[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 71 (Friday, April 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7012]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2008 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 2008 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 www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be 
available the week of April 16, 2007. Applicants must file a Notice of 
Intent to Compete (NIC; RFP Form-H) to participate in the competitive 
grants process.
    Applicants competing for the service areas listed below, except for 
VA-20, must file the NIC by May 21, 2007, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due date 
for filing grant proposals for these service areas is June 14, 2007, 5 
p.m. E.D.T.
    Applicants competing for service area VA-20 in Virginia must file 
the NIC by July 2, 2007, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due date for filing grant 
proposals for service area VA-20 in Virginia is September 3, 2007, 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 (Form-H) and grant application, 
guidelines, proposal content requirements, service area descriptions, 
and specific selection criteria, will be available from www.ain.lsc.gov 
the week of April 16, 2007. 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 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...................................  AL-4.
American Samoa............................  AS-1.
Arizona...................................  AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-5, MAZ, NAZ-
                                             5, NAZ-6.
Arkansas..................................  AR-6, AR-7.
California................................  CA-1, CA-27, CA-28, CA-31,
                                             MCA, NCA-1.
District of Columbia......................  DC-1.
Florida...................................  FL-18.
Hawaii....................................  MHI.
Illinois..................................  IL-3, IL-7.
Kentucky..................................  KY-2, KY-5, KY-9, KY-10.
Louisiana.................................  LA-1, LA-12.
Massachusetts.............................  MA-4, MA-10, MA-11.
Michigan..................................  MI-9, MI-12, MI-13, MI-14,
                                             MI-15, MMI, NMI-1.
Minnesota.................................  MN-1, MN-4, MN-5, MN-6, MMN,
                                             NMN-1.
Missouri..................................  MO-3, MO-4, MO-5, MO-7, MMO.
New Mexico................................  NM-1, NM-5, MNM, NNM-2, NNM-
                                             4.
New York..................................  NY-9.
North Dakota..............................  ND-3, MND, NND-3.
Ohio......................................  OH-5, OH-17, OH-18, OH-20,
                                             OH-21, OH-23, MOH.
Oklahoma..................................  NOK-1.
Pennsylvania..............................  PA-1, PA-24, MPA.
Puerto Rico...............................  PR-1, PR-2, MPR.
South Carolina............................  MSC.
South Dakota..............................  SD-2, SD-4, MSD, NSD-1.
Tennessee.................................  TN-4, TN-7, TN-9, TN-10.
Texas.....................................  TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, NTX-1.
Virginia..................................  VA-17, VA-18, VA-19, VA-20,
                                             MVA.
West Virginia.............................  WV-5, MWV.
Wisconsin.................................  WI-5, MWI.
Wyoming...................................  WY-4, MWY, NWY-1.
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    Dated: April 9, 2007.
Michael A. Genz,
Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.
 [FR Doc. E7-7012 Filed 4-12-07; 8:45 am]
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