[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14753-14754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05633]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Notice of Solicitation of Proposals for Calendar Year 2018 Basic
Field Grant Awards
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 a federally
established and funded organization that funds civil legal aid
organizations across the country and in the U.S. territories. Its
mission is to expand access to justice by funding high-quality legal
representation for low-income people in civil matters.
In anticipation of a congressional appropriation to LSC for Fiscal
Year 2018, LSC hereby announces the availability of funds for grants to
be made in calendar year 2018 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
availability and the exact amount of congressionally appropriated
funds, as well as the date, terms, and conditions of funds available
for grants for calendar year 2018, have not been determined.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for grant application
dates.
ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation--Notice of Funds Availability,
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 LSC Web site at http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant/lsc-service-areas.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to
Compete (NIC) to participate in the LSC grants process. Applicants must
file the NIC by May 5, 2017, 5:00 p.m. E.D.T. The Request for Proposals
(RFP), which contains the NIC and grant proposal guidelines, proposal
content requirements, service area descriptions, and selection
criteria, will be available on or around the week of April 10, 2017. In
addition to submitting the grant proposal, applicants for competitive
grant awards must also respond to the LSC Fiscal Grantee Funding
Application (FGFA). The FGFA will also be available on or around the
week of April 10, 2017. The RFP and the FGFA may be accessed at http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant. Other key dates in the LSC
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2018 basic field grants process, including the deadlines for filing the
grant proposals and the FGFA are published at http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant/basic-field-grant-key-dates.
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 service areas for which LSC is requesting grant proposals are
listed below. Service area descriptions are available at http://www.grants.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant/lsc-service-areas. LSC will post all updates and/or changes
to this notice at http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant. Interested parties are asked to visit
http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/our-grant-programs/basic-field-grant regularly for updates on the LSC grants process.
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State or territory Service area(s)
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Alaska................................ AK-1, NAK-1
California............................ CA-12, CA-14, CA-31, MCA
Connecticut........................... CT-1, NCT-1
Delaware.............................. DE-1
Guam.................................. GU-1
Idaho................................. ID-1, MID, NID-1
Iowa.................................. IA-3, MIA
Kansas................................ KS-1
Kentucky.............................. KY-5
Maine................................. ME-1, MMX-1, NME-1
Michigan.............................. MI-13, MI-14
Micronesia............................ MP-1
Nebraska.............................. NE-4, MNE, NNE-1
New Jersey............................ NJ-15, NJ-17, NJ-18, NJ-20, MNJ
Minnesota............................. NMN-1
Nevada................................ NV-1, NNV-1
Ohio.................................. OH-24
Oregon................................ OR-6, MOR, NOR-1
Pennsylvania.......................... PA-5, PA-25
Rhode Island.......................... RI-1
South Dakota.......................... SD-2
Utah.................................. UT-1, MUT, NUT-1
Virginia.............................. VA-15, VA-16, VA-18, MVA
Virgin Islands........................ VI-1
Vermont............................... VT-1
Washington............................ WA-1, MWA, NWA-1
Wisconsin............................. WI-2, NWI-1
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Dated: March 17, 2017.
Stefanie K. Davis,
Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-05633 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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