Notice and Request For Comments: LSC Elimination of the West Virginia Migrant Service Area Beginning January 1, 2012, 56482 [2011-23186]
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Dated: September 6, 2011.
Ivan L. Strasfeld,
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U.S. Department of Labor.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Notice and Request For Comments:
LSC Elimination of the West Virginia
Migrant Service Area Beginning
January 1, 2012
Legal Services Corporation.
Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Legal Services
Corporation will eliminate the West
Virginia migrant service area, i.e., MWV
effective January 1, 2012, because any
eligible migrant population in West
Virginia can be more effectively and
efficiently served through the basic
field-general grant.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before October 13, 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
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20007; or
haleyr@lsc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reginald J. Haley, Office of Program
Performance, Legal Services
Corporation, 3333 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20007; or by e-mail at
haleyr@lsc.gov.
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 population.
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 a migrant
service area is taken out of the funding
for the basic field-general service area
also covering those populations based
on the estimated number of eligible
migrant farmworkers.
For many years LSC has designated a
migrant service area in West Virginia.
LSC has been informed that the eligible
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migrant population in West Virginia is
not sufficient in numbers to maintain a
separate migrant service area in the
state. 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 population in West
Virginia through the basic field-general
grant rather than providing a separate
migrant grant.
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 West
Virginia migrant service area. LSC
determines the term of grants after
applications have been received. For
2011, LSC awarded a one-year migrant
grant for Legal Aid of West Virginia that
is effective January 1, 2011, through
December 31, 2011. Accordingly, LSC
announced the availability of 2012
funding for the West Virginia migrant
service area in the Federal Register on
March 30, 2011 (76 FR 17711). One
competitive grant application was
received, and it was from the current
grantee for the migrant service area,
which is Legal Aid of West Virginia. As
noted above, the eligible migrant
population in West Virginia is not
sufficient in numbers to maintain a
separate migrant service area in the
state. As a result, LSC intends to
eliminate the West Virginia migrant
service area beginning January 1, 2012.
Funding for the eligible migrant
population of West Virginia will be
restored to the state’s basic field-general
grant. LSC expects that Legal Aid of
West Virginia will continue to provide
services to the eligible migrant
populations as part of their basic field
general grant, which is effective January
1, 2011 through December 31, 2013.
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: https://www.lsc.gov.
Dated: September 6, 2011.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President and General Counsel, Legal
Services Corporation.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting of the
Operations & Regulations Committee
of the LSC Board of Directors
The Legal Services
Corporation (‘‘LSC’’ or ‘‘Corporation’’)
Board of Directors (‘‘Board’’) Operations
& Regulations Committee (‘‘Committee’’)
will meet telephonically on September
16, 2011 at 1 p.m., Eastern Time.
LOCATION: Legal Services Corporation, F.
William McCalpin Conference Center,
3333 K Street, NW., Washington, DC,
20007.
STATUS OF MEETING: Open.
Public Observation: Members of the
public who wish to listen to the
proceedings may do so by following the
telephone call-in directions given
below, but are asked to keep their
telephones muted to eliminate
background noises. From time to time
the Chairman may solicit comments
from the public.
TIME AND DATE:
Call-In Directions for Open Session(s)
♦ Call toll-free number: 1–(866) 451–
4981;
♦ When prompted, enter the
following numeric pass code:
5907707348;
♦ When connected to the call, please
‘‘MUTE’’ your telephone immediately.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Operations & Regulations Committee
Agenda
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Consider public comments received
in response to the solicitation published
in the Federal Register at 76 FR 48,904
(Aug. 9, 2011) regarding management’s
recommendation to propose to the
White House and Congress statutory
changes concerning replacement of
decennial census poverty data in the
statutory formula for per capita
distribution of basic field funds because
the 2010 census did not collect poverty
data, phasing in the first redistribution
over two years, and redistributing funds
triennially thereafter.
3. Consider Management’s final
recommendation, in light of those
comments, and adopt a
recommendation to make to the Board
on the issue.
4. Other Business.
5. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting.
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:
Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to
the Vice President & General Counsel, at
(202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Notice and Request For Comments: LSC Elimination of the West
Virginia Migrant Service Area Beginning January 1, 2012
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation will eliminate the West
Virginia migrant service area, i.e., MWV effective January 1, 2012,
because any eligible migrant population in West Virginia can be more
effectively and efficiently served through the basic field-general
grant.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 13, 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 Street, NW., Washington, DC 20007; or
haleyr@lsc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald J. Haley, Office of Program
Performance, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20007; or by e-mail at haleyr@lsc.gov.
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 population.
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 a migrant service area
is taken out of the funding for the basic field-general service area
also covering those populations based on the estimated number of
eligible migrant farmworkers.
For many years LSC has designated a migrant service area in West
Virginia. LSC has been informed that the eligible migrant population in
West Virginia is not sufficient in numbers to maintain a separate
migrant service area in the state. 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 population in West Virginia through the basic field-general
grant rather than providing a separate migrant grant.
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 West Virginia migrant service area. LSC determines the term
of grants after applications have been received. For 2011, LSC awarded
a one-year migrant grant for Legal Aid of West Virginia that is
effective January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011. Accordingly, LSC
announced the availability of 2012 funding for the West Virginia
migrant service area in the Federal Register on March 30, 2011 (76 FR
17711). One competitive grant application was received, and it was from
the current grantee for the migrant service area, which is Legal Aid of
West Virginia. As noted above, the eligible migrant population in West
Virginia is not sufficient in numbers to maintain a separate migrant
service area in the state. As a result, LSC intends to eliminate the
West Virginia migrant service area beginning January 1, 2012. Funding
for the eligible migrant population of West Virginia will be restored
to the state's basic field-general grant. LSC expects that Legal Aid of
West Virginia will continue to provide services to the eligible migrant
populations as part of their basic field general grant, which is
effective January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013.
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: https://www.lsc.gov.
Dated: September 6, 2011.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President and General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2011-23186 Filed 9-12-11; 8:45 am]
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