Legal Services Corporation 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides special population grants to effectively and efficiently fund civil legal aid services to address the legal needs of agricultural workers and their dependents through grants entitled ``Basic FieldAgricultural Workers.'' The funding for these grants is based on data regarding the eligible client population to be served. LSC obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor data about this population that updates the data the Department of Labor provided in 2016. LSC seeks comments on the updated data, which LSC will begin using for grant allocations on January 1, 2022.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is adopting a final rule amending its regulation related to the timekeeping requirements of employees at LSC funding recipients. The final rule makes multiple changes to how recipients keep time. Aside from making multiple technical edits for clarity, the final rule defines the term ``case oversight'' and clarifies that employees who are subject to the timekeeping requirement are those doing work that can be charged to any of the recipient's awards as a direct cost. The final rule changes the requirements for timekeeping by requiring recipient employees who charge their time to awards as direct costs to keep time consistent with this part; establishing that employees must submit their time by the end of the pay period; requiring recipients to use the same documentation and standards for LSC grants as non-LSC grants; and allowing recipients to decide the time increments that their employees should use to record their time.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) issues this notice describing the conditions for submitting a pre-application for 2021 Technology Initiative Grants.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national organization charged with administering Federal funds provided for civil legal services to low-income people. LSC is announcing the submission dates for applications to make subgrants of Basic Field Grant funds starting after April 15, 2021 but before January 1, 2022. LSC is also providing information about where applicants may locate subgrant application forms and directions for providing the information required in the application.

The Legal Services Corporation (``LSC'') Board of Directors (``Board'') is seeking comments on its draft 2021-2024 LSC Strategic Plan. The LSC Board previously sought comments on its 2017-2020 Strategic Plan, including comments on whether the existing goals and initiatives are appropriate and whether new goals or initiatives should be added or substituted. After receiving comments and recommendations from stakeholders, LSC now solicits comments on the proposed revisions to the Plan for 2021-2024.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is required by law to establish maximum income levels for individuals eligible for legal assistance. This document updates the specified income levels to reflect the annual amendments to the Federal Poverty Guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).