80 FR 44398 - Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2016 Competitive Grant Funds for the Veterans Pro Bono Program
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 143 (July 27, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 143 (July 27, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-18309 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 44398-44399] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-18309] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of Availability of Calendar Year 2016 Competitive Grant Funds for the Veterans Pro Bono Program AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Solicitation of proposals for the provision of pro bono legal services to veterans. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides grants of federally-appropriated funds for civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Pursuant to Public Law 102-229, LSC administers the process of awarding grant funds for the Veterans Pro Bono Program for the purpose of furnishing effective, efficient and high quality pro bono legal services to eligible veterans appearing before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). LSC hereby announces the availability of competitive grant funds for the Veterans Pro Bono Program for calendar year 2016 and solicits grant proposals from interested parties. The exact amount of available funds and the date, terms, and conditions of their availability for calendar year 2016 will be determined through the congressional appropriations process for FY 2016. For the past three years, Congress has appropriated approximately $2.5 million each year. DATES: The deadline to submit a Notice of Intent to Compete is Friday, August 28, 2015, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Notices must be submitted by email to [email protected]. ADDRESSES: Office of Program Performance, Veterans Pro Bono Program Competition, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW., Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007-3522. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about the application process, please contact Meredith Horton, Office of Program Performance, by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Funds for the Veterans Pro Bono Program are authorized by and subject to Public Law 102-229, title I, ch. II, 105 Stat. 1701, 1710, as incorporated by reference in subsequent appropriations for the United States Court of Appeals for [[Page 44399]] Veterans Claims (Court). That law requires the Court to provide the funds to LSC to award grants or contracts for the provision of ``legal or other assistance, without charge, to veterans and other persons who are unable to afford the cost of legal representation in connection with decisions'' of, or other proceedings in, the Court. Public Law 102-229 requires this assistance to be provided through ``a program that furnishes case screening and referral, training and education for attorney and related personnel, and encouragement and facilitation of pro bono representation by members of the bar and law school clinical and other appropriate programs, such as veterans service organizations, and through defraying expenses incurred in providing representation to such persons. . . .'' LSC seeks proposals from: (1) Non-profit organizations that have as a purpose the provision of free legal assistance to low-income individuals or the provision of free services to veterans; or (2) private attorneys or law firms that seek to establish such a non-profit for these purposes. Applicants must file a Notice of Intent to Compete (NIC) with LSC to participate in the competitive grants process. The NIC must include the following information: (1) Organization name; (2) organization type (e.g., non-profit or law firm); (3) name and title of primary contact; (4) primary contact mailing address, phone number, and email address; (5) names and brief description of relevant experience of principals and key staff; (6) names and brief description of relevant experience of current governing board; and (7) if the non-profit organization has not yet been established, names and brief description of relevant experience of prospective members of a governing board. ``Relevant experience'' includes experience with: (a) Veterans benefits law; (b) recruiting, training, supervising, and assigning cases to volunteer attorneys; (c) practice before the Court or supervision of attorneys practicing before the Court; (d) reviewing and evaluating veterans benefits cases; (e) outreach and education for veterans and dependents regarding veterans benefits rights and procedures. The NIC must not exceed seven (7) single-spaced pages and must be submitted as a single PDF document. The NIC must be submitted by email to [email protected]. The submission deadline is Friday, August 28, 2015, at 5 p.m. EDT. The Request for Proposals, containing the grant application, guidelines, proposal content requirements and specific selection criteria, will be available the week of September 14, 2015, at www.lsc.gov under ``Meetings & Events.'' For more information about the current grantee, The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, please visit www.vetsprobono.org. Dated: July 22, 2015. Stefanie K. Davis, Assistant General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2015-18309 Filed 7-24-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
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healthcare provider (Q 17); and the date and c. Notify the OTPCA and the nearest Signed at Washington, DC, on July 22,
time of last hyperbaric exposure for this affected Area Office within 15 working 2015.
CAW. days and in writing, of any change in David Michaels,
In addition to completing the OSHA the compressed-air operations that Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
301 Incident Report form and OSHA affects Traylor’s ability to comply with Safety and Health.
300 Log of Work Related Injuries and the proposed conditions specified [FR Doc. 2015–18319 Filed 7–24–15; 8:45 am]
Illnesses, Traylor would have to herein. BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
maintain records of: d. Upon completion of each
1. The date, times (e.g., began
hyperbaric tunnel project, evaluate the
compression, time spent compressing, LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
effectiveness of the decompression
time performing intervention, time
spent decompressing), and pressure for tables used throughout the project, and
provide a written report of this Notice of Availability of Calendar Year
each hyperbaric intervention. 2016 Competitive Grant Funds for the
2. The name of each individual evaluation to the OTPCA and the neared
affected Area Office. Veterans Pro Bono Program
worker exposed to hyperbaric pressure
and the decompression protocols and Note: The evaluation report would AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
results for each worker. have to contain summaries of: (1) the ACTION: Solicitation of proposals for the
3. The total number of interventions number, dates, durations, and pressures provision of pro bono legal services to
and the amount of hyperbaric work time of the hyperbaric interventions veterans.
