[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 105 (Friday, May 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31149-31150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12088]


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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 for the provision of a full 
range of civil legal services to eligible clients throughout the VA-20 
service area in northern Virginia. It is anticipated that the grant 
amount for the service area will be similar to the amount awarded for 
calendar year 2008--approximately $1.1 million. The grant will be 
awarded in January 2009.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) is available 
at http://www.grants.lsc.gov. Refer to the RFP for instructions on 
preparing the grant proposal; the regulations and guidelines governing 
LSC funding; and grant proposal submission requirements.
    Service area VA-20 is comprised of the following northern Virginia 
counties and cities: Arlington County, Caroline County, Culpeper 
County, Essex County, Fairfax County, Fauquier County, King and Queen 
County, King George County, King William County, Lancaster County, 
Loudoun County, Madison County, Northumberland County, Orange County, 
Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Richmond County, 
Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, Westmoreland County, Alexandria 
City, Fairfax City,

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Falls Church City, Fredericksburg City, Manassas City, and Manassas 
Park City.
    Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to 
participate in the competitive grants process. The deadline for filing 
the NIC is September 5, 2008, 5 p.m., E.D.T. The deadline for filing 
grant proposals is October 10, 2008, 5 p.m., E.D.T.
    The dates shown in this notice for filing the NIC and the grant 
proposals supersede the dates in the 2009 RFP. All other instructions, 
guidelines, and grant proposal requirements provided in the 2009 RFP 
remain in effect unless otherwise noted.
    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.
    LSC will not fax the RFP to interested parties. Interested parties 
are asked to visit http://www.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on 
the LSC competitive grants process.

    Dated: May 23, 2008.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President and General Counsel.
 [FR Doc. E8-12088 Filed 5-29-08; 8:45 am]
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