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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Notice of funding opportunity for Grants To Support the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Service Day Initiative
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity.
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SUMMARY: Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Corporation
for National and Community Service (hereinafter the ``Corporation'')
intends to award between $400,000 and $600,000 in grant funds to pay
for the federal share of the cost of planning and carrying out service
opportunities in conjunction with the federal legal holiday honoring
the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 20, 2003. The
Corporation invites applications for these grants.
The purpose of the grants is to mobilize more Americans to observe
the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday as a day of service in
communities and to bring people together around the common focus of
service to others. To achieve this, depending upon appropriations
provided by the Congress for the Corporation, and based upon previous
allocations of funding for this activity, we will disburse between
$400,000 and $600,000 in grant funds to support approved service
opportunities. Eligible organizations may apply for a grant to support
national service and community volunteering projects. Grant awards may
range from $2,500 to $7,500. Proposals must be cost effective, based on
the number of people serving and being served.
DATES: Applications must arrive at the appropriate Corporation offices
or via the Internet-based electronic grants system described below no
later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 31, 2002.
ADDRESSES: This year, you may submit your application in one of three
ways: (1) By mailing a paper application; (2) by mailing your
application on diskette; or (3) by using the Corporation's new
Internet-based application system. That system is expected to be
available after June 12. We would like to encourage applicants to use
this new electronic way of applying for a grant. Check the
Corporation's web site after June 12--www.mlkday.org--for complete
information. If you intend to submit an electronic application, please
check the website in a timely fashion, so that if you experience
difficulty with the electronic submission, you may still submit a paper
application. Paper applications may be obtained from the Corporation
state office in your state unless otherwise noted or from the website
at www.mlkday.org. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
Corporation state office addresses. Paper applications must be returned
to the Corporation state office in your state unless otherwise noted.
In lieu of a paper application, you may submit the application on a
3.5'' diskette in a text format only. Submitting your application on
diskette will facilitate faster processing as well as reduce paper.
Diskettes must be clearly marked with the program name and contact
information. Application form SF 424 must be submitted along with the
diskette. Address the paper application or diskette to: Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day of Service, Corporation for National and Community
Service (Appropriate State Address).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact the
person listed for the Corporation office in your state, unless
otherwise noted. You may request this notice in an alternative format
for the visually impaired by calling (202) 606-5000, ext. 278. The
Corporation's T.D.D. number is (202) 565-2799 and is operational
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Corporation is a federal government corporation, established by
Congress in the 1993 amendments to the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (the Act) that engages Americans of all ages and
backgrounds in service to communities. This service addresses the
nation's education, public safety, environmental, or other human needs
to achieve direct and demonstrable results with special consideration
to service that affects the needs of children. In doing so, the
Corporation fosters civic responsibility, strengthens the ties that
bind us together as a people, and provides educational opportunity for
those who make a substantial commitment to service. The Corporation
supports a range of national service programs including AmeriCorps,
Learn and Serve America, and the Senior Corps. Section 12653(s) of the
Act, as amended in 1994, authorizes the Corporation to make grants to
share the cost of planning and carrying out service opportunities in
conjunction with the federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of
Martin Luther King, Jr. We will fund grants to support activities that
will (1) get necessary things done in communities, (2) strengthen the
communities engaged in the service activity, (3) reflect the life and
teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr., (4) promote President Bush's call
to service, and (5) begin or occur in significant part on the federal
legal holiday (January 20, 2003).
The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. also supports
activities in honor of Dr. King's birth through the ``Beloved
Community.'' The ``Beloved Community'' is a network of partners,
organizations and entities that promote the King Holiday or work of Dr.
King by disseminating his philosophy, providing direct service,
nonviolence training, education or programs ensuring the
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continuance of Dr. King's work. For more information about the
Corporation and the programs it supports, go to http://
www.nationalservice.org. For more information about the King Center, go
to http://www.thekingcenter.org.
Getting things done means that projects funded under the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday grant will help communities meet education,
public safety, environmental, or other human needs through direct
service and effective citizen action. Accordingly, we expect well
designed activities that meet compelling community needs and lead to
measurable outcomes and impact.
Strengthening communities means bringing people together in pursuit
of a common objective that is of value to the community. Projects
should seek to engage a wide range of local partners in the communities
served. You should design, implement, and evaluate projects with
partners, including local and state King Holiday Commissions; the King
Center's Beloved Community network; national service programs
(AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and the Senior Corps);
Communities of Promise affiliated with America's Promise--the Alliance
for Youth; youth leaders; community-based agencies; schools and school
districts; Volunteer Centers affiliated with the Points of Light
Foundation network and other volunteer organizations; local United
Ways, non-profit organizations meeting urgent community needs,
particularly those serving young people; communities of faith;
businesses; foundations; state and local governments; labor
organizations; and colleges and universities.
