[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 30339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12118]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Funding Availability for Calendar Year 2013 Grant 
Funds; Request for Applications: 2013 Disaster Relief Emergency Grant 
Funds

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 Americans.
    This Request for Applications (RFA) announces the availability of 
$250,000 in LSC emergency grant funds and is soliciting grant 
applications from current LSC recipients located in a federally-
declared disaster area seeking financial assistance to mitigate damage 
sustained and who have experienced a surge in demand for legal services 
as the result of Hurricane Sandy. Applications for these funds must be 
made in tandem with applications for the Disaster Relief Appropriations 
Act, 2013, Public Law 113-2, 127 Stat. 4. The recipients should submit 
both applications at the same time and demonstrate how the activities 
described in each application complement the other.

DATES: The RFA is available the week of May 20, 2013. Legal Services 
Corporation must receive all applications on or before June 21, 2013, 
11:59 p.m., E.D.T. Other key application and filing dates, including 
the dates for filing grant applications, are published at 
www.grants.lsc.gov/resources/notices.

ADDRESSES: Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation, 
3333 K Street NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007-3522.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Eidleman, Office of Program 
Performance, by email at [email protected], by phone at (202) 
295-1500, or visit the LSC grants Web site at www.grants.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    On occasion, LSC makes available special funding to help meet the 
emergency needs of programs in disaster areas. See http://grants.lsc.gov/apply-for-funding/disaster-relief-grants. When funding 
is available, only current LSC recipients in federally-declared 
disaster areas, as identified by the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency (FEMA), are eligible to apply for such emergency funds. 
Information on federally-declared disaster areas is available at http://www.fema.gov/disasters.
    At this time, LSC is making available emergency grant funds for 
current LSC recipients in federally-declared disaster areas resulting 
from Hurricane Sandy. The application guidelines will be made available 
at http://grants.lsc.gov/apply-for-funding/disaster-relief-grants the 
week of May 20, 2013.

    Dated: May 16, 2013.
Atitaya C. Rok,
Staff Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2013-12118 Filed 5-21-13; 8:45 am]
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