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 Legal Services Corporation
 AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
 ACTION: Solicitation for Proposals for the Provision of Civil Legal Services.
 SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC or Corporation) is the national organization charged with administering federal funds provided for civil legal services to the poor. The Corporation hereby announces the availability of competitive grant funds and is soliciting grant proposals from interested parties who are qualified to provide effective, efficient and high quality civil legal services to eligible clients in the states and territories, by service area(s) identified below. The exact amount of congressionally appropriated funds and the date, terms and conditions of their availability for calendar year 2001 have not been determined.
 DATES: See Supplementary Information section for grants competition dates.
 ADDRESSES: Legal Services Corporation—Competitive Grants, 750 First Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20002-4250.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Program Performance, Competitive Grants—Service Desk at (202) 336-8900, by FAX at (202) 336-7272, by e-mail at competition@lsc.gov, or visit the LSC web site at 
                        *www.ain.lsc.gov.*


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request for Proposals (RFP) will be available April 24, 2000. The due dates for the Notice of Intent to Compete and Grant Proposals follow. Applicants competing for service areas in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Washington, Wisconsin, or Wyoming must submit the notice of intent to compete by June 2, 2000, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Grant proposals for service areas in these states must be submitted by June 19, 2000, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Applicants competing for service areas in California, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia must submit the notice of intent to compete by June 30, 2000, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Grant proposals for service areas in these states must be submitted by July 17, 2000, 5:00 p.m. EDT. LSC is seeking proposals from: (1) Non-profit organizations that have as a purpose the furnishing of legal assistance to eligible clients; (2) private attorneys; (3) groups of private attorneys or law firms; (4) State or local governments; and (5) substate regional planning and coordination agencies which are composed of substate areas and whose governing boards are controlled by locally elected officials. The RFP, containing the grant application, guidelines, proposal content requirements and specific selection criteria, is available from the LSC web site at 
                    *www.ain.lsc.gov.*
                     LSC will not FAX the solicitation package to interested parties. Below are the service areas for which LSC is requesting grant proposals. Service area descriptions are available from Appendix A of the RFP. The RFP will be available April 24, 2000, at 
                    *www.ain.lsc.gov.* State
Service areaAlabama
MALArizona
MAZArkansas
MAR( print page 21481)California
CA-2, CA-12 CA-14, CA-19, CA-26, CA-29, CA-30, CA-31, MCAColorado
CO-6, MCO, NCO-1Connecticut
MMX-1Delaware
MDEDistrict of Columbia
DC-1Florida
FL-4, FL-7, FL-9, MFL, NFL-1Georgia
MGAGuam
GU-1Hawaii
MHIIdaho
MIDIllinois
IL-6, MILIndiana
IN-5, MINIowa
IA-1, IA-2, MIAKansas
MKSKentucky
KY-2, KY-3, KY-5, KY-9, KY-8, MKYLouisiana
MLAMaine
MMX-1Maryland
MMDMassachusetts
MMX-1Michigan
MI-1, MI-2, MI-3, MI-4, MI-5, MI-6, MI-7, MI-8, MI-9, MI-10, MI-11, MMI, NMI-1Minnesota
MMNMississippi
MMSMissouri
MO-3, MO-4, MO-5, MO-7, MMOMontana
MMTNebraska
NE-4, MNE, NNE-1Nevada
MNVNew Hampshire
MMX-1New Jersey
MNJNew Mexico
MNMNew York
MNY, NNY-1North Carolina
NC-1, NC-2, NC-3, NC-4, MNC, NNC-1North Dakota
ND-1, ND-2, MND, NND-1, NND-2Ohio
OH-21, MOHOklahoma
MOKOregon
OR-2, OR-4, OR-5, MOR, NOR-1Pennsylvania
PA-1, PA-5, PA-8, PA-11, PA-23, PA-24, PA-25, PA-26, MPAPuerto Rico
PR-1, PR-2, MPRRhode Island
MMX-1South Carolina
MSCSouth Dakota
SD-1, SD-2, SD-3, MSD, NSD-1Tennessee
MTNTexas
TX-4, TX-6, TX-8, TX-9, MTXUtah
MUTVermont
MMX-1Virgin Islands
VI-1Virginia
VA-1, VA-3, VA-15, VA-16, VA-17, VA-18, VA-19, MVAWashington
MWAWest Virginia
WV-3, WV-4, MWVWisconsin
WI-1, WI-2, WI-3, WI-4, MWI, NWI-1Wyoming
WY-4, MWY, NWY-1
 Dated: April 14, 2000. Michael A. Genz, Director, Office of Program Performance.


[FR Doc. 00-9874 Filed 4-20-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7050-01-P