# Notice of Intent to Award—Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2002.
**AGENCY:**
Legal Services Corporation.
**ACTION:**
Announcement of intention to make FY 2002 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, 2002.
**DATES:**
All comments and recommendations must be received on or before the close of business on November 1, 2001.
**ADDRESSES:**
Legal Services Corporation—Competitive Grants, Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20002-4250.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Reginald Haley, Office of Program Performance, (202) 336-8827.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Pursuant to LSC's announcement of funding availability on April 19, 2001 (66 FR 20165), July 13, 2001 (66 FR 36807), and Grant Renewal applications due on August 13, 2001, LSC will award funds to one or more of the following organizations to provide civil legal services in the indicated service areas.
| Service area | Applicant name | Anticipated FY 2002 award |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AL-1 | Legal Services Corporation of Alabama, Inc | $4,831,192 |
| AL-2 | Legal Services of North-Central Alabama, Inc | 549,609 |
| AL-3 | Legal Services of Metro Birmingham, Inc | 977,006 |
| MAL | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 29,695 |
| AK-1 | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | 587,522 |
| NAK-1 | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | 488,688 |
| AZ-2 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 549,786 |
| AZ-3 | Community Legal Services, Inc | 2,655,476 |
| AZ-5 | Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | 1,642,490 |
| MAZ | Community Legal Services, Inc | 133,997 |
| NAZ-5 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 2,357,944 |
| NAZ-6 | Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc | 575,978 |
| AR-6 | Ozark Legal Services | 1,529,150 |
| AR-7 | Center for Arkansas Legal Services | 2,265,833 |
| MAR | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 63,300 |
| CA-1 | California Indian Legal Services, Inc | 26,923 |
| CA-2 | Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc | 595,811 |
| CA-12 | Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc | 2,503,568 |
| CA-14 | Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc | 2,217,381 |
| CA-19 | Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Inc | 2,818,744 |
| CA-26 | Central California Legal Services | 2,176,387 |
| CA-27 | Legal Services of Northern California, Inc | 2,698,853 |
| CA-28 | Bay Area Legal Aid | 3,612,603 |
| CA-29 | Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | 6,314,739 |
| CA-30 | Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County | 3,196,664 |
| CA-31 | California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | 3,477,326 |
| MCA | California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc | 2,382,503 |
| NCA-1 | California Indian Legal Services, Inc | 798,333 |
| CO-6 | Colorado Legal Services | 3,178,056 |
| MCO | Colorado Legal Services | 134,041 |
| NCO-1 | Colorado Legal Services | 86,780 |
| CT-1 | Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc | 1,903,538 |
| NCT-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 14,147 |
| DE-1 | Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc | 473,889 |
| MDE | Legal Aid Bureau, Inc | 22,403 |
| DC-1 | Neigh. Legal Services Prog. of the Dist. of Columbia | 849,867 |
| FL-1 | Central Florida Legal Services, Inc | 1,029,969 |
| FL-2 | LA Service of Broward County | 1,051,155 |
| FL-3 | Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | 2,081,636 |
| FL-4 | Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc | 823,218 |
| FL-5 | Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc | 2,908,208 |
| FL-6 | Legal Services of North Florida, Inc | 882,872 |
| FL-7 | Greater Orlando Area Legal Services, Inc | 832,698 |
| FL-8 | Bay Area Legal Services, Inc | 1,171,381 |
| FL-9 | Withlacoochee Area Legal Services, Inc | 467,966 |
| FL-10 | Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc | 656,525 |
| FL-11 | Northwest Florida Legal Services, Inc | 452,589 |
| FL-12 | Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc | 991,730 |
| MFL | Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc | 810,560 |
