AGENCY:
Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION:
Announcement of intention to make FY 2017 Grant Awards.
SUMMARY:
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces its intention to award grants to provide economical and effective delivery of high quality civil legal services to eligible low-income clients, beginning January 1, 2017.
DATES:
All comments and recommendations must be received on or before the close of business on December 5, 2016.
ADDRESSES:
Legal Services Corporation—Grants Awards, Legal Services Corporation; 3333 K Street NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reginald Haley, Office of Program Performance, at (202) 295-1545, or haleyr@lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Pursuant to LSC's announcement of funding availability on March 24, 2016, 81 FR 15754, and Grant Renewal applications due beginning June 1, 2016, LSC intends to award funds to provide civil legal services in the indicated service areas. Applicants for each service area are listed below. The amounts below are estimates based on the 2016 grant awards to each service area. The estimates incorporate the adjustments for the agricultural worker population as described at http://www.lsc.gov/ag-worker-data. The funding estimates may change based on the final FY2017 appropriation.
LSC will post all updates and/or changes to this notice at http://www.grants.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources. Interested parties are asked to visit http://www.grants.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources regularly for updates on the LSC grants process.
| Name of applicant organization | State | Service area | Estimated annualized 2017 funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Legal Services Corporation | AK | AK-1 | $741,073 |
| Alaska Legal Services Corporation | AK | NAK-1 | 556,121 |
| Legal Services Alabama | AL | AL-4 | 6,123,393 |
| Legal Aid of Arkansas | AR | AR-6 | 1,469,531 |
| Center for Arkansas Legal Services | AR | AR-7 | 2,134,386 |
| American Samoa Legal Aid | AS | AS-1 | 216,951 |
| Community Legal Services | AZ | MAZ | 178,985 |
| Community Legal Services | AZ | AZ-3 | 5,431,956 |
| Southern Arizona Legal Aid | AZ | AZ-5 | 2,141,137 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services | AZ | AZ-2 | 426,023 |
| Southern Arizona Legal Aid | AZ | NAZ-6 | 655,456 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services | AZ | NAZ-5 | 2,683,310 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance | CA | MCA | 2,617,000 |
| California Indian Legal Services | CA | CA-1 | 20,117 |
| Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance | CA | CA-2 | 1,144,116 |
| Central California Legal Services | CA | CA-26 | 3,228,962 |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | CA | CA-29 | 6,155,682 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County | CA | CA-30 | 4,383,963 |
| Inland Counties Legal Services | CA | CA-12 | 5,277,785 |
| Legal Services of Northern California | CA | CA-27 | 3,876,782 |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | CA | CA-14 | 2,989,977 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance | CA | CA-31 | 5,018,808 |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | CA | CA-28 | 4,122,146 |
| Legal Aid Society of Orange County | CA | CA-19 | 3,854,358 |
| California Indian Legal Services | CA | NCA-1 | 908,493 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | MCO | 180,774 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | CO-6 | 4,121,449 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | NCO-1 | 98,754 |
| Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut | CT | CT-1 | 2,519,312 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance | CT | NCT-1 | 16,099 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Program of DC | DC | DC-1 | 754,782 |
| Legal Services Corporation of Delaware | DE | DE-1 | 754,969 |
| Legal Aid Bureau | DE | MDE | 19,218 |
| Florida Rural Legal Services | FL | MFL | 730,538 |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida | FL | FL-15 | 4,640,897 |
| Florida Rural Legal Services | FL | FL-17 | 3,902,016 |
| Legal Services of Greater Miami | FL | FL-5 | 3,569,324 |
| Legal Services of North Florida | FL | FL-13 | 1,435,752 |
| Bay Area Legal Services | FL | FL-16 | 3,398,986 |
| Three Rivers Legal Services | FL | FL-14 | 2,137,273 |
| Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida | FL | FL-18 | 2,089,796 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program | GA | MGA | 335,199 |
| Atlanta Legal Aid Society | GA | GA-1 | 3,796,481 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program | GA | GA-2 | 8,131,242 |
| Guam Legal Services Corporation | GU | GU-1 | 244,499 |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | HI | HI-1 | 1,284,668 |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | HI | NHI-1 | 235,552 |
| Iowa Legal Aid | IA | MIA | 181,450 |
| Iowa Legal Aid | IA | IA-3 | 2,327,206 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services | ID | MID | 220,047 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services | ID | ID-1 | 1,403,078 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services | ID | NID-1 | 66,807 |
