2022-24261. Notice of Intent To Award-Grant Awards for the Delivery of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2023

AGENCY:

Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION:

Announcement of the Legal Services Corporation's intent to make FY2023 Basic Field Grant Awards.

SUMMARY:

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces its intention to award grants to provide effective and efficient delivery of high-quality civil legal services to eligible low-income clients, starting January 1, 2023.

DATES:

All comments and recommendations must be received on or before the close of business on December 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Basic Field Grant Awards, Legal Services Corporation; 3333 K Street NW, Third Floor; Washington, DC 20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christine Williams, Program Manager for Basic Field Competition, Office of Program Performance, at [phone] or [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Under LSC's Notice of Funding Availability published on March 15, 2022 (87 FR 14580) and LSC's grant application process beginning on April 11, 2022, LSC intends to award funds to organizations that provide civil legal services in the indicated service areas. Applicants for each service area are listed below. The grant award amounts below are estimates based on the FY2022 grant awards to each service area. The funding estimates may change based on the final FY2023 appropriation. In addition, Agricultural Worker service area population estimates are subject to change based on Department of Labor review and comments LSC receives during the 30-day comment period.

LSC will post all updates and changes to this notice at https://www.lsc.gov/​grants/​basic-field-grant/​basic-field-awards. Interested parties are asked to visit https://www.lsc.gov/​grants/​basic-field-grant regularly for updates on the LSC grants process.

