2010-5742. Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2011 Competitive Grant Funds

AGENCY:

Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION:

Solicitation for Proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal Services.

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 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 service area(s) of the states and territories identified below. The exact amount of congressionally appropriated funds and the date, terms, and conditions of their availability for calendar year 2011 have not been determined.

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:

Office of Program Performance by e-mail at [e-mail], or visit the grants competition Web site at http://www.grants.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available April 8 2010. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process. Applicants must file the NIC by May 13 2010, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due date for filing grant proposals is June 7 2010, 5: p.m. E.D.T.

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, will be available from http://www.grants.lsc.gov April 8, 2010. LSC will not fax the RFP to interested parties.

Below are the service areas for which LSC is requesting grant proposals. Service area descriptions will be available from Appendix A of the RFP. LSC will post all updates and/or changes to this notice at http://www.grants.lsc.gov. Interested parties are asked to visit http://www.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants process.

State	Service area
Alabama	MAL
American Samoa	AS-1
Arizona	AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-5, MAZ, NAZ-6, NAZ-5
Arkansas	AR-6, AR-7, MAR
California	CA-1, CA-27, CA-28, NCA-1
District of Columbia	DC-1
Illinois	IL-3, IL-7
Kentucky	KY-2, KY-5, KY-9, KY-10, MKY
Louisiana	LA-1, LA-12, MLA
Massachusetts	MA-11
Michigan	MI-9, MI-12, MI-13, MI-14, MI-15, MMI, NMI-1
Minnesota	MN-1, MN-4, MN-5, MN-6, MMN
Mississippi	MS-10, MMS
Missouri	MO-3, MO-4, MO-5, MO-7, MMO
Nevada	NV-1, MNV, NNV-1
New Mexico	NM-1, NM-5, MNM, NNM-2, NNM-4
New York	NY-9
North Dakota	ND-3, MND, NND-3
Ohio	OH-20, OH-18, OH-21, OH-23, MOH
Oklahoma	NOK-1
Pennsylvania	PA-1, PA-24, MPA
Puerto Rico	PR-2
South Dakota	SD-2, SD-4, MSD, NSD-1
Tennessee	TN-4, TN-7, TN-9, TN-10, MTN
Texas	TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, MTX, NTX-1
Virginia	VA-17, VA-18, VA-19, VA-20, MVA
West Virginia	WV-5, MWV
Wisconsin	WI-5, MWI
Wyoming	WY-4, MWY, NWY-1

Dated: March 11, 2010.

Janet LaBella,

Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.