[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 59305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23368]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2015 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 that it is reopening the competitive bidding
process for FY 2015 funding for service area NJ-12 in New Jersey.
Service area NJ-12 is comprised of Ocean and Monmouth Counties in New
Jersey. LSC is soliciting grant proposals from interested parties who
are qualified to provide effective, efficient and high quality civil
legal services to the eligible client population in service area NJ-12
in New Jersey.
The exact amount of congressionally appropriated funds and the date
and terms of availability for calendar year 2015 are not known,
although it is anticipated that the funding amount will be similar to
calendar year 2014 funding, which is $667,151.00.
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: the Office of Program Performance by
email at [email protected], or visit the grants competition Web site
at www.grants.lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) is currently
available at www.grants.lsc.gov. Applicants are required to use the
``Standard RFP Narrative Instruction'' to prepare the grant proposal.
Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate
in the competitive grants process. Applicants must file the NIC by
October 6, 2014, 5:00 p.m. E.T. Applicants must submit grant proposals
by October 24, 2014, 5:00 p.m. E.T. The dates in this notice supersede
the dates contained in the RFP.
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, is available from www.grants.lsc.gov.
LSC will post all updates and/or changes to this notice at
www.grants.lsc.gov. Interested parties are asked to visit
www.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants
process.
Dated: September 26, 2014.
Atitaya Rok,
Staff Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2014-23368 Filed 9-30-14; 8:45 am]
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