Reflecting the life and teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr. means
demonstrating his proposition that, ``Everybody can be great because
everybody can serve.'' Dr. King's concept of greatness, when expressed
through acts of service, offers everyone an opportunity to experience a
sense of worth and dignity. His example encourages all ages, races,
colors, ethnic groups, genders, nationalities, and abilities to respond
to those in need. We are challenged to adopt his philosophy in
addressing the evils of discrimination, poverty and violence. Dr.
King's abiding faith and earnest belief in the ``American Dream'' is
exemplified by his commitment to justice and his willingness to serve
unselfishly as evidenced by his statement, ``I can never be what I
ought to be until you are what you ought to be.'' Dr. King's strategies
and determination to use nonviolence as a means to transform the hearts
of millions should be used as a rousing force to encourage others in
their desire to be socially responsible through nonviolent direct
actions--direct service. You should consider for this program service
opportunities that foster cooperation and understanding among racial
and ethnic groups, nonviolent conflict resolution, equal economic and
educational opportunities, and social justice.
Promoting the President's Call to Service means providing
opportunities for Americans to begin performing the 4000 hours--
equivalent of two years--of community service that President Bush asked
all Americans to do in his January 2002 State of the Union address.
Projects submitted for funding should also provide opportunities for
on-going service beyond the grant period. ``Volunteerism and community
service are central to the history of our Nation. Americans have always
been a decent and deeply generous people, willing to help those in
need. That was true before September 11. It is truer today. The Federal
Government did not create this civic spirit; but we do have a
responsibility to help support and encourage it where we can.''--George
W. Bush
The President calls on all citizens to perform some form of service
to the Nation for the equivalent of at least two years of their lives.
That service can be military or non-military; it can meet large
national purposes or local community needs; it can be domestic or
international; and it can be done over an uninterrupted period or by
accumulating service hours over many years. The intent is to promote
civic ties and to foster a lifelong ethic of good citizenship and
service among Americans of all ages.
Begin or occur in significant part on the federal legal holiday
means that a significant portion of the community service activities
supported by the grant should occur on the holiday itself to strengthen
the link between the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday,
the federal legal holiday (January 20, 2003), and service that reflects
his life and teaching.
The direct service you will perform on and in connection with the
King holiday may include, but is not limited to, the following types of
activities: tutoring children or adults, training tutors, feeding the
hungry, packing lunches, delivering meals, stocking a food or clothing
pantry, repairing a school and adding to its resources, translating
books and documents into other languages, recording books for the
visually impaired, restoring a public space, organizing a blood drive,
registering bone marrow and organ donors, renovating low-income or
senior housing, building a playground, removing graffiti and painting a
mural, renovating or creating safe spaces for children who are out of
school and whose parents are working, collecting oral histories of
elders, running health fairs that provide health screenings,
distributing immunization and health insurance information, gleaning
and distributing fruits and vegetables, etc. Since involving young
people in service is a priority of the Corporation for National and
Community Service, you might consider challenging each young person
serving to pledge to give back 100 hours of service in the next year,
therefore qualifying for a President's Student Service Award and
beginning to accumulate the 4000 hours of service encouraged by
President Bush.
Although celebrations, parades, and recognition ceremonies may be a
part of the activities that you plan on the holiday and lead to or
celebrate a commitment to service, these activities do not constitute
direct service under this grant and the grant will not fund such
activities.
Other service activities we will consider in grant applications
include, but are not limited to, the following: a day-of-service you
design to produce a sustained long-term service commitment; community-
wide serve-a-thons that bring a broad cross-section of people together
in a burst of energy on one day of service, including schools or school
districts that seek to involve all students and teachers in joint
service; service-learning projects that link student service in schools
and universities with community-based organizations; faith-based
service collaborations that bring together communities of faith and
secular human service programs (subject to the limitations listed
below); and service projects that include a pledge or commitment for
continued service throughout the year.
Grant funding will be available on a one-time, non-renewable basis
for a budget period not to exceed seven months, beginning no sooner
than November 1, 2002 and ending no later than June 30, 2003. By
statute, the grants we provide for this project, together with all
other federal funds you use to plan or carry out the service
opportunity, may not exceed 30 percent of the total cost.