at each pressure. completed; (2) decompression protocols
4. The post-intervention physical implemented (including composition of SUMMARY: The Legal Services
assessment of each individual CAW for gas mixtures (air, oxygen, nitrox, and Corporation (LSC) provides grants of
signs and symptoms of decompression trimix), and the results achieved; (3) the federally-appropriated funds for civil
illness, barotrauma, nitrogen narcosis, total number of interventions and the legal services to low-income individuals
oxygen toxicity or other health effects number of hyperbaric incidents and families.
associated with work in compressed air (decompression illnesses and/or health Pursuant to Public Law 102–229, LSC
or mixed gasses for each hyperbaric effects associated with hyperbaric administers the process of awarding
intervention. interventions as recorded on OSHA 301 grant funds for the Veterans Pro Bono
and 300 forms, and relevant medical Program for the purpose of furnishing
K. Notifications effective, efficient and high quality pro
diagnoses and treating physicians’
1. To assist OSHA in administering bono legal services to eligible veterans
opinions); and (4) root-causes, and
the conditions specified herein, Traylor appearing before the United States Court
preventive and corrective actions
would have to: of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court).
a. Notify the OTPCA and the nearest identified and implemented.
LSC hereby announces the availability
affected Area Office of any recordable e. To assist OSHA in administering of competitive grant funds for the
injury, illness, in-patient the proposed conditions specified Veterans Pro Bono Program for calendar
hospitalization, amputation, loss of an herein, inform the OTPCA and the year 2016 and solicits grant proposals
eye, or fatality (by submitting the nearest affected Area Office as soon as from interested parties. The exact
completed OSHA 301 Incident Report possible after it has knowledge that it amount of available funds and the date,
form 28) resulting from exposure of an will: terms, and conditions of their
employee to hyperbaric conditions i. Cease to do business; availability for calendar year 2016 will
including those that do not require be determined through the
recompression treatment (e.g., nitrogen ii. Change the location and address of
congressional appropriations process for
narcosis, oxygen toxicity, barotrauma), the main office for managing the
FY 2016. For the past three years,
but still meet the recordable injury or tunneling operations specified by the
Congress has appropriated
illness criteria (of 29 CFR 1904). The project-specific HOM; or
approximately $2.5 million each year.
notification would have to be made iii. Transfer the operations specified DATES: The deadline to submit a Notice
within 8 hours of the incident, or after herein to a successor company. of Intent to Compete is Friday, August
becoming aware of a recordable injury f. Notify all affected employees of this 28, 2015, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
or illness, and a copy of the incident interim order/proposed permanent Notices must be submitted by email to
investigation (OSHA 301) would have to variance by the same means required to veteransprobono@lsc.gov.
be provided within 24 hours of the inform them of its application for a ADDRESSES: Office of Program
incident, or after becoming aware of a variance. Performance, Veterans Pro Bono
recordable injury or illness. In addition
2. OSHA would have to approve the Program Competition, Legal Services
to the information required by the
transfer of the proposed permanent Corporation, 3333 K Street NW., Third
OSHA 301, the incident-investigation
variance to a successor company. Floor, Washington, DC 20007–3522.
report would have to include a root-
cause determination, and the preventive FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Authority and Signature
and corrective actions identified and questions about the application process,
implemented. David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, please contact Meredith Horton, Office
b. Provide certification within 15 days Assistant Secretary of Labor for of Program Performance, by email at
of the incident that it informed affected Occupational Safety and Health, 200 veteransprobono@lsc.gov.
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workers of the incident and the results Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Funds for
of the incident investigation (including DC 20210, authorized the preparation of the Veterans Pro Bono Program are
the root-cause determination and this notice. Accordingly, the Agency is authorized by and subject to Public Law
preventive and corrective actions issuing this notice pursuant to Section 102–229, title I, ch. II, 105 Stat. 1701,
identified and implemented). 29 U.S.C. 655(6)(d), Secretary of Labor’s 1710, as incorporated by reference in
Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, subsequent appropriations for the
28 See footnote 8. 2012), and 29 CFR 1905.11. United States Court of Appeals for
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Veterans Claims (Court). That law The NIC must be submitted by email to ‘‘Corporation’’) was established through
requires the Court to provide the funds veteransprobono@lsc.gov. the LSC Act ‘‘for the purpose of
to LSC to award grants or contracts for The submission deadline is Friday, providing financial support for legal
the provision of ‘‘legal or other August 28, 2015, at 5 p.m. EDT. assistance in noncriminal matters or
assistance, without charge, to veterans The Request for Proposals, containing proceedings to persons financially
and other persons who are unable to the grant application, guidelines, unable to afford such assistance.’’ 42
afford the cost of legal representation in proposal content requirements and U.S.C. 2996b(a). LSC performs this
connection with decisions’’ of, or other specific selection criteria, will be function primarily through distributing
proceedings in, the Court. available the week of September 14, funding appropriated by Congress to
Public Law 102–229 requires this 2015, at www.lsc.gov under ‘‘Meetings & independent civil legal aid programs
assistance to be provided through ‘‘a Events.’’ that provide legal services to low-
program that furnishes case screening For more information about the income persons throughout the United
and referral, training and education for current grantee, The Veterans States and its possessions and
attorney and related personnel, and Consortium Pro Bono Program, please territories. 42 U.S.C. 2996e(a)(1)(A). LSC
encouragement and facilitation of pro visit www.vetsprobono.org. designates geographic service areas and
bono representation by members of the Dated: July 22, 2015. structures grants to support services to
bar and law school clinical and other Stefanie K. Davis, the entire eligible population in a
appropriate programs, such as veterans Assistant General Counsel. service area or to a specified
service organizations, and through [FR Doc. 2015–18309 Filed 7–24–15; 8:45 am] subpopulation of eligible clients. 45
defraying expenses incurred in BILLING CODE 7050–01–P CFR 1634.2(c) and (d), 1634.3(b). LSC
providing representation to such awards these grants through a
persons. . . .’’ competitive process. 45 CFR part 1634.
