the cost vocational, medical, social, and of the project after negotiations if the Project Period: Up to 60 months. applicant demonstrates that it does not psychological rehabilitation services to Continuing the Fourth and Fifth Years individuals with disabilities; assist have sufficient resources to contribute of the Project: In deciding whether to the entire match (34 CFR 386.30). individuals with communication and continue funding the Vocational related disorders; and provide other Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect services authorized under the cost reimbursement on a training grant is Center—Youth with Disabilities for the Rehabilitation Act. limited to the recipient’s actual indirect fourth and fifth years, the Department, costs, as determined by its negotiated Priority: This notice includes one as part of the review of the application absolute priority. This priority is from indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent narrative and annual performance of a modified total direct cost base, the notice of final priority (NFP) for this reports will consider the degree to whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in program, published elsewhere in this which the program demonstrates excess of the limit may not be charged issue of the Federal Register. substantial progress toward— directly, used to satisfy matching or cost- Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and (a) Assisting State vocational sharing requirements, or charged to another any subsequent year in which we make rehabilitation (VR) agencies to identify Federal award. awards from the list of unfunded and meet the VR needs of students and applicants from this competition, this youth with disabilities consistent with IV. Application and Submission priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 section 101(a)(15) of the Rehabilitation Information CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only Act; 1. Address to Request Application Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES applications that meet this priority. (b) Improving the ability of State VR Package: You can obtain an application This priority is: agencies to develop partnerships with package via the Internet, from the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical State and local agencies, service Education Publications Center (ED Assistance Center—Youth With providers, or other entities to ensure Pubs), or from the program office. Disabilities. that students and youth with disabilities To obtain a copy via the Internet, use Note: The full text of this priority is are referred for VR services and have the following address: www.ed.gov/ included in the notice of final priority for access to coordinated supports, services, fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:54 Jul 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 146 / Thursday, July 30, 2015 / Notices 45513 To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, the resumes of key personnel should be remains subject to all other fax, or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S. no more than two pages per person, and requirements and limitations in this Department of Education, P.O. Box (3) the bibliography should be no more notice. 22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. than three pages. The only optional 4. Intergovernmental Review: This Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827. materials that will be accepted are competition is subject to Executive FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a letters of support. Please note that our Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 telecommunications device for the deaf reviewers are not required to read CFR part 79. However, under 34 CFR (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call, optional materials. 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental toll free: 1–877–576–7734. Please note that any funded review in order to make an award by the You can contact ED Pubs at its Web applicant’s application abstract will be end of FY 2015. site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its made available to the public. 5. Funding Restrictions: We reference email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. b. Submission of Proprietary regulations outlining funding If you request an application from ED Information: restrictions in the Applicable Pubs, be sure to identify this Given the types of projects that may Regulations section of this notice. competition as follows: CFDA number be proposed in applications for the 6. Data Universal Numbering System 84.264H. Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Number, Taxpayer Identification To obtain a copy from the program Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Number, and System for Award office, contact the person listed under Center—Youth with Disabilities Management: To do business with the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in competition, an application may Department of Education, you must— section VII of this notice. include business information that the a. Have a Data Universal Numbering Individuals with disabilities can applicant considers proprietary. The System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer obtain a copy of the application package Department’s regulations define Identification Number (TIN); in an accessible format (e.g., braille, ‘‘business information’’ in 34 CFR 5.11. b. Register both your DUNS number large print, audiotape, or compact disc) Because we plan to make the abstract and TIN with the System for Award by contacting the person or team listed of the successful application available to Management (SAM) (formerly the under Accessible Format in section VIII the public, you may wish to request Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the of this notice. confidentiality of business information. Government’s primary registrant 2.a. Content and Form of Application Consistent with Executive Order database; Submission: Requirements concerning 12600, please designate in your c. Provide your DUNS number and the content of an application, together application any information that you TIN on your application; and with the forms you must submit, are in feel is exempt from disclosure under d. Maintain an active SAM the application package for this Exemption 4 of the Freedom of registration with current information competition. Information Act. In the appropriate while your application is under review Page Limit: The application narrative Appendix section of your application, by the Department and, if you are (Part III of the application) is where you, under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’ awarded