AGENCY:
Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION:
Announcement of intention to make FY 2012 Competitive Grant Awards.
SUMMARY:
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces its intention to award grants and contracts to provide economical and effective delivery of high quality civil legal services to eligible low-income clients, beginning January 1, 2012.
DATES:
All comments and recommendations must be received on or before the close of business on December 5, 2011.
ADDRESSES:
Legal Services Corporation—Competitive Grants, 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 30, 2011 (76 FR 17711), and Grant Renewal applications due beginning June 6, 2011, LSC intends to award funds to the following organizations to provide civil legal services in the indicated service areas. Amounts are subject to change.
| Service area | Applicant name | Estimated annualized funding amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | ||
| AL-4 | Legal Services Alabama, Inc | 7,090,822 |
| MAL | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 36,315 |
| Alaska | ||
| AK-1 | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | 820,885 |
| NAK-1 | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | 598,212 |
| American Samoa | ||
| AS-1 | 354,725 | |
| Arizona | ||
| AZ-2 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 595,687 |
| AZ-3 | Community Legal Services, Inc | 4,299,659 |
| AZ-5 | Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | 2,073,760 |
| MAZ | Community Legal Services, Inc | 163,871 |
| NAZ-5 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 2,886,399 |
| NAZ-6 | Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | 705,063 |
| Arkansas | ||
| MAR | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 87,239 |
| AR-6 | Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc | 1,651,500 |
| AR-7 | Center for Arkansas Legal Services | 2,465,248 |
| California | ||
| MCA | California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | 2,913,644 |
| CA-1 | California Indian Legal Services, Inc | 37,499 |
| CA-12 | Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc | 4,628,830 |
| CA-14 | Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc | 3,236,873 |
| CA-19 | Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Inc | 4,521,039 |
| CA-2 | Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc | 1,041,775 |
| CA-26 | Central California Legal Services | 3,259,303 |
| CA-27 | Legal Services of Northern California, Inc | 4,027,385 |
| CA-28 | Bay Area Legal Aid | 4,747,831 |
| CA-29 | Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | 9,001,639 |
| CA-30 | Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County | 5,317,187 |
| CA-31 | California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | 5,313,655 |
| NCA-1 | California Indian Legal Services, Inc | 977,253 |
| Colorado | ||
| NCO-1 | Colorado Legal Services | 106,228 |
| CO-6 | Colorado Legal Services | 3,807,036 |
| MCO | Colorado Legal Services | 163,922 |
| Connecticut | ||
| CT-1 | Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc | 2,631,089 |
| NCT-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 17,316 |
| Delaware | ||
| DE-1 | Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc | 686,244 |
| MDE | Legal Aid Bureau, Inc | 27,402 |
| District of Columbia | ||
| DC-1 | Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia | 1,117,927 |
| Florida | ||
| MFL | Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | 991,259 |
| FL-13 | Legal Services of North Florida, Inc | 1,609,039 |
| FL-14 | Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc | 1,981,855 |
| FL-15 | Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc | 3,421,020 |
| FL-16 | Bay Area Legal Services, Inc | 2,902,751 |
| FL-17 | Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | 3,055,943 |
| FL-18 | Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc | 2,054,699 |
| FL-5 | Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc | 3,918,564 |
| Georgia | ||
| GA-1 | Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc | 2,858,309 |
| GA-2 | Georgia Legal Services Program | 7,263,340 |
| MGA | Georgia Legal Services Program | 432,735 |
| Guam | ||
| GU-1 | Guam Legal Services Corporation | 355,205 |
| Hawaii | ||
| HI-1 | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | 1,535,889 |
| NHI-1 | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | 253,377 |
| Idaho | ||
| NID-1 | Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | 71,863 |
| MID | Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | 206,301 |
| ID-1 | Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | 1,312,160 |
| Illinois | ||
| IL-3 | Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc | 2,732,040 |
| IL-6 | Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago | 7,131,567 |
| IL-7 | Prairie State Legal Services, Inc | 3,050,960 |
| MIL | Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago | 275,520 |
| Indiana | ||
| MIN | Indiana Legal Services, Inc | 125,494 |
| IN-5 | Indiana Legal Services, Inc | 5,586,490 |
| Iowa | ||
| MIA | Iowa Legal Aid | 41,644 |
| IA-3 | Iowa Legal Aid | 2,592,457 |
| Kansas | ||
| KS-1 | Kansas Legal Services, Inc | 2,632,274 |
| Kentucky | ||
