AGENCY:
Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION:
Announcement of the Legal Services Corporation's intent to make FY2022 Grant Awards.
SUMMARY:
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces its intention to award grants to provide effective and efficient delivery of high-quality civil legal services to eligible low-income clients, starting January 1, 2022.
DATES:
All comments and recommendations must be received on or before the close of business on December 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Grant Awards, Legal Services Corporation; 3333 K Street NW, Third Floor; Washington, DC 20007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith Lee, Grants Program Manager, Office of Program Performance, at (202) 295-1518 or leej@lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under LSC's Notice of Funds Available published on March 15, 2021 (86 FR 14344) and LSC's grant application process beginning on May 3, 2021, LSC intends to award funds to organizations that provide civil legal services in the indicated service areas. Applicants for each service area are listed below. The grant award amounts below are estimates based on the FY2021 grant awards to each service area. The funding estimates may change based on the final FY2022 appropriation. In addition, Agricultural Worker service area population estimates are subject to change based on Department of Labor review and comments LSC receives during the 30-day comment period.
LSC will post all updates and changes to this notice at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant/basic-field-awards. Interested parties are asked to visit https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant regularly for updates on the LSC grants process.
| Name of applicant organization | State | Service area | Estimated annualized 2022 funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Legal Services Corporation | AK | AK-1 | $988,604 |
| Alaska Legal Services Corporation | AK | NAK-1 | 672,243 |
| Legal Services Alabama, Inc | AL | AL-4 | 7,043,648 |
| Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc | AR | AR-6 | 1,749,877 |
| Center for Arkansas Legal Services | AR | AR-7 | 2,622,075 |
| American Samoa Legal Aid | AS | AS-1 | 319,432 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | AZ | AZ-2 | 531,382 |
| Community Legal Services, Inc | AZ | AZ-3 | 6,191,200 |
| Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | AZ | AZ-5 | 2,483,867 |
| Community Legal Services, Inc | AZ | MAZ | 418,446 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | AZ | NAZ-5 | 3,243,604 |
| Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | AZ | NAZ-6 | 792,319 |
| California Indian Legal Services, Inc | CA | CA-1 | 35,855 |
| Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc | CA | CA-12 | 5,078,679 |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc | CA | CA-14 | 3,049,856 |
| Community Legal Aid SoCal | CA | CA-19 | 3,813,965 |
| Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc | CA | CA-2 | 1,329,802 |
| Central California Legal Services | CA | CA-26 | 3,319,023 |
| Legal Services of Northern California, Inc | CA | CA-27 | 4,294,610 |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | CA | CA-28 | 4,534,544 |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | CA | CA-29 | 6,537,332 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County | CA | CA-30 | 4,426,887 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | CA | CA-31 | 5,170,213 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | CA | MCA | 4,129,707 |
| California Indian Legal Services, Inc | CA | NCA-1 | 1,098,192 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | CO-6 | 5,009,557 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | MCO | 282,481 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | NCO-1 | 119,375 |
| Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc | CT | CT-1 | 3,417,826 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | CT | NCT-1 | 19,461 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia | DC | DC-1 | 909,170 |
| Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc | DE | DE-1 | 1,038,696 |
| Maryland Legal Aid | DE | MDE | 29,643 |
| Legal Services of North Florida, Inc | FL | FL-13 | 2,013,108 |
| Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc | FL | FL-14 | 2,614,378 |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc | FL | FL-15 | 5,519,211 |
| Bay Area Legal Services, Inc | FL | FL-16 | 4,284,672 |
| Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | FL | FL-17 | 4,662,878 |
| Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc | FL | FL-18 | 2,633,141 |
| Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc | FL | FL-5 | 4,111,204 |
| Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | FL | MFL | 921,607 |
| Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc | GA | GA-1 | 4,041,147 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program | GA | GA-2 | 9,120,494 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program | GA | MGA | 635,435 |
| Micronesian Legal Services Corporation | GU | GU-1 | 359,993 |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | HI | HI-1 | 1,488,123 |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | HI | NHI-1 | 284,737 |
| Iowa Legal Aid | IA | IA-3 | 3,162,859 |