For example, if you request $2,500 in federal dollars, you must
have a non-federal match of at least $5,833 (cash and/or in-kind
contributions) and a total projected cost of at least $8,333. If you
request $7,500 in federal dollars you must have a non-federal match of
at
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least $17,500 (cash and/or in-kind contributions) and a total projected
cost of at least $25,000. In other words the total project cost
multiplied by .30 is the maximum amount of money you can request from
the federal government. (Total project cost minus federal dollars
requested equals the required match). It may assist in the calculation
to apply the formula as follows:
Total Project Cost x .30 = Maximum Federal Contribution.
Total Project Cost--Federal Dollars Requested = Non-Federal Match.
The non-federal match may include cash and in-kind contributions
(including, but not limited to, supplies, staff time, trainers, food,
transportation, facilities, equipment, and services) necessary to plan
and carry out the service opportunity. You may not use any part of an
award from the Corporation to fund religious instruction, worship or
proselytization. You may not use any part of an award to pay honoraria
or fees for speakers. You may not use any part of an award to support a
celebration banquet or other activity that is not connected to the
actual service.
The total amount of grant funds we will provide under this Notice
will depend on the quality of applications and the availability of
appropriated funds for this purpose.
Eligible Applicants
By law, any entity otherwise eligible for assistance under the
national service laws is eligible to receive a grant under this
announcement. The applicable laws include the National and Community
Service Act of 1990, as amended, and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
of 1973, as amended.
Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to: nonprofit
organizations, state commissions on service, volunteer centers,
institutions of higher education, local education agencies, educational
institutions, faith-based institutions, local or state governments, and
private organizations that intend to utilize volunteers in carrying out
the purposes of this program.
We especially invite applications from organizations with
experience in--and commitment to--fostering service on Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day, including state and local Martin Luther King, Jr.
Commissions, the King Center's Beloved Community network, local
education agencies, faith-based partnerships, Volunteer Centers
affiliated with the Points of Light Foundation network, United Ways,
Boys and Girls Clubs, Campfire Boys and Girls, and other community-
based agencies.
Any grant recipient from a prior year Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
of Service Initiative will be ineligible if it has been determined to
be non-compliant with the terms of those grant awards.
Pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, an organization
described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26
U.S.C. 501(c)(4), which engages in lobbying activities, is not
eligible.
Overview of Application Requirements
If you are submitting a paper application or a 3.5'' diskette in
text format, follow these instructions. Applicants should submit the
following standard components for federal grants:
1. An Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form 424.
2. A Project Narrative that includes:
a. An executive summary no longer than 1 page
b. A description of the needs and activities no longer than 4 pages
that should address:
i. Getting necessary things done in communities;
ii. Strengthening the communities engaged in the service activity;
iii. Reflecting the life and teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr.;
iv. Promoting President Bush's call to service; and
v. Activities that begin or occur significantly on the legal
federal holiday (January 20, 2003), but which may extend for the budget
period (November 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003).
c. organizational capacity no longer than 1 page that must address:
i. Partnerships in the local community, city, state or region that
you are engaging in support of the service activities
ii. Your organization's background and capacity to carry out this
program
iii. How you propose to staff the activity
The project narrative portion of the application may not be longer
than 6 single-sided pages. You must type double-spaced in a font no
smaller than 12 point and number each page.
3. A Budget Narrative (specific instructions are provided in the
application materials).
4. Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (SF 424A) form in
the application package.
5. A signed Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (SF 424B) form
incorporating conditions attendant to the receipt of federal funding.
We must receive all applications by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, July 31, 2002, at the Corporation office in your state, unless
otherwise noted. Applications that are mailed or delivered should be
addressed as follows: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service,
Corporation for National and Community Service (appropriate state
office address; see list of addresses provided below).
Please make sure that you plan adequate time for a mailed
application to arrive on or before the due date. Please note that due
to on-going delays in the mail system, you should consider submitting
the application via an express mail delivery service other than the
U.S. Postal Service. Applications postmarked on the due date will not
be accepted. You may not submit an application by facsimile.
If you plan to submit an application on line, detailed instructions
will be provided on the Internet. Applicants will complete the same
standard components as listed above for federal grants. Applications
must be entered and submitted on line by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, July 31, 2002.
To ensure fairness to all applicants, we reserve the right to take
action, up to and including disqualification, in the event that your
application fails to comply with the requirements relating to page
limits, line-spacing, font size, and application deadlines.
Budget
Detailed instructions about the budget information you must provide
are in the application materials or on line.
