81_FR_54213 81 FR 54056 - Applications for New Awards; Performance Partnership Pilots

81 FR 54056 - Applications for New Awards; Performance Partnership Pilots

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 157 (August 15, 2016)

Page Range54056-54073
FR Document2016-19294

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54056-54073]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19294]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Performance Partnership Pilots

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Overview Information:
    Performance Partnership Pilots
    Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 
2016.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.420A.

    Dates:
    Applications Available: August 15, 2016.
    Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: September 29, 2016.

    Note: Submission of a notice of intent to apply is optional.

    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 31, 2016.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 28, 2016.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: Performance Partnership Pilots (P3), first 
authorized by Congress for FY 2014 by the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (2014 Appropriations Act) and reauthorized for FY 2015 by the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (2015 
Appropriations Act) and for FY 2016 by the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (2016 Appropriations Act) (together, the Acts), enable pilot 
sites to test innovative, outcome-focused strategies to achieve 
significant improvements in educational, employment, and other key 
outcomes for disconnected youth using new flexibility to blend existing 
Federal funds and to seek waivers of associated program requirements.
    Background: The Acts authorize the Departments of Education (ED or 
the Department), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD),\1\ and Justice (DOJ),\2\ the Corporation 
for National and Community Service (CNCS), and the Institute of Museum 
and Library Services (IMLS) (collectively, the Agencies), to enter into 
Performance Partnership Agreements (performance agreements) with State, 
local, or tribal governments to provide additional flexibility in using 
certain of the Agencies' discretionary funds,\3\ including competitive 
and formula grant funds, across multiple Federal programs. Entities 
that seek to participate in these pilots will be required to commit to 
achieving significant improvements in outcomes for disconnected youth 
in exchange for this new flexibility. The authorizing statute states 
that `` `[t]o improve outcomes for disconnected youth' means to 
increase the rate at which individuals between the ages of 14 and 24 
(who are low-income and either homeless, in foster care, involved in 
the juvenile justice system, unemployed, or not enrolled in or at risk 
of dropping out of an educational institution) achieve success in 
meeting educational, employment, or other key goals.''
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    \1\ The 2016 Appropriations Act authorizes HUD to enter into 
performance agreements with respect to FY 2016 Homeless Assistance 
Grants.
    \2\ DOJ's Office of Justice Programs was first authorized to 
enter into performance agreements by the 2015 Appropriations Act.
    \3\ Discretionary funds are funds that Congress appropriates on 
an annual basis, rather than through a standing authorization. They 
exclude ``entitlement'' (or mandatory) programs such as Social 
Security, Medicare, Medicaid, most Foster Care IV-E programs, 
Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants, and Temporary Assistance to 
Needy Families (TANF). Discretionary programs administered by the 
Agencies support a broad set of public services, including 
education, job training, health and mental health, and other low-
income assistance programs.
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    Government and community partners have invested considerable 
attention and resources to meet the needs of disconnected youth. 
However, practitioners, youth advocates, and others on the front lines 
of service delivery have observed that flexibility can be a key tool to 
address certain programmatic and administrative obstacles to achieving 
meaningful improvements in education, employment, health, and well-
being for these young people.
    P3 tests the hypothesis that additional flexibility for States, 
local governments, and tribes, in the form of blending funds and 
waivers of certain programmatic requirements, can help overcome some of 
the significant hurdles that States, local governments, and tribes face 
in providing intensive, comprehensive, and sustained service pathways 
and improving outcomes for disconnected youth. For example, P3 can be 
used to better coordinate and align the multiple systems that serve 
youth. P3 may help address the ``wrong pockets'' problem, where 
entities that observe improved outcomes or other benefits due to an 
intervention are unable to use Federal funds to support that 
intervention due to program restrictions. P3 flexibility may also allow 
the testing of an innovative approach to help build additional evidence 
about what works. If this hypothesis proves true, providing necessary 
and targeted flexibility to remove or overcome these hurdles will help 
to achieve significant benefits for disconnected youth, the communities 
that serve them, and the involved agencies and partners.
    The statutory definition of ``disconnected youth'' specifically 
identifies several high-need subpopulations of low-income youth, 
including youth who are homeless, youth in foster care, youth involved 
in the juvenile justice system, and youth who are unemployed or not in 
school or at risk of dropping out. We wish to note that there are a 
number of other high-need subpopulations of disconnected youth who are 
not specifically enumerated in statute but are also at risk of dropping 
out. For example, English learners (ELs) are at great risk of dropping 
out; the average cohort graduation rate for ELs during the 2013-14 
school year was only 62.6 percent, while the national average cohort

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graduation rate for all youth was 82.3 percent. Similarly, the average 
cohort graduation rate for youth with a disability receiving special 
education and related services under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) was significantly lower than that of youth who did 
not receive services under IDEA: 63.1 percent during the 2013-14 school 
year.\4\ Immigrants and refugees are another high-need subpopulation at 
great risk of dropping out. In 2014, the status dropout rate of 
immigrant youth ages 16 to 24 was 12 percent, compared with 8 percent 
for children of foreign-born parents, and 6 percent for children with 
native-born parents.\5\ Students in foster care also are at great risk 
of dropping out. A 2014 study that examined cross-sectional data on 
California students who were in foster care at some point during the 
2009-10 school year found that the single-year dropout rate for 
California students in foster care was more than 8 percent, nearly 
three times higher than the statewide dropout rate (3 percent).\6\ 
Applicants wishing to serve a subpopulation of disconnected youth not 
otherwise named in the statutory definition---such as the examples 
above--should consider whether that subpopulation faces an elevated 
risk of dropping out based on sound research.
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    \4\ EDFacts/Consolidated State Performance Report, School Year 
2013-14. Retrieved from nces.ed.gov/ccd/tables/ACGR_RE_and_characteristics_2013-14.asp.
    \5\ Child Trends Data Bank (2015). High School Dropout Rates. 
Retrieved from www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/01_Dropout_Rates.pdf.
    \6\ Wiegmann, W., et al. (2014). The Invisible Achievement Gap 
Part 2: How the Foster Care Experiences of California Public School 
Students Are Associated with Their Education Outcomes. Retrieved 
from www.stuartfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IAGpart2.pdf.
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FY 2016 Funds

    This notice invites applications for a third round of pilots as 
authorized by the 2016 Appropriations Act. That act extended the P3 
authority to allow pilots to blend and/or seek waivers under eligible 
FY 2016 funds from programs at ED, DOL, HHS, CNCS, IMLS, HUD, and DOJ.

Homeless Assistance Act Grants

    The 2016 Appropriations Act authorizes the inclusion in P3 of 
McKinney-Vento Act Homeless Assistance Grants administered by HUD, 
including the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program and Emergency Solutions 
Grant Program (ESG), in up to 10 CoCs. The CoC Program is designed to 
assist individuals (including unaccompanied youth) and families 
experiencing homelessness and to provide the services needed to help 
such individuals move into housing, with the goal of long-term 
stability.\7\ In local communities, the group tasked with carrying out 
the responsibilities of the CoC Program for a defined geographic area, 
including ensuring that all resources used to prevent and end 
homelessness within that geographic area are allocated strategically, 
is called the CoC. This group consists of a coalition of community 
stakeholders with an interest in preventing and ending homelessness.
    The Agencies expect that pilots that include Homeless Assistance 
Grant funding will include their local CoC's input and engagement in 
identifying gaps and needs in the community for housing and serving 
disconnected youth experiencing homelessness. The Agencies further 
expect that the pilots will address these CoC-identified needs and that 
the CoCs will have approved the use of grant funds for this purpose.

Absolute Priorities

    For purposes of this competition, absolute priorities create 
separate categories for scoring and considering applications. 
Applicants must select one of these absolute priorities. Because a 
diverse group of communities could benefit from P3, we include absolute 
priorities for applications that propose to serve disconnected youth in 
one or more rural communities only (Absolute Priority 2), applications 
that propose to serve disconnected youth in one or more Indian tribal 
communities (Absolute Priority 3), and applications that propose to 
serve disconnected youth in other communities (Absolute Priority 1). P3 
is intended, through a demonstration, to identify effective strategies 
for serving disconnected youth. We are aware such strategies may differ 
across environments and wish to test the authority in a variety of 
settings.
    In this FY 2016 competition, we are also including an absolute 
priority for communities that have experienced recent civil unrest 
(Absolute Priority 4), consistent with requirements of the 2016 
Appropriations Act. Though the economy has recovered strongly in many 
places, many communities continue to struggle with high youth 
unemployment, low graduation rates, and crime. These and other 
continuing challenges can manifest in different instances of civil 
unrest, such as large protests or instances of civil disobedience, 
increases in self-directed or interpersonal violence in concentrated 
areas, or civic disorder prompted by a public health emergency. In 
response to the priority, an applicant should describe the instance(s) 
of civil unrest, including (1) a description of the civil unrest that 
occurred in the community or communities it intends to serve; and (2) 
the date or dates the civil unrest occurred. We include this priority 
in the FY 2016 P3 competition in the hopes that P3 flexibilities, 
including waivers and the blending of funds, will empower communities 
to improve educational and employment outcomes for disconnected youth 
in these communities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 
applications that meet Absolute Priority 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Competitive Preference Priorities

    Competitive preference priorities allow applicants to receive extra 
points for satisfying certain criteria.

Competitive Preference Priority 1

    In addition to the absolute priorities, we also include four 
competitive preference priorities. We include a competitive preference 
priority for projects that are likely to result in significantly better 
educational or employment outcomes for those disconnected youth who are 
neither employed nor enrolled in education and who also face 
significant barriers to accessing education and employment. Involvement 
with the justice system is an example of a significant barrier to 
education and employment for youth who are neither employed nor 
enrolled in school. Many youth involved with the justice system face 
significant barriers to accessing the education and training they need 
to achieve independence and reintegrate into the community because the 
education and training available to them through correctional 
facilities, as well as upon release, often does not meet their 
needs.\8\ For older youth involved with the adult criminal justice 
system, having a criminal record can severely limit the ability to 
secure employment.\9\ Reconnecting these young people to education and 
employment is a national imperative, and including this priority as a 
competitive preference priority will create incentives for applicants 
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communities to design projects to serve this hard-to-reach population.
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    \8\ See, for example, Juvenile Justice Students Face Barriers to 
High School Graduation and Job Training (2010). Report No. 10-55. 
Tallahassee, FL: Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government 
Accountability, the Florida Legislature. Retrieved from: 
www.oppaga.state.fl.us/MonitorDocs/Reports/pdf/1055rpt.pdf.
    \9\ See, for example, Pager, D.P. and Western, B.(2009). 
Investigating Prisoner Reentry: The Impact of Conviction Status on 
the Employment Prospects of Young Men: Final Report to the National 
Institute of Justice. Document No. 228584. Retrieved from: 
www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228584.pdf.
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Competitive Preference Priority 2

    We include a competitive preference priority for projects that 
provide all disconnected youth served by the project with paid work-
based learning opportunities because addressing the employment needs of 
disconnected youth is critical to improving their well-being and 
preparing them for lives as productive adults. We note as well that new 
evidence indicates that the benefits of work-based learning 
opportunities extend beyond improving the employment outcomes of youth. 
A recent evaluation of the summer work and learning opportunity program 
offered by New York City for youth ages 14 through 21, which selected 
participants using a randomized lottery, found that, within five to 
eight years after participation, the incarceration and mortality rates 
of participants were significantly lower than those of their peers who 
were not selected to participate in the program.\10\ For youth who are 
not enrolled in school, year-round employment, and not just employment 
during the summer, is critically important. Under this competitive 
preference priority, the work-based learning opportunities must be 
integrated with academic and technical instruction because research 
suggests that work experience must be combined with academic and 
technical training in order to have a positive impact on the employment 
and earnings outcomes of youth.\11\
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    \10\ Gelber, A., Isen, A. and Kessler, J.B. (2014). The Effects 
of Youth Employment: Evidence from New York City Summer Youth 
Employment. Program Lotteries. NBER Working Paper No. 20810. 
Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
    \11\ Sattar, S. (2010). Evidence Scan of Work Experience 
Programs. Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research. See also Roder, 
A. and Elliott, M. (2014). Sustained Gains: Year-Up's Continued 
Impact on Young Adults' Earnings. New York, NY: Economic Mobility 
Corporation, Inc.
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Competitive Preference Priority 3

    This competition also includes a competitive preference priority 
for projects that are designed to serve and coordinate with a federally 
designated Promise Zone. Promise Zone designees have committed to 
establishing comprehensive, coordinated approaches in order to ensure 
that America's most vulnerable children succeed from cradle to career. 
Twenty-two Promise Zones have been designated. They are located in: Los 
Angeles, California; Sacramento, California; San Diego, California; 
South Los Angeles, California; Hartford, Connecticut; Southwest Florida 
Regional Planning Commission in Glades County, Hendry County, and the 
Immokalee Community in Collier County; Atlanta, Georgia; Evansville, 
Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana; the Southeastern Kentucky Highlands in 
Kentucky; Minneapolis, Minnesota; St. Louis and St. Louis County, 
Missouri; Camden, New Jersey; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Rollete County, North Dakota; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; the South 
Carolina Low Country; the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala 
Sioux Tribe, South Dakota; Nashville, Tennessee; San Antonio, Texas; 
and the Spokane Tribe of Indians, Washington. The Promise Zone 
designation is designed to assist local leaders in creating jobs, 
increasing economic activity, improving educational opportunities, 
leveraging private investment, and reducing violent crime in high-
poverty urban, rural, and tribal communities.\12\
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    \12\ For additional information on Promise Zones, see 
www.hudexchange.info/programs/promise-zones/.
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Competitive Preference Priority 4

    This competition also includes a competitive preference priority 
for applicants that plan to conduct independent impact evaluations of 
at least one service-delivery or operational component of their pilots 
(site-specific evaluation), in addition to participating in any 
national P3 evaluation, which is discussed in the Program Requirements 
section of this notice. In proposing these site-specific impact 
evaluations, applicants should use the strongest possible designs and 
research methods and use high-quality administrative data in order to 
maximize confidence in the evaluation findings and minimize the costs 
of conducting these evaluations. Federal start-up funds and blended 
funds may be used to finance these evaluations.
    Priorities: This competition includes four absolute priorities, 
four competitive preference priorities, and three invitational 
priorities. Absolute Priorities 1, 2, and 3 and Competitive Preference 
Priorities 1, 2, and 4 are from the notice of final priorities, 
requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for this program 
published on April 28, 2016 in the Federal Register (81 FR 25339) (P3 
NFP). Absolute Priority 4 is from section 525(b) of Division H of the 
2016 Appropriations Act. Competitive Preference Priority 3 is from the 
notice of final priority--Promise Zones, published in the Federal 
Register on March 27, 2014 (79 FR 17035) (Promise Zones NFP).
    Absolute Priorities: For FY 2016 and any subsequent year in which 
we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this 
competition, these priorities are absolute priorities. Under 34 CFR 
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet Absolute Priority 
1, 2, 3, or 4.

    Note: Applicants must indicate in the Appendix section of their 
applications, under ``Other Attachments Form,'' whether they are 
applying under Absolute Priority 1, Absolute Priority 2, Absolute 
Priority 3, or Absolute Priority 4. An applicant that applies under 
Absolute Priority 2, Absolute Priority 3, or Absolute Priority 4, 
but is not eligible for funding under that absolute priority, will 
be considered for funding under Absolute Priority 1.

    These priorities are:
    Absolute Priority 1--Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth.
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that is 
designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth.
    Absolute Priority 2--Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth in 
Rural Communities.
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that is 
designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth in one or more 
rural communities (as defined in this notice) only.
    Absolute Priority 3--Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth in 
Tribal Communities.
    To meet this priority, an applicant must (1) propose a pilot that 
is designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth who are members 
of one or more State- or federally-recognized Indian tribal 
communities; and (2) represent a partnership that includes one or more 
State- or federally-recognized Indian tribes.
    Absolute Priority 4--Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth in 
Communities that Have Recently Experienced Civil Unrest.
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that is 
designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth in one or more 
communities that have recently experienced civil unrest.
    Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2016 and any subsequent 
year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications 
from this competition, these priorities are competitive preference 
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to an additional 
five points to an application based on how well the application meets 
Competitive Preference Priority 1, an additional three points to an 
application that meets

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Competitive Preference Priority 2, an additional two points to an 
application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 3, and up to an 
additional 10 points to an application based on how well the 
application meets Competitive Preference Priority 4.
    Applicants may address more than one of the competitive preference 
priorities. An applicant must identify in the Appendix section of its 
application, under ``Other Attachments Form,'' the priority or 
priorities it addresses.
    Competitive Preference Priority 1--Improving Outcomes for Youth Who 
Are Unemployed and Out of School (Up to 5 points).
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that--
    (1) will serve disconnected youth who are neither employed nor 
enrolled in education and who face significant barriers to accessing 
education and employment; and
    (2) is likely to result in significantly better educational or 
employment outcomes for such youth.
    Competitive Preference Priority 2--Work-Based Learning 
Opportunities (0 or 3 points).
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that will 
provide all of the disconnected youth it proposes to serve with paid 
work-based learning opportunities, such as opportunities during the 
summer, which are integrated with academic and technical instruction.
    Competitive Preference Priority 3--Promise Zones (0 or 2 points).
    This priority is for projects that are designed to serve and 
coordinate with a federally designated Promise Zone.
    Competitive Preference Priority 4--Site-Specific Evaluation (Up to 
10 points).
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose to conduct an 
independent evaluation of the impacts on disconnected youth of its 
overall program or specific components of its program that is a 
randomized controlled trial or a quasi-experimental design study. The 
extent to which an applicant meets this priority will be based on the 
clarity and feasibility of the applicant's proposed evaluation design, 
the appropriateness of the design to best capture key pilot outcomes, 
the prospective contribution of the evaluation to the knowledge base 
about serving disconnected youth (including the rigor of the design and 
the validity and generalizability of the findings), and the applicant's 
demonstrated expertise in planning and conducting a randomized 
controlled trial or quasi-experimental design study.
    In order to meet this priority, an applicant also must include the 
following two documents as separate attachments to its application:
    1. A Summary Evaluation Plan that describes how the pilot or a 
component of the pilot (such as a discrete service-delivery strategy) 
will be rigorously evaluated. The evaluation plan may not exceed eight 
pages. The plan must include the following:
     A brief description of the research question(s) proposed 
for study and an explanation of its/their relevance, including how the 
proposed evaluation will build on the research evidence base for the 
project as described in the application and how the evaluation findings 
will be used to improve program implementation;
     A description of the randomized controlled trial or quasi-
experimental design study methodology, including the key outcome 
measures, the process for forming a comparison or control group, a 
justification for the target sample size and strategy for achieving it, 
and the approach to data collection (and sources) that minimizes both 
cost and potential attrition;
     A proposed evaluation timeline, including dates for 
submission of required interim and final reports;
     A description of how, to the extent feasible and 
consistent with applicable Federal, State, local, and tribal privacy 
requirements, evaluation data will be made available to other, 
third[hyphen]party researchers after the project ends; and
     A plan for selecting and procuring the services of a 
qualified independent evaluator (as defined in this notice) prior to 
enrolling participants (or a description of how one was selected if 
agreements have already been reached). The applicant must describe how 
it will ensure that the qualified independent evaluator has the 
capacity and expertise to conduct the evaluation, including estimating 
the effort for the qualified independent evaluator. This estimate must 
include the time, expertise, and analysis needed to successfully 
complete the proposed evaluation.
    2. A supplementary Evaluation Budget Narrative, which is separate 
from the overall application budget narrative and provides a 
description of the costs associated with funding the proposed program 
evaluation component, and an explanation of its funding source--i.e., 
blended funding, start-up funding, State, local, or tribal government 
funding, or other funding (such as philanthropic). The budget must 
include a breakout of costs by evaluation activity (such as data 
collection and participant follow-up), and the applicant must describe 
a strategy for refining the budget after the services of an evaluator 
have been procured. The applicant must include travel costs for the 
qualified independent evaluator to attend at least one in-person 
conference in Washington, DC during the period of evaluation. All costs 
included in this supplementary budget narrative must be reasonable and 
appropriate to the project timeline and deliverables.
    The Agencies will review the Summary Evaluation Plans and 
Evaluation Budget Narratives and provide feedback to applicants that 
are determined to have met the priority and that are selected as 
pilots. After award, these pilots must submit to the lead Federal 
agency a detailed evaluation plan of no more than 30 pages that relies 
heavily on the expertise of a qualified independent evaluator. The 
detailed evaluation plan must address the Agencies' feedback and expand 
on the Summary Evaluation Plan.
    Invitational Priorities:
    For FY 2016 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from 
the list of unfunded applications from this competition, these 
priorities are invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do 
not give an application that meets these invitational priorities a 
competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
    Invitational Priority 1--Improving Outcomes for Homeless Youth.
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that--
    (1) will serve disconnected youth who are homeless youth (as 
defined in this notice); and
    (2) is likely to result in significantly better educational or 
employment outcomes for such youth.
    Invitational Priority 2--Improving Outcomes for Youth Involved in 
the Justice System.
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that--
    (1) will serve disconnected youth who are involved in the justice 
system; and
    (2) is likely to result in significantly better educational or 
employment outcomes for such youth.
    Invitational Priority 3--Improving Outcomes for Youth in Foster 
Care.
    To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that--
    (1) will serve disconnected youth who are or have ever been in 
foster care; and
    (2) is likely to result in significantly better educational or 
employment outcomes for such youth.
    Application Requirements:
    The application requirements for this competition are from the P3 
NFP. All applicants must meet these application requirements in order 
to be considered