| Iowa Legal Aid | IA | MIA | 267,706 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | ID | ID-1 | 1,579,021 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | ID | MID | 389,099 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | ID | NID-1 | 80,756 |
| Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc | IL | IL-3 | 3,066,885 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | IL | IL-6 | 6,490,201 |
| Prairie State Legal Services, Inc | IL | IL-7 | 4,458,815 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | IL | MIL | 249,444 |
| Indiana Legal Services, Inc | IN | IN-5 | 7,614,406 |
| Indiana Legal Services, Inc | IN | MIN | 176,583 |
| Kansas Legal Services, Inc | KS | KS-1 | 3,245,538 |
| Legal Aid of the Bluegrass | KY | KY-10 | 1,775,914 |
| Legal Aid Society | KY | KY-2 | 1,540,306 |
| Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky | KY | KY-5 | 1,926,311 |
| Kentucky Legal Aid | KY | KY-9 | 1,547,495 |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | LA | LA-13 | 3,977,231 |
| Acadiana Legal Service Corporation | LA | LA-15 | 4,332,826 |
| Community Legal Aid, Inc | MA | MA-10 | 1,701,972 |
| Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association | MA | MA-11 | 2,439,092 |
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services | MA | MA-12 | 1,139,906 |
| Northeast Legal Aid, Inc | MA | MA-4 | 927,104 |
| Maryland Legal Aid | MD | MD-1 | 5,212,623 |
| Maryland Legal Aid | MD | MMD | 132,236 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | ME | ME-1 | 1,328,595 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | ME | MMX-1 | 336,418 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | ME | NME-1 | 80,118 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | MI | MI-12 | 1,983,548 |
| Lakeshore Legal Aid | MI | MI-13 | 4,845,857 |
| Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | MI | MI-14 | 1,881,251 |
| Legal Aid of Western Michigan | MI | MI-15 | 2,505,773 |
| Legal Services of Northern Michigan, Inc | MI | MI-9 | 899,382 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | MI | MMI | 628,341 |
| Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc | MI | NMI-1 | 204,622 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | MN | MMN | 481,867 |
| Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota | MN | MN-1 | 478,750 |
| Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation | MN | MN-4 | 404,936 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | MN | MN-5 | 1,749,508 |
| Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc | MN | MN-6 | 1,852,613 |
| Anishinabe Legal Services, Inc | MN | NMN-1 | 297,058 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | MO | MMO | 184,272 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | MO | MO-3 | 2,483,427 |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc | MO | MO-4 | 2,206,494 |
| Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation | MO | MO-5 | 619,693 |
| Legal Services of Southern Missouri | MO | MO-7 | 2,240,364 |
| Micronesian Legal Services Corporation | MP | MP-1 | 1,805,376 |
| Mississippi Center for Legal Services | MS | MS-10 | 3,245,910 |
| North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc | MS | MS-9 | 2,083,786 |
| Mississippi Center for Legal Services | MS | NMS-1 | 103,326 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | MMT | 158,178 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | MT-1 | 1,166,187 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | NMT-1 | 197,922 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | NC | MNC | 715,604 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | NC | NC-5 | 13,204,088 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | NC | NNC-1 | 271,283 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | ND | MND | 124,781 |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | ND | ND-3 | 659,616 |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | ND | NND-3 | 334,836 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | MNE | 213,558 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | NE-4 | 1,651,880 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | NNE-1 | 41,088 |
| 603 Legal Aid | NH | NH-1 | 929,520 |
| South Jersey Legal Services, Inc | NJ | MNJ | 157,627 |
| Legal Services of Northwest Jersey, Inc | NJ | NJ-15 | 623,172 |
| Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc | NJ | NJ-17 | 1,623,397 |
| Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation | NJ | NJ-18 | 2,061,143 |
| South Jersey Legal Services, Inc | NJ | NJ-20 | 2,482,498 |
| Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc | NJ | NJ-8 | 1,068,449 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | MNM | 185,850 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | NM | NM-1 | 247,673 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | NM-5 | 3,314,527 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | NM | NNM-2 | 28,241 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | NNM-4 | 577,556 |
| Nevada Legal Services, Inc | NV | NNV-1 | 165,289 |
| Nevada Legal Services, Inc | NV | NV-1 | 3,811,667 |
| Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | NY | MNY | 333,772 |
| Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | NY | NY-20 | 2,217,165 |
| Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc | NY | NY-21 | 1,724,049 |
| Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | NY | NY-22 | 2,156,089 |
| Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc | NY | NY-23 | 2,133,155 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | NY | NY-24 | 1,570,542 |
| Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc | NY | NY-7 | 1,641,227 |
| Legal Services NYC | NY | NY-9 | 12,998,155 |
| Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc | OH | MOH | 217,268 |
| Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati | OH | OH-18 | 2,041,668 |
| Community Legal Aid Services, Inc | OH | OH-20 | 2,434,880 |
| The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | OH | OH-21 | 2,789,400 |
| Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc | OH | OH-23 | 3,410,218 |
| Ohio State Legal Services | OH | OH-24 | 4,017,874 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc | OK | MOK | 296,145 |
| Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc | OK | NOK-1 | 1,017,770 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc | OK | OK-3 | 5,558,758 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | MOR | 565,177 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | NOR-1 | 229,462 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | OR-6 | 4,161,133 |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | PA | MPA | 425,150 |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | PA | PA-1 | 3,502,766 |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc | PA | PA-11 | 527,937 |
| Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania | PA | PA-23 | 1,629,668 |
| North Penn Legal Services, Inc | PA | PA-24 | 2,439,623 |
| MidPenn Legal Services, Inc | PA | PA-25 | 3,058,932 |
| Northwestern Legal Services | PA | PA-26 | 875,277 |
| Laurel Legal Services, Inc | PA | PA-5 | 828,493 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Association | PA | PA-8 | 1,668,402 |
| Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | PR | MPR | 64,069 |
| Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | PR | PR-1 | 13,447,567 |
| Community Law Office, Inc | PR | PR-2 | 314,564 |
| Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc | RI | RI-1 | 1,099,457 |
| South Carolina Legal Services, Inc | SC | MSC | 285,850 |
| South Carolina Legal Services, Inc | SC | SC-8 | 6,670,833 |
| Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | SD | NSD-1 | 1,160,609 |
| East River Legal Services | SD | SD-2 | 482,578 |
| Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | SD | SD-4 | 541,174 |
| Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | TN | TN-10 | 3,630,964 |
| Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc | TN | TN-4 | 1,631,652 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc | TN | TN-7 | 774,923 |
| Legal Aid of East Tennessee | TN | TN-9 | 2,991,648 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | TX | MSX-2 | 2,983,235 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | TX | NTX-1 | 38,904 |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | TX | TX-13 | 13,950,655 |
| Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas | TX | TX-14 | 10,655,452 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | TX | TX-15 | 13,146,377 |
| Utah Legal Services, Inc | UT | MUT | 110,742 |
| Utah Legal Services, Inc | UT | NUT-1 | 102,263 |
| Utah Legal Services, Inc | UT | UT-1 | 2,713,928 |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | MVA | 320,155 |
| Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | VA-15 | 974,623 |
| Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia | VA | VA-16 | 1,650,677 |
| Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | VA-17 | 943,058 |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | VA-18 | 1,437,875 |
| Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc | VA | VA-19 | 958,213 |
| Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc | VA | VA-20 | 1,977,868 |
| Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc | VI | VI-1 | 237,227 |
| Legal Services Vermont | VT | VT-1 | 554,061 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | MWA | 1,027,455 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | NWA-1 | 354,095 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | WA-1 | 6,305,760 |
| Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc | WI | MWI | 484,838 |
| Wisconsin Judicare, Inc | WI | NWI-1 | 192,819 |
| Wisconsin Judicare, Inc | WI | WI-2 | 1,119,796 |
| Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc | WI | WI-5 | 4,335,175 |
| Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc | WV | WV-5 | 2,799,112 |
| Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc | WY | NWY-1 | 214,798 |
| Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc | WY | WY-4 | 571,853 |
These grants will be awarded under the authority conferred on LSC by section 1006(a)(1) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996e(a)(l). Grant awards are made to ensure civil legal services are provided in every service area, although no listed organization is guaranteed a grant award. Grants will become effective, and grant funds will be distributed, on or about January 1, 2022.
LSC issues this notice pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2996f(f). Comments and recommendations concerning potential grantees are invited and should be delivered to LSC within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice.
Dated: November 3, 2021.
Mark Freedman,
Senior Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2021-24383 Filed 11-5-21; 8:45 am]
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