Notice of Funding Availability and Request for Proposals for Calendar Year 2023 Basic Field Grant Awards
| Published date | 15 March 2022 |
| Citation | 87 FR 14580 |
| Record Number | 2022-05368 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Legal Services Corporation |
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14580-14581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05368]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Notice of Funding Availability and Request for Proposals for
Calendar Year 2023 Basic Field Grant Awards
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability.
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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a federally
established and funded organization that awards grants to civil legal
aid organizations across the country and in the U.S. territories. LSC's
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 2023, LSC
hereby announces the availability of funding for basic field grants
with terms commencing in January 2023. 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 2023, have
not yet been determined.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for grant application
dates.
ADDRESSES: By email to [email protected] 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: Judy Lee, Program Manager for the
Basic Field Grant Program, Office of Program Performance, by phone at
202-295-1518 or email at [email protected], or visit the LSC website at
https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby
announces the availability of funding for basic field grants with terms
beginning in January 2023. 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. 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 and
RFP will open in GrantEase, LSC's grants management system, on or
around April 11, 2022. Additional information will be available at
https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant.
The listing of all key dates for the LSC 2022 basic field grants
process, including the deadlines for filing grant proposals is
available at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant/how-apply-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
2023 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/basic-field-grant/lsc-service-areas. LSC
will post all updates and changes to this notice at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant. Interested parties can visit
https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant or reach out to
[email protected].
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State or territory Service area(s)
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Arkansas................................. AR-6; AR-7.
Arizona.................................. AZ-3; AZ-5; MAZ; NAZ-6.
California............................... CA-1; CA-12; CA-27; CA-28; NCA-1.
Connecticut.............................. CT-1.
Delaware................................. MDE.
District of Columbia..................... DC-1.
Florida.................................. FL-17; FL-18; MFL.
Illinois................................. IL-3; IL-7.
Kentucky................................. KY-2; KY-9; KY-10.
Louisiana................................ LA-13.
Maryland................................. MD-1; MMD.
Massachusetts............................ MA-4; MA-10; MA-11.
Michigan................................. MI-9; MI-12; MI-15; MMI; NMI-1.
Minnesota................................ MN-4; MN-5; MN-6; MMN.
Missouri................................. MO-4; MO-5.
New Hampshire............................ NH-1.
New Mexico............................... NM-5; MNM; NNM-4.
New York................................. NY-9.
North Dakota............................. MND.
Ohio..................................... OH-18; OH-20; OH-21; OH-23; MOH.
Oklahoma................................. OK-3; MOK; NOK-1.
Pennsylvania............................. PA-5; PA-24.
Puerto Rico.............................. PR-2.
South Dakota............................. SD-2.
Tennessee................................ TN-4; TN-7; TN-9; TN-10.
Texas.................................... TX-13; TX-15; MSX-2; NTX-1.
Virginia................................. VA-17; VA-19; VA-20.
West Virginia............................ WV-5.
Wisconsin................................ WI-5; MWI.
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(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e))
Dated: March 9, 2022.
Stefanie Davis,
Senior Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-05368 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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