[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20038-20039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10554]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of 1998 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 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 states and territories 
by service area(s) identified below. The exact amount of 
congressionally appropriated funds and the date, terms and conditions 
of their availability for calendar year 1998 have not been determined.

DATES: Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available after May 21, 
1997. Notice of Intent to Compete is due July 1, 1997. Grant proposals 
must be received at LSC offices by 5 p.m. EDT, July 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation--Competitive Grants, 750 First 
Street N.E., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20002-4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Program Operations, 
Competitive Grants--Service Desk, (202) 336-8900; FAX (202) 336-7272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: LSC is seeking proposals from non-profit 
organizations that have as a purpose the furnishing 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

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specific selection criteria, is available by contacting the Corporation 
by letter, phone or FAX. LSC will not FAX the solicitation package to 
interested parties; however, solicitation packages may be requested by 
FAX.

                                                                        
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                   State                           Service area(s)      
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Arizona...................................  AZ-1, NAZ-1.                
Arkansas..................................  AR-3.                       
District of Columbia......................  DC-1.                       
California................................  CA-9, CA-25.                
Colorado..................................  CO-2,CO-3,CO-5,NCO-1,MCO.   
Florida...................................  FL-11.                      
Guam......................................  GU-1.                       
Illinois..................................  IL-1.                       
Iowa......................................  IA-1,IA-2.                  
Louisiana.................................  LA-1.                       
Massachusetts.............................  MA-4,MA-5,MA-10,MMA.        
Mississippi...............................  MS-4,NMS-1.                 
Missouri..................................  MO-1.                       
Nebraska..................................  NE-3,MNE.                   
New Jersey................................  NJ-1,NJ-2,NJ-3,NJ-4,NJ-5,NJ-
                                             6,NJ-7,NJ-8,NJ-9,NJ-10,NJ-1
                                             1,NJ-12,NJ-13,NJ-14,MNJ.   
New York..................................  NY-1,NY-3,NY-4,NY-5,NY-6,NY-
                                             7,NY-8,NY-9,NY-10,NY-13,NY-
                                             14,NY-15,NY-16,NY-17,NY-18,
                                             MNY.                       
North Carolina............................  NC-1,NC-2,NC-3,NC-4,NNC-1,MN
                                             C.                         
North Dakota..............................  ND-1,ND-2,NND-1,NND-2,MND.  
Ohio......................................  OH-4,OH-9,OH-10,OH-16.      
Oklahoma..................................  NOK-1.                      
Oregon....................................  OR-1,OR-2,OR-3,OR-4,NOR-1,MO
                                             R.                         
Pennsylvania..............................  PA-1,PA-2,PA-3,PA-4,PA-5,PA-
                                             6,PA-7,PA-8,PA-9,PA-10,PA-1
                                             1,PA-12,PA-13,PA-14,PA-15,P
                                             A-16,PA-17,PA-18,PA-19,MPA.
Puerto Rico...............................  PR-1,PR-2,MPR.              
South Carolina............................  SC-1,SC-6,MSC.              
South Dakota..............................  SD-1,SD-2,SD-3,NSD-1,MSD.   
Tennessee.................................  MTN.                        
Texas.....................................  TX-7,TX-9.                  
Utah......................................  UT-1.                       
Virginia..................................  VA-1,VA-2,VA-3,VA-4,VA-5,VA-
                                             6,VA-7,VA-8,VA-9,VA-10,VA-1
                                             1,VA-12,VA-13,MVA.         
Virgin Islands............................  VI-1.                       
Wyoming...................................  WY-4,NWY-1,MWY.             
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    Issue date: April 18, 1997.
Merceria L. Ludgood,
Deputy Director, Office of Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 97-10554 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]
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