Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program CFDA 84.041

Post Date

February 18th 2009

Application Due Date

March 20th 2009

Applications Available: February 18, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 20, 2009.

Funding Opportunity Number

ED-GRANTS-021809-002

CFDA Number(s)

84.041

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education

Number of Awards

11

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Applicants: To be eligible for an emergency repair grant, an LEA must enroll a high percentage (at least 40 percent) of federally connected children in average daily attendance (ADA) who reside on Indian lands or who have a parent on active duty in the U.S. uniformed services, have a school that enrolls a high percentage of one of these types of students, be eligible for funding for heavily impacted LEAs under section 8003(b)(2) of the Act, or meet the specific numeric requirements regarding bonding capacity. In making emergency grant awards, the Secretary must also consider the LEA's total assessed value of real property that may be taxed for school purposes, its use of available bonding capacity, and the nature and severity of the school facility emergency.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $17500000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

•Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program provides grants for emergency repairs and modernization of school facilities to certain eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive formula Impact Aid funds. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.041C. Applications for grants under the Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program, CFDA number 84.041C, must be submitted electronically using the e-Application system available through the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants portal page at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. The Telephone number for the the e-Grants Help Desk is 1-888-336-8930.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Education

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Julius Cotton
  ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
  Phone (202) 245-6140
  julius.cotton@ed.gov
  Program Manager:
  Kristen Walls-Rivas
  Impact Aid Program
  U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3C155
  Washington, DC 20202-6244
  Telephone: (202)

• Agency Mailing Address:

  e-Mail: Program Mail Box

• Agency Email Address:

  Impact.Aid@ed.gov

• More Information:

  Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program CFDA 84.041; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009