a grant, during the project the applicant, address the selection please list the page number or numbers period. criteria that reviewers use to evaluate on which we can find this information. You can obtain a DUNS number from your application. Because of the limited For additional information please see 34 Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number time available to review applications CFR 5.11(c). can be created within one to two and make a recommendation for 3. Submission Dates and Times: business days. funding, we strongly encourage Applications Available: July 30, 2015. If you are a corporate entity, agency, applicants to limit the application Deadline for Transmittal of institution, or organization, you can narrative to no more than 50 pages, Applications: August 31, 2015. obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue using the following standards: Applications for grants under this Service. If you are an individual, you • A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side competition must be submitted can obtain a TIN from the Internal only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, electronically using the Grants.gov Revenue Service or the Social Security and both sides. Apply site (Grants.gov). For information Administration. If you need a new TIN, • Double space (no more than three (including dates and times) about how please allow two to five weeks for your lines per vertical inch) all text in the to submit your application TIN to become active. application narrative, including titles, electronically, or in paper format by The SAM registration process can take headings, footnotes, quotations, mail or hand delivery if you qualify for approximately seven business days, but references, and captions, as well as all an exception to the electronic may take upwards of several weeks, text in charts, tables, figures, and submission requirement, please refer to depending on the completeness and graphs. section IV.7. Other Submission accuracy of the data entered into the • Use a font that is either 12 point or Requirements of this notice. SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you larger or no smaller than 10 pitch We do not consider an application think you might want to apply for (characters per inch). that does not comply with the deadline Federal financial assistance under a • Use one of the following fonts: requirements. program administered by the Times New Roman, Courier, Courier Individuals with disabilities who Department, please allow sufficient time New, or Arial. An application submitted need an accommodation or auxiliary aid to obtain and register your DUNS in any other font (including Times in connection with the application number and TIN. We strongly Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be process should contact the person listed recommend that you register early. Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES accepted. under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Note: Once your SAM registration is active, In addition to the page-limit guidance CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the on the application narrative section, we the Department provides an information to be available in Grants.gov and recommend that you adhere to the accommodation or auxiliary aid to an before you can submit an application through following page limits, using the individual with a disability in Grants.gov. standards listed above: (1) The abstract connection with the application If you are currently registered with should be no more than one page, (2) process, the individual’s application SAM, you may not need to make any VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:54 Jul 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1

45514 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 146 / Thursday, July 30, 2015 / Notices changes. However, please make certain for this competition by the CFDA Construction Programs (ED 524), and all that the TIN associated with your DUNS number. Do not include the CFDA necessary assurances and certifications. number is correct. Also note that you number’s alpha suffix in your search • You must upload any narrative will need to update your registration (e.g., search for 84.264, not 84.264H). sections and all other attachments to annually. This may take three or more Please note the following: your application as files in a PDF business days. • When you enter the Grants.gov site, (Portable Document) read-only, non- Information about SAM is available at you will find information about modifiable format. Do not upload an www.SAM.gov. To further assist you submitting an application electronically interactive or fillable PDF file. If you with obtaining and registering your through the site, as well as the hours of upload a file type other than a read- DUNS number and TIN in SAM or operation. only, non-modifiable PDF or submit a updating your existing SAM account, • Applications received by Grants.gov password-protected file, we will not we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, are date and time stamped. Your review that material. which you can find at: www2.ed.gov/ application must be fully uploaded and • Your electronic application must fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html. submitted and must be date and time comply with any page-limit In addition, if you are submitting your stamped by the Grants.gov system no requirements described in this notice. application via Grants.gov, you must (1) • After you electronically submit later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC be designated by your organization as an your application, you will receive from time, on the application deadline date. Authorized Organization Representative Grants.gov an automatic notification of Except as otherwise noted in this (AOR); and (2) register yourself with receipt that contains a Grants.gov section, we will not accept your Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these tracking number. (This notification application if it is received—that is, date steps are outlined at the following indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not and time stamped by the Grants.gov Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/ receipt by the Department.) The system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, web/grants/register.html. Department then will retrieve your DC time, on the application deadline 7. Other Submission Requirements: application from Grants.gov and send a date. We do not consider an application Applications for grants under this second notification to you by email. that does not comply with the deadline This second notification indicates that competition must be