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for funding and selection as a pilot. The applicants are expected to 
provide the information specified in the application requirements and 
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 
application in the form of an application narrative of no more than 45 
pages. With the exception of the memorandum of understanding or letter 
of commitment described in application requirement (e)(2) and the 
assurance described in application requirement (c)(2), applicants must 
provide the documents or information specified in the application 
requirements in the applications they are required to submit by October 
31, 2016. To reduce burden on applicants, we require only top-scoring 
applicants to submit the memorandum of understanding or letter of 
commitment described in application requirement (e)(2) and the 
assurance described in application requirement (c)(2). We will notify 
top-scoring applicants by telephone and email following the peer 
review. These applicants will be directed to transmit the memorandum of 
understanding or letter of commitment required by application 
requirement (e)(2) and the assurance described in application 
requirement (c)(2) to [email protected] within 21 calendar days 
of the notification.
    (a) Executive Summary. The applicant must provide an executive 
summary that briefly describes the proposed pilot, the flexibilities 
being sought, and the interventions or systems changes that would be 
implemented by the applicant and its partners to improve outcomes for 
disconnected youth.
    (b) Target Population. The applicant must complete Table 1, 
specifying the target population(s) for the pilot, including the age 
range of youth who will be served and the estimated number of youth who 
will be served over the course of the pilot.
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    (c) Flexibility, including waivers:
    1. Federal requests for flexibility, including waivers. For each 
program to be included in a pilot, the applicant must complete Table 2, 
Requested Flexibility. The applicant must identify two or more 
discretionary Federal programs that will be included in the pilot,\13\ 
at least one of which must be administered (in whole or in part) by a 
State, local, or tribal government.\14\ In table 2, the applicant must 
identify one or more program requirements that would inhibit 
implementation of the pilot and request that the requirement(s) be 
waived in whole or in part. Examples of potential waiver requests and 
other requests for flexibility include, but are not limited to: 
Blending of funds and changes to align eligibility requirements, 
allowable uses of funds, and performance reporting.
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    \13\ Applicants are encouraged to consult the list of examples 
of programs that are potentially eligible for inclusion in pilots in 
the application package.
    \14\ Local governments that are requesting waivers of 
requirements in State-administered programs are strongly encouraged 
to consult with the State agencies that administer the programs in 
preparing their applications.
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    Note:  Please note in ``Name of Program Grantee'' if the grantee 
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is a State, local, or tribal government, or non-governmental entity.

    2. Non-Federal flexibility, including waivers. The applicant must 
provide written assurance that:
    A. The State, local, or tribal government(s) with authority to 
grant any needed non-Federal flexibility, including waivers, has 
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approve such flexibility within 60 days of an applicant's designation 
as a pilot finalist; \15\ or
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    \15\ This includes, for example, for local governments, 
instances in which a waiver must be agreed upon by a State. It also 
includes instances in which waivers may only be requested by the 
State on the local government's behalf, such as waivers of the 
performance accountability requirements for local areas established 
in Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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    B. Non-Federal flexibility, including waivers, is not needed in 
order to successfully implement the pilot.\16\
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    \16\ Only top-scoring applicants notified by ED must submit this 
written assurance. The assurance must be transmitted to 
[email protected] by no later than 21 calendar days of the 
applicant's notification by ED that is a top-scoring applicant.
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    (d) Logic Model. The applicant must provide a graphic depiction 
(not longer than one page) of the pilot's logic model that illustrates 
the underlying theory of how the pilot's strategy will produce intended 
outcomes.
    (e) Partnership Capacity and Management. The applicant must--
    1. Identify the proposed partners, including any and all State, 
local, and tribal entities and non-governmental organizations that 
would be involved in implementation of the pilot, and describe their 
roles in the pilot's implementation using Table 3. Partnerships that 
cross programs and funding sources but are under the jurisdiction of a 
single agency or entity must identify the different sub-organizational 
units involved.
    2. Provide a memorandum of understanding or letter of commitment 
signed by the executive leader or other accountable senior 
representative of each partner that describes each proposed partner's 
commitment, including its contribution of financial or in-kind 
resources (if any).\17\
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    \17\ Only top-scoring applicants notified by ED must submit the 
memorandum of understanding or letter of commitment. This document 
must be transmitted to [email protected] by no later than 21 
calendar days of the applicant's notification by ED that it is a 
top-scoring applicant.
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    Note:  Any grantees mentioned in Table 2 that are not the lead 
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applicant must be included in Table 3.

    (f) Data and Performance Management Capacity.
    The applicant must propose outcome measures and interim indicators 
to gauge pilot performance using Table 4. At least one outcome measure 
must be in the domain of education, and at least one outcome measure 
must be in the domain of employment. Applicants may specify additional 
employment and education outcome measures, as well as outcome measures 
in other domains of well-being, such as criminal justice, physical and 
mental health, and housing. Regardless of the outcome domain, 
applicants must identify at least one interim indicator for each 
proposed outcome measure. Applicants may apply one interim indicator to 
multiple outcome measures, if appropriate.
    Examples of outcome measures and interim indicators follow. 
Applicants may choose from this menu or may propose alternative 
indicators and outcome measures if they describe why their alternatives 
are more appropriate for their proposed projects.

                            Education Domain
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            Outcome measure                     Interim indicator
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High school diploma or equivalency        High school
 attainment.                              enrollment.
                                          Reduction in chronic
                                          absenteeism.
                                          Grade promotion.
                                          Performance on
                                          standardized assessments.
                                          Grade Point Average.
                                          Credit accumulation.
College completion.....................   Enrollment.
                                          Course attendance.
                                          Credit accumulation.
                                          Retention.
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                            Employment Domain
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            Outcome measure                     Interim indicator
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Sustained Employment...................   Unsubsidized
                                          employment at time periods
                                          after exit from the program.
                                          Median earnings at
                                          time periods after exit from
                                          the program.
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    The specific outcome measures and interim indicators the applicant 
uses should be grounded in its logic model, and informed by applicable 
program results or research, as appropriate. Applicants must also 
indicate the source of the data, the proposed frequency of collection, 
and the methodology used to collect the data.
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    (g) Budget and Budget Narrative.
    1. The applicant must complete Table 5 to provide the following 
budget information:
    A. For each Federal program, the grantee, the amount of funds to be 
blended or braided (as defined in this notice), the percentage of total 
program funding received by the grantee that the amount to be blended 
or braided represents, the Federal fiscal year of the award, and 
whether the grant has already been awarded; and
    B. The total amount of funds from all Federal programs that would 
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of programs that are potentially eligible for inclusion in pilots in 
the application package.
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    Note:  Applicants may propose to expand the number of Federal 
programs supporting pilot activities using future funding beyond FY 
2016, which may be included in pilots if Congress extends the P3 
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authority.

    Program Requirements:
    The program requirements for this competition are from the P3 NFP.
    (a) National evaluation. In addition to any site-specific 
evaluations that pilots may undertake, the Agencies may initiate a 
national P3 evaluation of the pilots selected in Round 3, as well as 
those selected in subsequent rounds.\19\ Each P3 pilot must participate 
fully in any federally sponsored P3 evaluation activity, including the 
national evaluation of P3, which will consist of the analysis of 
participant characteristics and outcomes, an implementation analysis at 
all sites, and rigorous impact evaluations of promising interventions 
in selected sites. The applicant must acknowledge in writing its 
understanding of these requirements by submitting the form provided in 
Appendix A, ``Evaluation Commitment Form,'' as an attachment to its 
application.
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    \19\ The initiation of any federally sponsored national P3 
evaluation activities is dependent upon the availability of 
sufficient funds and resources.
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    (b) Community of practice. All P3 pilots must participate in a 
community of practice (as defined in this notice) that includes an 
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meeting of pilot sites (paid with grant funding that must be reflected 
in the pilot budget submitted) and virtual peer-to-peer learning 
activities. This commitment involves each pilot site working with the 
lead Federal agency on a plan for supporting its technical assistance 
needs, which can include learning activities supported by foundations 
or other non-Federal organizations as well as activities financed with 
Federal funds for the pilot.
    (c) Consent. P3 pilots must secure necessary consent from parents, 
guardians, students, or youth program participants to access data for 
their pilots and any evaluations, in accordance with applicable 
Federal, State, local, and tribal laws. Applicants must explain how 
they propose to ensure compliance with Federal, State, local, and 
tribal privacy laws and regulations as pilot partners share data to 
support effective coordination of services and link data to track 
outcome measures and interim indicators at the individual level to 
perform, where applicable, a low-cost, high-quality evaluation.\20\
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    \20\ To the extent feasible and consistent with applicable 
privacy requirements, grantees must also ensure the data from their 
evaluations are made available to third[hyphen]party researchers.
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    (d) Performance agreement. Each P3 pilot, along with other non-
Federal government entities involved in the partnership, must enter 
into a performance agreement that will include, at a minimum, the 
following (as required by section 526(c)(2) of Division H of the 2014 
Appropriations Act):
    1. The length of the agreement;
    2. The Federal programs and federally funded services that are 
involved in the pilot;
    3. The Federal discretionary funds that are being used in the 
pilot;
    4. The non[hyphen]Federal funds that are involved in the pilot, by 
source (which may include private funds as well as governmental funds) 
and by amount;
    5. The State, local, or tribal programs that are involved in the 
pilot;
    6. The populations to be served by the pilot;
    7. The cost[hyphen]effective Federal oversight procedures that will 
be used for the purpose of maintaining the necessary level of 
accountability for the use of the Federal discretionary funds;
    8. The cost[hyphen]effective State, local, or tribal oversight 
procedures that will be used for the purpose of maintaining the 
necessary level of accountability for the use of the Federal 
discretionary funds;
    9. The outcome (or outcomes) that the pilot is designed to achieve;
    10. The appropriate, reliable, and objective 
outcome[hyphen]measurement methodology that will be used to determine 
whether the pilot is achieving, and has achieved, specified outcomes;
    11. The statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirements 
related to Federal mandatory programs that are barriers to achieving 
improved outcomes of the pilot; and
    12. Criteria for determining when a pilot is not achieving the 
specified outcomes that it is designed to achieve and subsequent steps, 
including:
    i. The consequences that will result; and
    ii. The corrective actions that will be taken in order to increase 
the likelihood that the pilot will achieve such specified outcomes.
    Applicants are advised that the Agencies expect to make the 
performance agreements available to the public.
    Definitions: The following definitions are from the P3 NFP, the 
2014 Appropriations Act, and 34 CFR 77.1.
    Blended funding is a funding and resource allocation strategy that 
uses multiple existing funding streams to support a single initiative 
or strategy. Blended funding merges two or more funding streams, or 
portions of multiple funding streams, to produce greater efficiency 
and/or effectiveness. Funds from each individual stream lose their 
award-specific identity, and the blended funds together become subject 
to a single set of reporting and other requirements, consistent with 
the underlying purposes of the programs for which the funds were 
appropriated.
    Braided funding is a funding and resource allocation strategy in 
which entities use existing funding streams to support unified 
initiatives in as flexible and integrated a manner as possible while 
still tracking and maintaining separate accountability for each funding 
stream. One or more entities may coordinate several funding sources, 
but each individual funding stream maintains its award-specific 
identity. Whereas blending funds typically requires one or more waivers 
of associated program requirements, braiding does not. However, waivers 
may be used to support more effective or efficient braiding of funds.
    Community of practice means a group of pilots that agrees to 
interact regularly to solve persistent problems or improve practice in 
an area that is important to them and the success of their projects.
    English learner means an individual who has limited ability in 
reading, writing, speaking, or comprehending the English language, 
and--
    (A) Whose native language is a language other than English; or
    (B) Who lives in a family or community environment where a language 
other than English is the dominant language.
    Evidence-informed interventions bring together the best available 
research, professional expertise, and input from youth and families to 
identify and deliver services that have promise to achieve positive 
outcomes for youth, families, and communities.
    Homeless youth has the same meaning as ``homeless children and 
youths'' in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless 
Children and Youth Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)).
    An interim indicator is a marker of achievement that demonstrates 
progress toward an outcome and is measured at least annually.
    Interventions based on evidence are approaches to prevention or 
treatment that are validated by documented scientific evidence from 
randomized controlled trials, or quasi-experimental design studies or 
correlational studies, and that show positive effects (for randomized 
controlled trials and quasi-experimental design studies) or favorable 
associations (for correlational studies) on the primary targeted 
outcomes for populations or settings similar to those of the proposed 
pilot. The best evidence to support an applicant's proposed reform(s) 
and target population will be based on one or more randomized 
controlled trials. The next best evidence will be studies using a 
quasi-experimental design. Correlational analysis may also be used as 
evidence to support an applicant's proposed reforms.
    Logic model (also referred to as theory of action) means a well-
specified conceptual framework that identifies key components of the 
proposed process, product, strategy, or practice (i.e., the active 
``ingredients'' that are hypothesized to be critical to achieving the 
relevant outcomes) and describes the relationships among the key 
components and outcomes, theoretically and operationally.
    Outcomes are the intended results of a program, or intervention. 
They are what applicants expect their projects to achieve. An outcome 
can be measured at the participant level (for example, changes in 
employment retention or earnings of disconnected youth) or at the 
system level (for example, improved efficiency in program operations or 
administration).
    A qualified independent evaluator is an individual who coordinates 
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the pilot, but works independently on the evaluation and has the 
capacity to carry out the evaluation, including, but not limited to: 
Prior experience conducting evaluations of similar design (for example, 
for randomized controlled trials, the evaluator will have successfully 
conducted a randomized controlled trial in the past); positive past 
performance on evaluations of a similar design, as evidenced by past 
performance reviews submitted from past clients directly to the 
awardee; lead staff with prior experience carrying out a similar 
evaluation; lead staff with minimum credential (such as a Ph.D. plus 
three years of experience conducting evaluations of a similar nature, 
or a Master's degree plus seven years of experience conducting 
evaluations of a similar nature); and adequate staff time to work on 
the evaluation.
    Quasi-experimental design study means a study using a design that 
attempts to approximate an experimental design by identifying a 
comparison group that is similar to the treatment group in important 
respects. These studies, depending on design and implementation, can 
meet What Works Clearinghouse Evidence Standards (as defined in this 
notice) with reservations (but not What Works Clearinghouse Evidence 
Standards without reservations).
    Randomized controlled trial means a study that employs random 
assignment of, for example, students, teachers, classrooms, schools, or 
districts to receive the intervention being evaluated (the treatment 
group) or not to receive the intervention (the control group). The 
estimated effectiveness of the intervention is the difference between 
the average outcome for the treatment group and for the control group. 
These studies, depending on design and implementation, can meet What 
Works Clearinghouse Evidence Standards (as defined in this notice) 
without reservations.
    A rural community is a community that is served only by one or more 
local educational agencies (LEAs) that are currently eligible under the 
Department of Education's Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) 
program or the Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) program authorized 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as 
amended, or includes only schools designated by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) with a locale code of 42 or 43.
    A waiver provides flexibility in the form of relief, in whole or in 
part, from specific statutory, regulatory, or administrative 
requirements that have hindered the ability of a State, locality, or 
tribe to organize its programs and systems or provide services in ways 
that best meet the needs of its target populations. Under P3, waivers 
provide flexibility in exchange for a pilot's commitment to improve 
programmatic outcomes for disconnected youth consistent with underlying 
statutory authorities and purposes.
    What Works Clearinghouse Evidence Standards means the standards set 
forth in the What Works Clearinghouse Procedures and Standards Handbook 
(Version 3.0, March 2014), which can be found at the following link: //
ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/DocumentSum.aspx?sid=19.

    Program Authority: Section 219 of Division B, section 525 of 
Division H, and section 242 of Division L of the 2016 Appropriations 
Act.

    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 
97, 98, and 99, and such other regulations as the Agencies may apply 
based on the programs included in a particular pilot. (b) The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) 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 as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) The 
Promise Zones NFP. (e) The P3 NFP.

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

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Cooperative agreement.
    Estimated Available Funds: Up to $2,000,000.
    Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of 
applications, we may make additional awards in subsequent years from 
the list of unfunded applications from this competition.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000 to $250,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Award: $200,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 10.

    Note: The Agencies are not bound by any estimates in this 
notice. ED may supplement one or more awards above the amount 
requested in the application if funds remain after ED has made 
awards to all of the pilots.

    Project Period: Not to extend beyond September 30, 2020.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: The lead applicant must be a State, local, 
or tribal government entity, represented by a Chief Executive, such as 
a governor, mayor, or other elected leader, or the head of a State, 
local, or tribal agency.
    2. Cost-Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost-
sharing or matching.
    3. Eligible Subgrantees: (a) Under 34 CFR 75.708(b) and (c) a 
grantee may award subgrants--to directly carry out project activities 
described in its application--to the following types of entities: State 
governmental agencies; local governmental agencies, including LEAs; 
tribal governmental agencies; institutions of higher education; and 
nonprofit organizations.
    (b) The grantee may only award subgrants to entities it has 
identified in an approved application.

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to Request Application Package: Braden Goetz, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 11141, Potomac 
Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 245-7405 or 
by email: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
    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 either of the program contact persons 
listed in this section.
    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.
    Notice of Intent to Submit an Application: September 14, 2016.

    Note: Submission of a notice of intent to apply is optional. We 
will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing 
applications if we know the approximate number of applicants that 
intend to apply under this competition. Therefore, we strongly 
encourage each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant's 
intent to apply by emailing to [email protected] the 
following information: (1) The applicant organization's name and 
address and (2) the absolute priority the applicant intends to 
address. Applicants that do not submit a notice of intent to apply 
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    Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant, 
provide the information specified in the application requirements and 
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your 
application. You must limit the application narrative to no more than 
45 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.
     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.
    The page limit for the application narrative does not apply to the 
budget and budget narrative, the assurances and certifications, the 
abstract, the absolute and competitive preference priorities, the 
resumes, the summary evaluation plan and supplementary evaluation 
budget narrative for applicants responding to Competitive Preference 
Priority 4, the evaluation commitment form, or the letters of 
commitment and memoranda of understanding. However, the page limit does 
apply to all of the application narrative section.
    Our reviewers will not read any pages of your application narrative 
that exceed the page limit.
    b. Submission of Proprietary Information:
    Given the types of projects that may be proposed in applications 
for P3, your application may include business information that you 
consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we define ``business information'' 
and describe the process we use in determining whether any of that 
information is proprietary and, thus, protected from disclosure under 
Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as 
amended).
    Because we plan to make successful applications available to the 
public, and may make all applications available, you may wish to 
request confidentiality of business information.
    Consistent with Executive Order 12600, please designate in your 
application any information that you believe is exempt from disclosure 
under Exemption 4. 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: August 15, 2016.
    Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: September 29, 2016.

    Note: Submission of a notice of intent to apply is optional.

    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 31, 2016.
    Applications 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 Other Submission 
Requirements in section IV 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 remain subject to all 
other requirements and limitations in this notice.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 28, 2016.
    4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive 
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about 
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 
12372 is in the application package for this competition.
    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), 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 at the 
following Web site: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. 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 you enter into the SAM database. 
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, it may be 24 to 48 
hours before you can access the information in, and submit an 
application through, Grants.gov.

