AGENCY:
Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION:
Announcement of the Legal Services Corporation's intent to make FY2024 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, 2024.
DATES:
All comments and recommendations must be received on or before the close of business on December 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Basic Field Grant Awards, Legal Services Corporation; 3333 K Street NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Williams, Program Manager for Basic Field Competition, Office of Program Performance, at (202) 295–1602 or williamsc@lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under LSC's Notice of Funds Available published on March 14, 2023, 86 FR 14344, and the Notice of Change in Service Areas on April 14, 2023, 88 FR 24451, and LSC's grant application process beginning on April 14, 2023, 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 FY2023 grant awards to each service area. The funding estimates may change based on the final FY2024 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 2024 funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Services Alabama, Inc | AL | AL–4 | $8,573,697 |
| Alaska Legal Services Corporation | AK | AK–1 | 1,199,104 |
| Alaska Legal Services Corporation | AK | NAK–1 | 815,380 |
| Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc | AR | AR–6 | 2,132,844 |
| Center for Arkansas Legal Services | AR | AR–7 | 3,195,926 |
| American Samoa Legal Aid | AS | AS–1 | 387,448 |
| Community Legal Services, Inc | AZ | MAZ | 501,028 |
| Community Legal Services, Inc | AZ | AZ–3 | 7,513,849 |
| Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | AZ | AZ–5 | 3,014,504 |
| Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | AZ | NAZ–6 | 961,025 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | AZ | AZ–2 | 644,904 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | AZ | NAZ–5 | 3,934,252 |
| California Indian Legal Services, Inc | CA | CA–1 | 43,760 |
| California Indian Legal Services, Inc | CA | NCA–1 | 1,332,026 |
| Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc | CA | CA–2 | 1,622,974 |
| Central California Legal Services | CA | CA–26 | 4,050,745 |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | CA | CA–29 | 7,978,571 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County | CA | CA–30 | 5,402,852 |
| Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc | CA | CA–12 | 6,198,340 |
| Legal Services of Northern California, Inc | CA | CA–27 | 5,241,413 |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc | CA | CA–14 | 3,722,237 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | CA | MCA | 4,695,557 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | CA | CA–31 | 6,310,053 |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | CA | CA–28 | 5,534,244 |
| Community Legal Aid SoCal | CA | CA–19 | 4,654,803 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | MCO | 329,999 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | CO–6 | 6,088,851 |
| Colorado Legal Services | CO | NCO–1 | 144,793 |
| Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc | CT | CT–1 | 4,145,987 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | CT | NCT–1 | 23,604 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia | DC | DC–1 | 1,102,756 |
| Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc | DE | DE–1 | 1,261,169 |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc | FL | FL–15 | 6,704,396 |
| Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | FL | MFL | 1,071,020 |
| Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | FL | FL–17 | 5,664,175 |
| Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc | FL | FL–5 | 4,994,036 |
| Legal Services of North Florida, Inc | FL | FL–13 | 2,126,279 |
| Bay Area Legal Services, Inc | FL | FL–16 | 5,204,754 |
| Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc | FL | FL–14 | 3,175,785 |
| Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc | FL | FL–18 | 3,198,576 |
| Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc | GA | GA–1 | 4,913,392 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program | GA | MGA | 732,369 |
| Georgia Legal Services Program | GA | GA–2 | 11,089,071 |
| Micronesian Legal Services Corporation | GU | GU–1 | 436,644 |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | HI | HI–1 | 1,804,983 |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | HI | NHI–1 | 345,365 |
| Iowa Legal Aid | IA | MIA | 318,696 |
| Iowa Legal Aid | IA | IA–3 | 3,842,326 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | ID | MID | 456,991 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | ID | ID–1 | 1,930,193 |
| Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | ID | NID–1 | 97,951 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | IL | MIL | 296,778 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | IL | IL–6 | 7,874,809 |
| Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc | IL | IL–3 | 3,721,169 |