submitted requirements. When we retrieve your the Department has received your electronically unless you qualify for an application from Grants.gov, we will application and has assigned your exception to this requirement in notify you if we are rejecting your application a PR/Award number (an ED- accordance with the instructions in this application because it was date and time specified identifying number unique to section. stamped by the Grants.gov system after your application). a. Electronic Submission of 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on • We may request that you provide us Applications the application deadline date. original signatures on forms at a later Applications for grants under the • The amount of time it can take to date. Rehabilitation Training: Vocational upload an application will vary Application Deadline Date Extension Rehabilitation Technical Assistance depending on a variety of factors, in Case of Technical Issues with the Center—Youth with Disabilities, CFDA including the size of the application and Grants.gov System: If you are number 84.264H, must be submitted the speed of your Internet connection. experiencing problems submitting your electronically using the Therefore, we strongly recommend that application through Grants.gov, please Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site you do not wait until the application contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, deadline date to begin the submission toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must you will be able to download a copy of process through Grants.gov. obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case the application package, complete it • You should review and follow the Number and must keep a record of it. offline, and then upload and submit Education Submission Procedures for If you are prevented from your application. You may not email an submitting an application through electronically submitting your electronic copy of a grant application to Grants.gov that are included in the application on the application deadline us. application package for this competition date because of technical problems with We will reject your application if you to ensure that you submit your the Grants.gov system, we will grant you submit it in paper format unless, as application in a timely manner to the an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., described elsewhere in this section, you Grants.gov system. You can also find the Washington, DC time, the following qualify for one of the exceptions to the Education Submission Procedures business day to enable you to transmit electronic submission requirement and pertaining to Grants.gov under News your application electronically or by submit, no later than two weeks before and Events on the Department’s G5 hand delivery. You also may mail your the application deadline date, a written system home page at www.G5.gov. application by following the mailing statement to the Department that you • You will not receive additional instructions described elsewhere in this qualify for one of these exceptions. point value because you submit your notice. Further information regarding application in electronic format, nor If you submit an application after calculation of the date that is two weeks will we penalize you if you qualify for 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on before the application deadline date is an exception to the electronic the application deadline date, please provided later in this section under submission requirement, as described contact the person listed under FOR Exception to Electronic Submission elsewhere in this section, and submit FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Requirement. your application in paper format. section VII of this notice and provide an Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES You may access the electronic grant • You must submit all documents explanation of the technical problem application for the Rehabilitation electronically, including all information you experienced with Grants.gov, along Training: Vocational Rehabilitation you typically provide on the following with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Technical Assistance Center—Youth forms: The Application for Federal Number. We will accept your with Disabilities competition at Assistance (SF 424), the Department of application if we can confirm that a www.Grants.gov. You must search for Education Supplemental Information for technical problem occurred with the the downloadable application package SF 424, Budget Information—Non- Grants.gov system and that that problem VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:54 Jul 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 146 / Thursday, July 30, 2015 / Notices 45515 affected your ability to submit your Department at the following address: V. Application Review Information application by 4:30:00 p.m., U.S. Department of Education, 1. Selection Criteria: The selection Washington, DC time, on the Application Control Center, Attention: criteria for this competition are from 34 application deadline date. The (CFDA Number 84.264H), LBJ Basement CFR 75.210 and are listed in the Department will contact you after a Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., application package. determination is made on whether your Washington, DC 20202–4260. 2. Review and Selection Process: We application will be accepted. You must show proof of mailing remind potential applicants that in Note: The extensions to which we refer in consisting of one of the following: reviewing applications in any this section apply only to the unavailability (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service discretionary grant competition, the of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov postmark. (2) A legible mail receipt with the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR system. We will not grant you an extension 75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the if you failed to fully register to submit your date of mailing stamped by the U.S. application to Grants.gov before the Postal Service. applicant in carrying out a previous application deadline date and time or if the (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or award, such as the applicant’s use of technical problem you experienced is receipt from a commercial carrier. funds, achievement of project unrelated to the Grants.gov system. (4) Any other proof of mailing objectives, and compliance with grant acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. conditions. The Secretary may also Exception to Electronic Submission Department of Education. consider whether the applicant failed to