    If you are currently registered with SAM, you may not need to make 
any 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

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exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in 
this section.
    a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
    Applications for grants under the P3 program, CFDA number 84.420A, 
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 P3 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 84.420, not 
84.420A).
    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. In addition, for specific guidance and 
procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov, please 
refer to the Grants.gov Web site at: www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/apply-for-grants.html.
     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 read-only, non-modifiable 
Portable Document Format (PDF). Do not upload an interactive or 
fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only, 
non-modifiable PDF (e.g., Word, Excel, WordPerfect, etc.) or submit a 
password-protected file, we will not review that material. Please note 
that this could result in your application not being considered for 
funding because the material in question--for example, the project 
narrative--is critical to a meaningful review of your proposal. For 
that reason it is important to allow yourself adequate time to upload 
all material as PDF files. The Department will not convert material 
from other formats to PDF.
     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. Grants.gov 
will also notify you automatically by email if your application met all 
the Grants.gov validation requirements or if there were any errors 
(such as submission of your application by someone other than a 
registered Authorized Organization Representative, or inclusion of an 
attachment with a file name that contains special characters). You will 
be given an opportunity to correct any errors and resubmit, but you 
must still meet the deadline for submission of applications.
    Once your application is successfully validated by Grants.gov, the 
Department will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send you 
an email with a unique PR/Award number for your application.
    These emails do not mean that your application is without any 
disqualifying errors. While your application may have been successfully 
validated by Grants.gov, it must also meet the Department's application 
requirements as specified in this notice and in the application 
instructions. Disqualifying errors could include, for instance, failure 
to upload attachments in a read-only, non-modifiable PDF; failure to 
submit a required part of the application; or failure to meet applicant 
eligibility requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure that your 
submitted application has met all of the Department's requirements.
     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.

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    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 
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00 
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. We 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: Braden Goetz, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 11141, PCP, 
Washington, DC 20202. FAX: (202) 245-7838.
    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 84.420A, 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.

    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.

    We will not consider applications postmarked after the application 
deadline date.
    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 84.420A, 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 
and any subsequent year for which we make awards from the list of 
unfunded applications from this competition are from the P3 NFP.
    The points assigned to each criterion are indicated in the 
parentheses next to the criterion. An applicant may earn up to 100 
points based on the selection criteria. An applicant's final score will 
include both points awarded based on selection criteria and also any 
points awarded for the competitive preference priorities.

Selection Criteria

    (a) Need for Project. In determining the need for the proposed 
project, we will consider the magnitude of the need of the target 
population, as evidenced by the applicant's analysis of data, including 
data from a comprehensive needs assessment conducted or updated in the 
past three years, using representative data on youth from the 
jurisdiction(s) proposing the pilot, that demonstrates how the target 
population lags behind other groups in achieving positive outcomes and 
the specific risk factors for this population (5 points).

    Note: Applicants are encouraged to disaggregate these data 
according to relevant demographic factors such as race, ethnicity, 
gender, age, disability status, involvement in systems such as 
foster care or juvenile justice, status as pregnant or parenting, 
and other key factors selected by the applicant. If disaggregated 
data specific to the local population are not available, applicants 
may refer to disaggregated data available through research, studies, 
or other sources that describe similarly situated populations as the 
one the applicant is targeting with its pilot.


    Note: Applicants do not need to include a copy of the needs 
assessment but should identify when it was conducted or updated.

    (b) Need for Requested Flexibility, Including Blending of Funds and 
Other Waivers. In determining the need for the requested flexibility, 
including blending

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of funds and other waivers, we will consider:
    1. The strength and clarity of the applicant's justification that 
each of the specified Federal requirements identified in Table 2 for 
which the applicant is seeking flexibility hinders implementation of 
the proposed pilot (10 points); and
    2. The strength and quality of the applicant's justification of how 
each request for flexibility identified in Table 2 (i.e., blending 
funds and waivers) will increase efficiency or access to services and 
produce significantly better outcomes for the target population(s) (10 
points).
    (c) Project Design. In determining the strength of the project 
design, we will consider:
    1. The strength and logic of the proposed project design in 
addressing the gaps and the disparities identified in the response to 
Selection Criterion (a) (Need for Project) and the barriers identified 
in the response to Selection Criterion (b) (Need for Requested 
Flexibility, Including Blending of Funds and Other Waivers). This 
includes the clarity of the applicant's plan and how the plan differs 
from current practices. Scoring will account for the strength of both 
the applicant's narrative and the logic model (10 points);

    Note: The applicant's narrative should describe how the proposed 
project will use and coordinate resources, including building on 
participation in any complementary Federal initiatives or efforts.

    2. The strength of the evidence supporting the pilot design and 
whether the applicant proposes the effective use of interventions based 
on evidence and evidence-informed interventions (as defined in this 
notice), as documented by citations to the relevant evidence that 
informed the applicant's design (5 points);

    Note: Applicants should cite the studies on interventions and 
system reforms that informed their pilot design and explain the 
relevance of the cited evidence to the proposed project in terms of 
subject matter and evaluation evidence. Applicants proposing reforms 
on which there are not yet evaluations (such as innovations that 
have not been formally tested or tested only on a small scale) 
should document how evidence or practice knowledge informed the 
proposed pilot design.

    3. The strength of the applicant's evidence that the project 
design, including any protections and safeguards that will be 
established, ensures that the consequences or impacts of the changes 
from current practices in serving youth through the proposed funding 
streams:
    A. Will not result in denying or restricting the eligibility of 
individuals for services that (in whole or in part) are otherwise 
funded by these programs; and
    B. Based on the best available information, will not otherwise 
adversely affect vulnerable populations that are the recipients of 
those services (5 points).
    (d) Work Plan and Project Management. In determining the strength 
of the work plan and project management, we will consider the strength 
and completeness of the work plan and project management approach and 
their likelihood of achieving the objectives of the proposed project on 
time and within budget, based on--
    1. Clearly defined and appropriate responsibilities, timelines, and 
milestones for accomplishing project tasks;
    2. The qualifications of project personnel to ensure proper 
management of all project activities;
    3. How any existing or anticipated barriers to implementation will 
be overcome (10 points).

    Note: If the program manager or other key personnel are already 
on staff, the applicant should provide this person's resume or 
curriculum vitae.


    Note: Evaluation activities may be included in the timelines 
provided as part of the work plan.

    (e) Partnership Capacity. In determining the strength and capacity 
of the proposed pilot partnership, we will consider the following 
factors--
    1. How well the applicant demonstrates that it has an effective 
governance structure in which partners that are necessary to implement 
the pilot successfully are represented and have the necessary 
authority, resources, expertise, and incentives to achieve the pilot's 
goals and resolve unforeseen issues, including by demonstrating the 
extent to which, and how, participating partners have successfully 
collaborated to improve outcomes for disconnected youth in the past (10 
points);
    2. How well the applicant demonstrates that its proposal was 
designed with substantive input from all relevant stakeholders, 
including disconnected youth and other community partners (5 points).

    Note: Where the project design includes job training strategies, 
the extent of employer input and engagement in the identification of 
skills and competencies needed by employers, the development of the 
curriculum, and the offering of work-based learning opportunities, 
including pre-apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship, will be 
considered.

    (f) Data and Performance Management Capacity. In determining the 
strength of the applicant's data and performance management capacity, 
we will consider the following factors--
    1. The applicant's capacity to collect, analyze, and use data for 
decision-making, learning, continuous improvement, and accountability, 
and the strength of the applicant's plan to bridge any gaps in its 
ability to do so. This capacity includes the extent to which the 
applicant and partner organizations have tracked and shared data about 
program participants, services, and outcomes, including the execution 
of data-sharing agreements that comport with Federal, State, and other 
privacy laws and requirements, and will continue to do so (10 points);
    2. How well the proposed outcome measures, interim indicators, and 
measurement methodologies specified in Table 4 of the application 
appropriately and sufficiently gauge results achieved for the target 
population under the pilot (10 points); and
    3. How well the data sources specified in Table 4 of the 
application can be appropriately accessed and used to reliably measure 
the proposed outcome measures and interim indicators (5 points).
    (g) Budget and Budget Narrative. In determining the adequacy of the 
resources that will be committed to support the project, we will 
consider the appropriateness of expenses within the budget with regards 
to cost and to implementing the pilot successfully. We will consider 
the entirety of funds the applicant will use to support its pilot 
including start-up grant funds, blended and braided funds included in 
Table 5, and non-Federal funds including in-kind contributions. (5 
points)
    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 
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

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Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
    The Department will screen applications that are submitted in 
accordance with the requirements in this notice, and will determine 
which applications are eligible to be read based on whether they have 
met the eligibility and application requirements established by this 
notice.
    The Department will use reviewers with knowledge and expertise on 
issues related to improving outcomes for disconnected youth to score 
the selection criteria. The Department will thoroughly screen all 
reviewers for conflicts of interest to ensure a fair and competitive 
review.
    Peer reviewers will read, prepare a written evaluation of, and 
score the assigned applications, based on the seven selection criteria 
listed in the Selection Criteria section of this notice.
    In reviewing applications, all reviewers will score Competitive 
Preference Priority 1 (Improving Outcomes for Youth Who Are Unemployed 
and Out of School), while reviewers with expertise in evaluation will 
score Competitive Preference Priority 4 (Site-Specific Evaluation). The 
Department will assign three points for Competitive Preference Priority 
2 (Work-Based Learning Opportunities) if the application proposes to 
provide all disconnected youth that will be served by the project with 
paid work-based learning opportunities, such as opportunities during 
the summer, which are integrated with academic and technical 
instruction. If you address Competitive Preference Priority 3, provide 
a HUD Form 50153 (Certification of Consistency with Promise Zone Goals 
and Implementation) that has been signed by an authorized Promise Zone 
official.
    Technical scoring. Reviewers will read, prepare a written 
evaluation, and assign a technical score to the applications assigned 
to their panel, using the selection criteria provided in this notice, 
Competitive Preference Priorities 1 and 4, and the scoring rubric in 
Appendix B.
    ED will then prepare a rank order of applications based on their 
technical scores.
    Flexibility, including blending of funds and other waivers. Using 
this rank order, representatives of the Agencies that administer 
programs under which flexibility in Federal requirements is sought will 
evaluate whether the flexibility, including blending of funds and other 
waivers requested by top-scoring applicants, meets the statutory 
requirements for Performance Partnership Pilots and is otherwise 
appropriate. For example, if an applicant is seeking flexibility under 
programs administered by HHS and DOL, its requests for flexibility will 
be reviewed by HHS and DOL officials. Applicants may be asked to 
participate in an interview at this point in the process in order to 
clarify requests for flexibility and other aspects of their proposals.
    For applicants that propose to include funds from FY 2016 
competitive grants that have already been awarded, the flexibility 
review may include consideration of whether the scope, objectives, and 
target populations of the existing competitive grant award(s) are 
sufficiently and appropriately aligned with the proposed pilot. Any 
changes in terms and conditions of the existing competitive grant 
award(s) required for pilot purposes must be justified by the 
applicant. The Agencies will review those requests on a case-by-case 
basis.
    If 25 or fewer eligible applications are received, the technical 
scoring and reviews of flexibility requests may be conducted 
concurrently.
    Selecting finalists. Agency officials may recommend the selection 
of up to 10 projects as Performance Partnership Pilots. In accordance 
with 34 CFR 75.217(d) and in consultation with the other Agencies, the 
Secretary will select finalists after considering the rank ordering, 
the recommendations of the Agencies that administer the programs for 
which the applicants are seeking flexibility, and other information 
including an applicant's performance and use of funds and compliance 
history under a previous award under any Agency program. In selecting 
pilots, the Agencies may consider high-ranking applications meeting 
Absolute Priority 2, Absolute Priority 3, and Absolute Priority 4 
separately to ensure that there is a diversity of pilots. In addition, 
as required by the Acts, each pilot must meet all statutory criteria.
    For each finalist, ED and any other Agencies implicated in the 
pilot will negotiate a performance agreement. If a performance 
agreement cannot be finalized for any applicant, an alternative 
applicant may be selected as a finalist instead. The recommended 
projects will be considered finalists until performance agreements are 
signed by all parties, and pilot designation will be awarded only after 
finalization and approval of each finalist's performance agreement.
    3. Risk Assessment and Special Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 
200.205, before awarding grants under this competition ED conducts a 
review of the risks posed by applicants. 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.
    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 multiyear 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.
    (c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the Secretary may provide a grantee 
with additional funding for data collection analysis and reporting. In 
this case the Secretary establishes a data collection period.

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    4. Performance Measures: As described earlier in this notice, the 
applicant must propose outcome measures and interim indicators to gauge 
pilot performance using Table 4. At least one outcome measure must be 
in the domain of education, and at least one outcome measure must be in 
the domain of employment. Applicants may specify additional employment 
and education outcome measures, as well as outcome measures in other 
domains of well-being, such as criminal justice, physical and mental 
health, and housing. Regardless of the outcome domain, applicants must 
identify at least one interim indicator for each proposed outcome 
measure. Applicants must indicate the source of the data for each 
outcome measure and interim indicator, the proposed frequency of 
collection, and the methodology used to collect the data. Outcome 
measures and interim indicators, along with the required reporting 
frequency for each, will be outlined in P3 performance agreements.

VII. Agency Contact

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Braden Goetz, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 11141, PCP, Washington, DC 
20202. Telephone: (202) 245-7405 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 
either of the program contact persons 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 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 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Dated: August 9, 2016.
Johan E. Uvin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Delegated the Duties of the Assistant 
Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education.

Appendix A: Evaluation Commitment Form

Appendix B: Scoring Rubric

Appendix A: Evaluation Commitment Form

    An authorized executive of the lead applicant and all other 
partners, including State, local, tribal, and non-governmental 
organizations that would be involved in the pilot's implementation, 
must sign this form and submit it as an attachment to the grant 
application. The form is not considered in the recommended 
application page limit.

Commitment To Participate in Required Evaluation Activities

    As the lead applicant or a partner proposing to implement a 
Performance Partnership Pilot through a Federal grant, I/we agree to 
carry out the following activities, which are considered evaluation 
requirements applicable to all pilots:
    Facilitate Data Collection: I/we understand that the award of 
this grant requires me/us to facilitate the collection and/or 
transmission of data for evaluation and performance monitoring 
purposes to the lead Federal agency and/or its national evaluator in 
accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local, and tribal 
laws, including privacy laws.
    The type of data that will be collected includes, but is not 
limited to, the following:
     Demographic information, including participants' 
gender, race, age, school status, and employment status;
     Information on the services that participants receive; 
and
     Outcome measures and interim outcome indicators, linked 
at the individual level, which will be used to measure the effects 
of the pilots.
    The lead Federal agency will provide more details to grantees on 
the data items required for performance and evaluation after grants 
have been awarded.
    Participate in Evaluation: I/we understand that participation 
and full cooperation in the national evaluation of the Performance 
Partnership Pilot is a condition of this grant award. I/we 
understand that the national evaluation will include an 
implementation systems analysis and, for certain sites as 
appropriate, may also include an impact evaluation. My/our 
participation will include facilitating site visits and interviews; 
collaborating in study procedures, including random assignment, if 
necessary; and transmitting data that are needed for the evaluation 
of participants in the study sample, including those who may be in a 
control group.
    Participate in Random Assignment: I/we agree that if our 
Performance Partnership Pilot or certain activities in the Pilot is 
selected for an impact evaluation as part of the national 
evaluation, it may be necessary to select participants for admission 
to Performance Partnership Pilot by a random lottery, using 
procedures established by the evaluator.
    Secure Consent: I/we agree to include a consent form for, as 
appropriate, parents/guardians and students/participants in the 
application or enrollment packet for all youth in organizations 
implementing the Performance Partnership Pilot consistent with any 
Federal, State, local, and tribal laws that apply. The parental/
participant consent forms will be collected prior to the acceptance 
of participants into Performance Partnership Pilot and before 
sharing data with the evaluator for the purpose of evaluating the 
Performance Partnership Pilot.

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Appendix B: Scoring Rubric

    Reviewers will assign points to an application for each 
selection sub-criterion, as well as for Competitive Preference 
Priorities 1 (Improving Outcomes for Youth Who Are Unemployed and 
Out of School) and 4 (Site-Specific Evaluation). In awarding points 
for Competitive Preference Priority 1, reviewers will make case-by-
case determinations as to how well a particular application meets 
both parts of the priority. For example, more points may be awarded 
to an application proposing to serve a higher percentage of 
disconnected youth who are neither employed nor enrolled in 
education and who face significant barriers to accessing education 
and employment, and is likely to result in significantly better 
educational or employment outcomes for such youth based on the 
strength of the evidence base and/or logic model underlying the 
applicant's project design. ED will assign three points to an 
application for Competitive Preference Priority 2 (Work-Based 
Learning Opportunities) if the application proposes to

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provide all disconnected youth that will be served by the project 
with paid work-based learning opportunities, such as opportunities 
during the summer, which are integrated with academic and technical 
instruction. ED will assign two points for Competitive Preference 
Priority 3 (Promise Zones) to an application if the application 
includes a HUD Form 50153 (Certification of Consistency with Promise 
Zone Goals and Implementation) that has been signed by an authorized 
Promise Zone official. In awarding points under Competitive 
Preference Priority 4 (Site-Specific Evaluation), reviewers will 
consider the clarity and feasibility of the applicant's proposed 
evaluation design, the appropriateness of the design to best capture 
key pilot outcomes, the prospective contribution of the evaluation 
to the knowledge base about serving disconnected youth (including 
the rigor of the design and the validity and generalizability of the 
findings), and the applicant's demonstrated expertise in planning 
and conducting a randomized controlled trial or quasi-experimental 
evaluation design study. To help promote consistency across and 
within the panels that will review P3 applications, the Department 
has created a scoring rubric for reviewers to aid them in scoring 
applications.
    The scoring rubric below shows the maximum number of points that 
may be assigned to each criterion, sub-criterion, and competitive 
preference priority.

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                                      Sub-criterion
        Selection criteria                points        Criterion points
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(a) Need for Project. In            .................                  5
 determining the need for the
 proposed project, we will
 consider the magnitude of the
 need of the target population, as
 evidenced by the applicant's
 analysis of data, including data
 from a comprehensive needs
 assessment conducted or updated
 within the past three years,
 using representative data on
 youth from the jurisdiction(s)
 proposing the pilot, that
 demonstrates how the target
 population lags behind other
 groups in achieving positive
 outcomes and the specific risk
 factors for this population......
(b) Need for Requested              .................                 20
 Flexibility, Including Blending
 of Funds and Other Waivers. In
 determining the need for the
 requested flexibility, including
 blending of funds and other
 waivers, we will consider:
(b)1. The strength and clarity of                  10  .................
 the applicant's justification
 that each of the specified
 Federal requirements identified
 in Table 2 for which the
 applicant is seeking flexibility
 hinders implementation of the
 proposed pilot; and
(b)2. The strength and quality of                  10  .................
 the applicant's justification of
 how each request for flexibility
 identified in Table 2 (i.e.,
 blending funds and waivers) will
 increase efficiency or access to
 services and produce
 significantly better outcomes for
 the target population(s)
(c) Project Design. In determining  .................                 20
 the strength of the project
 design, we will consider:
(c)1. The strength and logic of                    10  .................
 the proposed project design in
 addressing the gaps and the
 disparities identified in the
 response to Selection Criterion
 (a) (Need for Project) and the
 barriers identified in the
 response to Selection Criterion
 (b) (Need for Requested
 Flexibility, Including Blending
 of Funds and Other Waivers). This
 includes the clarity of the
 applicant's plan and how the plan
 differs from current practices.
 Scoring will account for the
 strength of both the applicant's
 narrative and the logic model;
(c)2. The strength of the evidence                  5  .................
 supporting the pilot design and
 whether the applicant proposes
 the effective use of
 interventions based on evidence
 and evidence-informed
 interventions (as defined in this
 notice) as documented by
 citations to the relevant
 evidence that informed the
 applicant's design;
(c)3. The strength of the
 applicant's evidence that the
 project design, including any
 protections and safeguards that
 will be established, ensures that
 the consequences or impacts of
 the changes from current
 practices in serving youth
 through the proposed funding
 streams:
    A. Will not result in denying
     or restricting the
     eligibility of individuals
     for services that (in whole
     or in part) are otherwise
     funded by these programs; and
    B. Based on the best available                  5  .................
     information, will not
     otherwise adversely affect
     vulnerable populations that
     are the recipients of those
     services.
(d) Work Plan and Project
 Management. In determining the
 strength of the work plan and
 project management, we will
 consider the strength and
 completeness of the work plan and
 project management approach and
 their likelihood of achieving the
 objectives of the proposed
 project on time and within
 budget, based on--
    1. Clearly defined and
     appropriate responsibilities,
     timelines, and milestones for
     accomplishing project tasks;
    2. The qualifications of
     project personnel to ensure
     proper management of all
     project activities;
    3. How any existing or          .................                 10
     anticipated barriers to
     implementation will be
     overcome.
(e) Partnership Capacity. In        .................                 15
 determining the strength and
 capacity of the proposed pilot
 partnership, we will consider the
 following factors--
(e)1. How well the applicant                       10  .................
 demonstrates that it has an
 effective governance structure in
 which partners that are necessary
 to implement the pilot
 successfully are represented and
 have the necessary authority,
 resources, expertise, and
 incentives to achieve the pilot's
 goals and resolve unforeseen
 issues, including by
 demonstrating the extent to
 which, and how, participating
 partners have successfully
 collaborated to improve outcomes
 for disconnected youth in the
 past;
(e)2. How well the applicant                        5  .................
 demonstrates that its proposal
 was designed with substantive
 input from all relevant
 stakeholders, including
 disconnected youth and other
 community partners.
(f) Data and Performance            .................                 25
 Management Capacity. In
 determining the strength of the
 applicant's data and performance
 management capacity, we will
 consider the following factors--
(f)1. The applicant's capacity to                  10  .................
 collect, analyze, and use data
 for decision-making, learning,
 continuous improvement, and
 accountability, and the strength
 of the applicant's plan to bridge
 any gaps in its ability to do so.
 This capacity includes the extent
 to which the applicant and
 partner organizations have
 tracked and shared data about
 program participants, services,
 and outcomes, including the
 execution of data-sharing
 agreements that comport with
 Federal, State, and other privacy
 laws and requirements, and will
 continue to do so;
(f)2. How well the proposed                        10  .................
 outcome measures, interim
 indicators, and measurement
 methodologies specified in Table
 4 of the application
 appropriately and sufficiently
 gauge results achieved for the
 target population under the
 pilot; and

