Federal Register: November 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 229)
DOCID: fr26no08-100 FR Doc E8-28186
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Legal Services Corporation
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr26no08-100
ACTION: Availability of Calendar Year 2009 Competitive Grant Funds; Correction:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; correction. The dates for filing the Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) and competitive grant applications for service areas in Wyoming have been revised. See the revised dates under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2009 Competitive Grant Funds; Correction
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for grants competition dates.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national organization charged with administering Federal funds provided for civil legal services to lowincome people. LSC hereby announces the availability of competitive grant funds for the provision of a full range of civil legal services to eligible clients in Wyoming. Grants will be awarded in or around April 2009. The estimated annualized grant amounts for service areas in Wyoming are: $478,874 for the provision of civil legal services to the general lowincome population throughout the state (i.e., service area WY4); $12,054 for the provision of civil legal services to the migrant farmworker population throughout the state (i.e., service area MWY); and $167,794 for the provision of civil legal services to the Native American population throughout the state (i.e., service area NWY1). The grant will be awarded in or around April 2009.
SUMMARY:
Wyoming,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Request for Proposals (RFP) is available at www.grants.lsc.gov. Once at the Web site, click on FY 2009 Request For Proposals Narrative Instruction to access the RFP and other information pertaining to the LSC competitive grants process. Refer to the RFP for instructions on preparing the grant proposal; the regulations and guidelines governing LSC funding; the definition of a full range of legal services; and grant proposal submission requirements.
Applicants must file a NIC (RFP FormH) to participate in the competitive grants process. The deadline for filing the NIC is March 2, 2009, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The deadline for filing grant proposals is April 13, 2009, 5 p.m. E.D.T. The dates shown in this notice for filing the NIC and the grant proposals supersede the dates in the RFP. All other instructions, regulations, guidelines, definitions, and grant proposal submission requirements remain in effect unless otherwise noted.
The following persons, groups, and entities are qualified
applicants who may submit a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC; RFP Form
H) and an application to participate in the competitive grants process:
(1) Current recipients of LSC grants; (2) nonprofit organizations that have as a purpose the
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provision of legal assistance to eligible clients; (3) private
attorneys, groups of attorneys or law firms; (4) state or local
governments; and (5) substate regional planning and coordination
agencies that are composed of substate areas and whose governing boards are controlled by locally elected officials.
LSC will not fax the RFP to interested parties. Interested parties
are asked to visit http://www.grants.lsc.gov regularly for updates on the LSC competitive grants process.
Dated: November 20, 2008.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President and General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation. [FR Doc. E828186 Filed 112508; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Reginald Haley, Office of Program Performance, 2022951545.