| GA-1 | Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc | 1,880,428 |
| GA-2 | Georgia Legal Services Program | 5,914,001 |
| MGA | Georgia Legal Services Program | 353,848 |
| GU-1 | Guam Legal Services Corporation | 167,338 |
| HI-1 | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | 895,875 |
| MHI | Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | 62,197 |
| NHI-1 | Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation | 206,990 |
| ID-1 | Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | 984,032 |
| MID | Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | 168,697 |
| NID-1 | Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc | 58,706 |
| IL-3 | Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc | 2,769,444 |
| IL-6 | Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago | 6,174,934 |
| IL-7 | Prairie State Legal Services, Inc | 2,541,676 |
| MIL | Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago | 225,297 |
| IN-5 | Indiana Legal Services, Inc | 4,960,961 |
| MIN | Indiana Legal Services, Inc | 102,616 |
| IA-1 | Legal Services Corporation of Iowa | 2,423,664 |
| IA-2 | Legal Aid Society of Polk County | 255,945 |
| MIA | Legal Services Corporation of Iowa | 34,055 |
| KS-1 | Kansas Legal Services, Inc | 2,413,433 |
| MKS | Kansas Legal Services, Inc | 10,725 |
| KY-2 | Legal Aid Society | 1,231,133 |
| KY-5 | Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of KY | 2,159,298 |
| KY-9 | Cumberland Trace Legal Services, Inc | 1,280,662 |
| KY-10 | Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society, Inc | 1,309,139 |
| MKY | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 38,407 |
| LA-10 | Southwest Louisiana Legal Services Society, Inc | 2,206,947 |
| LA-10 | Acadiana Legal Service Corporation | 2,206,947 |
| LA-11 | Kisatchie Legal Services Corporation | 2,092,899 |
| MLA | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 24,849 |
| ME-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 1,069,215 |
| MMX-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 112,715 |
| NME-1 | Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc | 58,242 |
| MD-1 | Legal Aid Bureau, Inc | 3,319,036 |
| MMD | Legal Aid Bureau, Inc | 82,058 |
| MA-1 | Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Assoc | 1,581,988 |
| MA-2 | South Middlesex Legal Services, Inc | 171,098 |
| MA-3 | Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands, Inc | 208,932 |
| MA-4 | Merrimack Valley Legal Services, Inc | 765,859 |
| MA-5 | New Center for Legal Advocacy | 558,445 |
| MA-10 | Massachusetts Justice Project, Inc | 1,282,984 |
| MI-1 | Legal Services of Southern Michigan, Inc | 579,198 |
| MI-1 | Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 579,198 |
| MI-2 | Legal Services of Southern Michigan, Inc | 249,678 |
| MI-3 | Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc | 3,501,300 |
| MI-3 | Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 3,501,300 |
| MI-4 | Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 1,381,151 |
| MI-4 | Legal Services of Eastern Michigan | 1,381,151 |
| MI-5 | Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 543,413 |
| MI-5 | Legal Services of Southern Michigan, Inc | 543,413 |
| MI-6 | Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 589,508 |
| MI-6 | Lakeshore Legal Aid | 589,508 |
| MI-7 | Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 581,229 |
| MI-7 | Oakland Livingston Legal Aid | 581,229 |
| MI-8 | Western Michigan Legal Services | 194,887 |
| MI-9 | Legal Services of Northern Michigan, Inc | 836,388 |
| MI-10 | Western Michigan Legal Services | 1,078,616 |
| MI-11 | Western Michigan Legal Services | 431,925 |
| MMI | Legal Services of Southern Michigan, Inc | 543,263 |
| NMI-1 | Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc | 148,750 |
| MP-1 | Micronesian Legal Services, Inc | 1,481,411 |
| MN-1 | Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota | 495,225 |
| MN-2 | Judicare of Anoka County, Inc | 107,807 |
| MN-3 | Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc | 1,299,200 |
| MN-4 | Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation | 485,427 |
| MN-5 | Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | 1,274,536 |
| MMN | Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | 180,570 |