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(f)3. How well the data sources                     5  .................
 specified in Table 4 of the
 application can be appropriately
 accessed and used to reliably
 measure the proposed outcome
 measures and interim indicators.
(g) Budget and Budget Narrative.    .................                  5
 In determining the adequacy of
 the resources that will be
 committed to support the project,
 we will consider the
 appropriateness of expenses
 within the budget with regards to
 cost and to implementing the
 pilot successfully. We will
 consider the entirety of funds
 the applicant will use to support
 its pilot including start-up
 grant funds, blended and braided
 funds included in Table 5, and
 non-Federal funds including in-
 kind contributions.
                                   -------------------------------------
    Total.........................  .................                100
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Competitive preference priorities for applications         Points
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Competitive Preference Priority 1: Improving Outcomes
 for Youth Who Are Unemployed and Out of School.
To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a
 pilot that--........................................
    (1) will serve disconnected youth who are neither                  5
     employed nor enrolled in education and who face
     significant barriers to accessing education and
     employment; and
    (2) is likely to result in significantly better
     educational or employment outcomes for such
     youth...........................................
Competitive Preference Priority 2: Work-Based                          3
 Learning Opportunities.
To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a
 pilot that will provide all of the disconnected
 youth it proposes to serve with paid work-based
 learning opportunities, such as opportunities during
 the summer, which are integrated with academic and
 technical instruction...............................
Competitive Preference Priority 3: Promise Zones.                      2
This priority is for projects that are designed to
 serve and coordinate with a federally designated
 Promise Zone........................................
Competitive Preference Priority 4: Site-Specific                      10
 Evaluation.
To meet this priority, an applicant must propose to
 conduct an independent evaluation of the impacts on
 disconnected youth of its overall program or
 specific components of its program that is a
 randomized controlled trial or a quasi-experimental
 design study. The extent to which an applicant meets
 this priority will be based on the clarity and
 feasibility of the applicant's proposed evaluation
 design, the appropriateness of the design to best
 capture key pilot outcomes, the prospective
 contribution of the evaluation to the knowledge base
 about serving disconnected youth (including the
 rigor of the design and the validity and
 generalizability of the findings), and the
 applicant's demonstrated expertise in planning and
 conducting a randomized controlled trial or quasi-
 experimental design study...........................
                                                      ------------------
    Total............................................                 20
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    While case-by-case determinations will be made, the reviewers 
will be asked to consider the general ranges below as a guide when 
awarding points.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                Quality of response
                       Maximum point value                       -----------------------------------------------
                                                                        Low           Medium           High
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10..............................................................             0-2             3-7            8-10
5...............................................................             0-1             2-3             4-5
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                                                document the agreement between the                        Deadline for Transmittal of                            individuals between the ages of 14 and
                                                Secretary and the institution about how                 Applications: October 31, 2016.                          24 (who are low-income and either
                                                the experiment will be conducted and                      Deadline for Intergovernmental                         homeless, in foster care, involved in the
                                                will specify the evaluation and                         Review: December 28, 2016.                               juvenile justice system, unemployed, or
                                                reporting requirements for the                          Full Text of Announcement                                not enrolled in or at risk of dropping out
                                                experiment.                                                                                                      of an educational institution) achieve
                                                   Accessible Format: Individuals with                  I. Funding Opportunity Description                       success in meeting educational,
                                                disabilities can obtain this document in                   Purpose of Program: Performance                       employment, or other key goals.’’
                                                an accessible format (e.g., braille, large              Partnership Pilots (P3), first authorized                   Government and community partners
                                                print, audiotape, or compact disc) on                   by Congress for FY 2014 by the                           have invested considerable attention
                                                request to the contact person listed                    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014                    and resources to meet the needs of
                                                under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                           (2014 Appropriations Act) and                            disconnected youth. However,
                                                CONTACT.                                                reauthorized for FY 2015 by the                          practitioners, youth advocates, and
                                                   Electronic Access to This Document:                  Consolidated and Further Continuing                      others on the front lines of service
                                                The official version of this document is                Appropriations Act, 2015 (2015                           delivery have observed that flexibility
                                                the document published in the Federal                   Appropriations Act) and for FY 2016 by                   can be a key tool to address certain
                                                Register. Free Internet access to the                   the Consolidated Appropriations Act,                     programmatic and administrative
                                                official edition of the Federal Register                2016 (2016 Appropriations Act)                           obstacles to achieving meaningful
                                                and the Code of Federal Regulations is                  (together, the Acts), enable pilot sites to              improvements in education,
                                                available via the Federal Digital System                test innovative, outcome-focused                         employment, health, and well-being for
                                                at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you                 strategies to achieve significant                        these young people.
                                                can view this document, as well as all                  improvements in educational,                                P3 tests the hypothesis that additional
                                                other documents of this Department                      employment, and other key outcomes                       flexibility for States, local governments,
                                                published in the Federal Register, in                   for disconnected youth using new                         and tribes, in the form of blending funds
                                                text or PDF. To use PDF, you must have                  flexibility to blend existing Federal                    and waivers of certain programmatic
                                                Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is                          funds and to seek waivers of associated                  requirements, can help overcome some
                                                available free at the site.                             program requirements.                                    of the significant hurdles that States,
                                                   You may also access documents of the                    Background: The Acts authorize the                    local governments, and tribes face in
                                                Department published in the Federal                     Departments of Education (ED or the                      providing intensive, comprehensive,
                                                Register by using the article search                    Department), Labor (DOL), Health and                     and sustained service pathways and
                                                feature at: www.federalregister.gov.                    Human Services (HHS), Housing and                        improving outcomes for disconnected
                                                Specifically, through the advanced                      Urban Development (HUD),1 and Justice                    youth. For example, P3 can be used to
                                                search feature at this site, you can limit              (DOJ),2 the Corporation for National and                 better coordinate and align the multiple
                                                your search to documents published by                   Community Service (CNCS), and the                        systems that serve youth. P3 may help
                                                the Department.                                         Institute of Museum and Library                          address the ‘‘wrong pockets’’ problem,
                                                   Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1094a(b).               Services (IMLS) (collectively, the                       where entities that observe improved
                                                                                                        Agencies), to enter into Performance                     outcomes or other benefits due to an
                                                  Dated: August 9, 2016.                                                                                         intervention are unable to use Federal
                                                                                                        Partnership Agreements (performance
                                                Lynn Mahaffie,                                                                                                   funds to support that intervention due
                                                                                                        agreements) with State, local, or tribal
                                                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,                  governments to provide additional                        to program restrictions. P3 flexibility
                                                Planning and Innovation, Delegated the                                                                           may also allow the testing of an
                                                                                                        flexibility in using certain of the
                                                Duties of Assistant Secretary for                                                                                innovative approach to help build
                                                Postsecondary Education.                                Agencies’ discretionary funds,3
                                                                                                        including competitive and formula grant                  additional evidence about what works.
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–19297 Filed 8–12–16; 8:45 am]                                                                      If this hypothesis proves true, providing
                                                                                                        funds, across multiple Federal
                                                BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
                                                                                                        programs. Entities that seek to                          necessary and targeted flexibility to
                                                                                                        participate in these pilots will be                      remove or overcome these hurdles will
                                                                                                        required to commit to achieving                          help to achieve significant benefits for
                                                DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                                                                          disconnected youth, the communities
                                                                                                        significant improvements in outcomes
                                                Applications for New Awards;                            for disconnected youth in exchange for                   that serve them, and the involved
                                                Performance Partnership Pilots                          this new flexibility. The authorizing                    agencies and partners.
                                                                                                        statute states that ‘‘ ‘[t]o improve                        The statutory definition of
                                                AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and                outcomes for disconnected youth’                         ‘‘disconnected youth’’ specifically
                                                Adult Education, Department of                          means to increase the rate at which                      identifies several high-need
                                                Education.                                                                                                       subpopulations of low-income youth,
                                                ACTION: Notice.                                            1 The 2016 Appropriations Act authorizes HUD to       including youth who are homeless,
                                                                                                        enter into performance agreements with respect to        youth in foster care, youth involved in
                                                  Overview Information:                                 FY 2016 Homeless Assistance Grants.                      the juvenile justice system, and youth
                                                  Performance Partnership Pilots                           2 DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs was first
                                                                                                                                                                 who are unemployed or not in school or
                                                  Notice inviting applications for new                  authorized to enter into performance agreements by
                                                                                                        the 2015 Appropriations Act.                             at risk of dropping out. We wish to note
                                                awards for fiscal year (FY) 2016.                          3 Discretionary funds are funds that Congress         that there are a number of other high-
                                                Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance                  appropriates on an annual basis, rather than             need subpopulations of disconnected
                                                (CFDA) Number: 84.420A.                                 through a standing authorization. They exclude           youth who are not specifically
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                                                                                                        ‘‘entitlement’’ (or mandatory) programs such as
                                                  Dates:                                                Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, most Foster
                                                                                                                                                                 enumerated in statute but are also at risk
                                                  Applications Available: August 15,                    Care IV–E programs, Vocational Rehabilitation State      of dropping out. For example, English
                                                2016.                                                   Grants, and Temporary Assistance to Needy                learners (ELs) are at great risk of
                                                  Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:               Families (TANF). Discretionary programs                  dropping out; the average cohort
                                                September 29, 2016.                                     administered by the Agencies support a broad set
                                                                                                        of public services, including education, job training,
                                                                                                                                                                 graduation rate for ELs during the 2013–
                                                  Note: Submission of a notice of intent to             health and mental health, and other low-income           14 school year was only 62.6 percent,
                                                apply is optional.                                      assistance programs.                                     while the national average cohort


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                                                graduation rate for all youth was 82.3                  youth) and families experiencing                      In response to the priority, an applicant
                                                percent. Similarly, the average cohort                  homelessness and to provide the                       should describe the instance(s) of civil
                                                graduation rate for youth with a                        services needed to help such                          unrest, including (1) a description of the
                                                disability receiving special education                  individuals move into housing, with the               civil unrest that occurred in the
                                                and related services under the                          goal of long-term stability.7 In local                community or communities it intends to
                                                Individuals with Disabilities Education                 communities, the group tasked with                    serve; and (2) the date or dates the civil
                                                Act (IDEA) was significantly lower than                 carrying out the responsibilities of the              unrest occurred. We include this
                                                that of youth who did not receive                       CoC Program for a defined geographic                  priority in the FY 2016 P3 competition
                                                services under IDEA: 63.1 percent                       area, including ensuring that all                     in the hopes that P3 flexibilities,
                                                during the 2013–14 school year.4                        resources used to prevent and end                     including waivers and the blending of
                                                Immigrants and refugees are another                     homelessness within that geographic                   funds, will empower communities to
                                                high-need subpopulation at great risk of                area are allocated strategically, is called           improve educational and employment
                                                dropping out. In 2014, the status                       the CoC. This group consists of a                     outcomes for disconnected youth in
                                                dropout rate of immigrant youth ages 16                 coalition of community stakeholders                   these communities. Under 34 CFR
                                                to 24 was 12 percent, compared with 8                   with an interest in preventing and                    75.105(c)(3) we consider only
                                                percent for children of foreign-born                    ending homelessness.                                  applications that meet Absolute Priority
                                                parents, and 6 percent for children with                  The Agencies expect that pilots that                1, 2, 3, or 4.
                                                native-born parents.5 Students in foster                include Homeless Assistance Grant
                                                                                                        funding will include their local CoC’s                Competitive Preference Priorities
                                                care also are at great risk of dropping
                                                out. A 2014 study that examined cross-                  input and engagement in identifying                      Competitive preference priorities
                                                sectional data on California students                   gaps and needs in the community for                   allow applicants to receive extra points
                                                who were in foster care at some point                   housing and serving disconnected youth                for satisfying certain criteria.
                                                during the 2009–10 school year found                    experiencing homelessness. The
                                                                                                                                                              Competitive Preference Priority 1
                                                that the single-year dropout rate for                   Agencies further expect that the pilots
                                                                                                        will address these CoC-identified needs                  In addition to the absolute priorities,
                                                California students in foster care was
                                                                                                        and that the CoCs will have approved                  we also include four competitive
                                                more than 8 percent, nearly three times
                                                                                                        the use of grant funds for this purpose.              preference priorities. We include a
                                                higher than the statewide dropout rate
                                                                                                                                                              competitive preference priority for
                                                (3 percent).6 Applicants wishing to                     Absolute Priorities                                   projects that are likely to result in
                                                serve a subpopulation of disconnected
                                                                                                           For purposes of this competition,                  significantly better educational or
                                                youth not otherwise named in the
                                                                                                        absolute priorities create separate                   employment outcomes for those
                                                statutory definition—-such as the
                                                                                                        categories for scoring and considering                disconnected youth who are neither
                                                examples above—should consider                          applications. Applicants must select one              employed nor enrolled in education and
                                                whether that subpopulation faces an                     of these absolute priorities. Because a               who also face significant barriers to
                                                elevated risk of dropping out based on                  diverse group of communities could                    accessing education and employment.
                                                sound research.                                         benefit from P3, we include absolute                  Involvement with the justice system is
                                                FY 2016 Funds                                           priorities for applications that propose              an example of a significant barrier to
                                                  This notice invites applications for a                to serve disconnected youth in one or                 education and employment for youth
                                                third round of pilots as authorized by                  more rural communities only (Absolute                 who are neither employed nor enrolled
                                                the 2016 Appropriations Act. That act                   Priority 2), applications that propose to             in school. Many youth involved with
                                                                                                        serve disconnected youth in one or                    the justice system face significant
                                                extended the P3 authority to allow
                                                                                                        more Indian tribal communities                        barriers to accessing the education and
                                                pilots to blend and/or seek waivers
                                                                                                        (Absolute Priority 3), and applications               training they need to achieve
                                                under eligible FY 2016 funds from
                                                                                                        that propose to serve disconnected                    independence and reintegrate into the
                                                programs at ED, DOL, HHS, CNCS,
                                                                                                        youth in other communities (Absolute                  community because the education and
                                                IMLS, HUD, and DOJ.
                                                                                                        Priority 1). P3 is intended, through a                training available to them through
                                                Homeless Assistance Act Grants                          demonstration, to identify effective                  correctional facilities, as well as upon
                                                  The 2016 Appropriations Act                           strategies for serving disconnected                   release, often does not meet their
                                                authorizes the inclusion in P3 of                       youth. We are aware such strategies may               needs.8 For older youth involved with
                                                McKinney-Vento Act Homeless                             differ across environments and wish to                the adult criminal justice system, having
                                                Assistance Grants administered by                       test the authority in a variety of settings.          a criminal record can severely limit the
                                                HUD, including the Continuum of Care                       In this FY 2016 competition, we are                ability to secure employment.9
                                                (CoC) Program and Emergency Solutions                   also including an absolute priority for               Reconnecting these young people to
                                                Grant Program (ESG), in up to 10 CoCs.                  communities that have experienced                     education and employment is a national
                                                The CoC Program is designed to assist                   recent civil unrest (Absolute Priority 4),            imperative, and including this priority
                                                individuals (including unaccompanied                    consistent with requirements of the                   as a competitive preference priority will
                                                                                                        2016 Appropriations Act. Though the                   create incentives for applicants and
                                                  4 EDFacts/Consolidated State Performance Report,      economy has recovered strongly in
                                                School Year 2013–14. Retrieved from nces.ed.gov/        many places, many communities                           8 See, for example, Juvenile Justice Students Face
                                                ccd/tables/ACGR_RE_and_characteristics_2013-            continue to struggle with high youth                  Barriers to High School Graduation and Job
                                                14.asp.                                                 unemployment, low graduation rates,                   Training (2010). Report No. 10–55. Tallahassee, FL:
                                                  5 Child Trends Data Bank (2015). High School                                                                Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
                                                                                                        and crime. These and other continuing
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                                                Dropout Rates. Retrieved from                                                                                 Accountability, the Florida Legislature. Retrieved
                                                www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/         challenges can manifest in different                  from: www.oppaga.state.fl.us/MonitorDocs/Reports/
                                                01_Dropout_Rates.pdf.                                   instances of civil unrest, such as large              pdf/1055rpt.pdf.
                                                  6 Wiegmann, W., et al. (2014). The Invisible          protests or instances of civil                          9 See, for example, Pager, D.P. and Western,

                                                Achievement Gap Part 2: How the Foster Care             disobedience, increases in self-directed              B.(2009). Investigating Prisoner Reentry: The Impact
                                                Experiences of California Public School Students                                                              of Conviction Status on the Employment Prospects
                                                Are Associated with Their Education Outcomes.
                                                                                                        or interpersonal violence in                          of Young Men: Final Report to the National Institute
                                                Retrieved from www.stuartfoundation.org/wp-             concentrated areas, or civic disorder                 of Justice. Document No. 228584. Retrieved from:
                                                content/uploads/2016/04/IAGpart2.pdf.                   prompted by a public health emergency.                www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228584.pdf.



