06-3648. Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2007 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 2007 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.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available April 21, 2006. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process.

Applicants competing for service areas in Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia must file the NIC by May 22, 2006, 5 p.m. e.d.t. The due date for filing grant proposals for service areas in these states is June 15, 2006, 5 p.m. e.d.t.

Applicants competing for service areas in Wyoming must file the NIC by August 14, 2006, 5 p.m. e.d.t. The due date for filing grant proposals for service areas in Wyoming is September 15, 2006, 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.ain.lsc.gov April 21, 2006. 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 http://www.ain.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants process.

State	Service area
Alabama	MAL
American Samoa	AS-1
Arkansas	MAR
California	CA-2, CA-19, CA-26, CA-29, CA-30, CA-31, MCA
Colorado	CO-6, MCO, NCO-1
Florida	FL-5, FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-16, FL-17, FL-18, MFL
Georgia	GA-1, GA-2, MGA
Hawaii	HI-1, MHI
Illinois	IL-6, MIL
Indiana	IN-5, MIN
Kentucky	MKY
Louisiana	LA-10, LA-11, MLA
Massachusetts	MA-12
Mississippi	MS-9, MS-10, MMS, NMS-1
Montana	MT-1, MMT, NMT-1
New York	NY-7, NY-20, NY-21, NY-22, NY-23, NY-24, MNY
North Carolina	NC-5, MNC, NNC-1
Oklahoma	OK-3, MOK
Pennsylvania	PA-1, PA-5, PA-8, PA-11, PA-23, PA-24, PA-26, MPA
South Carolina	SC-8, MSC
Tennessee	MTN
Texas	MTX
Virginia	VA-20, MVA
Wyoming	WY-4, MWY, NWY-1

Dated: April 12, 2006.

Michael A. Genz,

Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.