Department of Education Invites Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations To Apply for New FY 2003 and 2004 Award

Deadline: April 2, 2004

Source: Federal Register: February 12, 2004

Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview Information; William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs: Grants for Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Years (FY) 2003 and 2004

CFDA Number: 84.258
Applications Available: February 12, 2004
Deadline: April 2, 2004

Purpose of Program:
The William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs (Even Start), including the grants for Indian tribes and tribal organizations, are intended to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of low-income families by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program for federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

These programs are implemented through cooperative activities that:

• Build on high-quality existing community resources to create a new range of educational services for most-in-need families;
• promote the academic achievement of children and adults;
• assist children from low-income families to meet challenging State content and student achievement standards; and
• use instructional programs that are based on scientifically based reading research and on the prevention of reading difficulties for children and adults, to the extent such research is available.

A description of the required fifteen program elements for which funds must be used is included in the application package.

Eligible Applicants:
Federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

Estimated Available Funds: $4,370,000.
This is the combined estimate from both FY 2003 and FY 2004 funds. We are inviting applications at this time for new awards for both FY 2003 and for FY 2004 to make the most efficient use of competition resources. The Department may use the funding slate resulting from this competition as the basis for future years' awards.

Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$250,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $200,000 per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 17-29.

Absolute Priority:
Early Childhood Education Services in a Group Setting

A project must offer some center-based early childhood education services.

Application and Submission Information
Address to Request Application Package:
Education Publications Center (ED Pubs)
P.O. Box 1398
Jessup, MD 20794-1398
phone: 1-877-433-7827
fax: 301-470-1244
TDD: 1-800-877-8339
ED Pubs Web site: www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
ED Pubs e-mail: edpubs@inet.ed.gov

If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.258. You also may obtain a copy of the application package on the Department's website at www.ed.gov/programs/evenstartindian/applicant.html.

Pilot Project for Electronic Submission of Applications: You may access the electronic grant application for Even Start grants for Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations at: http://e-grants.ed.gov.

For Further Information, Contact:
Doris Sligh
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 3W246
Washington, DC 20202-6132
phone: 202-260-0999
e-mail: Doris.Sligh@ed.gov.
TDD: 1-800-877-8339

Be sure to read the full announcement in the Federal Register for more important information about this announcement.