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                                                communities to design projects to serve                   Regional Planning Commission in                      Federal Register on March 27, 2014 (79
                                                this hard-to-reach population.                            Glades County, Hendry County, and the                FR 17035) (Promise Zones NFP).
                                                                                                          Immokalee Community in Collier                         Absolute Priorities: For FY 2016 and
                                                Competitive Preference Priority 2
                                                                                                          County; Atlanta, Georgia; Evansville,                any subsequent year in which we make
                                                   We include a competitive preference                    Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana; the                  awards from the list of unfunded
                                                priority for projects that provide all                    Southeastern Kentucky Highlands in                   applications from this competition,
                                                disconnected youth served by the                          Kentucky; Minneapolis, Minnesota; St.                these priorities are absolute priorities.
                                                project with paid work-based learning                     Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri;                Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider
                                                opportunities because addressing the                      Camden, New Jersey; Turtle Mountain                  only applications that meet Absolute
                                                employment needs of disconnected                          Band of Chippewa Indians, Rollete                    Priority 1, 2, 3, or 4.
                                                youth is critical to improving their well-                County, North Dakota; The Choctaw                       Note: Applicants must indicate in the
                                                being and preparing them for lives as                     Nation of Oklahoma; Philadelphia,                    Appendix section of their applications, under
                                                productive adults. We note as well that                   Pennsylvania; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto                ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’ whether they are
                                                new evidence indicates that the benefits                  Rico; the South Carolina Low Country;                applying under Absolute Priority 1, Absolute
                                                of work-based learning opportunities                      the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the             Priority 2, Absolute Priority 3, or Absolute
                                                extend beyond improving the                               Oglala Sioux Tribe, South Dakota;                    Priority 4. An applicant that applies under
                                                employment outcomes of youth. A                           Nashville, Tennessee; San Antonio,                   Absolute Priority 2, Absolute Priority 3, or
                                                recent evaluation of the summer work                                                                           Absolute Priority 4, but is not eligible for
                                                                                                          Texas; and the Spokane Tribe of
                                                and learning opportunity program                                                                               funding under that absolute priority, will be
                                                                                                          Indians, Washington. The Promise Zone                considered for funding under Absolute
                                                offered by New York City for youth ages                   designation is designed to assist local
                                                14 through 21, which selected                                                                                  Priority 1.
                                                                                                          leaders in creating jobs, increasing
                                                participants using a randomized lottery,                  economic activity, improving                            These priorities are:
                                                found that, within five to eight years                    educational opportunities, leveraging                   Absolute Priority 1—Improving
                                                after participation, the incarceration and                private investment, and reducing                     Outcomes for Disconnected Youth.
                                                mortality rates of participants were                                                                              To meet this priority, an applicant
                                                                                                          violent crime in high-poverty urban,
                                                significantly lower than those of their                                                                        must propose a pilot that is designed to
                                                                                                          rural, and tribal communities.12
                                                peers who were not selected to                                                                                 improve outcomes for disconnected
                                                participate in the program.10 For youth                   Competitive Preference Priority 4                    youth.
                                                who are not enrolled in school, year-                                                                             Absolute Priority 2—Improving
                                                round employment, and not just                               This competition also includes a                  Outcomes for Disconnected Youth in
                                                employment during the summer, is                          competitive preference priority for                  Rural Communities.
                                                critically important. Under this                          applicants that plan to conduct                         To meet this priority, an applicant
                                                competitive preference priority, the                      independent impact evaluations of at                 must propose a pilot that is designed to
                                                work-based learning opportunities must                    least one service-delivery or operational            improve outcomes for disconnected
                                                be integrated with academic and                           component of their pilots (site-specific             youth in one or more rural communities
                                                technical instruction because research                    evaluation), in addition to participating            (as defined in this notice) only.
                                                suggests that work experience must be                     in any national P3 evaluation, which is                 Absolute Priority 3—Improving
                                                combined with academic and technical                      discussed in the Program Requirements                Outcomes for Disconnected Youth in
                                                training in order to have a positive                      section of this notice. In proposing these           Tribal Communities.
                                                impact on the employment and earnings                     site-specific impact evaluations,                       To meet this priority, an applicant
                                                outcomes of youth.11                                      applicants should use the strongest                  must (1) propose a pilot that is designed
                                                                                                          possible designs and research methods                to improve outcomes for disconnected
                                                Competitive Preference Priority 3                         and use high-quality administrative data             youth who are members of one or more
                                                  This competition also includes a                        in order to maximize confidence in the               State- or federally-recognized Indian
                                                competitive preference priority for                       evaluation findings and minimize the                 tribal communities; and (2) represent a
                                                projects that are designed to serve and                   costs of conducting these evaluations.               partnership that includes one or more
                                                coordinate with a federally designated                    Federal start-up funds and blended                   State- or federally-recognized Indian
                                                Promise Zone. Promise Zone designees                      funds may be used to finance these                   tribes.
                                                have committed to establishing                            evaluations.                                            Absolute Priority 4—Improving
                                                comprehensive, coordinated approaches                        Priorities: This competition includes             Outcomes for Disconnected Youth in
                                                in order to ensure that America’s most                    four absolute priorities, four competitive           Communities that Have Recently
                                                vulnerable children succeed from cradle                   preference priorities, and three                     Experienced Civil Unrest.
                                                to career. Twenty-two Promise Zones                       invitational priorities. Absolute                       To meet this priority, an applicant
                                                have been designated. They are located                    Priorities 1, 2, and 3 and Competitive               must propose a pilot that is designed to
                                                in: Los Angeles, California; Sacramento,                  Preference Priorities 1, 2, and 4 are from           improve outcomes for disconnected
                                                California; San Diego, California; South                  the notice of final priorities,                      youth in one or more communities that
                                                Los Angeles, California; Hartford,                        requirements, definitions, and selection             have recently experienced civil unrest.
                                                Connecticut; Southwest Florida                            criteria for this program published on                  Competitive Preference Priorities: For
                                                                                                          April 28, 2016 in the Federal Register               FY 2016 and any subsequent year in
                                                  10 Gelber, A., Isen, A. and Kessler, J.B. (2014). The
                                                                                                          (81 FR 25339) (P3 NFP). Absolute                     which we make awards from the list of
                                                Effects of Youth Employment: Evidence from New
                                                                                                          Priority 4 is from section 525(b) of                 unfunded applications from this
                                                York City Summer Youth Employment. Program                                                                     competition, these priorities are
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                                                Lotteries. NBER Working Paper No. 20810.                  Division H of the 2016 Appropriations
                                                Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic                Act. Competitive Preference Priority 3 is            competitive preference priorities. Under
                                                Research.                                                 from the notice of final priority—                   34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to
                                                  11 Sattar, S. (2010). Evidence Scan of Work
                                                                                                          Promise Zones, published in the                      an additional five points to an
                                                Experience Programs. Oakland, CA: Mathematica                                                                  application based on how well the
                                                Policy Research. See also Roder, A. and Elliott, M.
                                                (2014). Sustained Gains: Year-Up’s Continued                12 For additional information on Promise Zones,    application meets Competitive
                                                Impact on Young Adults’ Earnings. New York, NY:           see www.hudexchange.info/programs/promise-           Preference Priority 1, an additional
                                                Economic Mobility Corporation, Inc.                       zones/.                                              three points to an application that meets


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                                                Competitive Preference Priority 2, an                      In order to meet this priority, an                 strategy for refining the budget after the
                                                additional two points to an application                 applicant also must include the                       services of an evaluator have been
                                                that meets Competitive Preference                       following two documents as separate                   procured. The applicant must include
                                                Priority 3, and up to an additional 10                  attachments to its application:                       travel costs for the qualified
                                                points to an application based on how                      1. A Summary Evaluation Plan that                  independent evaluator to attend at least
                                                well the application meets Competitive                  describes how the pilot or a component                one in-person conference in
                                                Preference Priority 4.                                  of the pilot (such as a discrete service-             Washington, DC during the period of
                                                   Applicants may address more than                     delivery strategy) will be rigorously                 evaluation. All costs included in this
                                                one of the competitive preference                       evaluated. The evaluation plan may not                supplementary budget narrative must be
                                                priorities. An applicant must identify in               exceed eight pages. The plan must                     reasonable and appropriate to the
                                                the Appendix section of its application,                include the following:                                project timeline and deliverables.
                                                under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’ the                      • A brief description of the research                 The Agencies will review the
                                                priority or priorities it addresses.                    question(s) proposed for study and an                 Summary Evaluation Plans and
                                                   Competitive Preference Priority 1—                   explanation of its/their relevance,                   Evaluation Budget Narratives and
                                                Improving Outcomes for Youth Who Are                    including how the proposed evaluation                 provide feedback to applicants that are
                                                Unemployed and Out of School (Up to                     will build on the research evidence base              determined to have met the priority and
                                                5 points).                                              for the project as described in the                   that are selected as pilots. After award,
                                                   To meet this priority, an applicant                  application and how the evaluation                    these pilots must submit to the lead
                                                must propose a pilot that—                              findings will be used to improve                      Federal agency a detailed evaluation
                                                   (1) will serve disconnected youth who                program implementation;                               plan of no more than 30 pages that relies
                                                                                                           • A description of the randomized                  heavily on the expertise of a qualified
                                                are neither employed nor enrolled in
                                                                                                        controlled trial or quasi-experimental                independent evaluator. The detailed
                                                education and who face significant
                                                                                                        design study methodology, including                   evaluation plan must address the
                                                barriers to accessing education and
                                                                                                        the key outcome measures, the process                 Agencies’ feedback and expand on the
                                                employment; and
                                                                                                        for forming a comparison or control                   Summary Evaluation Plan.
                                                   (2) is likely to result in significantly             group, a justification for the target
                                                better educational or employment                                                                                 Invitational Priorities:
                                                                                                        sample size and strategy for achieving it,               For FY 2016 and any subsequent year
                                                outcomes for such youth.                                and the approach to data collection (and
                                                   Competitive Preference Priority 2—                                                                         in which we make awards from the list
                                                                                                        sources) that minimizes both cost and                 of unfunded applications from this
                                                Work-Based Learning Opportunities (0                    potential attrition;
                                                or 3 points).                                                                                                 competition, these priorities are
                                                                                                           • A proposed evaluation timeline,                  invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR
                                                   To meet this priority, an applicant                  including dates for submission of
                                                must propose a pilot that will provide                                                                        75.105(c)(1) we do not give an
                                                                                                        required interim and final reports;                   application that meets these invitational
                                                all of the disconnected youth it                           • A description of how, to the extent
                                                proposes to serve with paid work-based                                                                        priorities a competitive or absolute
                                                                                                        feasible and consistent with applicable
                                                learning opportunities, such as                                                                               preference over other applications.
                                                                                                        Federal, State, local, and tribal privacy                Invitational Priority 1—Improving
                                                opportunities during the summer,                        requirements, evaluation data will be
                                                which are integrated with academic and                                                                        Outcomes for Homeless Youth.
                                                                                                        made available to other, third-party                     To meet this priority, an applicant
                                                technical instruction.                                  researchers after the project ends; and               must propose a pilot that—
                                                   Competitive Preference Priority 3—                      • A plan for selecting and procuring                  (1) will serve disconnected youth who
                                                Promise Zones (0 or 2 points).                          the services of a qualified independent               are homeless youth (as defined in this
                                                   This priority is for projects that are               evaluator (as defined in this notice)                 notice); and
                                                designed to serve and coordinate with a                 prior to enrolling participants (or a                    (2) is likely to result in significantly
                                                federally designated Promise Zone.                      description of how one was selected if                better educational or employment
                                                   Competitive Preference Priority 4—                   agreements have already been reached).                outcomes for such youth.
                                                Site-Specific Evaluation (Up to 10                      The applicant must describe how it will                  Invitational Priority 2—Improving
                                                points).                                                ensure that the qualified independent                 Outcomes for Youth Involved in the
                                                   To meet this priority, an applicant                  evaluator has the capacity and expertise              Justice System.
                                                must propose to conduct an                              to conduct the evaluation, including                     To meet this priority, an applicant
                                                independent evaluation of the impacts                   estimating the effort for the qualified               must propose a pilot that—
                                                on disconnected youth of its overall                    independent evaluator. This estimate                     (1) will serve disconnected youth who
                                                program or specific components of its                   must include the time, expertise, and                 are involved in the justice system; and
                                                program that is a randomized controlled                 analysis needed to successfully                          (2) is likely to result in significantly
                                                trial or a quasi-experimental design                    complete the proposed evaluation.                     better educational or employment
                                                study. The extent to which an applicant                    2. A supplementary Evaluation                      outcomes for such youth.
                                                meets this priority will be based on the                Budget Narrative, which is separate                      Invitational Priority 3—Improving
                                                clarity and feasibility of the applicant’s              from the overall application budget                   Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care.
                                                proposed evaluation design, the                         narrative and provides a description of                  To meet this priority, an applicant
                                                appropriateness of the design to best                   the costs associated with funding the                 must propose a pilot that—
                                                capture key pilot outcomes, the                         proposed program evaluation                              (1) will serve disconnected youth who
                                                prospective contribution of the                         component, and an explanation of its                  are or have ever been in foster care; and
                                                evaluation to the knowledge base about                  funding source—i.e., blended funding,
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                                                                                                                                                                 (2) is likely to result in significantly
                                                serving disconnected youth (including                   start-up funding, State, local, or tribal             better educational or employment
                                                the rigor of the design and the validity                government funding, or other funding                  outcomes for such youth.
                                                and generalizability of the findings), and              (such as philanthropic). The budget                      Application Requirements:
                                                the applicant’s demonstrated expertise                  must include a breakout of costs by                      The application requirements for this
                                                in planning and conducting a                            evaluation activity (such as data                     competition are from the P3 NFP. All
                                                randomized controlled trial or quasi-                   collection and participant follow-up),                applicants must meet these application
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                                                for funding and selection as a pilot. The               on applicants, we require only top-                     (a) Executive Summary. The applicant
                                                applicants are expected to provide the                  scoring applicants to submit the                      must provide an executive summary
                                                information specified in the application                memorandum of understanding or letter                 that briefly describes the proposed pilot,
                                                requirements and address the selection                  of commitment described in application                the flexibilities being sought, and the
                                                criteria that reviewers use to evaluate                 requirement (e)(2) and the assurance                  interventions or systems changes that
                                                application in the form of an application               described in application requirement                  would be implemented by the applicant
                                                narrative of no more than 45 pages.                     (c)(2). We will notify top-scoring                    and its partners to improve outcomes for
                                                With the exception of the memorandum                    applicants by telephone and email                     disconnected youth.
                                                of understanding or letter of                           following the peer review. These
                                                commitment described in application                     applicants will be directed to transmit                 (b) Target Population. The applicant
                                                requirement (e)(2) and the assurance                    the memorandum of understanding or                    must complete Table 1, specifying the
                                                described in application requirement                    letter of commitment required by                      target population(s) for the pilot,
                                                (c)(2), applicants must provide the                     application requirement (e)(2) and the                including the age range of youth who
                                                documents or information specified in                   assurance described in application                    will be served and the estimated
                                                the application requirements in the                     requirement (c)(2) to                                 number of youth who will be served
                                                applications they are required to submit                disconnectedyouth@ed.gov within 21                    over the course of the pilot.
                                                by October 31, 2016. To reduce burden                   calendar days of the notification.




                                                  (c) Flexibility, including waivers:                   pilot,13 at least one of which must be                be waived in whole or in part. Examples
                                                  1. Federal requests for flexibility,                  administered (in whole or in part) by a               of potential waiver requests and other
                                                including waivers. For each program to                  State, local, or tribal government.14 In              requests for flexibility include, but are
                                                be included in a pilot, the applicant                   table 2, the applicant must identify one              not limited to: Blending of funds and
                                                must complete Table 2, Requested                        or more program requirements that                     changes to align eligibility
                                                Flexibility. The applicant must identify                would inhibit implementation of the                   requirements, allowable uses of funds,
                                                two or more discretionary Federal                       pilot and request that the requirement(s)             and performance reporting.
                                                programs that will be included in the
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                                                   Note: Please note in ‘‘Name of Program                2. Non-Federal flexibility, including                  A. The State, local, or tribal
                                                Grantee’’ if the grantee is a State, local, or          waivers. The applicant must provide                   government(s) with authority to grant
                                                tribal government, or non-governmental                  written assurance that:                               any needed non-Federal flexibility,
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                                                entity.                                                                                                       including waivers, has approved or will

                                                  13 Applicants are encouraged to consult the list of      14 Local governments that are requesting waivers   agencies that administer the programs in preparing
                                                examples of programs that are potentially eligible      of requirements in State-administered programs are    their applications.
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                                                approve such flexibility within 60 days                                  (e) Partnership Capacity and                             must identify the different sub-
                                                of an applicant’s designation as a pilot                              Management. The applicant must—                             organizational units involved.
                                                finalist; 15 or                                                          1. Identify the proposed partners,                         2. Provide a memorandum of
                                                   B. Non-Federal flexibility, including                              including any and all State, local, and
                                                                                                                                                                                  understanding or letter of commitment
                                                waivers, is not needed in order to                                    tribal entities and non-governmental
                                                                                                                                                                                  signed by the executive leader or other
                                                successfully implement the pilot.16                                   organizations that would be involved in
                                                   (d) Logic Model. The applicant must                                implementation of the pilot, and                            accountable senior representative of
                                                provide a graphic depiction (not longer                               describe their roles in the pilot’s                         each partner that describes each
                                                than one page) of the pilot’s logic model                             implementation using Table 3.                               proposed partner’s commitment,
                                                that illustrates the underlying theory of                             Partnerships that cross programs and                        including its contribution of financial or
                                                how the pilot’s strategy will produce                                 funding sources but are under the                           in-kind resources (if any).17
                                                intended outcomes.                                                    jurisdiction of a single agency or entity




                                                  Note: Any grantees mentioned in Table 2                             one outcome measure must be in the                          may apply one interim indicator to
                                                that are not the lead applicant must be                               domain of employment. Applicants may                        multiple outcome measures, if
                                                included in Table 3.                                                  specify additional employment and                           appropriate.
                                                                                                                      education outcome measures, as well as
                                                 (f) Data and Performance                                                                                                           Examples of outcome measures and
                                                                                                                      outcome measures in other domains of
                                                Management Capacity.                                                                                                              interim indicators follow. Applicants
                                                                                                                      well-being, such as criminal justice,
                                                  The applicant must propose outcome                                  physical and mental health, and                             may choose from this menu or may
                                                measures and interim indicators to                                    housing. Regardless of the outcome                          propose alternative indicators and
                                                gauge pilot performance using Table 4.                                domain, applicants must identify at                         outcome measures if they describe why
                                                At least one outcome measure must be                                  least one interim indicator for each                        their alternatives are more appropriate
                                                in the domain of education, and at least                              proposed outcome measure. Applicants                        for their proposed projects.

                                                                                                                                      EDUCATION DOMAIN
                                                                                     Outcome measure                                                                                 Interim indicator

                                                High school diploma or equivalency attainment ......................................                     •   High school enrollment.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Reduction in chronic absenteeism.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Grade promotion.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Performance on standardized assessments.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Grade Point Average.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Credit accumulation.
                                                College completion ...................................................................................   •   Enrollment.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Course attendance.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Credit accumulation.
                                                                                                                                                         •   Retention.
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                                                  15 This includes, for example, for local                            requirements for local areas established in Title I of         17 Only top-scoring applicants notified by ED

                                                governments, instances in which a waiver must be                      the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.               must submit the memorandum of understanding or
                                                                                                                        16 Only top-scoring applicants notified by ED
                                                agreed upon by a State. It also includes instances                                                                                letter of commitment. This document must be
                                                in which waivers may only be requested by the                         must submit this written assurance. The assurance           transmitted to disconnectedyouth@ed.gov by no
                                                State on the local government’s behalf, such as                       must be transmitted to disconnectedyouth@ed.gov             later than 21 calendar days of the applicant’s
                                                                                                                      by no later than 21 calendar days of the applicant’s
                                                waivers of the performance accountability                                                                                         notification by ED that it is a top-scoring applicant.
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                                                                                                                                 EMPLOYMENT DOMAIN
                                                                                    Outcome measure                                                                              Interim indicator

                                                Sustained Employment .............................................................................   • Unsubsidized employment at time periods after exit from the pro-
                                                                                                                                                       gram.
                                                                                                                                                     • Median earnings at time periods after exit from the program.