Requirement: You qualify for an If you mail your application through submit a timely performance report or exception to the electronic submission the U.S. Postal Service, we do not submitted a report of unacceptable requirement, and may submit your accept either of the following as proof quality. application in paper format, if you are of mailing: In addition, in making a competitive unable to submit an application through (1) A private metered postmark. grant award, the Secretary also requires the Grants.gov system because— • You do not have access to the (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by various assurances including those Internet; or the U.S. Postal Service. applicable to Federal civil rights laws • You do not have the capacity to If your application is postmarked after that prohibit discrimination in programs upload large documents to the the application deadline date, we will or activities receiving Federal financial Grants.gov system; not consider your application. assistance from the Department of and Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, • No later than two weeks before the uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 108.8, and 110.23). application deadline date (14 calendar relying on this method, you should check 3. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR days or, if the fourteenth calendar day with your local post office. 3474.10, the Secretary may impose before the application deadline date special conditions and, in appropriate falls on a Federal holiday, the next c. Submission of Paper Applications by circumstances, high-risk conditions on a business day following the Federal Hand Delivery grant if the applicant or grantee is not holiday), you mail or fax a written If you qualify for an exception to the financially stable; has a history of statement to the Department, explaining electronic submission requirement, you unsatisfactory performance; has a which of the two grounds for an (or a courier service) may deliver your financial or other management system exception prevents you from using the paper application to the Department by that does not meet the standards in 2 Internet to submit your application. hand. You must deliver the original and CFR part 200, subpart D; has not If you mail your written statement to two copies of your application by hand, fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; the Department, it must be postmarked on or before the application deadline or is otherwise not responsible. no later than two weeks before the date, to the Department at the following VI. Award Administration Information application deadline date. If you fax address: U.S. Department of Education, your written statement to the Application Control Center, Attention: 1. Award Notices: If your application Department, we must receive the faxed (CFDA Number 84.264H), 550 12th is successful, we notify your U.S. statement no later than two weeks Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center Representative and U.S. Senators and before the application deadline date. Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. send you a Grant Award Notification Address and mail or fax your The Application Control Center (GAN); or we may send you an email statement to: Tara Jordan, U.S. accepts hand deliveries daily between containing a link to access an electronic Department of Education, 400 Maryland 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, version of your GAN. We may notify Avenue SW., Room 5040, Potomac DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, you informally, also. Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC and Federal holidays. If your application is not evaluated or 20202–2800. FAX: (202) 245–7592. not selected for funding, we notify you. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Your paper application must be 2. Administrative and National Policy Applications: If you mail or hand deliver submitted in accordance with the mail your application to the Department— Requirements: We identify or hand delivery instructions described (1) You must indicate on the envelope administrative and national policy in this notice. and—if not provided by the Department—in requirements in the application package Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, and reference these and other b. Submission of Paper Applications by including suffix letter, if any, of the requirements in the Applicable Mail competition under which you are submitting Regulations section of this notice. If you qualify for an exception to the your application; and We reference the regulations outlining Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES electronic submission requirement, you (2) The Application Control Center will the terms and conditions of an award in may mail (through the U.S. Postal mail to you a notification of receipt of your the Applicable Regulations section of grant application. If you do not receive this Service or a commercial carrier) your notification within 15 business days from the this notice and include these and other application to the Department. You application deadline date, you should call specific conditions in the GAN. The must mail the original and two copies the U.S. Department of Education GAN also incorporates your approved of your application, on or before the Application Control Center at (202) 245– application as part of your binding application deadline date, to the 6288. commitments under the grant. 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45516 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 146 / Thursday, July 30, 2015 / Notices 3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a VR agencies, particularly dropouts and print, audiotape, or compact disc) on grant under this competition, you must youth involved in the correctional and request to the program contact person ensure that you have in place the foster care systems, who are engaged in listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION necessary processes and systems to education and training programs leading CONTACT in section VII of this notice. comply with the reporting requirements to the attainment of postsecondary Electronic Access to This Document: in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive educational skills and credentials The official version of this document is funding under the competition. This needed for employment in high-demand the document published in the Federal does not apply if you have an exception occupations. Register. Free Internet access to the under 2 CFR 170.110(b). The Cooperative Agreement will official edition of the Federal Register (b) At the end of your project period, specify the short-term and long-term