| Legal Assistance Foundation | IL | MIL | 252,971 |
| Legal Assistance Foundation | IL | IL-6 | 5,866,002 |
| Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation | IL | IL-3 | 2,547,340 |
| Prairie State Legal Services | IL | IL-7 | 3,641,385 |
| Indiana Legal Services | IN | MIN | 150,120 |
| Indiana Legal Services | IN | IN-5 | 6,494,476 |
| Kansas Legal Services | KS | KS-1 | 2,610,245 |
| Legal Aid of the Bluegrass | KY | KY-10 | 1,459,451 |
| Legal Aid Society | KY | KY-2 | 1,271,594 |
| Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky | KY | KY-5 | 1,613,022 |
| Kentucky Legal Aid | KY | KY-9 | 1,118,558 |
| Acadiana Legal Service Corporation | LA | LA-10 | 1,474,467 |
| Acadiana Legal Service Corporation | LA | LA-11 | 1,551,192 |
| Legal Services of North Louisiana | LA | LA-11 | 1,551,192 |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | LA | LA-13 | 3,000,372 |
| Pine Region Legal Aid | LA | LA-11 | 1,551,192 |
| Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Assoc. | MA | MA-11 | 2,013,002 |
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services | MA | MA-12 | 841,595 |
| Northeast Legal Aid | MA | MA-4 | 803,653 |
| Community Legal Aid | MA | MA-10 | 1,469,369 |
| Legal Aid Bureau | MD | MD-1 | 3,951,576 |
| Legal Aid Bureau | MD | MMD | 71,248 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance | ME | MMX-1 | 190,835 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance | ME | ME-1 | 1,170,642 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance | ME | NME-1 | 66,279 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | MI | MMI | 467,389 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | MI | MI-12 | 1,512,391 |
| Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | MI | MI-14 | 1,552,347 |
| Lakeshore Legal Aid | MI | MI-13 | 4,196,162 |
| Legal Services of Northern Michigan | MI | MI-9 | 785,785 |
| Legal Aid of Western Michigan | MI | MI-15 | 2,186,083 |
| Michigan Indian Legal Services | MI | NMI-1 | 169,276 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services | MN | MMN | 242,661 |
| Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota | MN | MN-1 | 441,546 |
| Central Minnesota Legal Services | MN | MN-6 | 1,623,247 |
| Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation | MN | MN-4 | 317,581 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services | MN | MN-5 | 1,544,668 |
| Anishinabe Legal Services | MN | NMN-1 | 245,745 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | MO | MMO | 138,747 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | MO | MO-3 | 1,931,134 |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri | MO | MO-4 | 1,911,602 |
| Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation | MO | MO-5 | 447,967 |
| Legal Services of Southern Missouri | MO | MO-7 | 1,767,761 |
| Micronesian Legal Services | MP | MP-1 | 1,226,169 |
| North Mississippi Rural Legal Services | MS | MS-9 | 1,605,360 |
| Mississippi Center for Legal Services | MS | MS-10 | 2,548,651 |
| Mississippi Center for Legal Services | MS | NMS-1 | 85,478 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | MMT | 80,800 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | MT-1 | 969,239 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | NMT-1 | 163,734 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina | NC | MNC | 463,965 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina | NC | NC-5 | 10,917,178 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina | NC | NNC-1 | 224,422 |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | ND | MND | 118,864 |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | ND | ND-3 | 442,219 |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | ND | NND-3 | 276,997 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services | ND | MND | 118,864 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | MNE | 132,695 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | NE-4 | 1,417,656 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | NNE-1 | 33,990 |
| Legal Advice & Referral Center | NH | NH-1 | 787,447 |
| South Jersey Legal Services | NJ | MNJ | 96,706 |
| Legal Services of Northwest Jersey | NJ | NJ-15 | 403,334 |
| South Jersey Legal Services | NJ | NJ-16 | 1,419,547 |
| South Jersey Legal Services | NJ | NJ-12 | 814,019 |
| Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation | NJ | NJ-18 | 1,889,964 |
| Essex-Newark Legal Services Project | NJ | NJ-8 | 875,601 |
| Central Jersey Legal Services | NJ | NJ-17 | 1,136,456 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | MNM | 92,653 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services | NM | NM-1 | 176,958 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | NM-5 | 2,705,152 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services | NM | NNM-2 | 23,363 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | NNM-4 | 477,790 |
| Nevada Legal Services | NV | NV-1 | 2,910,481 |