| Prairie State Legal Services, Inc | IL | IL–7 | 5,410,052 |
| Indiana Legal Services, Inc | IN | MIN | 210,227 |
| Indiana Legal Services, Inc | IN | IN–5 | 9,239,665 |
| Kansas Legal Services, Inc | KS | KS–1 | 3,936,597 |
| Legal Aid of the Bluegrass | KY | KY–10 | 2,156,656 |
| Legal Aid Society | KY | KY–2 | 1,870,535 |
| Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky | KY | KY–5 | 2,339,297 |
| Kentucky Legal Aid | KY | KY–9 | 1,879,266 |
| Acadiana Legal Service Corporation | LA | LA–15 | 5,263,277 |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation | LA | LA–13 | 4,831,319 |
| Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association | MA | MA–11 | 2,958,768 |
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services | MA | MA–12 | 1,382,776 |
| Northeast Legal Aid, Inc | MA | MA–4 | 1,124,634 |
| Community Legal Aid, Inc | MA | MA–10 | 2,064,596 |
| Maryland Legal Aid | MD | MDE | 34,647 |
| Maryland Legal Aid | MD | MMD | 156,338 |
| Maryland Legal Aid | MD | MD–1 | 6,326,581 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | ME | MMX–1 | 404,683 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | ME | ME–1 | 1,612,793 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | ME | NME–1 | 97,177 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | MI | MMI | 738,224 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | MI | MI–12 | 2,409,811 |
| Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | MI | MI–14 | 2,285,530 |
| Lakeshore Legal Aid | MI | MI–13 | 5,887,227 |
| Legal Services of Northern Michigan, Inc | MI | MI–9 | 1,092,659 |
| Legal Aid of Western Michigan | MI | MI–15 | 3,044,262 |
| Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc | MI | NMI–1 | 248,19 |
| Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota | MN | MN–1 | 582,526 |
| Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc | MN | MN–6 | 2,254,194 |
| Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation | MN | MN–4 | 492,712 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | MN | MMN | 567,250 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | MN | MN–5 | 2,128,740 |
| Anishinabe Legal Services, Inc | MN | NMN–1 | 360,310 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | MO | MMO | 219,112 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | MO | MO–3 | 3,013,660 |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc | MO | MO–4 | 2,677,599 |
| Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation | MO | MO–5 | 752,002 |
| Legal Services of Southern Missouri | MO | MO–7 | 2,718,700 |
| Micronesian Legal Services Corporation | MP | MP–1 | 2,189,788 |
| North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc | MS | MS–9 | 2,536,094 |
| Mississippi Center for Legal Services | MS | MS–10 | 3,950,471 |
| Mississippi Center for Legal Services | MS | NMS–1 | 125,327 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | MMT | 184,823 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | MT–1 | 1,421,534 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | MT | NMT–1 | 240,065 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | NC | MNC | 841,538 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | NC | NC–5 | 16,042,018 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc | NC | NNC–1 | 329,047 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | ND | MND | 148,536 |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | ND | ND–3 | 802,879 |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | ND | NND–3 | 406,131 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | MNE | 254,263 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | NE–4 | 2,008,376 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | NE | NNE–1 | 49,837 |
| 603 Legal Aid | NH | NH–1 | 1,127,845 |
| Legal Services of Northwest Jersey, Inc | NJ | NJ–15 | 756,320 |
| South Jersey Legal Services, Inc | NJ | MNJ | 185,406 |
| South Jersey Legal Services, Inc | NJ | NJ–20 | 3,012,913 |
| Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation | NJ | NJ–18 | 2,501,531 |
| Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc | NJ | NJ–8 | 1,296,736 |
| Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc | NJ | NJ–17 | 1,970,255 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | NM | NM–1 | 300,688 |
| DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | NM | NNM–2 | 34,254 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | MNM | 221,415 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | NM–5 | 4,024,004 |
| New Mexico Legal Aid | NM | NNM–4 | 700,532 |
| Nevada Legal Services, Inc | NV | NV–1 | 4,623,270 |
| Nevada Legal Services, Inc | NV | NNV–1 | 200,483 |
| Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc | NY | NY–21 | 2,091,335 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | NY | NY–24 | 1,905,125 |
| Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc | NY | NY–7 | 1,990,870 |
| Legal Services NYC | NY | NY–9 | 15,767,245 |
| Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc | NY | NY–23 | 2,587,596 |
| Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | NY | MNY | 402,123 |
| Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | NY | NY–22 | 2,615,416 |
| Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | NY | NY–20 | 2,689,504 |
| Community Legal Aid Services, Inc | OH | OH–20 | 2,954,190 |
| Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati | OH | OH–18 | 2,477,113 |
| The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | OH | OH–21 | 3,384,321 |
| Ohio State Legal Services | OH | OH–24 | 4,874,803 |
| Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc | OH | MOH | 258,340 |
| Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc | OH | OH–23 | 4,137,546 |
| Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc | OK | NOK–1 | 1,234,480 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc | OK | MOK | 354,994 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc | OK | OK–3 | 6,746,569 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | MOR | 662,291 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | OR–6 | 5,070,374 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | OR | NOR–1 | 278,321 |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | PA | MPA | 499,354 |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | PA | PA–1 | 4,252,530 |
| MidPenn Legal Services, Inc | PA | PA–25 | 3,713,694 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Association | PA | PA–8 | 2,025,522 |
| North Penn Legal Services, Inc | PA | PA–24 | 2,961,822 |
| Summit Legal Aid | PA | PA–27 | 1,646,773 |
| Northwestern Legal Services | PA | PA–26 | 1,062,629 |
| Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania | PA | PA–23 | 1,978,497 |
| Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | PR | MPR | 74,578 |
| Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | PR | PR–1 | 16,313,964 |
| Community Law Office, Inc | PR | PR–2 | 381,614 |
| Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc | RI | RI–1 | 1,333,661 |
| South Carolina Legal Services, Inc | SC | MSC | 328,404 |
| South Carolina Legal Services, Inc | SC | SC–8 | 8,109,537 |
| East River Legal Services | SD | SD–2 | 585,331 |
| Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | SD | SD–4 | 656,404 |
| Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | SD | NSD–1 | 1,407,733 |
| Legal Aid of East Tennessee | TN | TN–9 | 3,631,438 |
| Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc | TN | TN–4 | 1,980,595 |
| Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | TN | TN–10 | 4,407,477 |
| West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc | TN | TN–7 | 940,648 |
| Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas | TX | TX–14 | 12,928,681 |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | TX | TX–13 | 16,926,880 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | TX | MSX–2 | 3,491,115 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | TX | TX–15 | 15,951,018 |
| Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc | TX | NTX–1 | 47,187 |
| Utah Legal Services, Inc | UT | MUT | 130,779 |
| Utah Legal Services, Inc | UT | UT–1 | 3,295,336 |
| Utah Legal Services, Inc | UT | NUT–1 | 124,037 |
| Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc | VA | VA–20 | 2,402,141 |
| Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | VA–15 | 1,183,690 |
| Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia | VA | VA–16 | 2,004,764 |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | MVA | 375,743 |
| Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | VA–18 | 1,746,313 |
| Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | VA | VA–17 | 1,145,353 |
| Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc | VA | VA–19 | 1,163,760 |
| Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc | VI | VI–1 | 287,739 |
| Legal Services Vermont | VT | VT–1 | 672,330 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | MWA | 1,230,446 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | WA–1 | 7,664,201 |
| Northwest Justice Project | WA | NWA–1 | 429,491 |
| Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc | WI | MWI | 570,722 |
| Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc | WI | WI–5 | 5,272,036 |
| Judicare Legal Aid | WI | WI–2 | 1,361,792 |
| Judicare Legal Aid | WI | NWI–1 | 233,875 |
| Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc | WV | WV–5 | 3,395,116 |
| Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc | WY | WY–4 | 693,615 |
| Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc | WY | NWY–1 | 260,534 |
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, 2024.
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.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996f(f); 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).)
October 27, 2023.
Stefanie Davis,
Deputy General Counsel and Ethics Officer, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2023–24129 Filed 10–31–23; 8:45 am]
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