Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools--- Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
February 9, 2004
To view this announcement in its entirety, please see: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/2004/84215e.html
Purpose of Program
The purpose of the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling program is to award grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of establishing or expanding elementary and secondary school counseling programs.
Eligible Applicants
Local Educational Agencies Section 5421(g)(2) of the ESEA requires that for any fiscal year in which the amount available for this program is less than $40,000,000 the Secretary makes grants to local educational agencies only to establish or expand counseling programs in elementary schools. The FY 2004 appropriation for this program is $33,799,400. Therefore, under this notice applicants must propose projects that establish or expand counseling programs only in elementary schools.
DATES
Applications Available: February 3, 2004 .
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 19, 2004
Funds Available
Estimated available funds: $11,500,000. Contingent upon the availability of funds, the Secretary may make additional awards in FY 2005 from the rank-ordered list of unfunded applicants from this competition.
- Estimated Range of Awards : $250,000-$400,000.
- Maximum Award: $400,000.
- Estimated Number of Awards: 35.
Applications
Address to Request Application Package: Paper copies of applications for this program are available from the Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398 , Jessup , Maryland 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 at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edupubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address, edpubs@inet.ed.gov, in order to request a paper copy of the application for this program. If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.215E. The application package for this program is also available to be downloaded from the Department's Web site at: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html .
The application package is available in both PDF and WORD formats. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package for this program in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program contact person listed under For Further Information Contact elsewhere in this notice. For Further Information Contact
Loretta McDaniel
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue , SW., room 3E220
Washington , DC 20202 - 6450
Telephone: (202) 260-2661,
or by e-mail: loretta.mcdaniel@ed.gov .
Ann M. Bradford, MSW
Senior Government Relations Associate
National Association of Social Workers
750 First St., NE
Washington , DC 20002
Phone: (202) 336-8237
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