[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00981]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice of Availability of Funding for Pro Bono Innovation Fund 
Grants and Letter of Intent to Apply Process

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides grants of 
federally-appropriated funds for civil legal services to low-income 
individuals and families. LSC is making available up to $3.8 million 
for Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants commencing in October 2015. Current 
recipients of LSC funding may submit a Letter of Intent to Apply for 
these funds.

DATES: The deadline to submit a Letter of Intent to Apply is 5:00 p.m., 
Eastern Time, on February 23, 2015.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information about current Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund projects, please contact Mytrang Nguyen, Program 
Counsel, (202) 295-1564 or [email protected]. For general questions about 
the Pro Bono Innovation Fund application process, please email 
[email protected]. For technical questions or issues with the 
LSC Grants online application system, please email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) 
provides grants of federally-appropriated funds for civil legal 
services to low-income individuals and families. 42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq. 
LSC offers Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants to develop and enhance pro 
bono programs that serve larger numbers of low-income clients and that 
improve the quality and effectiveness of the services clients receive. 
Projects should be innovative (new, replicable models and approaches to 
pro bono delivery) or replicate prior successful models. The Pro Bono 
Innovation Fund is designed to address issues identified in the 2012 
report of LSC's Pro Bono Task Force, which is available at http://bit.ly/LSCPBTF-Report.
    LSC is making available up to $3.8 million for Pro Bono Innovation 
Fund grants commencing in October 2015. Current recipients of LSC 
funding with Basic Field--General, Basic Field--Migrant, or Basic 
Field--Native American grants may submit a Letter of Intent to Apply 
for these funds. The Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for 2015 
Grant Funding with instructions and application guidelines will be 
posted on January 23, 2015, at http://grants.lsc.gov/apply-for-funding/pro-bono-innovation-fund.

    Dated: January 16, 2015.
Atitaya C. Rok,
Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-00981 Filed 1-21-15; 8:45 am]
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