The 1995 edition is sold on a subscription basis by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. It consists of the basic manual and change as issued for one year. The order for the Catalog must be accompanied by a check or money order make payable to the Superintendent of Documents. Although the Catalog is published by the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration, subscriptions for the Catalog are only available through the Government Printing Office (see Subscription Form in back of Catalog). Service adjustments: For change of address, non-receipt, or discrepancies, send full details with latest mailing label to the address in the upper left corner of label. Catalog Highlights The Basic 1995 Catalog contains 1,390 assistance programs administered by 53 Federal agencies. As a potential applicant, always contact the agency information sources in the program descriptions for the latest information concerning assistance programs. COMMUNITY LEARNING COMMUNITY SERVICE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES CRIME CONTROL CRIMINAL HISTORY Program set up to provide grants on a competitive basis to local educational agencies or community-based organizations to improve the overall social and academic development of at-risk children in communities which experience significant violent crime and poverty; also, program to support rural and inner city public elementary and secondary schools or consortia of such schools to plan, implement, or to expand projects that benefit educational, health, social service, cultural and recreational needs of their community (84.285, Family and Community Endeavor Schools Grant Program; 84.287, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program). Program set up to encourage elementary and secondary school teachers, and community-based agencies to create, develop, and offer servicelearning opportunities for school-age youth. Program to support highquality service-learning programs that engage students in meeting community needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing students' academic and civic learning. Planning and program development grants that encourage private sector support for AmeriCorps programs, support reasonable accommodation needs of individuals with disabilities to ensure the participation of AmeriCorps members, and support recovery efforts after natural disasters (94.004, Learn and Serve America-School and Community Based Programs; 94.005, Learn and Serve America-Higher Education; and, 94.007, Planning and Program Development Grants). Program set up to provide financial assistance to individual States and States organized as multi-State compacts to construct, develop, expand, modify, operate, or improve correctional facilities, including boot camp facilities and other alternative correctional facilities (16.586, Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants). Grants to assist States, Indian tribal governments, and units of local government to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women, and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving crimes against women (16.587, Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments; 16.588, Violence Against Women Formula Grants). Grant program designed to support the development of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This program will provide financial and technical assistance to States for the establishment or improvement of computerized criminal history record system, to ensure that criminal records are accurate, timely and complete and to meet timetable deadlines established by the Attorney General; and, to improve data accessibility and support data transmissions to the National NICS system (16.554, National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP). |