[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-278]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2011 Competitive Grant 
Funds

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Solicitation for Proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal 
Services in Louisiana for service area LA-1.

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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 for the provision of a full 
range of civil legal services to eligible clients in Louisiana for 
service area LA-1. Grants will be awarded on or around June 2011. The 
estimated annualized grant amount for service area LA-1 in Louisiana 
is: $1,629,216. Service area LA-1 comprises the following parishes/
counties in Louisiana: Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, East Baton 
Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Iberville Parish, Lafourche 
Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, St. James Parish, St. John the Baptist 
Parish, Terrebonne Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, and West Feliciana 
Parish.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for grants competition 
dates.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation--Competitive Grants, 3333 K 
Street, NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007-3522.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Haley, Office of Program 
Performance, 202.295.1545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) is available 
at http://www.grants.lsc.gov. Once at the Web site, click on FY 2011 
Request for Proposals Narrative Instruction to access the RFP and other 
information pertaining to the LSC competitive grants process. Refer to 
the RFP for instructions on preparing the grant proposal; the 
regulations and guidelines governing LSC funding; the definition of a 
full range of legal services; and grant proposal submission 
requirements.
    Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC; RFP Form-
H) to participate in the competitive grants process. The deadline for 
filing the NIC is February 7, 2011, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The deadline for 
filing grant proposals is March 14, 2011, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The dates shown 
in this notice for filing the NIC and the grant proposals supersede the 
dates in the RFP. All other instructions, regulations, guidelines, 
definitions, and grant proposal submission requirements remain in 
effect unless otherwise noted.
    The following persons, groups, and entities are qualified 
Applicants who may submit a NIC and a grant proposal to participate in 
the competitive grants process: (1) Current recipients of LSC grants; 
(2) non-profit organizations that have as a purpose the provision of 
legal assistance to eligible clients; (3) private attorneys, groups of 
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.
    LSC will not fax the RFP to interested parties. Interested parties 
are asked to visit http://www.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates and 
correction notices pertaining to the LSC competitive grants process.

    Dated: January 5, 2011.
Janet LaBella,
Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2011-278 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
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