Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Head Start Family literacy projects,
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Federal Register: May 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 101)NoticesPage 28500From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration of Children and Families
Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF 99-06Fiscal Year 1999 Discretionary Announcement for Head Start Family Literacy Projects
AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of announcement of the availability of funds and request for applications from organizations with experience in family literacy efforts to develop training and technical assistance programs in family literacy for Head Start and Early Head Start grantees.
SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families is making available $3,000,000 annually for each of the next five years to support one or more family literacy projects (FLPs). The project(s) funded under this effort will work cooperatively with the Head Start Bureau in designing and implementing training and technical assistance programs to support and strengthen the family literacy activities carried out by Head Start/Early Head Start grantees.
The overall goal of the family literacy project is to improve the quality, intensity and outcomes of the family literacy services provided by Head Start and Early Head Start grantees in order to increase lifelong learning for Head Start and Early Head Start children and their parents and to assist families in achieving self sufficiency. The cooperative agreement(s) will be awarded competitively to eligible applicant(s).
DATES: The closing date and time for receipt of applications is 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the program announcement and Necessary application forms can be obtained by contacting: Family Literacy Projects, ACYF Operation Center, 1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The telephone number is: 1-800- 351-2293.
Copies of the program announcement can be downloaded from the Head Start web site at: www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb
Eligible Applicants
Applicants must be public or private nonprofit or for-profit organizations with the capability to implement a family literacy effort of national scope.
Project Duration
Awards, on a competitive basis, will be for a one-year budget period; project periods will be for five years.
Federal Share of Projects
Although there are no matching requirements, applicants are encouraged to provide non-Federal contributions to the project.
Statutory Authority: The Head Start Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Number 93.600, Head Start)
Dated: May 20, 1999. Patricia Montoya, Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
FR Doc. 99-13425Filed5-25-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4184-01-M
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