[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 1642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-649]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of 2003 Competitive Grant Funds for 
Service Area OH-19 in Ohio

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Solicitation of Proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal 
Services for Basic Field-General service area OH-19 in Ohio.

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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 that it is reopening the 2003 grants 
competition for service area OH-19 in Ohio 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. The exact amount of congressionally 
appropriated funds and the date and terms of their availability for 
calendar year 2003 are not known, although it is anticipated that the 
funding amount will be similar to calendar year 2002 funding.

DATES: Request for Proposals (RFP) are available from http://www.ain.lsc.gov. A Notice of Intent to Compete is due by 5:00 p.m. ET, 
February 14, 2003. Grant proposals must be received at LSC by 5:00 p.m. 
ET, March 14, 2003.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mounia Bensalah, Grants Coordinator, 
Office of Program Performance, (202) 336-8914.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, specific selection criteria, and the description 
of service area OH-19 is available at http://www.ain.lsc.gov.

    Issue Dated: January 8, 2003.
Michael A. Genz,
Director, Office of Program Performance.
[FR Doc. 03-649 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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