                                                  The specific outcome measures and                                and informed by applicable program                         source of the data, the proposed
                                                interim indicators the applicant uses                              results or research, as appropriate.                       frequency of collection, and the
                                                should be grounded in its logic model,                             Applicants must also indicate the                          methodology used to collect the data.
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                                                   (g) Budget and Budget Narrative.                     blended or braided (as defined in this                award, and whether the grant has
                                                   1. The applicant must complete Table                 notice), the percentage of total program              already been awarded; and
                                                5 to provide the following budget                       funding received by the grantee that the                B. The total amount of funds from all
                                                information:                                            amount to be blended or braided                       Federal programs that would be blended
                                                   A. For each Federal program, the                     represents, the Federal fiscal year of the            or braided under the18 pilot.
                                                grantee, the amount of funds to be




                                                  Note: Applicants may propose to expand                initiate a national P3 evaluation of the              promising interventions in selected
                                                the number of Federal programs supporting               pilots selected in Round 3, as well as                sites. The applicant must acknowledge
                                                pilot activities using future funding beyond            those selected in subsequent rounds.19                in writing its understanding of these
                                                FY 2016, which may be included in pilots if                                                                   requirements by submitting the form
                                                Congress extends the P3 authority.
                                                                                                        Each P3 pilot must participate fully in
                                                                                                        any federally sponsored P3 evaluation                 provided in Appendix A, ‘‘Evaluation
                                                  Program Requirements:                                 activity, including the national                      Commitment Form,’’ as an attachment
                                                  The program requirements for this                     evaluation of P3, which will consist of               to its application.
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                                                competition are from the P3 NFP.                        the analysis of participant                              (b) Community of practice. All P3
                                                  (a) National evaluation. In addition to               characteristics and outcomes, an                      pilots must participate in a community
                                                any site-specific evaluations that pilots               implementation analysis at all sites, and             of practice (as defined in this notice)
                                                may undertake, the Agencies may                         rigorous impact evaluations of                        that includes an annual in-person
                                                  18 Applicants are encouraged to consult the list of     19 The initiation of any federally sponsored

                                                examples of programs that are potentially eligible      national P3 evaluation activities is dependent upon
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                                                meeting of pilot sites (paid with grant                    10. The appropriate, reliable, and                    (A) Whose native language is a
                                                funding that must be reflected in the                   objective outcome-measurement                         language other than English; or
                                                pilot budget submitted) and virtual                     methodology that will be used to                         (B) Who lives in a family or
                                                peer-to-peer learning activities. This                  determine whether the pilot is                        community environment where a
                                                commitment involves each pilot site                     achieving, and has achieved, specified                language other than English is the
                                                working with the lead Federal agency                    outcomes;                                             dominant language.
                                                on a plan for supporting its technical                     11. The statutory, regulatory, or                     Evidence-informed interventions
                                                assistance needs, which can include                     administrative requirements related to                bring together the best available
                                                learning activities supported by                        Federal mandatory programs that are                   research, professional expertise, and
                                                foundations or other non-Federal                        barriers to achieving improved                        input from youth and families to
                                                organizations as well as activities                     outcomes of the pilot; and                            identify and deliver services that have
                                                financed with Federal funds for the                        12. Criteria for determining when a                promise to achieve positive outcomes
                                                pilot.                                                  pilot is not achieving the specified                  for youth, families, and communities.
                                                   (c) Consent. P3 pilots must secure                   outcomes that it is designed to achieve                  Homeless youth has the same
                                                necessary consent from parents,                         and subsequent steps, including:                      meaning as ‘‘homeless children and
                                                guardians, students, or youth program                      i. The consequences that will result;              youths’’ in section 725(2) of the
                                                participants to access data for their                   and                                                   McKinney-Vento Education for
                                                pilots and any evaluations, in                             ii. The corrective actions that will be            Homeless Children and Youth Act of
                                                accordance with applicable Federal,                     taken in order to increase the likelihood             2001 (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)).
                                                State, local, and tribal laws. Applicants               that the pilot will achieve such                         An interim indicator is a marker of
                                                must explain how they propose to                        specified outcomes.                                   achievement that demonstrates progress
                                                ensure compliance with Federal, State,                     Applicants are advised that the                    toward an outcome and is measured at
                                                local, and tribal privacy laws and                      Agencies expect to make the                           least annually.
                                                regulations as pilot partners share data                performance agreements available to the                  Interventions based on evidence are
                                                to support effective coordination of                    public.                                               approaches to prevention or treatment
                                                services and link data to track outcome                    Definitions: The following definitions             that are validated by documented
                                                measures and interim indicators at the                  are from the P3 NFP, the 2014                         scientific evidence from randomized
                                                individual level to perform, where                      Appropriations Act, and 34 CFR 77.1.                  controlled trials, or quasi-experimental
                                                applicable, a low-cost, high-quality                       Blended funding is a funding and                   design studies or correlational studies,
                                                evaluation.20                                           resource allocation strategy that uses                and that show positive effects (for
                                                   (d) Performance agreement. Each P3                   multiple existing funding streams to                  randomized controlled trials and quasi-
                                                pilot, along with other non-Federal                     support a single initiative or strategy.              experimental design studies) or
                                                government entities involved in the                     Blended funding merges two or more                    favorable associations (for correlational
                                                partnership, must enter into a                          funding streams, or portions of multiple              studies) on the primary targeted
                                                performance agreement that will                         funding streams, to produce greater                   outcomes for populations or settings
                                                include, at a minimum, the following                    efficiency and/or effectiveness. Funds                similar to those of the proposed pilot.
                                                (as required by section 526(c)(2) of                    from each individual stream lose their                The best evidence to support an
                                                Division H of the 2014 Appropriations                   award-specific identity, and the blended              applicant’s proposed reform(s) and
                                                Act):                                                   funds together become subject to a                    target population will be based on one
                                                   1. The length of the agreement;                      single set of reporting and other                     or more randomized controlled trials.
                                                   2. The Federal programs and federally                requirements, consistent with the                     The next best evidence will be studies
                                                funded services that are involved in the                underlying purposes of the programs for               using a quasi-experimental design.
                                                pilot;                                                  which the funds were appropriated.                    Correlational analysis may also be used
                                                   3. The Federal discretionary funds                      Braided funding is a funding and                   as evidence to support an applicant’s
                                                that are being used in the pilot;                       resource allocation strategy in which                 proposed reforms.
                                                   4. The non-Federal funds that are                    entities use existing funding streams to                 Logic model (also referred to as theory
                                                involved in the pilot, by source (which                 support unified initiatives in as flexible            of action) means a well-specified
                                                may include private funds as well as                    and integrated a manner as possible                   conceptual framework that identifies
                                                governmental funds) and by amount;                      while still tracking and maintaining                  key components of the proposed
                                                   5. The State, local, or tribal programs              separate accountability for each funding              process, product, strategy, or practice
                                                that are involved in the pilot;                         stream. One or more entities may                      (i.e., the active ‘‘ingredients’’ that are
                                                   6. The populations to be served by the               coordinate several funding sources, but               hypothesized to be critical to achieving
                                                pilot;                                                  each individual funding stream                        the relevant outcomes) and describes
                                                   7. The cost-effective Federal oversight              maintains its award-specific identity.                the relationships among the key
                                                procedures that will be used for the                    Whereas blending funds typically                      components and outcomes, theoretically
                                                purpose of maintaining the necessary                    requires one or more waivers of                       and operationally.
                                                level of accountability for the use of the              associated program requirements,                         Outcomes are the intended results of
                                                Federal discretionary funds;                            braiding does not. However, waivers                   a program, or intervention. They are
                                                   8. The cost-effective State, local, or               may be used to support more effective                 what applicants expect their projects to
                                                tribal oversight procedures that will be                or efficient braiding of funds.                       achieve. An outcome can be measured
                                                used for the purpose of maintaining the                    Community of practice means a group                at the participant level (for example,
                                                necessary level of accountability for the
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                                                                                                        of pilots that agrees to interact regularly           changes in employment retention or
                                                use of the Federal discretionary funds;                 to solve persistent problems or improve               earnings of disconnected youth) or at
                                                   9. The outcome (or outcomes) that the                practice in an area that is important to              the system level (for example, improved
                                                pilot is designed to achieve;                           them and the success of their projects.               efficiency in program operations or
                                                  20 To the extent feasible and consistent with
                                                                                                           English learner means an individual                administration).
                                                applicable privacy requirements, grantees must also
                                                                                                        who has limited ability in reading,                      A qualified independent evaluator is
                                                ensure the data from their evaluations are made         writing, speaking, or comprehending the               an individual who coordinates with the
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                                                the pilot, but works independently on                   hindered the ability of a State, locality,              Project Period: Not to extend beyond
                                                the evaluation and has the capacity to                  or tribe to organize its programs and                 September 30, 2020.
                                                carry out the evaluation, including, but                systems or provide services in ways that
                                                                                                                                                              III. Eligibility Information
                                                not limited to: Prior experience                        best meet the needs of its target
                                                conducting evaluations of similar design                populations. Under P3, waivers provide                   1. Eligible Applicants: The lead
                                                (for example, for randomized controlled                 flexibility in exchange for a pilot’s                 applicant must be a State, local, or tribal
                                                trials, the evaluator will have                         commitment to improve programmatic                    government entity, represented by a
                                                successfully conducted a randomized                     outcomes for disconnected youth                       Chief Executive, such as a governor,
                                                controlled trial in the past); positive                 consistent with underlying statutory                  mayor, or other elected leader, or the
                                                past performance on evaluations of a                    authorities and purposes.                             head of a State, local, or tribal agency.
                                                similar design, as evidenced by past                       What Works Clearinghouse Evidence                     2. Cost-Sharing or Matching: This
                                                performance reviews submitted from                      Standards means the standards set forth               program does not require cost-sharing or
                                                past clients directly to the awardee; lead              in the What Works Clearinghouse                       matching.
                                                staff with prior experience carrying out                Procedures and Standards Handbook                        3. Eligible Subgrantees: (a) Under 34
                                                a similar evaluation; lead staff with                   (Version 3.0, March 2014), which can be               CFR 75.708(b) and (c) a grantee may
                                                minimum credential (such as a Ph.D.                     found at the following link: //ies.ed.gov/            award subgrants—to directly carry out
                                                plus three years of experience                          ncee/wwc/DocumentSum.aspx?sid=19.                     project activities described in its
                                                conducting evaluations of a similar                                                                           application—to the following types of
                                                                                                          Program Authority: Section 219 of                   entities: State governmental agencies;
                                                nature, or a Master’s degree plus seven                 Division B, section 525 of Division H, and
                                                years of experience conducting                                                                                local governmental agencies, including
                                                                                                        section 242 of Division L of the 2016
                                                evaluations of a similar nature); and                   Appropriations Act.                                   LEAs; tribal governmental agencies;
                                                adequate staff time to work on the                                                                            institutions of higher education; and
                                                evaluation.                                               Applicable Regulations: (a) The                     nonprofit organizations.
                                                   Quasi-experimental design study                      Education Department General                             (b) The grantee may only award
                                                means a study using a design that                       Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR                  subgrants to entities it has identified in
                                                attempts to approximate an                              parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98,             an approved application.
                                                experimental design by identifying a                    and 99, and such other regulations as
                                                                                                        the Agencies may apply based on the                   IV. Application and Submission
                                                comparison group that is similar to the
                                                                                                        programs included in a particular pilot.              Information
                                                treatment group in important respects.
                                                These studies, depending on design and                  (b) The Office of Management and                         1. Address to Request Application
                                                implementation, can meet What Works                     Budget (OMB) Guidelines to Agencies                   Package: Braden Goetz, U.S. Department
                                                Clearinghouse Evidence Standards (as                    on Governmentwide Debarment and                       of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue
                                                defined in this notice) with reservations               Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR                  SW., Room 11141, Potomac Center Plaza
                                                (but not What Works Clearinghouse                       part 180, as adopted and amended as                   (PCP), Washington, DC 20202.
                                                Evidence Standards without                              regulations of the Department in 2 CFR                Telephone: (202) 245–7405 or by email:
                                                reservations).                                          part 3485. (c) The Uniform                            disconnectedyouth@ed.gov.
                                                   Randomized controlled trial means a                  Administrative Requirements, Cost                        If you use a telecommunications
                                                study that employs random assignment                    Principles, and Audit Requirements for                device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
                                                of, for example, students, teachers,                    Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as                  telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
                                                classrooms, schools, or districts to                    adopted and amended as regulations of                 Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
                                                receive the intervention being evaluated                the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d)                8339.
                                                (the treatment group) or not to receive                 The Promise Zones NFP. (e) The P3                        Individuals with disabilities can
                                                the intervention (the control group). The               NFP.                                                  obtain a copy of the application package
                                                estimated effectiveness of the                            Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
                                                                                                                                                              in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
                                                intervention is the difference between                  apply to all applicants except federally              large print, audiotape, or compact disc)
                                                the average outcome for the treatment                   recognized Indian tribes.                             by contacting either of the program
                                                group and for the control group. These                                                                        contact persons listed in this section.
                                                studies, depending on design and                        II. Award Information                                    2. a. Content and Form of Application
                                                implementation, can meet What Works                                                                           Submission: Requirements concerning
                                                Clearinghouse Evidence Standards (as                      Type of Award: Cooperative                          the content of an application, together
                                                defined in this notice) without                         agreement.                                            with the forms you must submit, are in
                                                reservations.                                             Estimated Available Funds: Up to                    the application package for this
                                                   A rural community is a community                     $2,000,000.                                           competition.
                                                that is served only by one or more local                  Contingent upon the availability of                    Notice of Intent to Submit an
                                                educational agencies (LEAs) that are                    funds and the quality of applications,                Application: September 14, 2016.
                                                currently eligible under the Department                 we may make additional awards in
                                                                                                                                                                 Note: Submission of a notice of intent to
                                                of Education’s Small, Rural School                      subsequent years from the list of                     apply is optional. We will be able to develop
                                                Achievement (SRSA) program or the                       unfunded applications from this                       a more efficient process for reviewing
                                                Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS)                      competition.                                          applications if we know the approximate
                                                program authorized under the                              Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000                 number of applicants that intend to apply
                                                Elementary and Secondary Education                      to $250,000.                                          under this competition. Therefore, we
                                                                                                                                                              strongly encourage each potential applicant
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                                                Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, or                        Estimated Average Size of Award:
                                                includes only schools designated by the                 $200,000.                                             to notify us of the applicant’s intent to apply
                                                                                                                                                              by emailing to disconnectedyouth@ed.gov the
                                                National Center for Education Statistics                  Estimated Number of Awards: 10.                     following information: (1) The applicant
                                                (NCES) with a locale code of 42 or 43.                     Note: The Agencies are not bound by any            organization’s name and address and (2) the
                                                   A waiver provides flexibility in the                 estimates in this notice. ED may supplement           absolute priority the applicant intends to
                                                form of relief, in whole or in part, from               one or more awards above the amount                   address. Applicants that do not submit a
                                                specific statutory, regulatory, or                      requested in the application if funds remain          notice of intent to apply may still submit an
                                                administrative requirements that have                   after ED has made awards to all of the pilots.        application.



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                                                   Page Limit: The application narrative                please list the page number or numbers                   c. Provide your DUNS number and
                                                is where you, the applicant, provide the                on which we can find this information.                TIN on your application; and
                                                information specified in the application                For additional information, please see                   d. Maintain an active SAM
                                                requirements and address the selection                  34 CFR 5.11(c).                                       registration with current information
                                                criteria that reviewers use to evaluate                   3. Submission Dates and Times:                      while your application is under review
                                                your application. You must limit the                      Applications Available: August 15,                  by the Department and, if you are
                                                application narrative to no more than 45                2016.                                                 awarded a grant, during the project
                                                pages, using the following standards:                     Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:             period.
                                                   • A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side              September 29, 2016.                                      You can obtain a DUNS number from
                                                only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,                 Note: Submission of a notice of intent to           Dun and Bradstreet at the following
                                                and both sides.                                         apply is optional.                                    Web site: http://fedgov.dnb.com/
                                                   • Double space (no more than three                                                                         webform. A DUNS number can be
                                                lines per vertical inch) all text in the                   Deadline for Transmittal of
                                                                                                                                                              created within one to two business days.
                                                application narrative, including titles,                Applications: October 31, 2016.                          If you are a corporate entity, agency,
                                                headings, footnotes, quotations,                           Applications must be submitted
                                                                                                                                                              institution, or organization, you can
                                                references, and captions.                               electronically using the Grants.gov
                                                                                                                                                              obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue
                                                   • Use a font that is either 12 point or              Apply site (Grants.gov). For information
                                                                                                                                                              Service. If you are an individual, you
                                                larger or no smaller than 10 pitch                      (including dates and times) about how
                                                                                                                                                              can obtain a TIN from the Internal
                                                (characters per inch).                                  to submit your application
                                                                                                                                                              Revenue Service or the Social Security
                                                   • Use one of the following fonts:                    electronically, or in paper format by
                                                                                                                                                              Administration. If you need a new TIN,
                                                Times New Roman, Courier, Courier                       mail or hand delivery if you qualify for
                                                                                                                                                              please allow two to five weeks for your
                                                New, or Arial. An application submitted                 an exception to the electronic
                                                                                                                                                              TIN to become active.
                                                in any other font (including Times                      submission requirement, please refer to
                                                                                                                                                                 The SAM registration process can take
                                                Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be                      Other Submission Requirements in
                                                                                                                                                              approximately seven business days, but
                                                accepted.                                               section IV of this notice.
                                                                                                                                                              may take upwards of several weeks,
                                                   The page limit for the application                      We do not consider an application
                                                                                                                                                              depending on the completeness and
                                                narrative does not apply to the budget                  that does not comply with the deadline
                                                                                                                                                              accuracy of the data you enter into the
                                                and budget narrative, the assurances                    requirements.
                                                                                                                                                              SAM database. Thus, if you think you
                                                and certifications, the abstract, the                      Individuals with disabilities who
                                                                                                                                                              might want to apply for Federal
                                                absolute and competitive preference                     need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
                                                                                                                                                              financial assistance under a program
                                                priorities, the resumes, the summary                    in connection with the application
                                                                                                                                                              administered by the Department, please
                                                evaluation plan and supplementary                       process should contact the person listed
                                                                                                                                                              allow sufficient time to obtain and
                                                evaluation budget narrative for                         under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                                                                                                                              register your DUNS number and TIN.
                                                applicants responding to Competitive                    CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If
                                                                                                                                                              We strongly recommend that you
                                                Preference Priority 4, the evaluation                   the Department provides an
                                                                                                                                                              register early.
                                                commitment form, or the letters of                      accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
                                                commitment and memoranda of                             individual with a disability in                          Note: Once your SAM registration is active,
                                                                                                        connection with the application                       it may be 24 to 48 hours before you can
                                                understanding. However, the page limit                                                                        access the information in, and submit an
                                                does apply to all of the application                    process, the individual’s application
                                                                                                                                                              application through, Grants.gov.
                                                narrative section.                                      remain subject to all other requirements
                                                   Our reviewers will not read any pages                and limitations in this notice.                         If you are currently registered with
                                                of your application narrative that exceed                  Deadline for Intergovernmental                     SAM, you may not need to make any
                                                the page limit.                                         Review: December 28, 2016.                            changes. However, please make certain
                                                   b. Submission of Proprietary                            4. Intergovernmental Review: This                  that the TIN associated with your DUNS
                                                Information:                                            program is subject to Executive Order                 number is correct. Also note that you
                                                   Given the types of projects that may                 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR                   will need to update your registration
                                                be proposed in applications for P3, your                part 79. Information about                            annually. This may take three or more
                                                application may include business                        Intergovernmental Review of Federal                   business days.
                                                information that you consider                           Programs under Executive Order 12372                    Information about SAM is available at
                                                proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we define                   is in the application package for this                www.SAM.gov. To further assist you
                                                ‘‘business information’’ and describe the               competition.                                          with obtaining and registering your
                                                process we use in determining whether                      5. Funding Restrictions: We reference              DUNS number and TIN in SAM or
                                                any of that information is proprietary                  regulations outlining funding                         updating your existing SAM account,
                                                and, thus, protected from disclosure                    restrictions in the Applicable                        we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet,
                                                under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of                     Regulations section of this notice.                   which you can find at: www2.ed.gov/
                                                Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as                          6. Data Universal Numbering System                 fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html.
                                                amended).                                               Number, Taxpayer Identification                         In addition, if you are submitting your
                                                   Because we plan to make successful                   Number, and System for Award                          application via Grants.gov, you must (1)
                                                applications available to the public, and               Management: To do business with the                   be designated by your organization as an
                                                may make all applications available,                    Department of Education, you must—                    Authorized Organization Representative
                                                you may wish to request confidentiality                    a. Have a Data Universal Numbering                 (AOR); and (2) register yourself with
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                                                of business information.                                System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer                   Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these
                                                   Consistent with Executive Order                      Identification Number (TIN);                          steps are outlined at the following
                                                12600, please designate in your                            b. Register both your DUNS number                  Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/
                                                application any information that you                    and TIN with the System for Award                     web/grants/register.html.
                                                believe is exempt from disclosure under                 Management (SAM) (formerly the                          7. Other Submission Requirements:
                                                Exemption 4. In the appropriate                         Central Contractor Registry), the                       Applications for grants under this
                                                Appendix section of your application,                   Government’s primary registrant                       competition must be submitted
                                                under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’                       database;                                             electronically unless you qualify for an


