E7-7012. Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2008 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 2008 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 www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available the week of April 16, 2007. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC; RFP Form-H) to participate in the competitive grants process.

Applicants competing for the service areas listed below, except for VA-20, must file the NIC by May 21, 2007, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due date for filing grant proposals for these service areas is June 14, 2007, 5 p.m. E.D.T.

Applicants competing for service area VA-20 in Virginia must file the NIC by July 2, 2007, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due date for filing grant proposals for service area VA-20 in Virginia is September 3, 2007, 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 (Form-H) and grant application, guidelines, proposal content requirements, service area descriptions, and specific selection criteria, will be available from www.ain.lsc.gov the week of April 16, 2007. 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. Interested parties are asked to visit www.ain.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants process.

State	Service area
Alabama	AL-4.
American Samoa	AS-1.
Arizona	AZ-2, AZ-3, AZ-5, MAZ, NAZ-5, NAZ-6.
Arkansas	AR-6, AR-7.
California	CA-1, CA-27, CA-28, CA-31, MCA, NCA-1.
District of Columbia	DC-1.
Florida	FL-18.
Hawaii	MHI.
Illinois	IL-3, IL-7.
Kentucky	KY-2, KY-5, KY-9, KY-10.
Louisiana	LA-1, LA-12.
Massachusetts	MA-4, MA-10, 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, NMN-1.
Missouri	MO-3, MO-4, MO-5, MO-7, MMO.
New Mexico	NM-1, NM-5, MNM, NNM-2, NNM-4.
New York	NY-9.
North Dakota	ND-3, MND, NND-3.
Ohio	OH-5, OH-17, OH-18, OH-20, OH-21, OH-23, MOH.
Oklahoma	NOK-1.
Pennsylvania	PA-1, PA-24, MPA.
Puerto Rico	PR-1, PR-2, MPR.
South Carolina	MSC.
South Dakota	SD-2, SD-4, MSD, NSD-1.
Tennessee	TN-4, TN-7, TN-9, TN-10.
Texas	TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, 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: April 9, 2007.

Michael A. Genz,

Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.