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Commentary: A Question of Sequestration Frustration

After weeks of watching Democrat and Republican lawmakers engage in congressional kabuki theater, the curtain of sequestration has at last fallen. And now that we're well into the process, actors on both sides of the political stage appear resolute in agreeing to remain utterly disagreeable. What...

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(VOLUNTEERISM) New Council Will Focus on Engaging All Sectors

President Obama creates the White House Council for Community Solutions that will highlight ways to enlist more Americans to help achieve the nation's important goals in education, youth development and employment. Specifically, the council will advise the president on how to engage individuals, ac...

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(EDUCATION) Agency: Renew Award Process for Teacher Incentive Fund

(Comment Deadline: Dec. 17) The Office of Elementary & Secondary Education at the Education Dept. wants to maintain the way it awards grants for its Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grant Program (CFDA Number: 84.385A). The TIF program supports projects that develop and implement performance-based...

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(NONPROFITS) ACF Assesses Recovery Capacity Funds

(Comment Deadline: Jan. 4) The Admin. for Children & Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Dept. proposes data collections for its two Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) programs--Nonprofit Capacity Building Program (NCBP) and the State, Local, and Tribal Government Capacity Buildi...

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(DISABILITIES) Agency Wants to Extend Use of Funding Application

(Comment Deadline: Jan 3) The Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services at the Education Dept. seeks comments on extending the use of the application for its Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind (IL-OIB) program (CFDA Number: 84.177). The document is used...

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(VOLUNTEERISM) Evaluation Will Focus on Learn & Service School Funds

(Comment Deadline: Dec. 17) The Corp. for Nat'l & Community Services proposes a national evaluation of its Learn & Service America School-Based Program (CFDA Number: 94.004). School-based programs engage students in service-learning programs that allow young people to apply academic conten...

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(HEALTHCARE) Agency Wants to Assess Coalition Funding

(Comment Deadline: Nov. 12) The Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) seeks approval to survey Community Access Program (CAP) and Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP) grantees. HHS would assess whether the funding, which went to community coalitions to improve the health of their citizens, ...

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(LITERACY) Agency Wants to Extend Process for School Libraries Grantees

(Comment Deadline: Dec. 6) The Office of Elementary & Secondary Education at the Education Dept. wants to extend the final reporting process for its Improving Literacy through School Libraries program. The final report provides insights on how the funding helped provide up-to-date school libra...

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(EDUCATION) DoEd Offers Larger Teacher Incentive Fund Grants

(Effective: Sept. 23) The Education Dept. (DoEd) implements broader participation requirements for some of its Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grantees, in exchange for a potential boost in funding. The Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) is a $600 million federal grant program designed to support innovativ...

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(WORKFORCE) Info Collection Proposed for 'Subsidized' Program

(Comment Deadline: Nov. 1) The Admin. for Children & Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Dept. proposes a new information collection activity for its Subsidized & Transitional Employment Demonstration & Evaluation (STEDE) Project. ACF staffers tell us the proposed informa...

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