[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19758-19759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3648]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2007 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 2007 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 21, 2006. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to 
Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process.
    Applicants competing for service areas in Alabama, American Samoa, 
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, 
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New 
York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia must file the NIC by May 22, 2006, 5 
p.m. e.d.t. The due date for filing grant proposals for service areas 
in these states is June 15, 2006, 5 p.m. e.d.t.
    Applicants competing for service areas in Wyoming must file the NIC 
by August 14, 2006, 5 p.m. e.d.t. The due date for filing grant 
proposals for service areas in Wyoming is September 15, 2006, 5 p.m. 
e.d.t.
    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 
21, 2006. 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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Alabama...............................  MAL
American Samoa........................  AS-1
Arkansas..............................  MAR
California............................  CA-2, CA-19, CA-26, CA-29, CA-
                                         30, CA-31, MCA
Colorado..............................  CO-6, MCO, NCO-1
Florida...............................  FL-5, FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-
                                         16, FL-17, FL-18, MFL
Georgia...............................  GA-1, GA-2, MGA
Hawaii................................  HI-1, MHI
Illinois..............................  IL-6, MIL
Indiana...............................  IN-5, MIN
Kentucky..............................  MKY
Louisiana.............................  LA-10, LA-11, MLA
Massachusetts.........................  MA-12
Mississippi...........................  MS-9, MS-10, MMS, NMS-1
Montana...............................  MT-1, MMT, NMT-1

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New York..............................  NY-7, NY-20, NY-21, NY-22, NY-
                                         23, NY-24, MNY
North Carolina........................  NC-5, MNC, NNC-1
Oklahoma..............................  OK-3, MOK
Pennsylvania..........................  PA-1, PA-5, PA-8, PA-11, PA-23,
                                         PA-24, PA-26, MPA
South Carolina........................  SC-8, MSC
Tennessee.............................  MTN
Texas.................................  MTX
Virginia..............................  VA-20, MVA
Wyoming...............................  WY-4, MWY, NWY-1
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    Dated: April 12, 2006.
Michael A. Genz,
Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 06-3648 Filed 4-14-06; 8:45 am]
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