E9-5467. Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2010 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 2010 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 10, 2009. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) to participate in the competitive grants process. Applicants must file the NIC by May 15, 2009, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The due date for filing grant proposals is June 5, 2009, 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 10, 2009. 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.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants process. LSC will post updates, corrections, and/or changes to this notice at http://www.grants.lsc.gov.

State	Service area
Alabama	AL-4, MAL
Arkansas	MAR
American Samoa	AS-1
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, NHI-1
Illinois	IL-6, MIL
Indiana	IN-5, MIN
Kentucky	MKY
Louisiana	LA-10, LA-11, MLA
Massachusetts	MA-4, MA-10, MA-12
Minnesota	NMN-1
Mississippi	MS-9, MMS, NMS-1
Montana	MT-1, MMT, NMT-1
Nevada	NV-1, MNV, NNV-1
New York	NY-7, NY-20, NY-21, NY-22, NY-23, NY-24, MNY
North Carolina	NC-5, MNC, NNC-1
Ohio	OH-5, OH-17
Oklahoma	OK-3, MOK
Pennsylvania	PA-1, PA-5, PA-8, PA-11, PA-23, PA-26, MPA
Puerto Rico	PR-1, MPR
South Carolina	SC-8, MSC
Tennessee	MTN
Texas	MTX
Virginia	VA-20
Wisconsin	WI-2, NWI-1

Dated: March 6, 2009.

Janet LaBella,

Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.