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subgrant agreement through GrantEase 

by the date requested. 

As required by 45 CFR 1627.4(b)(3), 

LSC will inform applicants of its 

decision to disapprove, approve, or 

request modifications to the subgrant no 

later than the subgrant’s proposed 

effective date. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).) 

Dated: November 1, 2024. 

Stefanie Davis, 

Deputy General Counsel for Administrative 

Law and Regulatory Practice, Legal Services 

Corporation. 

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BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Pro Bono Innovation Fund Process for 

Submitting Pre-Applications for 2025 

Grants 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Legal Services 

Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice 

describing the conditions for submitting 

a Pre-Application for 2025 Pro Bono 

Innovation Fund grants. 

DATES: Pre-applications must be 

submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, 

January 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent must be 

submitted electronically at http://

lscgrants.lsc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Harris, Special Grant Program 

Coordinator, Office of Program 

Performance, Legal Services 

Corporation, 1825 I Street NW, Suite 

800, Washington, DC 20006; (202) 295– 

1572 or harrisk@lsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

Since 2014, Congress has provided an 

annual appropriation to LSC ‘‘for a Pro 

Bono Innovation Fund.’’ See, e.g., 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, 

Public Law 117–328, 136 Stat. 4553 

(2022). LSC requested these funds for 

grants to ‘‘develop, test, and replicate 

innovative pro bono efforts that can 

enable LSC grantees to expand clients’ 

access to high quality legal assistance.’’ 

LSC Budget Request, Fiscal Year 2014 at 

26 (2013). The grants must involve 

innovations that are either ‘‘new ideas’’ 

or ‘‘new applications of existing best 

practices.’’ Id. Each grant would ‘‘either 

serve as a model for other legal services 

providers to follow or effectively 

replicate a prior innovation.’’ Id. The 

Senate Appropriations Committee 

explained that these funds ‘‘will support 

innovative projects that promote and 

enhance pro bono initiatives throughout 

the Nation,’’ and the House 

Appropriations Committee directed LSC 

‘‘to increase the involvement of private 

attorneys in the delivery of legal 

services to [LSC-eligible] clients.’’ 

Senate Report 114–239 at 123 (2016), 

House Report 113–448 at 85 (2014). 

Since its inception, the Pro Bono 

Innovation Fund has advanced LSC’s 

goal of increasing the quantity and 

quality of legal services by funding 

projects that more efficiently and 

effectively involve pro bono volunteers 

in serving the critical unmet legal needs 

of LSC-eligible clients. PBIF has four 

funding categories that are described in 

further detail below: Planning, Project, 

Sustainability, and Transformation. 

II. Funding Opportunities Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

To be eligible for PBIF grants, 

Applicants must be current grantees of 

LSC Basic Field-General, Basic FieldMigrant, or Basic Field-Native American 

grants. To qualify for a Sustainability 

Grant, Applicants must also have a 2023 

PBIF Project Grant. 

B. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Purpose 

and Key Goals 

PBIF grants develop, test, and 

replicate innovative pro bono efforts 

that can enable LSC grantees to use pro 

bono volunteers to serve larger numbers 

of low-income clients and improve the 

quality and effectiveness of the services 

provided. The key goals of the Pro Bono 

Innovation Fund are to: 

1. Address gaps in the delivery of 

legal services to low-income people; 

2. Engage more lawyers and other 

volunteers in pro bono service; 

3. Develop, test, and replicate 

innovative pro bono efforts. 

C. Funding Categories 

1. Planning Grants 

Planning Grants provide organizations 

with a one-time grant to complete an 

assessment of their pro bono program 

and develop a plan to build or revitalize 

their pro bono delivery system. 

Planning Grants have a 6-month term. 

2. Project Grants 

Project Grants aim to leverage 

volunteers to meet a critical, unmet and 

well-defined client need. Consistent 

with the key goals of PBIF, Applicants 

are encouraged to focus on engaging 

volunteers to increase free civil legal aid 

for low-income Americans by proposing 

new, replicable ideas. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

research prior PBIF projects to replicate 

and improve upon them. LSC is 

particularly interested in applications 

that propose to replicate projects LSC 

has previously funded with 

‘‘Sustainability’’ Grants. Project Grants 

can be either 18 or 24 months. 

3. Sustainability Grants 

Sustainability Grants are available to 

current PBIF grantees who received a 

2023 Project Grant. Sustainability 

Grants provide the most promising and 

replicable PBIF projects with an 

additional 24 months of funding so 

grantees can leverage new sources of 

revenue for the project and collect 

meaningful data to demonstrate the 

project’s results and outcomes for 

clients and volunteers. Applicants for 

Sustainability Grants are asked to 

propose an ambitious strategy that 

reduces the Pro Bono Innovation Fund 

contribution to the project over the 

Sustainability Grant term. Sustainability 

Grants have a 24-month term. 

4. Transformation Grants 

Transformation Grants aim to support 

LSC grantees in the comprehensive 

assessment and restructuring of their 

pro bono programs using best practices 

in pro bono delivery. Each 

Transformation Grant will support a 

rigorous assessment of a grantee’s pro 

bono program and identify best 

practices in pro bono delivery suited to 

that grantee’s needs and circumstances. 