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                                                exception to this requirement in                          • The amount of time it can take to                    • After you electronically submit
                                                accordance with the instructions in this                upload an application will vary                       your application, you will receive from
                                                section.                                                depending on a variety of factors,                    Grants.gov an automatic notification of
                                                   a. Electronic Submission of                          including the size of the application and             receipt that contains a Grants.gov
                                                Applications.                                           the speed of your Internet connection.                tracking number. This notification
                                                   Applications for grants under the P3                 Therefore, we strongly recommend that                 indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
                                                program, CFDA number 84.420A, must                      you do not wait until the application                 receipt by the Department. Grants.gov
                                                be submitted electronically using the                   deadline date to begin the submission                 will also notify you automatically by
                                                Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site                    process through Grants.gov.                           email if your application met all the
                                                at www.Grants.gov. Through this site,                     • You should review and follow the                  Grants.gov validation requirements or if
                                                you will be able to download a copy of                  Education Submission Procedures for                   there were any errors (such as
                                                the application package, complete it                    submitting an application through                     submission of your application by
                                                offline, and then upload and submit                     Grants.gov that are included in the                   someone other than a registered
                                                your application. You may not email an                  application package for this competition              Authorized Organization
                                                electronic copy of a grant application to               to ensure that you submit your                        Representative, or inclusion of an
                                                us.                                                     application in a timely manner to the                 attachment with a file name that
                                                   We will reject your application if you               Grants.gov system. You can also find the              contains special characters). You will be
                                                submit it in paper format unless, as                    Education Submission Procedures                       given an opportunity to correct any
                                                described elsewhere in this section, you                pertaining to Grants.gov under News                   errors and resubmit, but you must still
                                                qualify for one of the exceptions to the                and Events on the Department’s G5                     meet the deadline for submission of
                                                electronic submission requirement and                   system home page at www.G5.gov. In                    applications.
                                                submit, no later than two weeks before                  addition, for specific guidance and                      Once your application is successfully
                                                the application deadline date, a written                procedures for submitting an                          validated by Grants.gov, the Department
                                                statement to the Department that you                    application through Grants.gov, please                will retrieve your application from
                                                qualify for one of these exceptions.                    refer to the Grants.gov Web site at:                  Grants.gov and send you an email with
                                                Further information regarding                           www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/                 a unique PR/Award number for your
                                                calculation of the date that is two weeks               apply-for-grants.html.                                application.
                                                                                                                                                                 These emails do not mean that your
                                                before the application deadline date is                   • You will not receive additional
                                                                                                                                                              application is without any disqualifying
                                                provided later in this section under                    point value because you submit your
                                                                                                                                                              errors. While your application may have
                                                Exception to Electronic Submission                      application in electronic format, nor
                                                                                                                                                              been successfully validated by
                                                Requirement.                                            will we penalize you if you qualify for
                                                                                                                                                              Grants.gov, it must also meet the
                                                   You may access the electronic grant                  an exception to the electronic
                                                                                                                                                              Department’s application requirements
                                                application for P3 at www.Grants.gov.                   submission requirement, as described                  as specified in this notice and in the
                                                You must search for the downloadable                    elsewhere in this section, and submit                 application instructions. Disqualifying
                                                application package for this competition                your application in paper format.                     errors could include, for instance,
                                                by the CFDA number. Do not include                        • You must submit all documents                     failure to upload attachments in a read-
                                                the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your                  electronically, including all information             only, non-modifiable PDF; failure to
                                                search (e.g., search for 84.420, not                    you typically provide on the following                submit a required part of the
                                                84.420A).                                               forms: The Application for Federal                    application; or failure to meet applicant
                                                   Please note the following:                           Assistance (SF 424), the Department of                eligibility requirements. It is your
                                                   • When you enter the Grants.gov site,                Education Supplemental Information for                responsibility to ensure that your
                                                you will find information about                         SF 424, Budget Information—Non-                       submitted application has met all of the
                                                submitting an application electronically                Construction Programs (ED 524), and all               Department’s requirements.
                                                through the site, as well as the hours of               necessary assurances and certifications.                 • We may request that you provide us
                                                operation.                                                • You must upload any narrative                     original signatures on forms at a later
                                                   • Applications received by                           sections and all other attachments to                 date.
                                                Grants.gov are date and time stamped.                   your application as files in a read-only,                Application Deadline Date Extension
                                                Your application must be fully                          non-modifiable Portable Document                      in Case of Technical Issues with the
                                                uploaded and submitted and must be                      Format (PDF). Do not upload an                        Grants.gov System: If you are
                                                date and time stamped by the                            interactive or fillable PDF file. If you              experiencing problems submitting your
                                                Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00                 upload a file type other than a read-                 application through Grants.gov, please
                                                p.m., Washington, DC time, on the                       only, non-modifiable PDF (e.g., Word,                 contact the Grants.gov Support Desk,
                                                application deadline date. Except as                    Excel, WordPerfect, etc.) or submit a                 toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must
                                                otherwise noted in this section, we will                password-protected file, we will not                  obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case
                                                not accept your application if it is                    review that material. Please note that                Number and must keep a record of it.
                                                received—that is, date and time                         this could result in your application not                If you are prevented from
                                                stamped by the Grants.gov system—after                  being considered for funding because                  electronically submitting your
                                                4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on                   the material in question—for example,                 application on the application deadline
                                                the application deadline date. We do                    the project narrative—is critical to a                date because of technical problems with
                                                not consider an application that does                   meaningful review of your proposal. For               the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
                                                not comply with the deadline                            that reason it is important to allow                  an extension until 4:30:00 p.m.,
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                                                requirements. When we retrieve your                     yourself adequate time to upload all                  Washington, DC time, the following
                                                application from Grants.gov, we will                    material as PDF files. The Department                 business day to enable you to transmit
                                                notify you if we are rejecting your                     will not convert material from other                  your application electronically or by
                                                application because it was date and time                formats to PDF.                                       hand delivery. You also may mail your
                                                stamped by the Grants.gov system after                    • Your electronic application must                  application by following the mailing
                                                4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on                   comply with any page-limit                            instructions described elsewhere in this
                                                the application deadline date.                          requirements described in this notice.                notice.


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                                                   If you submit an application after                   or hand-delivery instructions described                  (1) You must indicate on the envelope
                                                4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on                   in this notice.                                       and—if not provided by the
                                                the application deadline date, please                     b. Submission of Paper Applications                 Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424
                                                contact the person listed under FOR                     by Mail.                                              the CFDA number, including suffix
                                                FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in                            If you qualify for an exception to the              letter, if any, of the competition under
                                                section VII of this notice and provide an               electronic submission requirement, you                which you are submitting your
                                                explanation of the technical problem                    may mail (through the U.S. Postal                     application; and
                                                you experienced with Grants.gov, along                  Service or a commercial carrier) your                    (2) The Application Control Center
                                                with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case                   application to the Department. You                    will mail to you a notification of receipt
                                                Number. We will accept your                             must mail the original and two copies                 of your grant application. If you do not
                                                application if we can confirm that a                    of your application, on or before the                 receive this notification within 15
                                                technical problem occurred with the                     application deadline date, to the                     business days from the application
                                                Grants.gov system and that that problem                 Department at the following address:                  deadline date, you should call the U.S.
                                                affected your ability to submit your                      U.S. Department of Education, Application           Department of Education Application
                                                application by 4:30:00 p.m.,                            Control Center, Attention: CFDA Number                Control Center at (202) 245–6288.
                                                Washington, DC time, on the                             84.420A, LBJ Basement Level 1, 400
                                                application deadline date. We will                      Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC                   V. Application Review Information
                                                contact you after a determination is                    20202–4260                                               1. Selection Criteria. The selection
                                                made on whether your application will             You must show proof of mailing                              criteria for this competition and any
                                                be accepted.                                   consisting of one of the following:                            subsequent year for which we make
                                                   Note: The extensions to which we refer in      (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service                     awards from the list of unfunded
                                                this section apply only to the unavailability  postmark.                                                      applications from this competition are
                                                of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov    (2) A legible mail receipt with the                         from the P3 NFP.
                                                system. We will not grant you an extension     date of mailing stamped by the U.S.                               The points assigned to each criterion
                                                if you failed to fully register to submit your Postal Service.                                                are indicated in the parentheses next to
                                                application to Grants.gov before the              (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or                     the criterion. An applicant may earn up
                                                application deadline date and time or if the   receipt from a commercial carrier.                             to 100 points based on the selection
                                                technical problem you experienced is              (4) Any other proof of mailing
                                                unrelated to the Grants.gov system.                                                                           criteria. An applicant’s final score will
                                                                                               acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.                        include both points awarded based on
                                                   Exception to Electronic Submission          Department of Education.                                       selection criteria and also any points
                                                Requirement: You qualify for an                   If you mail your application through                        awarded for the competitive preference
                                                exception to the electronic submission         the U.S. Postal Service, we do not                             priorities.
                                                requirement, and may submit your               accept either of the following as proof
                                                application in paper format, if you are        of mailing:                                                    Selection Criteria
                                                unable to submit an application through           (1) A private metered postmark.                               (a) Need for Project. In determining
                                                the Grants.gov system because––                   (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
                                                                                                                                                              the need for the proposed project, we
                                                   • You do not have access to the             the U.S. Postal Service.
                                                                                                                                                              will consider the magnitude of the need
                                                Internet; or                                     Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not                       of the target population, as evidenced by
                                                   • You do not have the capacity to           uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before                     the applicant’s analysis of data,
                                                upload large documents to the                  relying on this method, you should check                       including data from a comprehensive
                                                Grants.gov system; and                         with your local post office.
                                                                                                                                                              needs assessment conducted or updated
                                                   • No later than two weeks before the           We will not consider applications                           in the past three years, using
                                                application deadline date (14 calendar         postmarked after the application                               representative data on youth from the
                                                days or, if the fourteenth calendar day        deadline date.                                                 jurisdiction(s) proposing the pilot, that
                                                before the application deadline date              c. Submission of Paper Applications                         demonstrates how the target population
                                                falls on a Federal holiday, the next           by Hand Delivery.                                              lags behind other groups in achieving
                                                business day following the Federal                If you qualify for an exception to the                      positive outcomes and the specific risk
                                                holiday), you mail or fax a written            electronic submission requirement, you                         factors for this population (5 points).
                                                statement to the Department, explaining (or a courier service) may deliver your                                 Note: Applicants are encouraged to
                                                which of the two grounds for an                paper application to the Department by
                                                                                                                                                              disaggregate these data according to relevant
                                                exception prevents you from using the          hand. You must deliver the original and                        demographic factors such as race, ethnicity,
                                                Internet to submit your application.           two copies of your application by hand,                        gender, age, disability status, involvement in
                                                   If you mail your written statement to       on or before the application deadline                          systems such as foster care or juvenile
                                                the Department, it must be postmarked          date, to the Department at the following                       justice, status as pregnant or parenting, and
                                                no later than two weeks before the             address:                                                       other key factors selected by the applicant. If
                                                application deadline date. If you fax                                                                         disaggregated data specific to the local
                                                                                                 U.S. Department of Education, Application
                                                                                                                                                              population are not available, applicants may
                                                your written statement to the                  Control Center, Attention: CFDA Number
                                                                                                                                                              refer to disaggregated data available through
                                                Department, we must receive the faxed          84.420A, 550 12th Street SW., Room 7039,
                                                                                                                                                              research, studies, or other sources that
                                                statement no later than two weeks              Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
                                                                                                                                                              describe similarly situated populations as the
                                                before the application deadline date.          20202–4260.
                                                                                                                                                              one the applicant is targeting with its pilot.
                                                   Address and mail or fax your                   The Application Control Center
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                                                statement to: Braden Goetz, U.S.               accepts hand deliveries daily between                            Note: Applicants do not need to include a
                                                Department of Education, 400 Maryland 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington,                                 copy of the needs assessment but should
                                                                                               DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays,                            identify when it was conducted or updated.
                                                Avenue SW., Room 11141, PCP,
                                                Washington, DC 20202. FAX: (202) 245– and Federal holidays.                                                     (b) Need for Requested Flexibility,
                                                7838.                                            Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper                      Including Blending of Funds and Other
                                                   Your paper application must be              Applications: If you mail or hand deliver                      Waivers. In determining the need for the
                                                submitted in accordance with the mail          your application to the Department—                            requested flexibility, including blending


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                                                of funds and other waivers, we will                        A. Will not result in denying or                     (f) Data and Performance
                                                consider:                                               restricting the eligibility of individuals            Management Capacity. In determining
                                                   1. The strength and clarity of the                   for services that (in whole or in part) are           the strength of the applicant’s data and
                                                applicant’s justification that each of the              otherwise funded by these programs;                   performance management capacity, we
                                                specified Federal requirements                          and                                                   will consider the following factors—
                                                identified in Table 2 for which the                        B. Based on the best available                       1. The applicant’s capacity to collect,
                                                applicant is seeking flexibility hinders                information, will not otherwise                       analyze, and use data for decision-
                                                implementation of the proposed pilot                    adversely affect vulnerable populations               making, learning, continuous
                                                (10 points); and                                        that are the recipients of those services             improvement, and accountability, and
                                                   2. The strength and quality of the                   (5 points).                                           the strength of the applicant’s plan to
                                                applicant’s justification of how each                      (d) Work Plan and Project                          bridge any gaps in its ability to do so.
                                                request for flexibility identified in Table             Management. In determining the                        This capacity includes the extent to
                                                2 (i.e., blending funds and waivers) will               strength of the work plan and project                 which the applicant and partner
                                                increase efficiency or access to services               management, we will consider the                      organizations have tracked and shared
                                                and produce significantly better                        strength and completeness of the work                 data about program participants,
                                                outcomes for the target population(s) (10               plan and project management approach                  services, and outcomes, including the
                                                points).                                                and their likelihood of achieving the                 execution of data-sharing agreements
                                                   (c) Project Design. In determining the               objectives of the proposed project on                 that comport with Federal, State, and
                                                strength of the project design, we will                 time and within budget, based on—                     other privacy laws and requirements,
                                                consider:                                                  1. Clearly defined and appropriate                 and will continue to do so (10 points);
                                                                                                        responsibilities, timelines, and                        2. How well the proposed outcome
                                                   1. The strength and logic of the
                                                                                                        milestones for accomplishing project                  measures, interim indicators, and
                                                proposed project design in addressing                                                                         measurement methodologies specified
                                                the gaps and the disparities identified in              tasks;
                                                                                                           2. The qualifications of project                   in Table 4 of the application
                                                the response to Selection Criterion (a)                                                                       appropriately and sufficiently gauge
                                                (Need for Project) and the barriers                     personnel to ensure proper management
                                                                                                        of all project activities;                            results achieved for the target
                                                identified in the response to Selection                                                                       population under the pilot (10 points);
                                                Criterion (b) (Need for Requested                          3. How any existing or anticipated
                                                                                                        barriers to implementation will be                    and
                                                Flexibility, Including Blending of Funds                                                                        3. How well the data sources specified
                                                and Other Waivers). This includes the                   overcome (10 points).
                                                                                                                                                              in Table 4 of the application can be
                                                clarity of the applicant’s plan and how                   Note: If the program manager or other key           appropriately accessed and used to
                                                the plan differs from current practices.                personnel are already on staff, the applicant
                                                                                                                                                              reliably measure the proposed outcome
                                                Scoring will account for the strength of                should provide this person’s resume or
                                                                                                        curriculum vitae.                                     measures and interim indicators (5
                                                both the applicant’s narrative and the                                                                        points).
                                                logic model (10 points);                                  Note: Evaluation activities may be                    (g) Budget and Budget Narrative. In
                                                  Note: The applicant’s narrative should                included in the timelines provided as part of         determining the adequacy of the
                                                describe how the proposed project will use              the work plan.                                        resources that will be committed to
                                                and coordinate resources, including building
                                                                                                           (e) Partnership Capacity. In                       support the project, we will consider the
                                                on participation in any complementary                                                                         appropriateness of expenses within the
                                                Federal initiatives or efforts.                         determining the strength and capacity of
                                                                                                        the proposed pilot partnership, we will               budget with regards to cost and to
                                                  2. The strength of the evidence                       consider the following factors—                       implementing the pilot successfully. We
                                                supporting the pilot design and whether                    1. How well the applicant                          will consider the entirety of funds the
                                                the applicant proposes the effective use                demonstrates that it has an effective                 applicant will use to support its pilot
                                                of interventions based on evidence and                  governance structure in which partners                including start-up grant funds, blended
                                                evidence-informed interventions (as                     that are necessary to implement the                   and braided funds included in Table 5,
                                                defined in this notice), as documented                  pilot successfully are represented and                and non-Federal funds including in-
                                                by citations to the relevant evidence that              have the necessary authority, resources,              kind contributions. (5 points)
                                                informed the applicant’s design (5                      expertise, and incentives to achieve the                2. Review and Selection Process: We
                                                points);                                                pilot’s goals and resolve unforeseen                  remind potential applicants that in
                                                                                                        issues, including by demonstrating the                reviewing applications in any
                                                  Note: Applicants should cite the studies on
                                                                                                        extent to which, and how, participating               discretionary grant competition, the
                                                interventions and system reforms that
                                                informed their pilot design and explain the             partners have successfully collaborated               Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR
                                                relevance of the cited evidence to the                  to improve outcomes for disconnected                  75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the
                                                proposed project in terms of subject matter             youth in the past (10 points);                        applicant in carrying out a previous
                                                and evaluation evidence. Applicants                        2. How well the applicant                          award, such as the applicant’s use of
                                                proposing reforms on which there are not yet
                                                                                                        demonstrates that its proposal was                    funds, achievement of project
                                                evaluations (such as innovations that have                                                                    objectives, and compliance with grant
                                                not been formally tested or tested only on a            designed with substantive input from all
                                                                                                        relevant stakeholders, including                      conditions. The Secretary may also
                                                small scale) should document how evidence                                                                     consider whether the applicant failed to
                                                or practice knowledge informed the proposed             disconnected youth and other
                                                                                                        community partners (5 points).                        submit a timely performance report or
                                                pilot design.
                                                                                                                                                              submitted a report of unacceptable
                                                  3. The strength of the applicant’s                      Note: Where the project design includes
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                                                                                                                                                              quality.
                                                evidence that the project design,                       job training strategies, the extent of employer         In addition, in making a competitive
                                                including any protections and                           input and engagement in the identification of         grant award, the Secretary requires
                                                                                                        skills and competencies needed by
                                                safeguards that will be established,                    employers, the development of the
                                                                                                                                                              various assurances including those
                                                ensures that the consequences or                        curriculum, and the offering of work-based            applicable to Federal civil rights laws
                                                impacts of the changes from current                     learning opportunities, including pre-                that prohibit discrimination in programs
                                                practices in serving youth through the                  apprenticeship and registered                         or activities receiving Federal financial
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                                                Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4,                  appropriate. For example, if an                       impose special conditions and, in
                                                108.8, and 110.23).                                     applicant is seeking flexibility under                appropriate circumstances, high-risk
                                                   The Department will screen                           programs administered by HHS and                      conditions on a grant if the applicant or
                                                applications that are submitted in                      DOL, its requests for flexibility will be             grantee is not financially stable; has a
                                                accordance with the requirements in                     reviewed by HHS and DOL officials.                    history of unsatisfactory performance;
                                                this notice, and will determine which                   Applicants may be asked to participate                has a financial or other management
                                                applications are eligible to be read based              in an interview at this point in the                  system that does not meet the standards
                                                on whether they have met the eligibility                process in order to clarify requests for              in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
                                                and application requirements                            flexibility and other aspects of their                fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant;
                                                established by this notice.                             proposals.                                            or is otherwise not responsible.
                                                   The Department will use reviewers                       For applicants that propose to include
                                                with knowledge and expertise on issues                  funds from FY 2016 competitive grants                 VI. Award Administration Information
                                                related to improving outcomes for                       that have already been awarded, the                      1. Award Notices: If your application
                                                disconnected youth to score the                         flexibility review may include                        is successful, we notify your U.S.
                                                selection criteria. The Department will                 consideration of whether the scope,                   Representative and U.S. Senators and
                                                thoroughly screen all reviewers for                     objectives, and target populations of the             send you a Grant Award Notification
                                                conflicts of interest to ensure a fair and              existing competitive grant award(s) are               (GAN); or we may send you an email
                                                competitive review.                                     sufficiently and appropriately aligned                containing a link to access an electronic
                                                   Peer reviewers will read, prepare a                  with the proposed pilot. Any changes in               version of your GAN. We may notify
                                                written evaluation of, and score the                    terms and conditions of the existing                  you informally, also.
                                                assigned applications, based on the                     competitive grant award(s) required for                  If your application is not evaluated or
                                                seven selection criteria listed in the                  pilot purposes must be justified by the               not selected for funding, we notify you.
                                                Selection Criteria section of this notice.              applicant. The Agencies will review                      2. Administrative and National Policy
                                                   In reviewing applications, all                       those requests on a case-by-case basis.
                                                reviewers will score Competitive                                                                              Requirements: We identify
                                                                                                           If 25 or fewer eligible applications are           administrative and national policy
                                                Preference Priority 1 (Improving                        received, the technical scoring and
                                                Outcomes for Youth Who Are                                                                                    requirements in the application package
                                                                                                        reviews of flexibility requests may be                and reference these and other
                                                Unemployed and Out of School), while                    conducted concurrently.
                                                reviewers with expertise in evaluation                                                                        requirements in the Applicable
                                                                                                           Selecting finalists. Agency officials
                                                will score Competitive Preference                                                                             Regulations section of this notice.
                                                                                                        may recommend the selection of up to
                                                Priority 4 (Site-Specific Evaluation). The              10 projects as Performance Partnership                   We reference the regulations outlining
                                                Department will assign three points for                 Pilots. In accordance with 34 CFR                     the terms and conditions of an award in
                                                Competitive Preference Priority 2                       75.217(d) and in consultation with the                the Applicable Regulations section of
                                                (Work-Based Learning Opportunities) if                  other Agencies, the Secretary will select             this notice and include these and other
                                                the application proposes to provide all                 finalists after considering the rank                  specific conditions in the GAN. The
                                                disconnected youth that will be served                  ordering, the recommendations of the                  GAN also incorporates your approved
                                                by the project with paid work-based                     Agencies that administer the programs                 application as part of your binding
                                                learning opportunities, such as                         for which the applicants are seeking                  commitments under the grant.
                                                opportunities during the summer,                        flexibility, and other information                       3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
                                                which are integrated with academic and                  including an applicant’s performance                  grant under this competition, you must
                                                technical instruction. If you address                   and use of funds and compliance                       ensure that you have in place the
                                                Competitive Preference Priority 3,                      history under a previous award under                  necessary processes and systems to
                                                provide a HUD Form 50153                                any Agency program. In selecting pilots,              comply with the reporting requirements
                                                (Certification of Consistency with                      the Agencies may consider high-ranking                in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
                                                Promise Zone Goals and                                  applications meeting Absolute Priority                funding under the competition. This
                                                Implementation) that has been signed by                 2, Absolute Priority 3, and Absolute                  does not apply if you have an exception
                                                an authorized Promise Zone official.                    Priority 4 separately to ensure that there            under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
                                                   Technical scoring. Reviewers will                    is a diversity of pilots. In addition, as                (b) At the end of your project period,
                                                read, prepare a written evaluation, and                 required by the Acts, each pilot must                 you must submit a final performance
                                                assign a technical score to the                         meet all statutory criteria.                          report, including financial information,
                                                applications assigned to their panel,                      For each finalist, ED and any other                as directed by the Secretary. If you
                                                using the selection criteria provided in                Agencies implicated in the pilot will                 receive a multiyear award, you must
                                                this notice, Competitive Preference                     negotiate a performance agreement. If a               submit an annual performance report
                                                Priorities 1 and 4, and the scoring rubric              performance agreement cannot be                       that provides the most current
                                                in Appendix B.                                          finalized for any applicant, an                       performance and financial expenditure
                                                   ED will then prepare a rank order of                 alternative applicant may be selected as              information as directed by the Secretary
                                                applications based on their technical                   a finalist instead. The recommended                   under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary
                                                scores.                                                 projects will be considered finalists                 may also require more frequent
                                                   Flexibility, including blending of                   until performance agreements are signed               performance reports under 34 CFR
                                                funds and other waivers. Using this rank                by all parties, and pilot designation will            75.720(c). For specific requirements on
                                                order, representatives of the Agencies                  be awarded only after finalization and                reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/
                                                that administer programs under which                                                                          fund/grant/apply/appforms/
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                                                                                                        approval of each finalist’s performance
                                                flexibility in Federal requirements is                  agreement.                                            appforms.html.
                                                sought will evaluate whether the                           3. Risk Assessment and Special                        (c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the
                                                flexibility, including blending of funds                Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR                     Secretary may provide a grantee with
                                                and other waivers requested by top-                     200.205, before awarding grants under                 additional funding for data collection
                                                scoring applicants, meets the statutory                 this competition ED conducts a review                 analysis and reporting. In this case the
                                                requirements for Performance                            of the risks posed by applicants. Under               Secretary establishes a data collection
                                                Partnership Pilots and is otherwise                     2 CFR 3474.10, the Secretary may                      period.


