Funds Available to Prevent Violence and High-Risk Drinking Among College
Students
2/20/2003

[Reprinted from the Federal Register: February 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number
31, Page 7512-7514)]
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools--Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk
Drinking or Violent Behavior Among College Students-- Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003

Purpose of Program:
The Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior
Among College Students provides awards to develop or enhance, implement, and
evaluate campus- and/or community-based strategies to prevent high-risk
drinking or violent behavior among college students.

For FY 2003 the competition for new awards focuses on projects designed to
meet the priorities we describe in the Priorities section of this
application notice.

Eligible Applicants:
Institutions of higher education (IHEs), consortia thereof, public and
private nonprofit organizations, or individuals.

Applications Available: February 14, 2003.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 31, 2003.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 30, 2003.

Estimated Available Funds: The Department expects to make available
$2,250,000 for this program for FY 2003. The actual level of funding, if
any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications at this time to allow enough time to complete the grant process
before the end of the current fiscal year.

Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$150,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards: $125,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 18.

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 24 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86, 97,
98, and 99; and (b) the notice of final priority and selection criteria, as
published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2000 (65 FR 82224-82226)
and January 10, 2001 (66 FR 1963), apply to this competition.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of higher
education only.

Supplementary Information
An application under this program should address the specific needs of the
applicant and propose activities specifically designed to meet those needs.
The Deputy Under Secretary strongly discourages applicants from using
"form'' applications or proposals that address general rather than specific
local needs.

Priorities: This competition focuses on projects designed to meet either of
the two priorities in the notice of final priorities for this program,
published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2000 (65 FR 82224-82226)
and January 10, 2001 (66 FR 1963).

Absolute Priority 1--Develop or Enhance, Implement, and Evaluate Campus-
and/or Community-Based Strategies To Prevent High-Risk Drinking Among
College Students
Under this priority, applicants are required to:

Identify a specific student population to be served by the grant and provide
a justification for its selection;
Provide evidence that a needs assessment has been conducted on campus to
document prevalence rates related to high-risk drinking by the population
selected;
Set measurable goals and objectives for the proposed project and provide a
description of how progress toward achieving goals will be measured
annually;
Design and implement prevention strategies, using student input and
participation, that research has shown to be effective in preventing
high-risk drinking by the target population;
Use a qualified evaluator to design and implement an evaluation of the
project using outcomes-based (summative) performance indicators related to
behavioral change and process (formative) measures that assess and document
the strategies used; and
Demonstrate the ability to start the project within 60 days after receiving
Federal funding in order to maximize the time available to show impact
within the grant period.
Absolute Priority 2--Develop or Enhance, Implement, and Evaluate Campus-
and/or Community-Based Strategies To Prevent Violent Behavior Among College
Students
Under this priority, applicants are required to:M

Identify a specific student population to be served by the grant and provide
a justification for its selection;
Provide evidence that a needs assessment has been conducted on campus to
document prevalence rates related to violent behavior;
Set measurable goals and objectives for the proposed project and provide a
description of how progress toward achieving goals will be measured
annually;
Design and implement prevention strategies, using student input and
participation, that research has shown to be effective in preventing violent
behavior among college students;
Use a qualified evaluator to design and implement an evaluation of the
project using outcomes-based (summative) performance indicators related to
behavioral change and process (formative) measures that assess and document
the strategies used; and
Demonstrate the ability to start the project within 60 days after receiving
Federal funding in order to maximize the time available to show impact
within the grant period.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet either of
the priorities.

For Applications and Further Information Contact:
Richard Lucey, Jr., U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E252, Washington, DC
20202-6123. Telephone: 202/205-5471. Fax: 202/260-7767. E-mail:
richard.lucey@.... To download a copy of the application, visit the Web
site for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at
www.ed.gov/offices/OSDFS.

If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800/877-8339.

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Rebecca K. Odor, MSW
Director, Sexual Violence Prevention
Center for Injury and Violence Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
1500 East Main Street, Suite 105
Richmond VA 23219
Phone: (804) 692-0406
Fax: (804) 786-0917
Email: rodor@...
web: www.vahealth.org/civp/sexualviolence