[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 77 (Monday, April 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19596-19597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9798]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2003 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 
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 2003 have not been determined.

DATES: See Supplementary Information section for grants competition 
dates.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Program Performance by FAX

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at (202)336-7272, by e-mail at [email protected], or visit the LSC 
Web site at www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be 
available April 26, 2002. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to 
Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process.
    Applicants competing for service areas in Alaska, California, 
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, 
Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Micronesia, Minnesota, Missouri, 
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, 
Virginia, and Washington must file the NIC by May 24, 2002, 5 p.m. ET. 
The due date for filing grant proposals for service areas in these 
states is June 24, 2002, 5 p.m. ET.
    LSC will publish competed service areas for Michigan and New Jersey 
in June 2002. Applicants competing for service areas in these states 
are required to file the NIC by July 12, 2002, 5 p.m. ET. The due date 
for filing grant proposals for services areas in Michigan and New 
Jersey is August 9, 2002, 5 p.m. ET.
    LSC is seeking proposals from: (1) Non-profit organizations that 
have as a purpose the furnishing of legal assistance to eligible 
clients; (2) private attorneys; (3) groups of private attorneys or law 
firms; (4) State or local governments; and (5) substate regional 
planning and coordination agencies which are composed of substate areas 
and whose governing boards are controlled by locally elected officials.
    The RFP, containing the grant application, guidelines, proposal 
content requirements and specific selection criteria, will be available 
from the LSC Web site at www.ain.lsc.gov. LSC will not FAX the RFP to 
interested parties.
    Below are the service areas for which LSC is requesting grant 
proposals. Service area descriptions are available from Appendix A of 
the RFP. The RFP will be available April 26, 2002, at www.ain.lsc.gov. 
Interested parties are asked to visit www.ain.lsc.gov regularly for 
updates on the LSC competitive grants process.

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                 State                             Service area
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Alaska.................................  AK-1, NAK-1.
California.............................  CA-12, CA-14.
Connecticut............................  CT-1, NCT-1.
Delaware...............................  DE-1, MDE.
Dist. of Columbia......................  DC-1.
Guam...................................  GU-1.
Hawaii.................................  HI-1, MHI, NHI-1.
Idaho..................................  ID-1, MID, NID-1.
Iowa...................................  IA-3, MIA.
Kansas.................................  KS-1, MKS.
Louisiana..............................  LA-1, LA-4, LA-8.
Maine..................................  ME-1 MMX-1, NME-1.
Maryland...............................  MD-1, MMD.
Michigan...............................  Competed service areas in
                                          Michigan will be published in
                                          June 2002.
Micronesia.............................  MP-1.
Minnesota..............................  MN-1, MN-2, MN-3, MN-4, MN-5,
                                          MMN, NMN-1.
Missouri...............................  MO-3, MO-4, MO-5, MO-7, MMO.
Nebraska...............................  NE-4, MNE, NNE-1.
Nevada.................................  NV-1, MNV, NNV-1.
New Hampshire..........................  NH-1.
New Jersey.............................  Competed service areas in New
                                          Jersey will be published in
                                          June 2002.
North Dakota **........................  ND-3, MND, NND-3.
Ohio...................................  OH-5, OH-17, OH-18, OH-19, OH-
                                          20, OH-21, OH-22, MOH.
Oklahoma...............................  NOK-1.
Oregon.................................  OR-2, OR-4, OR-5, MOR, NOR-1.
Puerto Rico............................  PR-1, PR-2, MPR.
Rhode Island...........................  RI-1.
South Dakota...........................  SD-2, SD-4, MSD, NSD-1.
Utah...................................  UT-1, MUT, NUT-1.
Vermont................................  VT-1.
Virgin Islands.........................  VI-1.
Virginia...............................  VA-15, VA-16.
Washington.............................  WA-1, MWA, NWA-1.
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** Service areas ND-3 and NND-3 in North Dakota will be awarded to a
  single grantee. Applicants must apply for both service areas.


    Dated: April 16, 2002.
Victor Fortuno,
Vice-President for Legal Affairs, Legal Services Corporation.
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