[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 66 (Friday, April 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18574-18575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7177]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2009 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 2009 have not been determined.

DATES: See Supplementary Information 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

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grants competition Web site at http://www.grants.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be 
available April 11, 2008. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to 
Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process. 
Applicants must file the NIC by May 16, 2008, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due 
date for filing grant proposals is June 2, 2008, 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.grants.lsc.gov, 
April 11, 2008. 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.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants 
process (once at the site click on LSC Applicant Information then click 
on LSC Applicant Information System Bulletin Board).

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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, CA-31, MCA
Connecticut......................  CT-1, NCT-1
Delaware.........................  DE-1, MDE
Florida..........................  FL-18
Guam.............................  GU-1
Hawaii...........................  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
Massachusetts....................  MA-4, MA-10
Micronesia.......................  MP-1
Minnesota........................  NMN-1
Mississippi......................  MS-10, NMS-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 2, 2008.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President and General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E8-7177 Filed 4-3-08; 8:45 am]
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