Selection Process and Criteria
We will review the applications initially to confirm that you are
an eligible recipient and to ensure that your application contains the
information we require and otherwise complies with the requirements of
this notice. We will assess the quality of applications' responsiveness
to the objectives included in this announcement based on the following
criteria listed below:
1. Program Design, i.e. Needs and Activities (60%--limit to 4
typewritten pages) The proposal must demonstrate your ability to get
necessary things done, strengthen communities, reflect the life and
teaching of Martin Luther King Jr., promote President Bush's call to
service and provide opportunities for on-going service, and include
activities that begin or occur in significant part on the federal legal
holiday, January 20, 2003.
2. Organizational Capacity (25%--limit to one typewritten page)
Your application must demonstrate your organization's ability to carry
out the activities described in the proposal, including the use of
highly qualified staff.
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3. Budget/Cost Effectiveness (15%--limit to one typewritten page)
You must demonstrate how you will use this grant effectively, including
the sources and uses of matching support. Estimates on the numbers of
people serving and to be served must be included.
After evaluating the overall quality of proposals and their
responsiveness to the criteria noted above, we will seek to ensure that
applications we select represent a portfolio that is: (1)
Geographically diverse, including projects throughout the five
geographical clusters as designated by the Corporation; (2)
representative of different population tracts, i.e. rural, urban,
suburban; and (3) representative of a range of models of service
projects.
Awards
We anticipate making selections under this announcement no later
than September 1, 2002.
Corporation for National and Community Service State Offices
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State Name Address Phone
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AK......... Billie Caldwell.... Jackson Federal (206) 220-7736
Building, 915
Second Avenue,
Suite 3190,
Seattle, WA 98174-
1103.
AL......... Betty Platt........ Medical Forum, 950 (205) 731-0027
22nd St., N.,
Suite 428,
Birmingham, 35203.
AR......... Opal Sims.......... Federal Building, (501) 324-5234
Room 2506, 700
West Capitol
Street, Little
Rock, AR 72201.
AZ......... Richard Persely.... 522 North Central, (602) 379-4825
Room 205A,
Phoenix, AZ 85004-
2190.
CA......... Kristen Haggins.... 11150 W. Olympic (310) 235-7421
Blvd., Suite 670,
Los Angeles, CA
90064.
CO......... Bruce Cline........ 999 Eighteenth (303) 312-7950
Street, Suite 1440
South, Denver, CO
80202.
CT......... Romero Cherry...... 1 Commercial Plaza, (860) 240-3237
21st Floor,
Hartford, CT 06103-
3510.
DC......... Rosetta Freeman- 1201 New York Ave., (202) 606-5000,
Busby. NW., Suite 9107, x485
Washington, DC
20525.
DE......... Malcolm Coles...... Fallon Federal (410) 962-4443
Bldg., 31 Hopkins
Plaza, Suite 400-
B, Baltimore, MD
21201.
FL......... Warren Smith....... 3165 McCrory (407) 648-6117
Street, Suite 115,
Orlando, FL 32803-
3750.
GA......... Daryl James........ 75 Piedmont Avenue, (404) 331-4646
N.E., Room 902,
Atlanta, GA 30303-
2587.
HI......... Lynn Dunn.......... 300 Ala Moana (808) 541-2832
Blvd., Room 6213,
Honolulu, HI 96850-
0001.
IA......... Joel Weinstein..... Federal Building, (515) 284-4816
Room 917, 210
Walnut Street, Des
Moines, IA 50309-
2195.
ID......... V. Kent Griffitts.. 304 North 8th (208) 334-1707
Street, Room 344,
Boise, ID 83702-
5835.
IL......... Timothy Krieger.... 77 West Jackson (312) 353-3622
Boulevard, Suite
442, Chicago, IL
60604-3511.
IN......... Thomas Haskett..... 46 East Ohio (317) 226-6724
Street, Room 226,
Indianapolis, IN
46204-4317.
KS......... Bruce Cline........ 444 S.E. Quincy, (785) 295-2540
Room 260, Topeka,
KS 66683-3572.
KY......... Betsy Wells........ 600 Martin L. King (502) 582-6384
Place, Room 372-D,
Louisville, KY
40202-2230.
LA......... Willard Labrie..... 707 Florida Street, (225) 389-0473
Suite 316, Baton
Rouge, LA 70801.
MA......... Malcolm Coles...... 10 Causeway Street, (617) 565-7001
Room 473, Boston,
MA 02222-1038.
MD......... Malcolm Coles...... Fallon Federal (410) 962-4443
Bldg., 31 Hopkins
Plaza, Suite 400-
B, Baltimore, MD
21201.
ME......... Shireen Tilley..... 1 Pillsbury Street, (603) 225-1450
Suite 201,
Concord, NH 03301-
3556.
MI......... Mary Pfeiler....... 211 West Fort (313) 226-7848
Street, Suite
1408, Detroit, MI
48226-2799.