and the Code of Federal Regulations is you must submit a final performance measures that will be used to assess the available via the Federal Digital System report, including financial information, grantee’s performance against the goals at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you as directed by the Secretary. If you and objectives of the project and the can view this document, as well as all receive a multi-year award, you must outcomes listed in the preceding other documents of this Department submit an annual performance report paragraph. published in the Federal Register, in that provides the most current In its annual and final performance text or Adobe Portable Document performance and financial expenditure report to the Department, the grant Format (PDF). To use PDF you must information as directed by the Secretary recipient will be expected to report the have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary data outlined in the Cooperative available free at the site. may also require more frequent Agreement that is needed to assess its You may also access documents of the performance reports under 34 CFR performance. Department published in the Federal 75.720(c). For specific requirements on The Cooperative Agreement and Register by using the article search reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ annual report will be reviewed by RSA feature at: www.federalregister.gov. fund/grant/apply/appforms/ and the grant recipient between the Specifically, through the advanced appforms.html. third and fourth quarter of each project search feature at this site, you can limit 4. Performance Measures: The period. Adjustments will be made to the your search to documents published by Government Performance and Results project accordingly in order to ensure the Department. Act of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal demonstrated progress towards meeting departments and agencies to improve the goals and outcomes of the project. Dated: July 27, 2015. the effectiveness of programs by 5. Continuation Awards: In making a Michael K. Yudin, engaging in strategic planning, setting continuation award under 34 CFR Assistant Secretary for Special Education and outcome-related goals for programs, and 75.253, the Secretary considers, among Rehabilitative Services. measuring program results against those other things: Whether a grantee has [FR Doc. 2015–18712 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] goals. made substantial progress in achieving BILLING CODE 4000–01–P The purpose of this priority is to fund the goals and objectives of the project; a cooperative agreement to establish a whether the grantee has expended funds Vocational Rehabilitation Technical in a manner that is consistent with its DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Assistance Center—Youth with approved application and budget; and, Disabilities to achieve, at a minimum, if the Secretary has established [OE Docket No. EA–414] the following outcomes: performance measurement (a) Assist State VR agencies to identify requirements, the performance targets in Application to Export Electric Energy; and meet the VR needs of students and the grantee’s approved application. In Roctop Investments Inc. youth with disabilities consistent with making a continuation grant, the AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery section 101(a)(15) of the Rehabilitation Secretary also considers whether the and Energy Reliability, DOE. Act; grantee is operating in compliance with (b) Improve the ability of State VR ACTION: Notice of application. the assurances in its approved agencies to develop partnerships with application, including those applicable SUMMARY: Roctop Investments Inc. State and local agencies, service to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit (Roctop) has applied for authority to providers, or other entities to ensure discrimination in programs or activities transmit electric energy from the United that students and youth with disabilities receiving Federal financial assistance States to Canada pursuant to section are referred for VR services and have from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 202(e) of the Federal Power Act. access to coordinated supports, services, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). training, and employment DATES: Comments, protests, or motions opportunities, including: (1) Increasing VII. Agency Contact to intervene must be submitted on or the number of referrals and applications before August 31, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara received by State VR agencies from Jordan, U.S. Department of Education, ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, agencies, service providers and others Rehabilitation Services Administration, motions to intervene, or requests for serving students and youth with 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5040, more information should be addressed disabilities; and (2) increasing the PCP, Washington, DC 20202–2800. to: Office of Electricity Delivery and number of students and youth with Telephone: (202) 245–7341 or by email: Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, disabilities receiving VR services; tara.jordan@ed.gov. U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 (c) Improve the ability of VR If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the Independence Avenue SW., Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES personnel to develop individualized FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because plans for employment that ensure the of delays in handling conventional mail, successful transition of students and VIII. Other Information it is recommended that documents be youth with disabilities and the Accessible Format: Individuals with transmitted by overnight mail, by achievement of post-school goals; and disabilities can obtain this document electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@ (d) Increase the number of students and a copy of the application package in hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586– and youth with disabilities served by an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 8008. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:54 Jul 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1


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CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesApplications Available: July 30, 2015.
ContactTara Jordan, U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5040, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245- 7341 or by email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 45512 
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