| NMN-1 | Anishinabe Legal Services, Inc | 215,947 |
| MS-2 | North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc | 2,359,314 |
| MS-3 | South Mississippi Legal Services Corporation | 615,310 |
| MS-7 | Central Mississippi Legal Services | 1,484,475 |
| MS-8 | Southeast Mississippi Legal Services Corporation | 1,059,629 |
| MMS | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 51,507 |
| NMS-1 | Southeast Mississippi Legal Services Corporation | 75,113 |
| MO-3 | Legal Aid of Western Missouri | 1,792,421 |
| MO-4 | Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc | 1,883,685 |
| MO-5 | Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation | 367,610 |
| MO-7 | Legal Services of Southern Missouri | 1,735,873 |
| MMO | Legal Aid of Western Missouri | 73,522 |
| MT-1 | Montana Legal Services Association | 1,052,841 |
| MMT | Montana Legal Services Association | 49,265 |
| NMT-1 | Montana Legal Services Association | 143,880 |
| NE-4 | Nebraska Legal Services | 1,467,905 |
| MNE | Nebraska Legal Services | 38,160 |
| NNE-1 | Nebraska Legal Services | 29,869 |
| NV-1 | Nevada Legal Services, Inc | 1,053,997 |
| MNV | Nevada Legal Services, Inc | 2,269 |
| NNV-1 | Nevada Legal Services, Inc | 120,157 |
| NH-1 | Legal Advice & Referral Center, Inc | 601,019 |
| NJ-1 | Cape-Atlantic Legal Services, Inc | 242,996 |
| NJ-2 | Warren County Legal Services, Inc | 42,432 |
| NJ-3 | Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc | 902,363 |
| NJ-4 | Union County Legal Services Corporation | 304,204 |
| NJ-5 | Hunterdon County Legal Service Corporation | 23,895 |
| NJ-6 | Bergen County Legal Services | 275,798 |
| NJ-7 | Hudson County Legal Services Corporation | 701,093 |
| NJ-8 | Essex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc | 940,938 |
| NJ-9 | Middlesex County Legal Services Corporation | 286,488 |
| NJ-10 | Passaic County Legal Aid Society | 384,840 |
| NJ-11 | Somerset-Sussex Legal Services Corporation | 90,735 |
| NJ-12 | Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services, Inc | 456,306 |
| NJ-13 | Legal Aid Society of Mercer County | 199,381 |
| NJ-14 | Legal Aid Society of Morris County | 98,971 |
| MNJ | Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc | 108,901 |
| NM-1 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 220,345 |
| NM-5 | Southern New Mexico Legal Services, Inc | 2,401,375 |
| MNM | Southern New Mexico Legal Services, Inc | 78,827 |
| NNM-2 | DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc | 20,530 |
| NNM-4 | Southern New Mexico Legal Services, Inc | 419,855 |
| NY-1 | LAS of Northeastern New York, Inc | 732,342 |
| NY-3 | Legal Aid for Broome/Chenango | 239,491 |
| NY-4 | Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 1,007,857 |
| NY-6 | Chemung County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc | 285,799 |
| NY-7 | Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc | 946,561 |
| NY-8 | Legal Aid Society of Rockland County, Inc | 577,618 |
| NY-9 | Legal Services for New York City | 12,073,717 |
| NY-10 | Niagara County Legal Aid Society, Inc | 202,911 |
| NY-13 | Legal Services of Central New York, Inc | 750,314 |
| NY-14 | Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | 661,159 |
| NY-15 | Westchester/Putnam Legal Services, Inc | 646,885 |
| NY-16 | North Country Legal Services, Inc | 346,742 |
| NY-18 | Monroe County Legal Assistance Corporation | 944,892 |
| NY-19 | Southern Tier Legal Services | 436,091 |
| MNY | Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc | 249,819 |
| NC-5 | North Carolina Legal Services Transition Board | 6,841,627 |
| MNC | North Carolina Legal Services Transition Board | 483,714 |
| NNC-1 | North Carolina Legal Services Transition Board | 197,210 |
| ND-1 | Legal Assistance of North Dakota, Inc | 665,776 |
| ND-2 | North Dakota Legal Services, Inc | 8,845 |
| MND | Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc | 104,611 |
| NND-1 | Legal Assistance of North Dakota, Inc | 114,960 |
| NND-2 | North Dakota Legal Services, Inc | 128,449 |
| OH-5 | The Legal Aid Society of Columbus | 1,232,342 |
| OH-17 | Ohio State Legal Services | 1,960,579 |
| OH-18 | Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati | 1,460,605 |
| OH-19 | Western Ohio Legal Services Association | 1,500,857 |
