[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 54495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21379]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2003 Competitive Grant 
Funds for Services Areas MI-9, MI-12, MI-13, MI-14, MI-15, NMI-1, and 
MMI in Michigan

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Solicitation of proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal 
Services for service areas MI-9, MI-12, MI-13, MI-14, MI-15, NMI-1, and 
MMI in Michigan.

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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, 
Basic Field-Migrant, and Basic Field-Native American service areas in 
Michigan. 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 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, 
competitive grants service desk by fax at 1.877.378.9997, by e-mail at 
[email protected], or visit the LSC competition Web site at 
www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) is available 
from www.ain.lsc.gov. A Notice of Intent to Compete is required. It is 
due by 5 p.m. ET, September 13, 2002. Grant proposals must be received 
at LSC by 5 p.m. ET, October 11, 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 
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 RFP, containing the grant application, guidelines, proposal 
content requirements and specific selection criteria, is available at 
www.ain.lsc.gov. Descriptions of the Michigan service areas are 
available at www.ain.lsc.gov (Once at the site, click on Bulletin 
Board). LSC will not fax the solicitation package to interested 
parties.

    Issue Date: August 16, 2002.
Michael A. Genz,
Director, Office of Program Performance.
[FR Doc. 02-21379 Filed 8-21-02; 8:45 am]
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