[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 18430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7107]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2006 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 service area(s) of the states and 
territories identified below. The exact amount of congressionally 
appropriated funds and the date, terms, and conditions of their 
availability for calendar year 2006 have not been determined.

DATES: See Supplementary Information section for grants competition 
dates.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation--Competitive Grants, 3333 K 
Street, NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007-3522.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Program Performance by e-
mail at [email protected], or visit the grants competition Web site 
at http://www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be 
available April 22, 2005. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to 
Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process.
    Applicants must file the NIC by May 23, 2005, 5 p.m. ET. The due 
date for filing grant proposals is June 17, 2005, 5 p.m. ET.
    LSC is seeking proposals from: (1) Non-profit organizations that 
have as a purpose the provision of legal assistance to eligible 
clients; (2) private attorneys; (3) groups of private attorneys or law 
firms; (4) state or local governments; and (5) sub-state regional 
planning and coordination agencies that are composed of sub-state areas 
and whose governing boards are controlled by locally elected officials.
    The RFP, containing the NIC and grant application, guidelines, 
proposal content requirements, service area descriptions, and specific 
selection criteria, will be available from http://www.ain.lsc.gov April 
22, 2005. LSC will not fax the RFP to interested parties.
    Below are the service areas for which LSC is requesting grant 
proposals. Service area descriptions will be available from Appendix A 
of the RFP. Interested parties are asked to visit http://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
American Samoa.........................  AS-1
California.............................  CA-12, CA-14
Connecticut............................  CT-12, NCT-1
Delaware...............................  DE-1, MDE
District 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
Maine..................................  ME-1, MMX-1, NME-1
Maryland...............................  MD-1, MMD
Micronesia.............................  MP-1
Nebraska...............................  NE-4, MNE, NNE-1
Nevada.................................  NV-1, MNV, NNV-1
New Hampshire..........................  NH-1
New Jersey.............................  NJ-8, NJ-12, NJ-15, NJ-16, NJ-
                                          17, NJ-18, MNJ
Oregon.................................  OR-6, MOR, NOR-1
Pennsylvania...........................  PA-25
Rhode Island...........................  RI-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
Wisconsin..............................  WI-2, NWI-1
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    Dated: April 5, 2005.
Michael A. Genz,
Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 05-7107 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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