[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42588-42589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15836]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2003 Competitive Grant 
Funds for Services Areas MNJ, NJ-8, NJ-12, NJ-15, NJ-16, NJ-17, and NJ-
18 in New Jersey

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Solicitation of proposals for the provision of Civil Legal 
Services for service areas MNJ, NJ-8, NJ-12, NJ-15, NJ-16, NJ-17, and 
NJ-18 in New Jersey.

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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 the poor. Congress has adopted legislation 
requiring LSC to utilize a system of competitive bidding for the award 
of grants and contracts.
    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 the eligible client population in the Basic Field-General 
and Basic Field-Migrant service areas in New Jersey. The exact amount 
of congressionally appropriated funds and the date and terms of their 
availability for calendar year 2003 are not yet known.

DATES: See Supplemental 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, 
competitive grants service desk by fax at 1.877.378.9997, by e-mail at 
[email protected], or visit the LSC competition website at http://www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) is available 
from http://www.ain.lsc.gov. A Notice of Intent to Compete is required. 
It is due by 5 p.m. ET, July 12, 2002. Grant proposals must be received 
at LSC by 5 p.m. ET, August 9, 2002. LSC is seeking proposals from non-
profit organizations that have as a purpose the furnishing of legal 
assistance to eligible clients, and from private attorneys, groups of 
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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 RFP, containing the grant application, guidelines, proposal 
content requirements and specific selection criteria, is available at 
http://www.ain.lsc.gov. Descriptions of the New Jersey service areas 
are available at http://www.ain.lsc.gov. LSC will not fax the 
solicitation package to interested parties.

    Issue Date: June 18, 2002.
Michael A. Genz,
Director, Office of Program Performance.
[FR Doc. 02-15836 Filed 6-21-02; 8:45 am]
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