[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06980]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2016 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
for calendar year 2016 and solicits 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 2016 have not been determined.
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: 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) will be
available the week of April 6, 2015. Applicants must file a Notice of
Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants
process. Applicants must file the NIC by May 8, 2015, 5:00 p.m. E.D.T.
Other key application and filing dates, including the dates for filing
grant applications, are published at www.grants.lsc.gov/resources/notices.
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 www.grants.lsc.gov the week
of April 6, 2015.
Below are the service areas for which LSC is requesting grant
proposals. Service area descriptions will be available at
www.grants.lsc.gov/about-grants/where-we-fund. 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.
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State or territory Service area(s)
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Alabama............................... AL-4.
American Samoa........................ AS-1.
Arizona............................... AZ-2, NAZ-5.
California............................ CA-19, CA-2, CA-26, CA-29, CA-
30.
Colorado.............................. CO-6, MCO, NCO-1.
Connecticut........................... CT-1.
Delaware.............................. MDE.
Florida............................... FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-16, FL-
17, FL-18, FL-5, MFL.
Georgia............................... GA-1, GA-2, MGA,
Hawaii................................ HI-1, NHI-1,
Illinois.............................. IL-6, MIL.
Indiana............................... IN-5, MIN.
Kentucky.............................. KY-5.
Louisiana............................. LA-10, LA-11.
Massachusetts......................... MA-12.
Maryland.............................. MD-1, MMD.
Michigan.............................. MI-13, MI-14.
Missouri.............................. MMO, MO-3.
Mississippi........................... MS-9.
Montana............................... MMT, MT-1, NMT-1.
North Carolina........................ MNC, NC-5, NNC-1.
New Jersey............................ NJ-12.
New Mexico............................ NM-1, NNM-2.
New York.............................. MNY, NY-20, NY-21, NY-22, NY-
23, NY-24, NY-7.
Oklahoma.............................. MOK, OK-3.
Pennsylvania.......................... MPA, PA-1, PA-11, PA-23, PA-26,
PA-5, PA-8.
Puerto Rico........................... MPR, PR-1.
South Carolina........................ MSC, SC-8.
South Dakota.......................... SD-2.
Virginia.............................. MVA, VA-18.
Vermont............................... VT-1.
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Dated: March 23, 2015.
Stefanie K. Davis,
Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-06980 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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