[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 59305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23368]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2015 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 that it is reopening the competitive bidding 
process for FY 2015 funding for service area NJ-12 in New Jersey. 
Service area NJ-12 is comprised of Ocean and Monmouth Counties in New 
Jersey. LSC is soliciting grant proposals from interested parties who 
are qualified to provide effective, efficient and high quality civil 
legal services to the eligible client population in service area NJ-12 
in New Jersey.
    The exact amount of congressionally appropriated funds and the date 
and terms of availability for calendar year 2015 are not known, 
although it is anticipated that the funding amount will be similar to 
calendar year 2014 funding, which is $667,151.00.

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: the Office of Program Performance by 
email at [email protected], or visit the grants competition Web site 
at www.grants.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Request for Proposals (RFP) is currently 
available at www.grants.lsc.gov. Applicants are required to use the 
``Standard RFP Narrative Instruction'' to prepare the grant proposal. 
Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate 
in the competitive grants process. Applicants must file the NIC by 
October 6, 2014, 5:00 p.m. E.T. Applicants must submit grant proposals 
by October 24, 2014, 5:00 p.m. E.T. The dates in this notice supersede 
the dates contained in the RFP.
    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, is available from www.grants.lsc.gov.
    LSC will post all updates and/or changes to this notice at 
www.grants.lsc.gov. Interested parties are asked to visit 
www.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants 
process.

    Dated: September 26, 2014.
Atitaya Rok,
Staff Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2014-23368 Filed 9-30-14; 8:45 am]
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