[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 194 (Friday, October 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52426-52427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24901]



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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of 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 or Corporation) is the 
national organization charged with administering federal funds provided 
for civil legal services to the poor. The Corporation anticipates that 
Congress will adopt legislation requiring it to utilize a system of 
competitive bidding for the award of grants and contracts for calendar 
year 1996.
    The Corporation hereby announces the availability of competitive 
grant funds 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 fifty states, the 
District of Columbia, Guam, Micronesia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands. Currently, the amount of available funds and the date, 
terms and conditions of their availability have not been determined.

DATES: Grant proposals must be received at LSC offices by 5:00 p.m. 
EST, November 3, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation/Competitive Grants, 750 First 
Street, NE., 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20002-4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merceria L. Ludgood, Director, Office 
of Program Services, (202) 336-8900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: LSC is seeking proposals from current LSC 
recipients and other organizations that have as a purpose the provision 
of legal assistance to eligible clients; private attorneys; groups of 
private attorneys or law firms; state or local governments; and 
substate regional planning and coordination agencies which are composed 
of substate areas and whose governing boards are controlled by locally 
elected officials.
    The solicitation package, containing the grant application, 
guidelines, proposal content requirements, and specific selection 
criteria, is available by contacting the Corporation by letter, phone 
or FAX. In addition, the solicitation package will be available ``on-
line'' and from Handsnet and the LSC Bulletin Board. LSC will not FAX 
solicitation packages to interested parties, however, solicitation 
packages may be requested by FAX. The Corporation may be contacted at: 
(202) 336-8900; FAX: (202) 336-8959; HANDSNET: HN3555; LSC BBS: (202) 
336-8950.

    Dated: October 3, 1995.
Merceria L. Ludgood,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 95-24901 Filed 10-5-95; 8:45 am]
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