al Year 2015: Funds supported one Equity Assistance Center in each of 10 graphic regions. Fiscal Year 2016: Funds will support one Equity "istance Center in each of 4 geographic regions. Fiscal Year 2017: No rent Data Available. TERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: v equity assistance center applications are evaluated on the basis of selection eria from 34 CFR 75.210, addressing significance, quality of project ices, quality of project design, quality of project personnel, adequacy of urces, and quality of project evaluation. The highest-ranking application for geographical service area is selected for an award. A competition was ducted in FY16. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants are for undergraduate study, and range from $100 to $4,000 per academic year. However, if reasonable study abroad costs exceed the cost of attendance at the home institution, the amount of the grant may exceed the $4,000 maximum by as much as $400. A student is eligible to receive a FSEOG for the period of time needed to complete the first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study being pursued by that student. If it awards grants to students in that year an institution is entitled to an administrative cost allowance for an award year of 5 percent of the first $2,750,000, expended, plus 4 percent of expenditures greater than $2,750,000 but less than $5,500,000, plus 3 percent of expenditures in excess of $5,500,000. Applicant Eligibility: Higher education institutions (public, private nonprofit, postsecondary vocational, and proprietary) meeting eligibility requirements may apply. Beneficiary Eligibility: Undergraduate students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as regular students; are maintaining satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the standards and practices of the institution, have financial need, do not owe a refund on a Title IV grant, are not in default on a Title IV loan, file a statement of educational purpose, file a statement of registration compliance (Selective Service) and meet citizen/resident requirements may benefit. Credentials/Documentation: Institutions must document their eligibility and students must demonstrate financial need. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles. Preapplication Coordination: Representatives of the appropriate ED Regional Office are available for consultation (see listing of ED Regional Offices in Appendix IV). Students should contact the institution(s) they attend or wish to attend. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Participating institutions submit the Fiscal Operations Report/Application to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs (ED Form 646-1) which is mailed to institutions of postsecondary education each summer by the Federal Student Aid office. New institutions submit only the application form. Award Procedure: The Federal Student Aid office determines final awards and notifies participating institutions. Postsecondary institutions determine individual student awards. Deadlines: Oct 01, 2016 Deadlines are specified on the application (usually October 1). Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Notices of tentative awards sent by February 1, and final award notifications sent by April 1. Appeals: Not Applicable. Renewals: There are annual renewals. Formula and Matching Requirements: Statutory Formula: Title IV, Part A, Subpart 3. Matching Requirements: Funds are allocated to institutions on the basis of the institution's base guarantee and pro rata share and then on demonstrated need for funding. Institutions award funds to students on the basis of financial need as determined by the Federal Need Analysis Methodology specified in statute. This program requires institutional matching funds. The Federal share may not exceed 75 percent unless waived based on objective criteria established in regulations. MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Funds are awarded for use by participating institutions for one award year at a time following the year of application. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Specified in the award document. Reports: A single combined Fiscal Operations Report/Application form for Federal Perkins Loans, FSEOG, and FWS (ED 646-1) is submitted by each institution at the close of each award year (June 30). Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Institutions must have a nonfederal audit done on at least an annual basis at its own expense. Audits are performed at Government expense by the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General as often as its time schedule will allow or when deemed necessary by the Secretary. TAFS Codes: 91-0200. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2015: Approximately 1,547,000 recipients were expected. Fiscal Year 2016: Approximately 1,547,000 recipients are expected. Fiscal Year 2017: Approximately 1,547,000 recipients are expected. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 34 CFR 676, Student Guide fact sheet, no charge; Student Financial Aid Handbook, no charge; Notification to Members of Congress, list of grantees, published annually or as required, no charge; Federal Needs Analysis Methodology booklet, no charge; Verification Handbook, no charge; training materials, no charge. Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Students should contact the educational institution(s) they attend or plan to attend. Educational institutions should contact the Regional Administrator for Student Financial Assistance in the appropriate ED Regional Office (see Appendix IV of the Catalog). Headquarters Office: Federal Student Aid Information Center Federal Student Aid (FSA), Washington, District of Columbia 20044-0084 Phone: (800) 433-3243 Website Address: http://ifap.ed.gov RELATED PROGRAMS: 64.117 Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance; 84.031 Higher Education_Institutional Aid; 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program; 84.042 TRIO_Student Support Services; 84.044 TRIO_Talent Search; 84.047 TRIO_Upward Bound; 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program; 84.066 TRIO_Educational Opportunity Centers EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 84.010 TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES (Title I Basic, Concentration, Targeted and Education Finance Incentive Grants) FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education AUTHORIZATION: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, Title L Part A, 20 U.S.C 6301 et seq. OBJECTIVES: To help local educational agencies (LEAS) improve teaching and learning in high-poverty schools in particular for children failing, or most at-risk of failing to meet challenging State academic achievement standards. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: FORMULA GRANTS USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Use of funds varies, depending on whether a school is operating a schoolwide program under Section 1114 of the ESEA or a targeted assistance program under Section 1115 of the ESEA. A school with at least a 40 percent poverty rate may choose to operate a schoolwide program under Section 1114, which allows Title I funds to be combined with other Federal, State, and local funds to upgrade the school's overall instructional program in order to raise the achievement of the lowest-achieving students; a school that does not meet the 40 percent poverty threshold may also operate a schoolwide program if it receives a waiver to do so from the State educational agency (SEA). All other participating schools must operate a targeted assistance program, which provides extra instruction to those children failing, or most at risk of failing, t meet challenging State academic standards. Title I funds must be used only to supplement the State and local funds that would, in the absence of Title I funds be made available for the education of participating students, and not to supplant such funds. This program is subject to non-supplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost rate which is referenced under 34 CFR 76.564-76.569. For assistance call the Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Indirect Cost Group on (202) 708-7770. Applicant Eligibility: SEAS including for the Outlying Areas and the Secretary of the Interior. Local educational agencies (LEAs) and Indian tribal schools are subgrantees. Beneficiary Eligibility: In a targeted assistance program, children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet challenging State academic standards. In a schoolwide program, all children in the school. Credentials/Documentation: 2 C.F.R. Part 225 formerly. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. SEAS apply for funds as part of Title Part A. State plans submitted to the Department of Education in accordance with Section 1111 of the ESEA or as part of a consolidated State plan submitted under Section 8302 of the ESEA. The plan remains in effect for the duration of the SEA's participation in Title I, Part A, but must be updated to reflect substantive changes. Participating LEAs must file an approved plan with their SEAS. 1.816 December 2016 ALS: ard Procedure: Department of Education (ED) makes grants through SEAS to LEAS using r statutory formulas based primarily on Census Bureau estimates of the nber of children from low-income families in each LEA and State per pupil enditures. DUCATION dlines: ducation F Applicable. on, Depart 1965 (ESEA ge of Approval/Disapproval Time: Applicable. Deals: LEA's plan is disapproved by the SEA, the LEA may appeal to the SEA then to the Department of Education under Section 432 of the General Ication Provisions Act (GEPA). ewals: provet Applicable. failing "mula and Matching Requirements: hool is pe argeted at leas m under St Federal S min orda school tat schooli utory Formula: Title I, Part A. The statute includes four separate formulas allocating Title I Grants to LEAS. Under the statute, Basic and centration Grants are funded approximately at the 2001 appropriation level. ic Grants are allocated to almost all LEAs based on each State's per-pupil enditure for education and the number of school-aged children from -income families. Concentration Grants are allocated to LEAS having more 16,500 children from low-income families or a poverty rate of more than 15 ent. In addition, funds appropriated in excess of the fiscal year 2001 level to be allocated as Targeted Grants, which make higher payments to LEAS higher numbers or percentages of poor children. The law also includes a rately authorized Education Finance Incentive Grants formula, which rporates factors designed to measure a State's commitment to provide icient education funding, as well as how equitably that funding is ributed across districts. Allocations from all four formulas are combined staa single award to eligible LEAS. Within LEAS, funds are targeted to bols with the greatest percentages of poor children. Ifunching requirements are not applicable to this program. The range of awards in FY 2015 is $6,549,689- $1,701,478,693. The average award is $252,803,544. The estimated range of awards in FY 2016 is $6,854,622- $1,771,811,313. The estimated average award is $261,575,474. The estimated range of awards in FY 2016 is $9,707,538 - $1,804,239,314. The estimated average award is $269,470,211. TAFS Codes: 91-0900. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2015: No Current Data Available. Fiscal Year 2016: No Current Data Available. Fiscal Year 2017: No Current Data Available. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 34 CFR 200. For Title I guidance and other information, contact the program office. Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Patrick Rooney Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html RELATED PROGRAMS: 84.011 Migrant Education_State Grant Program; 84.013 Title I Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children; 84.377 School Improvement Grants EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Not Applicable. CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Not Applicable. 84.011 MIGRANT EDUCATION_STATE GRANT PROGRAM FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education AUTHORIZATION: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title I, Part C, 20 U.S.C 6391. OBJECTIVES: To assist States in ensuring that migratory children have the opportunity to meet the same challenging State content and performance standards that all children are expected to meet. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Program funds are used to support high-quality and comprehensive educational programs that address the needs of migratory children. This program is subject to non-supplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost rate which is referenced in 34 CFR 76.563-76.569. Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies or consortia of State educational agencies. Children, ages 0 through 21, of migratory agricultural workers or migratory fishers, including children (i.e. persons age 21 or under) who are agricultural workers or migratory fishers or who are the spouses of migratory workers or migratory fishers, who have moved across school district lines within the past 36 months to obtain temporary or seasonal employment in agriculture or fishing work. Credentials/Documentation: States are responsible for ensuring that information documenting a child's eligibility is recorded on a Certificate of Eligibility. 2 CFR 200, Subpart ECost Principles applies to this program. Preapplication Coordination: The State educational agency works closely with local educational agencies, institutions of higher education (IHES), and public and nonprofit private agencies that serve migratory children. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Application Procedures: 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. An SEA is eligible for funding if it submits either a consolidated State application that includes information the Department of Education requires, or a program application that contains descriptions of (1) how the unique needs of migrant students (including preschool children and out-of-school youth)are identified and addressed; how the State is; migratory students with the same opportunities to meet challenging State academic standards as all children are expected to meet; (3) how the State will promote the interstate and intrastate coordination of services for migratory children, including through the timely transfer of pertinent school records; (4) (the states priorities for use of MEP funds, and how these priorities relate to the States assessment of need, (5) how the State determines the amount of subgrants provided to local operating agencies; and (6) how the SEA will encourage local operating agencies to provide family literacy services. The program description also must contain assurances that the MEP program statute requires. Award Procedure: The Department awards funds to any SEA whose application the Secretary has approved under Section 1304 of the ESEA (in the MEP program statute) or under section 8302 (consolidated State applications). The Department of Education notifies an approved State educational agency of its award through a Grant Award Notification (GAN). Deadlines: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: The range of approval/disapproval time is approximately 90 to 120 days. SEAS have 45 days to revise and resubmit a disapproved plan and are entitled to a hearing within 30 days of the plans re-submission (ESEA Title II, Part D, Section 8452). Renewals: Not Applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: Statutory Formula: Title I, Part C. Sec 1303, ESEA. Starting in fiscal year 2017, funds will be allocated through a statutory formula based on each States per-pupil expenditure for education, its average number of eligible migratory children aged 3 through 21 residing within the State in the preceding 3 years, and the number of eligible migrant children aged 3 through 21 who received services in summer or intersession programs provided by the State during the previous year. Under a hold-harmless provision, States are assured at least 90 percent of their previous fiscal years allocations for fiscal years 2017 through 2019. Matching requirements are not applicable to this program. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Awards are for a period of twelve months. Unspent funds may be carried over into the next fiscal year. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Electronic funds transfer. Reports: Each SEA receiving funds is required to submit an annual report that provides information on the number of children identified as eligible for the program, characteristics of children served the services provided, staff, and student performance. These reporting requirements are now contained in the Consolidated State Performance Report required by Title IX of the ESEA, Section 8303 (b). Cash reports are not applicable. Specific progress reports will be included in the grant documents. Specific expenditure reports will be included in the grant documents. Specific performance monitoring requirements will be included in the grant documents. