[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22181-22182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06711]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice to LSC Grantees of Application Process for Making 2024 
Mid-Year and 2025 Basic Field Grant Subgrants

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of application dates and format for applications for 
approval to make 2024 mid-year and 2025 Basic Field Grant fund 
subgrants.

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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 households. LSC hereby announces the 
submission dates for applications to make 2024 mid-year and 2025 Basic 
Field Grant subgrants. LSC is also providing information about where 
applicants may locate subgrant application questions and directions for 
providing the information required to apply for a subgrant.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for application dates.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Lacchini, Office of Compliance 
and Enforcement at [email protected] or (202) 295-1506 or visit the LSC 
website at http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/grantee-guidance/how-apply-subgrant.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 45 CFR part 1627, LSC must publish, on 
an annual basis, ``notice of the requirements concerning the format and 
contents of the application annually in the Federal Register and on 
LSC's website.'' 45 CFR 1627.4(b). This Notice and the publication of 
the Subgrant Application on LSC's website satisfy

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Sec.  1627.4(b)'s notice requirement for the Basic Field Grant program. 
Only current or prospective recipients of LSC Basic Field Grants may 
apply for approval to subgrant these funds.
    Applications for approval to make subgrants of 2024 mid-year and 
calendar year 2025 Basic Field Grant funds will be available on or 
around April 15, 2024. An applicant must apply to make a mid-year 
subgrant of LSC Basic Field Grant funds through GrantEase at least 45 
days before the subgrant's proposed effective date. 45 CFR 
1627.4(b)(2). An applicant must apply to make calendar year subgrants 
of 2025 Basic Field Grant funds through GrantEase in conjunction with 
its application(s) for 2025 Basic Field Grant funding. 45 CFR 
1627.4(b)(1). The deadline for 2025 Basic Field Grant funding 
application submissions is June 3, 2024.
    All applicants must provide answers to the application questions in 
GrantEase and upload the following documents:
     A draft subgrant agreement (with the required terms 
provided in LSC's Subgrant Agreement Template); and
     A subgrant budget (using LSC's Subgrant Budget Template).
    Applicants seeking to subgrant to a new subrecipient that is not a 
current LSC grantee, or to renew a subgrant with an organization that 
is not a current LSC grantee in a year in which the applicant is 
required to submit a full funding application, must also upload:
     The subrecipient's accounting manual;
     The subrecipient's most recent audited financial 
statements;
     The subrecipient's current cost allocation policy (if not 
in the accounting manual); and
     The recipient's 45 CFR part 1627 policy (required under 45 
CFR 1627.7).
    A list of subgrant application questions, the Subgrant Agreement 
Template, and the Subgrant Budget Template are available on LSC's 
website at http://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/grantee-guidance/how-apply-subgrant.
    LSC encourages applicants to use LSC's Subgrant Agreement Template 
as a model subgrant agreement. If the applicant does not use LSC's 
Template, the proposed agreement must include, at a minimum, the 
substance of the provisions of the Template.
    Once submitted, LSC will evaluate the application and provide 
applicants with instructions on any needed modifications to the 
submitted documents or Draft Agreement provided with the application. 
The applicant must then upload a final and signed subgrant agreement 
through GrantEase by the date requested.
    As required by 45 CFR 1627.4(b)(3), LSC will inform applicants of 
its decision to disapprove or approve an application for a 2024 mid-
year subgrant no later than the subgrant's proposed effective date. As 
required by 45 CFR 1627.4(b)(1)(ii), LSC will inform applicants of its 
decision to disapprove or approve a 2025 calendar-year subgrant no 
later than the date LSC informs applicants of LSC's 2025 Basic Field 
Grant funding decisions.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e))

    Dated: March 26, 2024.
Stefanie Davis,
Deputy General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2024-06711 Filed 3-28-24; 8:45 am]
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