[Federal Register: April 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 76)]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 
Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2002 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 the poor.
    LSC hereby announces the availability of competitive grant funds 
and is soliciting grant proposals from interested parties who are 
qualified to provide effective, efficient and high quality civil legal 
services to eligible clients in the states and territories, by service 
area(s) identified below. The exact amount of congressionally 
appropriated funds and the date, terms and conditions of their 
availability for calendar year 2002 have not been determined.

DATES: See Supplementary Information section for grants competition 
dates.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation--Competitive Grants, 750 First 
Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20002-4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Program Performance, 
Competitive Grants--Service Desk at (202) 336-8900, by FAX at (202) 
336-7272, by e-mail at competition@lsc.gov, or visit the LSC web site 
at www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request for Proposals (RFP) will be 
available during the week of April 23, 2001. Applicants must file a 
Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive 
grants process. The due date for filing the NIC is May 25, 2001.
    Applicants competing for service areas in Alabama, Arizona, 
California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas 
(service area MKS), Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New 
Jersey (service area NJ-10), New York, Virginia and West Virginia must 
submit grant proposals for service areas in these states by June 18, 
2001, 5 p.m. EDT.
    Applicants competing for service areas in Arkansas, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin must submit grant proposals 
for service areas in these states by July 02, 2001, 5 p.m. EDT.
    LSC is seeking proposals from: (1) Non-profit organizations that 
have as a purpose the furnishing of legal assistance to eligible 
clients; (2) private attorneys; (3) groups of private attorneys or law 
firms; (4) State or local governments; and (5) substate regional 
planning and coordination agencies which are composed of substate areas 
and whose governing boards are controlled by locally elected officials.
    The RFP, containing the grant application, guidelines, proposal 
content requirements and specific selection criteria, is available from 
the LSC web site at www.ain.lsc.gov. LSC will not FAX the solicitation 
package to interested parties.
    Below are the service areas for which LSC is requesting grant 
proposals. Service area descriptions are available from Appendix A of 
the RFP. The RFP will be available during the week of April 23, 2001, 
at www.ain.lsc.gov.

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                 State                            Service area
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Alabama...............................  AL-1, AL-2, AL-3
Arizona...............................  AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-5, MAZ, NAZ-5,
                                         NAZ-6
Arkansas..............................  AR-6, AR-7
California............................  CA-1, CA-27, CA-28, NCA-1
District of Columbia..................  DC-1
Florida...............................  FL-1, FL-2, FL-3, FL-4, FL-5, FL-
                                         6, FL-7, FL-8, FL-9, FL-10, FL-
                                         11, FL-12, MFL
Georgia...............................  GA-1, GA-2, MGA
Illinois..............................  IL-3, IL-7
Kansas................................  MKS
Kentucky..............................  KY-2, KY-5, KY-9, KY-10
Louisiana.............................  LA-9, LA-10, LA-11

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Massachusetts.........................  MA-1, MA-2, MA-3, MA-4, MA-5, MA-
                                         10
Michigan..............................  MI-12, MI-13, MI-14, MI-15, MMI,
                                         NMI-1
Mississippi...........................  MS-2, MS-3, MS-7, MS-8, NMS-1
Montana...............................  MT-1, MMT, NMT-1
Nevada................................  NV-1, MNV, NNV-1
New Jersey............................  NJ-10
New Mexico............................  NM-1, NM-5, MNM, NNM-4, NNM-2
New York..............................  NY-1, NY-3, NY-4, NY-6, NY-7, NY-
                                         8, NY-9, NY-10, NY-13, NY-14,
                                         NY-15, NY-16, NY-18, NY-19, MNY
North Carolina........................  NC-5, MNC, NNC-1
Oklahoma..............................  OK-3, MOK, NOK-1
South Carolina........................  SC-8, MSC
Tennessee.............................  TN-4, TN-7, TN-9, TN-10
Texas.................................  TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, NTX
Virginia..............................  VA-16, VA-17, VA-18, VA-19, VA-
                                         20, MVA
West Virginia.........................  WV-5, MWV
Wisconsin.............................  WI-5, NWI-1, MWI
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    Dated: April 16, 2001.
Randi Youells,
Vice-President for Programs.
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