MN......... Robert Jackson..... 431 South 7th (612) 334-4083
Street, Room 2480,
Minneapolis, MN
55415-1854.
MO......... Zeke Rodriguez..... 801 Walnut Street, (816) 374-6300
Suite 504, Kansas
City, MO 64106.
MS......... R Abdul-Azeez...... 100 West Capitol (601) 965-5664
Street, Room
1005A, Jackson, MS
39269-1092.
MT......... John Allen......... 208 North Montana (406) 449-5404
Avenue, Suite 206,
Helena, MT 59601-
3837.
NC......... Robert Winston..... 300 Fayetteville (919) 856-4731
Street Mall,
Raleigh, NC 27601-
1739.
ND......... John Pohlman....... 225 S. Pierre (605) 224-5996
Street, Room 225,
Pierre, SD 57501-
2452.
NE......... Anne Johnson....... Federal Building, (402) 437-5493
Room 156, 100
Centennial Mall
North, Lincoln, NE
68508-3896.
NH......... Shireen Tilley..... 1 Pillsbury Street, (603) 225-1450
Suite 201,
Concord, NH 03301-
3556.
NJ......... Stanley Gorland.... Scotch Plaza, 1239 (609) 989-2243
Parkway Ave.,
Ewing Township, NJ
08628.
NM......... Ernesto Ramos...... 120 S. Federal (505) 988-6577
Place, Room 315,
Sante Fe, NM 87501-
2026.
NV......... Craig Warner....... 4600 Kietzke Lane, (775) 784-5314
Suite E-141, Reno,
NV 89502-5033.
NY......... Donna Smith........ Leo O'Brien Federal (518) 431-4150
Bldg., 1 Clinton
Square, Suite 900,
Albany, NY 12207.
OH......... Paul Schrader...... 51 North High (614) 469-7441
Street, Suite 451,
Columbus, OH 43215.
OK......... Zeke Rodriguez..... 215 Dean A. McGee, (405) 231-5201
Suite 324,
Oklahoma City, OK
73102.
OR......... Robin Sutherland... 2010 Lloyd Center, (503) 231-2103
Portland, OR 97232.
PA......... Jorina Ahmed....... Robert N.C. Nix (215) 597-2806
Federal Bldg., 900
Market St., Rm
229, P.O. Box
04121,
Philadelphia, PA
19107.
PR......... Loretta Cordova.... 150 Carlos Chardon (787) 766-5314
Ave., Suite 662,
San Juan, PR 00918-
1737.
RI......... Vincent Marzullo... 400 Westminster (401) 528-5426
Street, Room 203,
Providence, RI
02903.
SC......... Jerome Davis....... 1835 Assembly (803) 765-5771
Street, Suite 872,
Columbia, SC 29201-
2430.
SD......... John Pohlman....... 225 S. Pierre (605) 224-5996
Street, Room 225,
Pierre, SD 57501-
2452.
TN......... Jerry Herman....... 233 Cumberland Bend (615) 736-5561
Dr., Suite 112,
Nashville, TN
37228-1806.
TX......... Jerry Thompson..... 300 East 8th (512) 916-5671
Street, Suite G-
100, Austin, TX
78701.
UT......... Rick Crawford...... 350 S. Main Street, (801) 524-5411
Room 504, Salt
Lake City, UT
84101-2198.
VA......... Thomas Harmon...... 400 North 8th (804) 771-2197
Street, Suite 446,
P. O. Box 10066,
Richmond, VA 23240-
1832.
VI......... Loretta Cordova.... 150 Carlos Chardon (787) 766-5314
Ave., Suite 662,
San Juan, PR 00918-
1137.
VT......... Shireen Tilley..... 1 Pillsbury Street, (603) 225-1450
Suite 201,
Concord, NH 03301-
3556.
WA......... John Miller........ Jackson Federal (206) 220-7745
Bldg., Suite 3190,
915 Second Ave.,
Seattle, WA 98174-
1103.
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WI......... Linda Sunde........ 310 W. Wisconsin (414) 297-1118
Ave., Room 1240,
Milwaukee, WI
53203.
WV......... Judith Russell..... 10 Hale Street, (304) 347-5246
Suite 203,
Charleston, WV
25301-1409.
WY......... Patrick Gallizzi... 308 West 21st (307) 772-2385
Street, Room 206,
Cheyenne, WY 82001-
3663.
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Program Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12653(s).
Dated: June 12, 2002.
Gary Kowalczyk,
Coordinator of National Service Programs.
[FR Doc. 02-15300 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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