| KY-10 | Legal Aid of the Bluegrass | 1,401,084 |
| KY-2 | Legal Aid Society | 1,300,522 |
| KY-5 | Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky | 2,244,277 |
| KY-9 | Kentucky Legal Aid | 1,348,148 |
| MKY | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 46,973 |
| Louisiana | ||
| MLA | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 30,393 |
| LA-1 | Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | 1,564,128 |
| LA-10 | Acadiana Legal Service Corporation | 2,215,527 |
| LA-11 | Legal Services of North Louisiana, Inc | 2,078,711 |
| LA-12 | Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | 2,800,575 |
| Maine | ||
| ME-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 1,304,156 |
| MMX-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 137,847 |
| NME-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 71,295 |
| Maryland | ||
| MMD | Legal Aid Bureau, Inc | 100,348 |
| MD-1 | Legal Aid Bureau, Inc | 4,378,261 |
| Massachusetts | ||
| MA-10 | Massachusetts Justice Project, Inc | 1,664,935 |
| MA-11 | Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association | 2,247,523 |
| MA-12 | South Coastal Counties Legal Services | 1,007,421 |
| MA-4 | Merrimack Valley Legal Services, Inc | 916,026 |
| Michigan | ||
| MMI | Legal Services of South Central Michigan | 664,375 |
| MI-12 | Legal Services of South Central Michigan | 1,410,191 |
| MI-13 | Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc | 4,223,354 |
| MI-14 | Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | 1,512,366 |
| MI-15 | Legal Aid of Western Michigan | 1,840,312 |
| MI-9 | Legal Services of Northern Michigan, Inc | 779,353 |
| NMI-1 | Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc | 182,088 |
| Micronesia | ||
| MP-1 | Micronesian Legal Services, Inc | 1,820,506 |
| Minnesota | ||
| MN-1 | Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota | 461,250 |
| MN-4 | Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation | 413,398 |
| MN-5 | Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | 1,343,462 |
| MN-6 | Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc | 1,445,485 |
| MMN | Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | 220,829 |
| NMN-1 | Anishinabe Legal Services, Inc | 264,344 |
| Mississippi | ||
| NMS-1 | Choctaw Legal Defense | 91,949 |
| MMS | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 62,992 |
| MS-10 | Mississippi Center for Legal Services | 3,317,650 |
| MS-9 | North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc | 2,214,904 |
| Missouri | ||
| MO-3 | Legal Aid of Western Missouri | 1,959,986 |
| MO-4 | Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc | 2,163,908 |
| MO-5 | Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation | 431,367 |
| MO-7 | Legal Services of Southern Missouri | 1,867,295 |
| MMO | Legal Aid of Western Missouri | 89,914 |
| Montana | ||
| MMT | Montana Legal Services Association | 60,246 |
| MT-1 | Montana Legal Services Association | 1,250,179 |
| NMT-1 | Montana Legal Services Association | 176,126 |
| Nebraska | ||
| NNE-1 | Legal Aid of Nebraska | 36,563 |
| NE-4 | Legal Aid of Nebraska | 1,599,789 |
| MNE | Legal Aid of Nebraska | 46,667 |
| Nevada | ||
| NV-1 | Nevada Legal Services, Inc | 2,099,916 |
| NNV-1 | Nevada Legal Services, Inc | 147,087 |
| New Hampshire | ||
| NH-1 | Legal Advice & Referral Center, Inc | 790,767 |
| New Jersey | ||
| MNJ | South Jersey Legal Services, Inc | 133,181 |
| NJ-12 | Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services, Inc | 734,922 |
| NJ-15 | Legal Services of Northwest Jersey | 433,592 |
| NJ-16 | South Jersey Legal Services, Inc | 1,476,072 |
| NJ-17 | Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc | 1,204,829 |
| NJ-18 | Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation | 1,960,701 |
| NJ-8 | Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc | 1,199,878 |
| New Mexico | ||
| NM-1 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 239,583 |
| NM-5 | New Mexico Legal Aid | 3,022,221 |
| NNM-2 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 25,129 |
| NNM-4 | New Mexico Legal Aid | 513,951 |
| MNM | New Mexico Legal Aid | 96,397 |
| New York | ||
| MNY | Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | 305,516 |
| NY-20 | Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | 1,974,810 |
| NY-21 | Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc | 1,483,208 |
| NY-22 | Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | 1,944,131 |
| NY-23 | Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc | 1,905,785 |
| NY-24 | Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 1,484,005 |
| NY-7 | Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc | 1,535,245 |
| NY-9 | Legal Services NYC | 16,853,009 |
| North Carolina | ||
| MNC | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | 591,552 |
| NC-5 | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | 9,195,842 |
| NNC-1 | Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | 241,409 |
| North Dakota | ||
| NND-3 | Legal Services of North Dakota | 297,960 |
| ND-3 | Legal Services of North Dakota | 622,017 |
| MND | Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | 127,934 |
| Ohio | ||
| MOH | Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc | 139,031 |
