94-20068. Grant Award for Provision of Legal Services in the Fort Apache Area

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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
 

Grant Award for Provision of Legal Services in the Fort Apache 
Area

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Announcement of intention to award grant.

SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation hereby announces its intention 
to award a one-time, nonrecurring grant to Southern Arizona Legal Aid 
Society for the purpose of providing civil legal assistance to the LSC-
eligible Native American client population in the Fort Apache Indian 
Reservation area. The Corporation plans to award a grant in the amount 
of $34,823 for the period October 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994.
    The one-time grant will be awarded pursuant to authority conferred 
by section 1006(a)(3) of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as 
amended. This public notice is issued with a request for comments and 
recommendations within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. The grant award will not become effective 
and grant funds will not be distributed prior to expiration of this 30-
day period.

DATES: All comments and recommendations must be received by 5 pm on or 
before September 16, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Program Services, 
Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street NE., 11th floor, 
Washington, DC 20002-4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Doriot, Office of Program 
Services, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation is the 
national organization charged with administering federal funds provided 
for civil legal service to the poor. The program is currently a 
recipient of LSC basic field and Native American funding for provision 
of direct legal services to another service area within the state of 
Arizona. The amount of this additional 1994 Native American grant is 
consistent with the 1994 LSC Appropriations Act.
    It is LSC's intention to make Southern Arizona Legal Aid Society 
the annualized recipient of future Native American funding for the Fort 
Apache area if performance is satisfactory under the one-time grant.

    Dated: August 11, 1994.
Leslie Q. Russell,
Assistant to the Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 94-20068 Filed 8-15-94; 8:45 am]
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