[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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