Grant Award for Legal Service State Support Center in the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Grant Award for Legal Service State Support Center in the

District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Announcement of intention to award grants.

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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation hereby announces its intention

to award one-time, nonrecurring grants to the Neighborhood Legal

Services Program of the District of Columbia and Legal Services of the

Virgin Islands, Inc. for the purpose of planning for the establishment

of a support program for their respective jurisdictions. The

Corporation plans to award grants in the amount of $20,000 to each.

These one-time grants will be awarded pursuant to authority

conferred by section 1006(a)(3) of the Legal Services Corporation Act

of 1974, as amended. This public notice is issued with a request for

comments and recommendations within a period of thirty (30) days from

the date of publication of this notice. The grant award will not become

effective and grant funds will not be distributed prior to expiration

of this 30-day period.

DATES: All comments and recommendations must be received by 5 p.m. on

or before July 10, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Program Services,

Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street, NE., 11th Floor,

Washington, DC 20002-4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Doriot, Office of Program

Services, (202) 336-8825.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Services Corporation is the

national organization charged with administering federal funds provided

for civil legal service to the poor. Both programs are recipients of

LSC funding for providing direct legal services to their service area.

The amount of the 1994 support grants is consistent with the 1994 LSC

Appropriations Act.

Dated: June 6, 1994.

John A. Tull,

Director, Office of Program Services.

[FR Doc. 94-14162 Filed 6-9-94; 8:45 am]

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