| OH-17 | Ohio State Legal Services | 1,885,131 |
| OH-18 | Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati | 1,589,753 |
| OH-20 | Community Legal Aid Services, Inc | 1,839,322 |
| OH-21 | The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | 2,340,183 |
| OH-23 | Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc | 2,751,325 |
| OH-5 | Ohio State Legal Services | 1,407,353 |
| Oklahoma | ||
| OK-3 | Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc | 4,946,137 |
| MOK | Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc | 69,066 |
| NOK-1 | Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc | 905,688 |
| Oregon | ||
| NOR-1 | Legal Aid Services of Oregon | 204,192 |
| MOR | Legal Aid Services of Oregon | 614,809 |
| OR-6 | Legal Aid Services of Oregon | 3,353,985 |
| Pennsylvania | ||
| PA-1 | Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | 3,387,502 |
| PA-11 | Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc | 611,440 |
| PA-23 | Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania | 1,243,870 |
| PA-24 | North Penn Legal Services, Inc | 1,984,254 |
| PA-25 | MidPenn Legal Services, Inc | 2,427,504 |
| PA-26 | Northwestern Legal Services | 800,640 |
| PA-5 | Laurel Legal Services, Inc | 841,600 |
| PA-8 | Neighborhood Legal Services Association | 1,834,482 |
| MPA | Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | 182,932 |
| Puerto Rico | ||
| MPR | Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | 320,901 |
| PR-1 | Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | 17,868,474 |
| PR-2 | Community Law Office, Inc | 378,288 |
| Rhode Island | ||
| RI-1 | Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc | 1,228,770 |
| South Carolina | ||
| SC-8 | South Carolina Legal Services, Inc | 5,375,084 |
| MSC | Georgia Legal Services Program | 218,317 |
| MSC | South Carolina Legal Services, Inc | 218,317 |
| South Dakota | ||
| SD-2 | East River Legal Services | 448,212 |
| SD-4 | Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | 530,867 |
| NSD-1 | Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | 1,032,795 |
| Tennessee | ||
| TN-10 | Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | 2,856,421 |
| TN-4 | Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc | 1,569,049 |
| TN-7 | West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc | 732,012 |
| TN-9 | Legal Aid of East Tennessee | 2,396,764 |
| MTN | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 70,006 |
| Texas | ||
| MTX | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 1,533,122 |
| TX-13 | Lone Star Legal Aid | 10,585,818 |
| TX-14 | Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas | 8,352,006 |
| TX-15 | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 11,357,903 |
| NTX-1 | Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | 34,619 |
| Utah | ||
| NUT-1 | Utah Legal Services, Inc | 91,002 |
| UT-1 | Utah Legal Services, Inc | 2,031,615 |
| MUT | Utah Legal Services, Inc | 74,865 |
| Vermont | ||
| VT-1 | Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Inc | 557,738 |
| Virgin Islands | ||
| VI-1 | Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc | 356,624 |
| Virginia | ||
| MVA | Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 174,080 |
| VA-15 | Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 905,674 |
| VA-16 | Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia | 1,564,587 |
| VA-17 | Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 942,785 |
| VA-18 | Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 1,111,444 |
| VA-19 | Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc | 784,193 |
| VA-20 | Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc | 1,221,134 |
| Washington | ||
| MWA | Northwest Justice Project | 805,632 |
| WA-1 | Northwest Justice Project | 5,446,285 |
| NWA-1 | Northwest Justice Project | 315,101 |
| West Virginia | ||
| WV-5 | Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc | 3,224,060 |
| Wisconsin | ||
| NWI-1 | Wisconsin Judicare, Inc | 171,585 |
| WI-2 | Wisconsin Judicare, Inc | 972,331 |
| WI-5 | Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc | 3,537,100 |
| MWI | Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc | 100,491 |
| Wyoming | ||
| NWY-1 | Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc | 191,143 |
| WY-4 | Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc | 559,240 |
These grants and contracts will be awarded under the authority conferred on LSC by the Legal Services Corporation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2996e(a)(1)). Awards will be made so that each service area is served, although none of the listed organizations are guaranteed an award or contract. This public notice is issued pursuant to the LSC Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(f)), with a request for comments and recommendations concerning the potential grantees within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice. Grants will become effective and grant funds will be distributed on or about January 1, 2012.
Dated: October 28, 2011.
Janet LaBella,
Director, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2011-28482 Filed 11-2-11; 8:45 am]
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