LSC seeks proposals from: (1) Non- LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Congress has mandated that LSC
profit organizations that have as a ‘‘insure that grants and contracts are
purpose the provision of free legal Agricultural Worker Population Data made so as to provide the most
assistance to low-income individuals or for Basic Field—Migrant Grants economical and effective delivery of
the provision of free services to legal assistance to persons in both urban
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
veterans; or (2) private attorneys or law and rural areas.’’ 42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(3).
firms that seek to establish such a non- ACTION: Notice.
Throughout the United States and
profit for these purposes. SUMMARY: The Legal Services U.S. territories, LSC provides Basic
Applicants must file a Notice of Intent Corporation (LSC) provides special Field—General grants to support legal
to Compete (NIC) with LSC to population grants to effectively and services for eligible clients. LSC
participate in the competitive grants efficiently fund civil legal aid services provides funding for those grants on a
process. The NIC must include the to address the legal needs of agricultural per-capita basis using the poverty
following information: workers and their dependents through population as determined by the U.S.
(1) Organization name; grants entitled ‘‘Basic Field—Migrant.’’ Census Bureau every three years. Sec.
(2) organization type (e.g., non-profit The funding for these grants is based on 501(a), Public Law 104–134, 110 Stat.
or law firm); data regarding the eligible client 1321, 1321–50, as amended by Public
(3) name and title of primary contact; population to be served. LSC has Law 113–6, div. B, title IV, 127 Stat.
(4) primary contact mailing address, obtained from the U.S. Department of 198, 268 (LSC funding formula adopted
phone number, and email address; Labor new data regarding this
(5) names and brief description of in 1996, incorporated by reference in
population that are more current than LSC’s appropriations thereafter, and
relevant experience of principals and the data LSC has been using and that
key staff; amended in 2013). Since its
better reflect the population to be establishment in 1974, LSC has also
(6) names and brief description of served. On February 3, 2015, LSC
relevant experience of current governing provided subpopulation grants to
sought comments on the use of that data support legal services for the needs of
board; and for grants beginning in January 2016 and
(7) if the non-profit organization has agricultural workers through Basic
related issues. Based on the comments Field—Migrant grants under the
not yet been established, names and received, LSC will not use the data for
brief description of relevant experience authority of the LSC Act to structure
2016 grants. LSC will make public grants for the most economic and
of prospective members of a governing additional information underlying the
board. effective delivery of legal assistance. 42
new data, contract with the Department U.S.C. 2996f(a)(3). Congress amended
‘‘Relevant experience’’ includes of Labor for assistance addressing issues
experience with: the LSC Act in 1977 to require that LSC
raised in the comments, consider conduct a study of the special legal
(a) Veterans benefits law;
development of revised data, and seek needs of various subpopulations,
(b) recruiting, training, supervising,
public comment on any revised data including migrant or seasonal farm
and assigning cases to volunteer
and a revised implementation plan. workers, and develop and implement
attorneys;
Implementation would begin January appropriate means of addressing those
(c) practice before the Court or
2017. needs. 42 U.S.C. 2996f(h). LSC’s study,
supervision of attorneys practicing
before the Court; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: issued in 1979, concluded that
(d) reviewing and evaluating veterans Mark Freedman, Senior Assistant specialized legal expertise and
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benefits cases; General Counsel, Legal Services knowledge were needed to address the
(e) outreach and education for Corporation, 3333 K St. NW., distinctive ‘‘unmet special legal
veterans and dependents regarding Washington, DC 20007; 202–295–1623 problems’’ that migrant and seasonal
veterans benefits rights and procedures. (phone); 202–337–6519 (fax); farmworkers shared because of their
The NIC must not exceed seven (7) mfreedman@lsc.gov. status as farmworkers. Legal Services
single-spaced pages and must be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Legal Corporation, Special Legal Problems
submitted as a single PDF document. Services Corporation (‘‘LSC’’ or and Problems of Access to Legal
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Solicitation of proposals for the provision of pro bono legal services to veterans. | |
| Dates | The deadline to submit a Notice of Intent to Compete is Friday, August 28, 2015, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Notices must be submitted by email to [email protected] | |
| Contact | For questions about the application process, please contact Meredith Horton, Office of Program Performance, by email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 44398 |
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