[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3926-3927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32294]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Notice and Request for Comments: LSC Elimination of the Nevada, 
South Dakota, and Wyoming Migrant Service Areas Beginning April 1, 2011

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments--LSC Elimination of the Nevada, 
South Dakota, and Wyoming Migrant Service Areas.

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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation will eliminate the Nevada, 
South Dakota, and Wyoming migrant service areas: MNV, MSD, and MWY, 
effective April 1, 2011, because any eligible migrant population in 
these states can be more effectively and efficiently served through the 
respective state's basic field-general grant.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 22, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail or e-mail to 
Reginald J. Haley, Office of Program Performance, Legal Services 
Corporation, 3333 K St., NW., Washington, DC 20007; or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdd5dcd1d8c4cffdd1cede93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2048414c455952604c53430e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald J. Haley, Office of Program 
Performance, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K St., NW., Washington, 
DC 20007; or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f79f969b928e85b79b8494d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f070e030a161d2f031c0c41080019">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) 
mission is to promote equal access to justice and to provide for high-
quality civil legal assistance to low-income persons. Pursuant to its 
statutory authority, LSC designates service areas in U.S. states, 
territories, possessions, and the District of Columbia for which it 
provides grants to legal aid programs to provide free civil legal 
services, primarily through ``basic field-general'' grants based on 
poverty populations.
    In some regions, LSC designates migrant service areas for grants 
that are designed to specifically serve the legal needs of eligible 
migrant farmworker populations. The funding for migrant service areas 
is taken out of the funding for the basic field-general service areas 
also covering those populations based on the estimated number of 
eligible migrants as a portion of the total poverty population.
    For many years LSC has designated migrant service areas in Nevada, 
South Dakota, and Wyoming. LSC has been informed that the eligible 
migrant populations in Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming are not 
sufficient in numbers to maintain a separate migrant service area in 
those states. LSC has reviewed this matter and determined that, based 
on the available information; it would be more effective and efficient 
to serve the legal needs of the eligible migrant populations in Nevada, 
South Dakota, and Wyoming through the basic field-general grants in 
those states rather than providing separate migrant grants.
    LSC provides grants through a competitive bidding process, which is 
regulated by 45 CFR part 1634. In 2010, LSC implemented a competitive 
grants process for 2011 calendar year funding that included, inter 
alia, the Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming migrant service areas. LSC 
determines the term of grants after applications have been received. 
For 2011, LSC awarded a three-month migrant grant for Nevada to Nevada 
Legal Services, for South Dakota to Dakota Plains Legal Services and 
for Wyoming to Legal Aid of Wyoming. These grants are effective January 
1, 2011, through March 31, 2011.
    LSC intends to eliminate the Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming 
migrant service areas beginning April 1, 2011. Funding for the eligible 
migrant populations of Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming will be 
restored to those states' basic field-general grants. LSC expects that 
the recipients of those grants, i.e., Nevada Legal Services, Dakota 
Plains Legal Services, and Legal Aid of Wyoming, will continue to 
provide services to the eligible migrant populations as part of their 
basic field-general grants.
    LSC invites public comment on this decision. Interested parties may 
submit comments to LSC within a period of thirty (30) days from the 
date of publication of this notice. More information about LSC can be 
found at LSC's Web site: http://www.lsc.gov.


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    Dated: December 13, 2010.
Victor M. Fortuno,
President and General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2010-32294 Filed 1-20-11; 9:45 am]
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