| Nevada Legal Services | NV | NNV-1 | 136,737 |
| Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York | NY | MNY | 263,649 |
| Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York | NY | NY-21 | 1,273,393 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services | NY | NY-24 | 1,221,550 |
| Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee | NY | NY-7 | 1,320,389 |
| Legal Services NYC | NY | NY-9 | 11,755,163 |
| Legal Assistance of Western New York | NY | NY-23 | 1,665,332 |
| Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York | NY | NY-22 | 1,640,207 |
| Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | NY | NY-20 | 1,750,874 |
| Legal Aid of Western Ohio | OH | MOH | 176,957 |
| Community Legal Aid Services | OH | OH-20 | 1,787,044 |
| Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati | OH | OH-18 | 1,626,720 |
| The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | OH | OH-21 | 2,224,913 |
| Ohio State Legal Services | OH | OH-24 | 3,372,394 |
| Legal Aid of Western Ohio | OH | OH-23 | 2,991,786 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma | OK | MOK | 101,305 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma | OK | OK-3 | 4,153,550 |
| Oklahoma Indian Legal Services | OK | NOK-1 | 841,963 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | MOR | 507,357 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | OR-6 | 3,888,067 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | NOR-1 | 189,825 |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | PA | MPA | 173,957 |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | PA | PA-1 | 2,650,840 |
| Laurel Legal Services | PA | PA-5 | 591,589 |
| MidPenn Legal Services | PA | PA-25 | 2,433,673 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Association | PA | PA-8 | 1,369,708 |
| North Penn Legal Services | PA | PA-24 | 1,880,615 |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services | PA | PA-11 | 414,954 |
| Northwestern Legal Services | PA | PA-26 | 651,714 |
| Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania | PA | PA-23 | 1,306,338 |
| Puerto Rico Legal Services | PR | MPR | 175,940 |
| Puerto Rico Legal Services | PR | PR-1 | 10,663,785 |
| Community Law Office | PR | PR-2 | 239,716 |
| Rhode Island Legal Services | RI | RI-1 | 989,001 |
| South Carolina Legal Services | SC | MSC | 165,865 |
| South Carolina Legal Services | SC | SC-8 | 5,589,620 |
| East River Legal Services | SD | SD-2 | 396,301 |
| Dakota Plains Legal Services | SD | SD-4 | 400,598 |
| Dakota Plains Legal Services | SD | NSD-1 | 960,128 |
| Legal Aid of East Tennessee | TN | TN-9 | 2,508,380 |
| Memphis Area Legal Services | TN | TN-4 | 1,559,629 |
| Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands | TN | TN-10 | 3,121,680 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services | TN | TN-7 | 700,533 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid | TX | MSX-2 | 1,672,296 |
| Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas | TX | TX-14 | 8,923,293 |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | TX | TX-13 | 10,278,664 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid | TX | TX-15 | 10,565,783 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid | TX | NTX-1 | 32,183 |
| Utah Legal Services | UT | MUT | 73,289 |
| Utah Legal Services | UT | UT-1 | 2,244,974 |
| Utah Legal Services | UT | NUT-1 | 84,598 |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society | VA | MVA | 158,585 |
| Legal Services of Northern Virginia | VA | VA-20 | 1,467,087 |
| Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society | VA | VA-15 | 711,526 |
| Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia | VA | VA-16 | 1,291,796 |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society | VA | VA-18 | 1,186,352 |
| Virginia Legal Aid Society | VA | VA-17 | 895,898 |
| Blue Ridge Legal Services | VA | VA-19 | 791,317 |
| Legal Services of the Virgin Islands | VI | VI-1 | 161,119 |
| Legal Services Law Line of Vermont | VT | VT-1 | 479,249 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | MWA | 667,471 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | WA-1 | 5,563,807 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | NWA-1 | 292,929 |
| Legal Action of Wisconsin | WI | MWI | 212,421 |
| Legal Action of Wisconsin | WI | WI-5 | 3,904,788 |
| Wisconsin Judicare | WI | WI-2 | 918,107 |
| Wisconsin Judicare | WI | NWI-1 | 159,512 |
| Legal Aid of West Virginia | WV | WV-5 | 2,235,497 |
| Legal Aid of Wyoming | WY | WY-4 | 434,973 |
| Legal Aid of Wyoming | WY | NWY-1 | 177,694 |
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). Awards will be made so that each service area is served, although no listed organization is guaranteed an award. Grants will become effective and grant funds will be distributed on or about January 1, 2017.
This notice is issued 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 1, 2016.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-26675 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
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