HEA: Underground Railroad Program

FY 2007 Program Performance Report

Strategic Goal 5
Direct Appropriation
HEA, 1998 Amendments, Title VIII, Part H
Document Year 2007 Appropriation: $1,980
CFDA 84.345: Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program

Program Goal: To provide grants to support research, exhibition, interpretation, a

the Underground Railroad.
Objective 1 of 1: To measure support for research and education related to the history of the Un
Measure 1.1 of 1: The percentage of Underground Railroad projects sustained beyond federal funding. (Desired
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2005 Set a Baseline Not Collected Not Collected
2006 Set a Baseline 100 Target Met
2007 Maintain a Baseline (February 2008) Pending
2008 Maintain a Baseline (February 2009) Pending
2009 Maintain a Baseline (February 2010) Pending
Source. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Underground Railroad
Program Annual Performance Report.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation. Determination of outcome of this measure can only be made after end of grant period.
Grantees are either on an October 2003-September 2006 or an October 2004-September 2007-grant
period. For those on the former schedule, we will be able to report in February 2007; for those on the
latter schedule, we will be able to report in February 2008. There were four projects in the 2003-2006
cycle. Two were sustained after the grant, and the other two were designed to produce reseach studies.

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