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                                                  4. Performance Measures: As                           your search to documents published by                 the national evaluation, it may be necessary
                                                described earlier in this notice, the                   the Department.                                       to select participants for admission to
                                                applicant must propose outcome                                                                                Performance Partnership Pilot by a random
                                                                                                          Dated: August 9, 2016.                              lottery, using procedures established by the
                                                measures and interim indicators to                      Johan E. Uvin,                                        evaluator.
                                                gauge pilot performance using Table 4.                  Deputy Assistant Secretary, Delegated the               Secure Consent: I/we agree to include a
                                                At least one outcome measure must be                    Duties of the Assistant Secretary for Career,         consent form for, as appropriate, parents/
                                                in the domain of education, and at least                Technical, and Adult Education.                       guardians and students/participants in the
                                                one outcome measure must be in the                                                                            application or enrollment packet for all youth
                                                domain of employment. Applicants may                    Appendix A: Evaluation Commitment                     in organizations implementing the
                                                specify additional employment and                       Form                                                  Performance Partnership Pilot consistent
                                                education outcome measures, as well as                                                                        with any Federal, State, local, and tribal laws
                                                                                                        Appendix B: Scoring Rubric
                                                                                                                                                              that apply. The parental/participant consent
                                                outcome measures in other domains of
                                                                                                        Appendix A: Evaluation Commitment                     forms will be collected prior to the
                                                well-being, such as criminal justice,                                                                         acceptance of participants into Performance
                                                                                                        Form
                                                physical and mental health, and                                                                               Partnership Pilot and before sharing data
                                                housing. Regardless of the outcome                        An authorized executive of the lead                 with the evaluator for the purpose of
                                                domain, applicants must identify at                     applicant and all other partners, including           evaluating the Performance Partnership Pilot.
                                                least one interim indicator for each                    State, local, tribal, and non-governmental
                                                                                                        organizations that would be involved in the           SIGNATURES
                                                proposed outcome measure. Applicants                    pilot’s implementation, must sign this form           Lead Applicant
                                                must indicate the source of the data for                and submit it as an attachment to the grant           Print Name lllllllllllllll
                                                each outcome measure and interim                        application. The form is not considered in            Signature llllllllllllllll
                                                indicator, the proposed frequency of                    the recommended application page limit.               Organization llllllllllllll
                                                collection, and the methodology used to                                                                       Date llllllllllllllllll
                                                                                                        Commitment To Participate in Required
                                                collect the data. Outcome measures and                  Evaluation Activities
                                                                                                                                                              Partner
                                                interim indicators, along with the                                                                            Print Name lllllllllllllll
                                                                                                           As the lead applicant or a partner                 Signature llllllllllllllll
                                                required reporting frequency for each,
                                                                                                        proposing to implement a Performance                  Organization llllllllllllll
                                                will be outlined in P3 performance                      Partnership Pilot through a Federal grant, I/         Date llllllllllllllllll
                                                agreements.                                             we agree to carry out the following activities,       Partner
                                                VII. Agency Contact                                     which are considered evaluation                       Print Name lllllllllllllll
                                                                                                        requirements applicable to all pilots:                Signature llllllllllllllll
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                           Facilitate Data Collection: I/we understand        Organization llllllllllllll
                                                Braden Goetz, U.S. Department of                        that the award of this grant requires me/us           Date llllllllllllllllll
                                                                                                        to facilitate the collection and/or                   Partner
                                                Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
                                                                                                        transmission of data for evaluation and               Print Name lllllllllllllll
                                                Room 11141, PCP, Washington, DC                         performance monitoring purposes to the lead
                                                20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7405 or by                                                                        Signature llllllllllllllll
                                                                                                        Federal agency and/or its national evaluator          Organization llllllllllllll
                                                email: disconnectedyouth@ed.gov.                        in accordance with applicable Federal, State,         Date llllllllllllllllll
                                                  If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the                   and local, and tribal laws, including privacy         Partner
                                                FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.                      laws.                                                 Print Name lllllllllllllll
                                                                                                           The type of data that will be collected            Signature llllllllllllllll
                                                VIII. Other Information                                 includes, but is not limited to, the following:       Organization llllllllllllll
                                                                                                           • Demographic information, including               Date llllllllllllllllll
                                                   Accessible Format: Individuals with
                                                                                                        participants’ gender, race, age, school status,       Partner
                                                disabilities can obtain this document                   and employment status;
                                                and a copy of the application package in                                                                      Print Name lllllllllllllll
                                                                                                           • Information on the services that                 Signature llllllllllllllll
                                                an accessible format (e.g., braille, large              participants receive; and
                                                                                                                                                              Organization llllllllllllll
                                                print, audiotape, or compact disc) on                      • Outcome measures and interim outcome
                                                                                                                                                              Date llllllllllllllllll
                                                request to either of the program contact                indicators, linked at the individual level,
                                                persons listed under FOR FURTHER                        which will be used to measure the effects of          Appendix B: Scoring Rubric
                                                INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of                   the pilots.
                                                                                                           The lead Federal agency will provide more            Reviewers will assign points to an
                                                this notice.                                                                                                  application for each selection sub-criterion,
                                                                                                        details to grantees on the data items required
                                                   Electronic Access to This Document:                  for performance and evaluation after grants           as well as for Competitive Preference
                                                The official version of this document is                have been awarded.                                    Priorities 1 (Improving Outcomes for Youth
                                                the document published in the Federal                      Participate in Evaluation: I/we understand         Who Are Unemployed and Out of School)
                                                Register. Free Internet access to the                   that participation and full cooperation in the        and 4 (Site-Specific Evaluation). In awarding
                                                official edition of the Federal Register                national evaluation of the Performance                points for Competitive Preference Priority 1,
                                                and the Code of Federal Regulations is                  Partnership Pilot is a condition of this grant        reviewers will make case-by-case
                                                                                                        award. I/we understand that the national              determinations as to how well a particular
                                                available via the Federal Digital System                                                                      application meets both parts of the priority.
                                                                                                        evaluation will include an implementation
                                                at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you                                                                       For example, more points may be awarded to
                                                                                                        systems analysis and, for certain sites as
                                                can view this document, as well as all                  appropriate, may also include an impact               an application proposing to serve a higher
                                                other documents of this Department                      evaluation. My/our participation will include         percentage of disconnected youth who are
                                                published in the Federal Register, in                   facilitating site visits and interviews;              neither employed nor enrolled in education
                                                text or PDF. To use PDF you must have                   collaborating in study procedures, including          and who face significant barriers to accessing
                                                Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is                          random assignment, if necessary; and                  education and employment, and is likely to
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                                                available free at the site.                             transmitting data that are needed for the             result in significantly better educational or
                                                   You may also access documents of the                 evaluation of participants in the study               employment outcomes for such youth based
                                                                                                        sample, including those who may be in a               on the strength of the evidence base and/or
                                                Department published in the Federal                     control group.                                        logic model underlying the applicant’s
                                                Register by using the article search                       Participate in Random Assignment: I/we             project design. ED will assign three points to
                                                feature at: www.federalregister.gov.                    agree that if our Performance Partnership             an application for Competitive Preference
                                                Specifically, through the advanced                      Pilot or certain activities in the Pilot is           Priority 2 (Work-Based Learning
                                                search feature at this site, you can limit              selected for an impact evaluation as part of          Opportunities) if the application proposes to



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                                                provide all disconnected youth that will be                             awarding points under Competitive                                        expertise in planning and conducting a
                                                served by the project with paid work-based                              Preference Priority 4 (Site-Specific                                     randomized controlled trial or quasi-
                                                learning opportunities, such as opportunities                           Evaluation), reviewers will consider the                                 experimental evaluation design study. To
                                                during the summer, which are integrated                                 clarity and feasibility of the applicant’s                               help promote consistency across and within
                                                with academic and technical instruction. ED                             proposed evaluation design, the                                          the panels that will review P3 applications,
                                                will assign two points for Competitive                                  appropriateness of the design to best capture                            the Department has created a scoring rubric
                                                Preference Priority 3 (Promise Zones) to an                             key pilot outcomes, the prospective                                      for reviewers to aid them in scoring
                                                application if the application includes a HUD                           contribution of the evaluation to the                                    applications.
                                                Form 50153 (Certification of Consistency                                knowledge base about serving disconnected                                  The scoring rubric below shows the
                                                with Promise Zone Goals and                                             youth (including the rigor of the design and                             maximum number of points that may be
                                                Implementation) that has been signed by an                              the validity and generalizability of the                                 assigned to each criterion, sub-criterion, and
                                                authorized Promise Zone official. In                                    findings), and the applicant’s demonstrated                              competitive preference priority.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Sub-criterion
                                                                                                                Selection criteria                                                                                                             Criterion points
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  points

                                                (a) Need for Project. In determining the need for the proposed project, we will consider the magnitude
                                                   of the need of the target population, as evidenced by the applicant’s analysis of data, including data
                                                   from a comprehensive needs assessment conducted or updated within the past three years, using
                                                   representative data on youth from the jurisdiction(s) proposing the pilot, that demonstrates how the
                                                   target population lags behind other groups in achieving positive outcomes and the specific risk fac-
                                                   tors for this population .............................................................................................................................   ..............................                              5
                                                (b) Need for Requested Flexibility, Including Blending of Funds and Other Waivers. In determining the
                                                   need for the requested flexibility, including blending of funds and other waivers, we will consider:                                                     ..............................                            20
                                                (b)1. The strength and clarity of the applicant’s justification that each of the specified Federal require-
                                                   ments identified in Table 2 for which the applicant is seeking flexibility hinders implementation of the
                                                   proposed pilot; and                                                                                                                                                               10      ..............................
                                                (b)2. The strength and quality of the applicant’s justification of how each request for flexibility identified
                                                   in Table 2 (i.e., blending funds and waivers) will increase efficiency or access to services and
                                                   produce significantly better outcomes for the target population(s)                                                                                                                 10     ..............................
                                                (c) Project Design. In determining the strength of the project design, we will consider:                                                                    ..............................                             20
                                                (c)1. The strength and logic of the proposed project design in addressing the gaps and the disparities
                                                   identified in the response to Selection Criterion (a) (Need for Project) and the barriers identified in
                                                   the response to Selection Criterion (b) (Need for Requested Flexibility, Including Blending of Funds
                                                   and Other Waivers). This includes the clarity of the applicant’s plan and how the plan differs from
                                                   current practices. Scoring will account for the strength of both the applicant’s narrative and the logic
                                                   model;                                                                                                                                                                            10      ..............................
                                                (c)2. The strength of the evidence supporting the pilot design and whether the applicant proposes the
                                                   effective use of interventions based on evidence and evidence-informed interventions (as defined in
                                                   this notice) as documented by citations to the relevant evidence that informed the applicant’s design;                                                                              5     ..............................
                                                (c)3. The strength of the applicant’s evidence that the project design, including any protections and
                                                   safeguards that will be established, ensures that the consequences or impacts of the changes from
                                                   current practices in serving youth through the proposed funding streams:
                                                      A. Will not result in denying or restricting the eligibility of individuals for services that (in whole or
                                                         in part) are otherwise funded by these programs; and
                                                      B. Based on the best available information, will not otherwise adversely affect vulnerable popu-
                                                         lations that are the recipients of those services.                                                                                                                            5     ..............................
                                                (d) Work Plan and Project Management. In determining the strength of the work plan and project man-
                                                   agement, we will consider the strength and completeness of the work plan and project management
                                                   approach and their likelihood of achieving the objectives of the proposed project on time and within
                                                   budget, based on—
                                                      1. Clearly defined and appropriate responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing
                                                         project tasks;
                                                      2. The qualifications of project personnel to ensure proper management of all project activities;
                                                      3. How any existing or anticipated barriers to implementation will be overcome.                                                                       ..............................                             10
                                                (e) Partnership Capacity. In determining the strength and capacity of the proposed pilot partnership, we
                                                   will consider the following factors—                                                                                                                     ..............................                             15
                                                (e)1. How well the applicant demonstrates that it has an effective governance structure in which part-
                                                   ners that are necessary to implement the pilot successfully are represented and have the necessary
                                                   authority, resources, expertise, and incentives to achieve the pilot’s goals and resolve unforeseen
                                                   issues, including by demonstrating the extent to which, and how, participating partners have suc-
                                                   cessfully collaborated to improve outcomes for disconnected youth in the past;                                                                                                    10      ..............................
                                                (e)2. How well the applicant demonstrates that its proposal was designed with substantive input from
                                                   all relevant stakeholders, including disconnected youth and other community partners.                                                                                                5    ..............................
                                                (f) Data and Performance Management Capacity. In determining the strength of the applicant’s data
                                                   and performance management capacity, we will consider the following factors—                                                                             ..............................                             25
                                                (f)1. The applicant’s capacity to collect, analyze, and use data for decision-making, learning, contin-
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                                                   uous improvement, and accountability, and the strength of the applicant’s plan to bridge any gaps in
                                                   its ability to do so. This capacity includes the extent to which the applicant and partner organizations
                                                   have tracked and shared data about program participants, services, and outcomes, including the
                                                   execution of data-sharing agreements that comport with Federal, State, and other privacy laws and
                                                   requirements, and will continue to do so;                                                                                                                                         10      ..............................
                                                (f)2. How well the proposed outcome measures, interim indicators, and measurement methodologies
                                                   specified in Table 4 of the application appropriately and sufficiently gauge results achieved for the
                                                   target population under the pilot; and                                                                                                                                            10      ..............................



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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sub-criterion
                                                                                                                     Selection criteria                                                                                                                       Criterion points
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              points

                                                (f)3. How well the data sources specified in Table 4 of the application can be appropriately accessed
                                                   and used to reliably measure the proposed outcome measures and interim indicators.                                                                                                              5     ..............................
                                                (g) Budget and Budget Narrative. In determining the adequacy of the resources that will be committed
                                                   to support the project, we will consider the appropriateness of expenses within the budget with re-
                                                   gards to cost and to implementing the pilot successfully. We will consider the entirety of funds the
                                                   applicant will use to support its pilot including start-up grant funds, blended and braided funds in-
                                                   cluded in Table 5, and non-Federal funds including in-kind contributions.                                                                                           ..............................                               5

                                                       Total ......................................................................................................................................................    ..............................                           100


                                                                                                            Competitive preference priorities for applications                                                                                                    Points

                                                Competitive Preference Priority 1: Improving Outcomes for Youth Who Are Unemployed and Out of School.
                                                To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that—
                                                    (1) will serve disconnected youth who are neither employed nor enrolled in education and who face significant barriers
                                                        to accessing education and employment; and
                                                    (2) is likely to result in significantly better educational or employment outcomes for such youth ........................................                                                                                       5
                                                Competitive Preference Priority 2: Work-Based Learning Opportunities.
                                                To meet this priority, an applicant must propose a pilot that will provide all of the disconnected youth it proposes to serve
                                                  with paid work-based learning opportunities, such as opportunities during the summer, which are integrated with aca-
                                                  demic and technical instruction ..................................................................................................................................................                                                3
                                                Competitive Preference Priority 3: Promise Zones.
                                                This priority is for projects that are designed to serve and coordinate with a federally designated Promise Zone ....................                                                                                               2
                                                Competitive Preference Priority 4: Site-Specific Evaluation.
                                                To meet this priority, an applicant must propose to conduct an independent evaluation of the impacts on disconnected youth
                                                  of its overall program or specific components of its program that is a randomized controlled trial or a quasi-experimental
                                                  design study. The extent to which an applicant meets this priority will be based on the clarity and feasibility of the appli-
                                                  cant’s proposed evaluation design, the appropriateness of the design to best capture key pilot outcomes, the prospective
                                                  contribution of the evaluation to the knowledge base about serving disconnected youth (including the rigor of the design
                                                  and the validity and generalizability of the findings), and the applicant’s demonstrated expertise in planning and con-
                                                  ducting a randomized controlled trial or quasi-experimental design study ...............................................................................                                                                         10

                                                       Total ........................................................................................................................................................................................                             20



                                                 While case-by-case determinations will be                                    the general ranges below as a guide when
                                                made, the reviewers will be asked to consider                                 awarding points.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Quality of response
                                                                                                         Maximum point value
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Low                     Medium                         High

                                                10 .................................................................................................................................................                     0–2                            3–7                    8–10
                                                5 ...................................................................................................................................................                    0–1                            2–3                     4–5



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                                                                                                                                                                                                            webinar for ASRAC. Members of the
                                                Office of Energy Efficiency and                                               DATES: DOE will host a public meeting                                         public are welcome to observe the
                                                Renewable Energy                                                              on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from                                             business of the meeting and, if time
                                                [Docket Number EERE–2013–BT–NOC–                                              10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. in Washington,                                           allows, may make oral statements
                                                0005]                                                                         DC.                                                                           during the specified period for public
                                                                                                                              ADDRESSES: The ASRAC public meeting                                           comment. To attend the meeting and/or
                                                Appliance Standards and Rulemaking                                            will be held at the Navigant Offices,                                         to make oral statements, email asrac@
                                                Federal Advisory Committee: Notice of                                         1200 19th Street, Suite 700 NW.,                                              ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate
                                                Public Meeting                                                                Washington, DC. To register for the                                           your name, organization (if appropriate),
                                                                                                                              webinar and receive call-in information,                                      citizenship, and contact information.
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                                                AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and
                                                Renewable Energy, Department of                                               please register at: https://                                                     Docket: The docket is available for
                                                Energy.                                                                       attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/                                            review at www.regulations.gov,
                                                                                                                              6302070073686810372.                                                          including Federal Register notices,
                                                ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
                                                                                                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John                                         public meeting attendee lists and
                                                SUMMARY:  The Department of Energy                                            Cymbalsky, ASRAC Designated Federal                                           transcripts, comments, and other
                                                (DOE) is announcing a public meeting                                          Officer, U.S. Department of Energy                                            supporting documents/materials. All
                                                and webinar for the Appliance                                                 (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and                                        documents in the docket are listed in


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
ContactBraden Goetz, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 11141, PCP, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 245-7405 or by email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 54056 

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