2020-07178. Notice of Funding Availability and Request for Proposals for Calendar Year 2021 Basic Field Grant Awards

AGENCY:

Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION:

Notice of funding availability.

SUMMARY:

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a federally established and funded organization that funds civil legal aid organizations across the country and in the U.S. territories. Its mission is to expand access to justice by funding high-quality legal representation for low-income people in civil matters. In anticipation of a congressional appropriation to LSC for Fiscal Year 2021, LSC hereby announces the availability of funding for basic field grants with terms commencing in January 2021. LSC will publish a Request for Proposals (RFP) and seeks applications 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 availability and the exact amount of congressionally appropriated funds, as well as the date, terms, and conditions of funds available for grants for calendar year 2021, have not yet been determined.

DATES:

See Supplementary Information section for grant application dates.

ADDRESSES:

By email to [e-mail] or by other correspondence to Legal Services Corporation—Basic Field Grant Awards, 3333 K Street NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007-3522.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The Office of Program Performance by phone at 202-295-1518 or email at [e-mail], or visit the LSC website at https://www.lsc.gov/​grants-grantee-resources/​our-grant-programs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces the availability of funding for basic field grants with terms beginning in January 2021. LSC seeks 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. Interested potential applicants must first file a Pre-application (formerly Notice of Intent to Compete). After approval by LSC of the Pre-application, an applicant can submit an application in response to the RFP, which contains the grant proposal guidelines, proposal content requirements, and selection criteria. The Pre-application, RFP, and additional information will be available at https://www.lsc.gov/​grants-grantee-resources/​our-grant-programs/​basic-field-grant on or around May 13, 2020.

The listing of all key dates for the LSC 2021 basic field grants process, including the deadlines for filing grant proposals is available at http://www.lsc.gov/​grants-grantee-resources/​our-grant-programs/​basic-field-grant/​basic-field-grant-key-dates.

LSC seeks 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 service areas for which LSC is requesting grant proposals for 2021 are listed below. LSC provides grants for three types of service areas: Basic Field-General, Basic Field-Native American, and Basic Field-Agricultural Worker. For example, the state of Idaho has three basic field service areas: ID-1 (General), NID-1 (Native American), and MID (Agricultural Worker). Service area descriptions are available at https://www.lsc.gov/​grants-grantee-resources/​our-grant-programs/​basic-field-grant/​lsc-service-areas. LSC will post all updates and changes to this notice at http://www.lsc.gov/​grants-grantee-resources/​our-grant-programs/​basic-field-grant. Interested parties can visit http://www.lsc.gov/​grants-grantee-resources/​our-grant-programs/​basic-field-grant for updates on the LSC grants process.

State or territory	Service area(s)
Alaska	AK-1, NAK-1.
Arizona	AZ-2, NAZ-5.
California	CA-31, MCA, CA-14.
Connecticut	NCT-1.
Delaware	DE-1.
Guam	GU-1.
Iowa	IA-3, MIA.
Idaho	ID-1, MID, NID-1.
Kansas	KS-1.
Kentucky	KY-5.
Maine	ME-1, MMX-1, NME-1.
Michigan	MI-13, MI-14.
Minnesota	NMN-1.
Micronesia	MP-1.
Nebraska	MNE, NE-4, NNE-1.
Nevada	NNV-1; NV-1.
New Hampshire	NH-1.
New Jersey	NJ-17, NJ-8, NJ-15, NJ-18, MNJ, NJ-20.
New Mexico	NM-1, NNM-2.
Ohio	OH-24.
Oregon	MOR, NOR-1, OR-6.
Pennsylvania	PA-25.
Rhode Island	RI-1.
South Dakota	NSD-1, SD-4.
Texas	TX-14.
Utah	MUT, NUT-1, UT-1.
Virginia	MVA, VA-18, VA-16, VA-15.
Vermont	VT-1.
Virgin Islands	VI-1.
Washington	MWA, NWA-1, WA-1.
Wisconsin	NWI-1, WI-2.

Dated: April 1, 2020.

Stefanie Davis,

Senior Assistant General Counsel.