Name of applicant organization	State	Service area	Estimated annualized 2023 funding
Legal Services Alabama, Inc	AL	AL-4	$7,454,847
Alaska Legal Services Corporation	AK	AK-1	1,042,623
Alaska Legal Services Corporation	AK	NAK-1	708,975
Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc	AR	AR-6	1,854,512
Center for Arkansas Legal Services	AR	AR-7	2,778,864
American Samoa Legal Aid	AS	AS-1	336,887
Community Legal Services, Inc	AZ	MAZ	435,645
Community Legal Services, Inc	AZ	AZ-3	6,533,307
Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc	AZ	AZ-5	2,621,118
Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc	AZ	NAZ-6	835,613
DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc	AZ	AZ-2	560,745
DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc	AZ	NAZ-5	3,420,840
California Indian Legal Services, Inc	CA	CA-1	38,050
California Indian Legal Services, Inc	CA	NCA-1	1,158,200
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc	CA	CA-2	1,411,179
Central California Legal Services	CA	CA-26	3,522,131
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles	CA	CA-29	6,937,384
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County	CA	CA-30	4,697,790
Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc	CA	CA-12	5,389,469
Legal Services of Northern California, Inc	CA	CA-27	4,557,419
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc	CA	CA-14	3,236,493
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc	CA	MCA	4,082,796
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc	CA	CA-31	5,486,604
Bay Area Legal Aid	CA	CA-28	4,812,036
Community Legal Aid SoCal	CA	CA-19	4,047,361
Colorado Legal Services	CO	MCO	286,935
Colorado Legal Services	CO	CO-6	5,294,268
Colorado Legal Services	CO	NCO-1	125,898
Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc	CT	CT-1	3,604,944
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc	CT	NCT-1	20,524
Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia	DC	DC-1	958,849
Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc	DE	DE-1	1,096,589
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc	FL	FL-15	5,829,486
Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc	FL	MFL	931,254
Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc	FL	FL-17	4,925,012
Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc	FL	FL-5	4,342,324
Legal Services of North Florida, Inc	FL	FL-13	2,126,279
Bay Area Legal Services, Inc	FL	FL-16	4,525,544
Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc	FL	FL-14	2,761,351
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc	FL	FL-18	2,781,169
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc	GA	GA-1	4,272,205
Georgia Legal Services Program	GA	MGA	636,797
Georgia Legal Services Program	GA	GA-2	9,641,970
Micronesian Legal Services Corporation	GU	GU-1	379,663
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii	HI	HI-1	1,569,437
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii	HI	NHI-1	300,295
Iowa Legal Aid	IA	MIA	277,107
Iowa Legal Aid	IA	IA-3	3,340,910
Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc	ID	MID	397,355
Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc	ID	ID-1	1,678,307
Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc	ID	NID-1	85,169
Legal Aid Chicago	IL	MIL	258,049
Legal Aid Chicago	IL	IL-6	6,847,162
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc	IL	IL-3	3,235,564
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc	IL	IL-7	4,704,051
Indiana Legal Services, Inc	IN	MIN	182,793
Indiana Legal Services, Inc	IN	IN-5	8,033,908
Kansas Legal Services, Inc	KS	KS-1	3,422,879
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass	KY	KY-10	1,875,216
Legal Aid Society	KY	KY-2	1,626,434
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky	KY	KY-5	2,034,023
Kentucky Legal Aid	KY	KY-9	1,634,026
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation	LA	LA-15	4,576,430
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation	LA	LA-13	4,200,841
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association	MA	MA-11	2,572,654
South Coastal Counties Legal Services	MA	MA-12	1,202,327
Northeast Legal Aid, Inc	MA	MA-4	977,871
Community Legal Aid, Inc	MA	MA-10	1,795,171
Maryland Legal Aid	MD	MDE	30,126
Maryland Legal Aid	MD	MMD	135,936
Maryland Legal Aid	MD	MD-1	5,500,975
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc	ME	MMX-1	351,873
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc	ME	ME-1	1,402,327
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc	ME	NME-1	84,496
Michigan Advocacy Program	MI	MMI	641,887
Michigan Advocacy Program	MI	MI-12	2,095,335
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan	MI	MI-14	1,987,273
Lakeshore Legal Aid	MI	MI-13	5,118,956
Legal Services of Northern Michigan, Inc	MI	MI-9	950,069
Legal Aid of Western Michigan	MI	MI-15	2,646,992
Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc	MI	NMI-1	215,802
Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota	MN	MN-1	506,508
Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc	MN	MN-6	1,960,026
Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation	MN	MN-4	428,414
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc	MN	MMN	493,225
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc	MN	MN-5	1,850,944
Anishinabe Legal Services, Inc	MN	NMN-1	313,290
Legal Aid of Western Missouri	MO	MMO	190,518
Legal Aid of Western Missouri	MO	MO-3	2,620,383
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.	MO	MO-4	2,328,178
Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation	MO	MO-5	653,868
Legal Services of Southern Missouri	MO	MO-7	2,363,915
Micronesian Legal Services Corporation	MP	MP-1	1,904,025
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc	MS	MS-9	2,205,139
Mississippi Center for Legal Services	MS	MS-10	3,434,943
Mississippi Center for Legal Services	MS	NMS-1	108,972
Montana Legal Services Association	MT	MMT	160,704
Montana Legal Services Association	MT	MT-1	1,236,027
Montana Legal Services Association	MT	NMT-1	208,737
Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc	NC	MNC	731,719
Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc	NC	NC-5	13,948,567
Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc	NC	NNC-1	286,107
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc	ND	MND	129,152
Legal Services of North Dakota	ND	ND-3	698,105
Legal Services of North Dakota	ND	NND-3	353,132
Legal Aid of Nebraska	NE	MNE	221,082
Legal Aid of Nebraska	NE	NE-4	1,746,287
Legal Aid of Nebraska	NE	NNE-1	43,333
603 Legal Aid	NH	NH-1	980,664
Legal Services of Northwest Jersey, Inc	NJ	NJ-15	657,622
South Jersey Legal Services, Inc	NJ	MNJ	161,211
South Jersey Legal Services, Inc	NJ	NJ-20	2,619,734
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation	NJ	NJ-18	2,175,086
Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc	NJ	NJ-8	1,127,515
Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc	NJ	NJ-17	1,713,141
DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc	NM	NM-1	261,449
DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc	NM	NNM-2	29,784
New Mexico Legal Aid	NM	MNM	192,521
New Mexico Legal Aid	NM	NM-5	3,498,879
New Mexico Legal Aid	NM	NNM-4	609,114
Nevada Legal Services, Inc	NV	NV-1	4,019,943
Nevada Legal Services, Inc	NV	NNV-1	174,321
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc	NY	NY-21	1,818,420
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc	NY	NY-24	1,656,510
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc	NY	NY-7	1,731,065
Legal Services NYC	NY	NY-9	13,709,652
Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc	NY	NY-23	2,249,920
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc	NY	MNY	349,647
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc	NY	NY-22	2,274,110
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley	NY	NY-20	2,338,529
Community Legal Aid Services, Inc	OH	OH-20	2,568,674
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati	OH	OH-18	2,153,855
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland	OH	OH-21	2,942,674
Ohio State Legal Services	OH	OH-24	4,238,651
Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc	OH	MOH	224,627
Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc	OH	OH-23	3,597,605
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc	OK	NOK-1	1,073,383
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc	OK	MOK	308,668
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc	OK	OK-3	5,866,156
Legal Aid Services of Oregon	OR	MOR	575,863
Legal Aid Services of Oregon	OR	OR-6	4,408,700
Legal Aid Services of Oregon	OR	NOR-1	242,000
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center	PA	MPA	434,189
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center	PA	PA-1	3,697,584
Laurel Legal Services, Inc	PA	PA-5	874,573
MidPenn Legal Services, Inc	PA	PA-25	3,229,064
Neighborhood Legal Services Association	PA	PA-8	1,761,195
North Penn Legal Services, Inc	PA	PA-24	2,575,311
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc	PA	PA-11	557,300
Northwestern Legal Services	PA	PA-26	923,958
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania	PA	PA-23	1,720,307
Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc	PR	MPR	64,846
Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc	PR	PR-1	14,185,024
Community Law Office, Inc	PR	PR-2	331,814
Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc	RI	RI-1	1,159,621
South Carolina Legal Services, Inc	SC	MSC	285,548
South Carolina Legal Services, Inc	SC	SC-8	7,051,259
East River Legal Services	SD	SD-2	508,947
Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc	SD	SD-4	570,745
Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc	SD	NSD-1	1,224,027
Legal Aid of East Tennessee	TN	TN-9	3,157,543
Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc	TN	TN-4	1,722,132
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands	TN	TN-10	3,832,310
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc	TN	TN-7	817,895
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas	TX	TX-14	11,241,514
Lone Star Legal Aid	TX	TX-13	14,717,956
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc	TX	MSX-2	3,035,532
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc	TX	TX-15	13,869,443
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc	TX	NTX-1	41,029
Utah Legal Services, Inc	UT	MUT	113,712
Utah Legal Services, Inc	UT	UT-1	2,865,302
Utah Legal Services, Inc	UT	NUT-1	107,850
Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc	VA	VA-20	2,088,666
Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc	VA	VA-15	1,029,221
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia	VA	VA-16	1,743,146
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc	VA	MVA	326,709
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc	VA	VA-18	1,518,423
Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc	VA	VA-17	995,887
Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc	VA	VA-19	1,011,891
Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc	VI	VI-1	250,189
Legal Services Vermont	VT	VT-1	584,593
Northwest Justice Project	WA	MWA	1,069,875
Northwest Justice Project	WA	WA-1	6,664,038
Northwest Justice Project	WA	NWA-1	373,443
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc	WI	MWI	496,244
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc	WI	WI-5	4,584,046
Wisconsin Judicare, Inc	WI	WI-2	1,184,081
Wisconsin Judicare, Inc	WI	NWI-1	203,355
Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc	WV	WV-5	2,952,060
Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc	WY	WY-4	603,100
Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc	WY	NWY-1	226,535

These grants will be awarded under the authority conferred on LSC by section 1006(a)(1) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996e(a)(l). Grant awards are made to ensure civil legal services are provided in every service area, although no listed organization is guaranteed a grant award. Grants will become effective, and grant funds will be distributed, on or about January 1, 2023.

LSC issues this notice pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2996f(f). Comments and recommendations concerning potential grantees are invited and should be delivered to LSC within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice.

Dated: November 2, 2022.

Stefanie Davis,

Senior Associate General Counsel for Regulations.