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Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Demonstration Grants program is to provide financial assistance to projects to develop, test, and demonstrate the effectiveness of services and programs to improve the educational opportunities and achievement of preschool, elementary, and secondary students, through activities such as: (a) Innovative programs related to the educational needs of educationally deprived children; (b) Educational services that are not available to such children in sufficient quantity or quality, including remedial instruction, to raise the achievement of Indian children in one or more of the core academic subjects of English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, art, history, and geography; (c) Bilingual and bicultural programs and projects; (d) Special health and nutrition services, and other related activities, that address the special health, social, and psychological problems of Indian children; (e) Special compensatory and other programs and projects to assist and encourage Indian children to enter, remain in, or reenter school, and to increase the rate of secondary school graduation; (f) Comprehensive guidance, counseling, and testing services; (g) Early childhood and kindergarten programs, including family- based preschool programs that emphasize school readiness and parental skills, and the provision of services to Indian children with disabilities; (h) Partnership projects between local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education that allow secondary school students to enroll in courses at the postsecondary level to aid these students in the transition from secondary school to postsecondary education; (i) Partnership projects between schools and local businesses for school-to-work transition programs designed to provide Indian youth with the knowledge and skills they need to make an effective transition from school to a first job in a high-skill, high-wage career; (j) Programs designed to encourage and assist Indian students to work toward, and gain entrance into, an institution of higher education; or (k) Other services that meet the purpose of this program.

Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants for this program include a State educational agency (SEA); LEA; Indian tribe; Indian organization; federally supported elementary and secondary school for Indian students; Indian institution, including an Indian institution of higher education; or a consortium of such institutions that meet the requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 22, 2002
Applications Available: July 23, 2002
Available Funds: $4,200,000
Estimated Range of Awards: $153,000-$400,000
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $280,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 15
Project Period: Up to 36 months

FOR APPLICATIONS CONTACT: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734. You may also contact ED Pubs via its Web site (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ed.gov/edpubs.html) or its E-mail address (edpubs@inet.ed.gov). If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.299A. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 205-8351. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative format the standard forms included in the application package.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Cathie Martin, Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 3W115, Washington, DC 20202-6335. Telephone: (202) 260-3774. Internet address: Cathie.Martin@ed.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed.

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