OpportunityTitle: OSERS: OSEP: State technical Assistance Projects to Improve Services and Results for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind and National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind CFDA Number 84.326T
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: SEAs; LEAs, including public charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law; IHEs; other public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; freely associated States and outlying areas; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-profit   organizations.      With respect to Focus Area A of the priority, in order to provide SEAs with greater flexibility in how TA is delivered and ensure high-quality TA, individual States have the   following options: (1) Participating in a regional project; (2) participating as a member of a multi-State consortium; or (3) applying   directly for funds as a single State. Therefore, eligible applicants for funds awarded under Focus Area A of this absolute priority may be   an entity serving a predetermined region of States, a multi-State consortium, or a single State. The predetermined regions are the six   OSEP Regional Resource Center regions--      Region 1: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont;      Region 2: District of Columbia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia;      Region 3: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the Virgin Islands;      Region 4: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin;      Region 5: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming;      Region 6: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern   Marianas, States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.      Eligible applicants under Focus Area A of this priority are invited to submit single-State applications to provide deaf-blind TA services   to individual States, as they have done in the past. If a State is included in more than one application as a member of a consortium or   predefined region or submits an individual State application, and more than one application is determined to be fundable for the State, the   State will be given the option under which award (individual State, consortium, or region) it will receive funding. It may not be funded   under multiple awards. If a State(s) chooses not to participate in a predetermined region, the predetermined region&apos;s funding would be   reduced by the amount of the award(s) that would be made for the individual State(s) application. The maximum level of funding for a consortium or region will reflect the combined total that the eligible entities comprising the consortium or region would have received if they had applied separately. For States within consortia or regions, no State will be permitted to receive less services or supports than it would have received under a previously held Deaf-Blind State grant.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. 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 on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing technical assistance (TA), supporting model demonstration projects, disseminating useful information, and implementing activities that are supported by scientifically based research.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.326T.Applications for grants under the State Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Services and Results for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind and National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind competition, CFDA number 84.326T, 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.You may access the electronic grant application for the State Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Services and Results for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind and National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind competition at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.326, not 84.326T).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Jo Ann McCann &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 4076 &lt;br/&gt;Potomac Center Plaza (PCP) &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-2600. &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 245-7434 or e-mail: JoAnn.McCann@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: July 1, 2013.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 15, 2013.