[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 216 (Thursday, November 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66058-66059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26527]


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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 in Wyoming. Grants 
will be awarded in or around April 2009. The estimated annualized grant 
amounts for service areas in Wyoming are: $478,874 for the provision of 
civil legal services to the general low-income population throughout 
the state (i.e., service area WY-4); $12,054 for the provision of civil 
legal services to the migrant farmworker population throughout the 
state (i.e., service area MWY); and $167,794 for the provision of civil 
legal services to the Native American population throughout the state 
(i.e., service area NWY-1). The grant will be awarded in or around 
April 2009.

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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.grants.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) is available 
at http://www.grants.lsc.gov. Once at the Web site, click on FY 2009 
Request For Proposals Narrative Instruction to access the RFP and other 
information pertaining to the LSC competitive grants process. Refer to 
the RFP for instructions on preparing the grant proposal; the 
regulations and guidelines governing LSC funding; the definition of a 
full range of legal services; and grant proposal submission 
requirements.
    Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC; RFP Form-
H) to participate in the competitive grants process. The deadline for 
filing the NIC is December 15, 2008, 5 p.m., E.D.T. The deadline for 
filing grant proposals is January 26, 2009, 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 RFP. All other instructions, 
regulations, guidelines, definitions, and grant proposal submission 
requirements remain in effect unless otherwise noted.
    The following persons, groups, and entities are qualified 
applicants who may submit a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC; RFP Form-
H) and an application to participate in the competitive grants process: 
(1) Current recipients of LSC grants; (2) non-profit organizations that 
have as a purpose the provision of legal assistance to eligible 
clients; (3) private attorneys, groups of attorneys or law firms; (5) 
state or local governments; and (6) 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: November 3, 2008.
Janet LaBella,
 Director, Office of Program Performance.
[FR Doc. E8-26527 Filed 11-5-08; 8:45 am]
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