Transformation Grants are for LSC 

grantees whose leadership is committed 

to restructuring their pro bono delivery 

system to create a high-impact pro bono 

program now. Transformation Grants 

can have either a 24- or 36-month term. 

D. Available Funds for 2025 Grants 

The amount of funds available for 

PBIF Grants for FY2025 depends on 

LSC’s final appropriation. LSC currently 

operates under a Continuing Resolution 

for FY2025, which funds the Federal 

government through December 20, 2024. 

The Continuing Resolution maintains 

funding for PBIF at $5,000,000. LSC will 

make PBIF grant decisions for FY2025 

in the summer of 2025. LSC anticipates 

publicizing the total amount available 

for Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants 

when Congress enacts the FY2025 

appropriation. 

LSC will not designate fixed or 

estimated amounts for the four different 

funding categories and will make grant 

awards for the three categories within 

the total amount of funding available. 

E. Grant Terms 

Pro Bono Innovation Fund awards can 

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months, depending on the category of 

grant. 

6 Months 12 Months 18 Months 24 Months 36 Months 

Planning Grants ................................................................... ✓ X X X X 

Project Grants ...................................................................... X X ✓ ✓ X 

Transformation Grants ......................................................... X X X ✓ ✓ 

Sustainability Grants ............................................................ X X X ✓ X 

Applicants for Planning Grants can 

apply for a 6-month grant. Applicants 

for Project Grants can apply for either an 

18- or a 24-month grant. Applicants for 

Transformation Grants can apply for 

either a 24- or a 36-month grant. 

Applicants for Sustainability Grants can 

apply for a 24-month grant only. The 

grant activities described in the 

application must cover the full 

proposed grant term which commences 

on October 1, 2025. 

III. Grant Application Process 

A. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Grant 

Application Process 

The PBIF application process is 

administered in LSC’s unified grants 

management system, GrantEase. 

Applicants must first submit a PreApplication to LSC in GrantEase by 

January 16, 2024, to be considered for a 

grant. After review by LSC Staff, LSC’s 

President decides which applicants will 

be asked to submit a full application. 

Applicants will be notified of approval 

to submit a full application by early 

March 2025. Full applications are due to 

LSC in the GrantEase system on May 5, 

2025. Once received, full applications 

will undergo a rigorous review by LSC 

staff and other subject matter experts. 

LSC’s President makes the final decision 

on funding for the Pro Bono Innovation 

Fund. 

B. Late or Incomplete Applications 

LSC may consider a request to submit 

a Pre-Application after the deadline, but 

only if the Applicant has submitted an 

email to probonoinnovation@lsc.gov 

explaining the circumstances that 

caused the delay prior to the PreApplication deadline. Communication 

with LSC staff, including assigned LSC 

Special Grant staff members, is not a 

substitute for sending a formal request 

and explanation to probonoinnovation@

lsc.gov. At its discretion, LSC may 

consider incomplete applications. LSC 

will determine the admissibility of late 

or incomplete applications on a case-bycase basis. 

C. Multiple Pre-Applications 

Applicants may submit multiple Preapplications under the same or different 

funding category. If applying for 

multiple grants, applicants should 

submit separate Pre-applications for 

each funding request. 

D. Additional Information and 

Guidelines 

Additional guidance and instructions 

on the Pro Bono Innovation Fund PreApplication and Application processes, 

will be available and regularly updated 

at https://www.lsc.gov/grants-granteeresources/our-grant-programs/pro-bonoinnovation-fund. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e)) 

Dated: November 1, 2024. 

Stefanie Davis, 

Deputy General Counsel for Administrative 

Law and Regulatory Practice, Legal Services 

Corporation. 

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BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Draft Report to Congress on the 

Benefits and Costs of Federal 

Regulations and Agency Compliance 

With the Unfunded Mandates Reform 

Act 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget, Executive Office of the 

President. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) requests comments 

on its Draft Report to Congress on the 

Benefits and Costs of Federal 

Regulations and Agency Compliance 

with the Unfunded Mandates Reform 

Act, available at www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/information-regulatory-affairs/ 

reports. The Draft Report is divided into 

two parts, the first of which is further 

divided into several chapters. Part I, 

chapter I examines the benefits and 

costs of major Federal regulations issued 

in fiscal year 2023. Part I, chapter II 

discusses regulatory impacts on State, 

local, and Tribal governments, small 

business, wages and employment, and 

economic growth. Part I, chapter III 

offers recommendations for regulatory 

reform. Part II summarizes agency 

compliance with the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act. OMB requests 

that comments be submitted 

electronically to OMB by December 9, 

2024, through www.regulations.gov 

using Docket ID OMB–2024–0012. 

DATES: To ensure consideration of 

comments as OMB prepares this Draft 

Report for submission to Congress, 

comments must be in writing and 

received by December 9, 2024. 

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• Mail: Office of Information and 

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Executive Office Building, 9th Floor, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503. To ensure that your comments 

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comments on this draft report be 

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IV, sec. 624. Your submission of 

comments is voluntary. OMB will use 

your feedback to inform sound decision 

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