| OH-20 | Community Legal Aid Services, Inc | 2,083,039 |
| OH-21 | The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | 2,204,828 |
| OH-22 | Legal Services of Northwest Ohio, Inc | 1,146,912 |
| MOH | Legal Services of Northwest Ohio, Inc | 113,686 |
| OK-3 | Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma, Inc | 4,444,118 |
| MOK | Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma, Inc | 56,477 |
| NOK-1 | Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc | 739,870 |
| OR-2 | Lane County Legal Aid Service, Inc | 293,585 |
| OR-4 | Marion-Polk Legal Aid Service, Inc | 258,770 |
| OR-5 | Legal Aid Services of Oregon | 1,989,135 |
| MOR | Legal Aid Services of Oregon | 502,728 |
| NOR-1 | Legal Aid Services of Oregon | 166,808 |
| PA-1 | Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | 2,729,704 |
| PA-5 | Laurel Legal Services, Inc | 862,772 |
| PA-8 | Neighborhood Legal Services Association | 1,759,398 |
| PA-11 | Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc | 554,226 |
| PA-23 | Legal Aid of Southeastern PA | 863,982 |
| PA-24 | North Penn Legal Services, Inc | 1,581,900 |
| PA-25 | MidPenn Legal Services, Inc | 2,059,453 |
| PA-26 | Northwestern Legal Services | 769,857 |
| MPA | Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center | 149,586 |
| PR-1 | Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | 17,565,821 |
| PR-2 | Community Law Office, Inc | 332,707 |
| MPR | Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc | 262,398 |
| RI-1 | Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc | 816,421 |
| SC-8 | Legal Services Agency of Western Carolina, Inc | 4,392,152 |
| MSC | Legal Services Agency of Western Carolina, Inc | 178,522 |
| SD-1 | Black Hills Legal Services, Inc | 169,968 |
| SD-2 | East River Legal Services | 457,436 |
| SD-3 | Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | 307,390 |
| MSD | Black Hills Legal Services, Inc | 3,584 |
| NSD-1 | Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc | 843,707 |
| TN-4 | Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc | 1,447,100 |
| TN-7 | West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc | 688,232 |
| TN-9 | Knoxville Legal Aid Society, Inc | 2,045,356 |
| TN-10 | Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee | 2,337,828 |
| MTN | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 57,244 |
| TX-13 | East Texas Legal Services, Inc | 8,702,089 |
| TX-14 | West Texas Legal Services, Inc | 6,826,939 |
| TX-15 | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 9,703,546 |
| TX-15 | Legal Aid of Central Texas | 9,703,546 |
| TX-15 | El Paso Legal Assistance Society | 9,703,546 |
| TX-15 | Bexar County Lgl Aid Assoc | 9,703,546 |
| MTX | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 1,261,675 |
| NTX-1 | Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc | 28,281 |
| UT-1 | Utah Legal Services, Inc | 1,637,273 |
| MUT | Utah Legal Services, Inc | 61,217 |
| NUT-1 | Utah Legal Services, Inc | 74,340 |
| VT-1 | Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Inc | 463,791 |
| VI-1 | Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc | 297,407 |
| VA-15 | Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 847,729 |
| VA-16 | Legal Services of Eastern Virginia, Inc | 1,326,167 |
| VA-17 | Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 810,631 |
| VA-18 | Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 886,774 |
| VA-19 | Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc | 600,693 |
| VA-20 | Potomac Legal Aid Society, Inc | 753,854 |
| MVA | Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc | 142,348 |
| WA-1 | Northwest Justice Project | 3,913,143 |
| MWA | Northwest Justice Project | 658,767 |
| NWA-1 | Northwest Justice Project | 257,410 |
| WV-5 | Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc | 3,013,217 |
| MWV | Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc | 32,996 |
| WY-4 | Wyoming Legal Services, Inc | 451,786 |
| MWY | Wyoming Legal Services, Inc | 11,228 |
| NWY-1 | Wyoming Legal Services, Inc | 156,148 |
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 indicated is served by one of the organizations listed above, 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, 2002.
Dated: September 26, 2001.
Michael A. Genz,
Director, Office of Program Performance.