[Federal Register: April 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 66)]
[Notices]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2009 Competitive Grant
Funds
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION: Solicitation for proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal
Services.
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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national
organization charged with administering Federal funds provided for
civil legal services to low-income people.
LSC hereby announces the availability of competitive grant funds
and is soliciting grant proposals from interested parties who are
qualified to provide effective, efficient, and high quality civil legal
services to eligible clients in the service area(s) of the states and
territories identified below. The exact amount of congressionally
appropriated funds and the date, terms, and conditions of their
availability for calendar year 2009 have not been determined.
DATES: See Supplementary Information for grants competition dates.
ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation--Competitive Grants, 3333 K
Street, NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007-3522.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Program Performance by e-
mail at competition@lsc.gov, or visit the
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grants competition Web site at http://www.grants.lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be
available April 11, 2008. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to
Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process.
Applicants must file the NIC by May 16, 2008, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due
date for filing grant proposals is June 2, 2008, 5 p.m. E.D.T.
LSC is seeking proposals from: (1) Non-profit organizations that
have as a purpose the provision of legal assistance to eligible
clients; (2) private attorneys; (3) groups of private attorneys or law
firms; (4) state or local governments; and (5) sub-state regional
planning and coordination agencies that are composed of sub-state areas
and whose governing boards are controlled by locally elected officials.
The RFP, containing the NIC and grant application, guidelines,
proposal content requirements, service area descriptions, and specific
selection criteria, will be available from http://www.grants.lsc.gov,
April 11, 2008. LSC will not fax the RFP to interested parties.
Below are the service areas for which LSC is requesting grant
proposals. Service area descriptions will be available from Appendix A
of the RFP. Interested parties are asked to visit http://
www.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants
process (once at the site click on LSC Applicant Information then click
on LSC Applicant Information System Bulletin Board).
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State Service area
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Alaska........................... AK-1, NAK-1
American Samoa................... AS-1
California....................... CA-12, CA-14, CA-31, MCA
Connecticut...................... CT-1, NCT-1
Delaware......................... DE-1, MDE
Florida.......................... FL-18
Guam............................. GU-1
Hawaii........................... NHI-1
Idaho............................ ID-1, MID, NID-1
Iowa............................. IA-3, MIA
Kansas........................... KS-1, MKS
Maine............................ ME-1, MMX-1, NME-1
Maryland......................... MD-1, MMD
Massachusetts.................... MA-4, MA-10
Micronesia....................... MP-1
Minnesota........................ NMN-1
Mississippi...................... MS-10, NMS-1
Nebraska......................... NE-4, MNE, NNE-1
Nevada........................... NV-1, MNV, NNV-1
New Hampshire.................... NH-1
New Jersey....................... NJ-8, NJ-12, NJ-15, NJ-16, NJ-17, NJ-
18, MNJ
Oregon........................... OR-6, MOR, NOR-1
Pennsylvania..................... PA-25
Rhode Island..................... RI-1
Utah............................. UT-1, MUT, NUT-1
Vermont.......................... VT-1
Virgin Islands................... VI-1
Virginia......................... VA-15, VA-16
Washington....................... WA-1, MWA, NWA-1
Wisconsin........................ WI-2, NWI-1
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Dated: April 2, 2008.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President and General Counsel.
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