[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 165 (Friday, August 26, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21067]


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[Federal Register: August 26, 1994]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

Grant Awards for Special Projects to Center for Law and 
Education, National Employment Law Project and National Health Law 
Program.

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION: Announcement of intention to award grants.

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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation hereby announces its intention 
to award one-time, nonrecurring grants in amounts indicated to the 
Center for Law and Education ($15,000), the National Employment Law 
Project ($10,000) and the National Health Law Program ($75,000).
    The one-time grants will be awarded pursuant to authority conferred 
by section 1006(a)(3) of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as 
amended. This public notice is issued with a request for comments and 
recommendations within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. The grant award will not become effective 
and grant funds will not be distributed prior to expiration of this 30-
day period.

DATES: All comments and recommendations must be received by 5pm on or 
before September 26, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Program Services, 
Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street, NE, 11th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20002-4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Doriot, Office of Program 
Services, (202) 336-8825.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation is the 
national organization charged with administering federal funds provided 
for civil legal service to the poor. Each Center is a recipient of LSC 
funding for the provision of support services to all direct delivery 
legal services recipients. The Center for Law and Education's project 
will support and improve advocacy on education and training programs 
funded under the Higher Education Act. The National Employent Law's 
``Job, Employment, Education and Training (JET) Pilot Project'' 
proposes to collaborate with local advocates in Philadelphia to develop 
and implement a comprehensive and coordinated research and advocacy 
project on increasing job opportunities. The Health Care Law Proposal 
submitted by the National Health Law Program envisions facilitating the 
work of legal services programs in gathering data on proposed changes 
in laws affecting recipients of public benefits and distributing 
information to affected programs.

    Dated: August 22, 1994.
Leslie Q. Russell,
Assistant to the Director Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 94-21067 Filed 8-25-94; 8:45 am]
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