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Records: In accordance with Part 75 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (34 CFR part 75), and the Uniform Administrative Requirements in 2 CFR 200.333, program records must be maintained for 3 years, or longer depending on whether an exception to this rule applies. Account Identification: Specify employment once they are released. nditure reptes TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: FORMULA GRANTS USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: bpat F. The Title I, Part D, Subpart 1, State Agency Neglected and Delinquent program ncial provides formula grants to State educational agencies (SEAS) that then make gran-Subgrants to State agencies. State agencies use funds for supplementary pend less t education services to help provide education continuity for children and youth require in State-operated institutions for neglected children and youth, in community day programs for neglected and delinquent children and youths, and in adult correctional institutions so that these children and youths can make successful transitions to school or employment once they are released. This program is Ce subject to non-supplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost Uniforate which is referenced under 34 CFR 76.564-76.569. For assistance call the st bent Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Indirect Cost Group on (202) 708-7770. this Applicant Eligibility: 751.00 SEAS. State agencies responsible for providing free public education for children and youth (1) in institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth; (2) attending community day programs for neglected or delinquent children and youth; or (3) in adult correctional institutions may apply to their SEA for subgrants. Beneficiary Eligibility: Children and youth in institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth, in community day programs for neglected or delinquent children and youth, and adult correctional institutions. Credentials/Documentation: 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles applies to this program. 2 CFR 200, 2016 Subpart E-Cost Principles applies to this program. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. An SEA may apply for State Agency Neglected and Delinquent funds as (1) part of its Title I, Part D, State plan submitted to the Department under Section 1414 of the ESEA or Pax (2) as part of a consolidated State plan under Section 8302 of the ESEA. To receive funds, State agencies must apply to the SEA and provide the information and assurances required in Section 1414 of the ESEA. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Contact the program office for additional information. Award Procedure: The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awards grants to State educational agencies, which award subgrants to the State agencies that have submitted applications. . Local educational agencies with high numbers or percentages of children and youth residing in locally operated correctional facilities for children and youth may receive subgrants. Deadlines: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Varies with each State. Appeals: Not Applicable. Renewals: Although State plans are effective for the duration of the current authorization, SEAS are required to update plans to reflect changes. State agencies must update their applications annually to receive funds. Formula and Matching Requirements: Statutory Formula: Title I, Part D, Subpart 1. Funds are allocated to States through a formula based on the number of children in State-operated institutions and per-pupil education expenditures for the State. Each States N and D allocation is generated by child counts in State institutions that provide at least 20 hours of instruction a week from non-Federal funds; adult correctional institutions must provide 15 hours a week. Matching requirements are not applicable to this program. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Generally, awards to States are made from July 1 to September 30 of the following year. Funds remain available to the State for an additional fiscal year for obligation and expenditure. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Contact the program office for information on how funding is awarded. Reports: Each State agency conducting a Title 1, Part D, Subpart 1 program is required to evaluate the program's impact on students served at least once every 3 years. Generally, States report annually on the number of neglected or delinquent students obtaining a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent while in the N and D program, the number of neglected or delinquent students earning high school course credits, and the number of long-term neglected or delinquent students who improve mathematics and reading skills as measured through State-approved assessments. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Specific performance monitoring requirements will be included in the grant documents. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Records: Certain project records must be maintained for 3 years. Account Identification: 91-0900-0-1-501. Obligations: (Formula Grants) FY 15 $47,614,000; FY 16 est $47,614,000; and FY 17 est $47,614,000 Range and Average of Financial Assistance: FY 15: Range: $123,037-2,775,290 Average: $899,772. 91-0900. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2015: No Current Data Available. Fiscal Year 2016: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2017: No Current Data Available REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, applies to this program. Contact the program office for additional information. Regional or Local Office: None. Headquarters Office: Earl Myers Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., Rm. 3E244, Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: earl.myers @ed.gov Phone: (202) 453-6716 Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleipartd/index.html. RELATED PROGRAMS: 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies; 93.645 Child Welfare Services_State Grants |