Notice2022-02376
2022 LSC Technology Initiative Grant Funding Notice
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Published
February 4, 2022
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Legal Services Corporation
Abstract
The Legal Services Corporation issues this Notice describing the conditions for submitting a Pre-Application for 2022 Technology Initiative Grants.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6628-6629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02376]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
2022 LSC Technology Initiative Grant Funding Notice
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation (LSC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation issues this Notice describing
the conditions for submitting a Pre-Application for 2022 Technology
Initiative Grants.
DATES: Pre-Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday,
March 18, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Pre-Applications must be submitted electronically to <a href="https://grantease.lsc.gov/">https://grantease.lsc.gov/</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Bonebrake, Program Counsel,
Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K
Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295-1547 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0763656869626575666c62476b746429606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5a1a7aaaba0a7b7a4aea085a9b6a6eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
Since 2000, Congress has provided an annual appropriation to LSC to
award special funding for client self-help and information technology
projects. LSC's Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) program funds
technology tools that help achieve LSC's goal of increasing the
quantity and quality of legal services available to eligible persons.
Projects funded under the TIG program develop, test, and replicate
innovative technologies that can enable grant recipients and state
justice communities to improve low-income persons' access to high-
quality legal assistance through an integrated and well-managed
technology system. The TIG program also supports effective technology
planning and management at LSC-funded organizations through the use of
targeted assessment grants focused on improvements to technology
systems and information security.
II. Funding Opportunities Information
A. Eligible Applicants
To be eligible for Technology Initiative Grants, applicants must be
current grantees of LSC Basic Field-General, Basic Field-Migrant, or
Basic Field-Native American grants. In addition, applicants must
receive basic field funding of at least a one-year term, be up to date
on reporting on any existing TIG-funded projects, and not have had a
previous TIG terminated in the past three years for reporting or other
performance issues.
B. Technology Initiative Grant Purpose and Key Goals
Since LSC's TIG program was established in 2000, LSC has made over
826 grants totaling over $77 million. This grant program encourages
organizations to use technology in innovative ways to:
1. Effectively and efficiently provide high-quality legal
assistance to low-income persons and to promote access to the judicial
system through legal information, advice, and representation.
2. Improve service delivery, quality of legal work, and management
and administration of grantees.
3. Develop, test, and replicate innovative strategies that can
enable grantees and state justice communities to improve clients'
access to high-quality legal assistance.
C. Funding Categories
1. General Technology Initiative Grants
Projects in this category (1) implement new or innovative
approaches for using technology in legal services delivery; (2) enhance
the effectiveness and efficiency of existing technologies so that they
may be better used to increase the quality and quantity of services to
clients; or (3) replicate, adapt, or provide added value to the work of
prior technology projects. This includes, but is not limited to, the
implementation and improvement of tested methodologies and technologies
from previous TIG projects. We also encourage replication of proven
technologies from non-LSC funded legal aid organizations as well as
sectors outside the legal aid community.
LSC recommends a minimum amount for funding requests in this
category of $40,000, but projects with lower budgets will be
considered. There is no maximum amount for TIG funding requests that
are within the total appropriation for TIG. All applicants in this
category must submit a pre-application according to the process and
requirements outlined in this notice.
2. Technology Improvement Projects
LSC recognizes that grantees need sufficient technology
infrastructure in place before they can take on a more innovative TIG
project, and this grant category is for applicants that need to improve
their basic technology infrastructure or their information security
posture. The maximum funding amount for this category is $35,000.
Please note that Technology Improvement Projects do not require a
pre-application. LSC will open the application system and provide
guidance for this project category by April 15, 2022. The application
deadline for Technology Improvement Projects is May 20, 2022.
D. Available Funds for 2022 Grants
The availability of funds for Technology Initiative Grants for
FY2022 depends on LSC's appropriation. LSC is currently operating under
a Continuing Resolution for FY2022, which funds the federal government
through February
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18, 2022. The Continuing Resolution maintains funding at $4,250,000.
Technology Initiative Grant decisions for FY2022 will be made by
September 2022. LSC anticipates publicizing the total amount available
for Technology Initiative Grants when Congress enacts the FY2022
appropriation.
LSC will not designate fixed or estimated amounts for the two
different funding categories and will make grant awards for the two
categories within the total amount of funding available.
E. Grant Terms
Applicants to the Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) program may
propose grant terms between 12 and 36 months for general category
projects and between 12 and 18 months for technology improvement
projects. The grant term is expected to commence on October 1, 2022.
III. Grant Application Process
A. Technology Initiative Grant Application Process
The Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) application process will be
administered in LSC's unified grants management system, GrantEase.
Applicants must first submit a pre-application to LSC in GrantEase by
March 18, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EDT, to be considered for a grant. After
review by LSC staff, LSC's president decides which applicants will be
asked to submit a full application. Applicants will be notified of
approval to submit a full application by late-April 2022. Full
applications are due to LSC in the GrantEase system on June 3, 2022, at
11:59 p.m. EDT. Once received, full applications will undergo a
rigorous review by LSC staff. LSC's president makes the final decisions
on funding for the Technology Initiative Grant program.
As noted above, applicants applying for Technology Improvement
Project funding are not requirered to submit pre-applications. LSC will
launch the online application system for these projects by April 15,
2022, and set a submission deadline of May 20, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
B. Late or Incomplete Applications
LSC may consider a request to submit a pre-application after the
deadline, but only if the applicant has submitted an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285c4d4b404f5a49465c5b68445b4b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f68293959e918497988285b69a8595d8919980">[email protected]</span></a> explaining the circumstances that caused the delay
prior to the pre-application deadline. Communication with LSC staff,
including assigned program liaisons, is not a substitute for sending a
formal request and explanation to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e6a7b7d76796c7f706a6d5e726d7d30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="20544543484752414e5453604c53430e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>. At its
discretion, LSC may consider incomplete applications. LSC will
determine the admissibility of late or incomplete applications on a
case-by-case basis.
C. Multiple Pre-Applications
Applicants may submit multiple pre-applications under the same or
different funding category. If applying for multiple grants, applicants
should submit separate pre-applications for each funding request.
D. Additional Information and Guidelines
Additional guidance and instructions on the pre-application and
application processes for Technology Initiative Grants will be
available and regularly updated at <a href="https://www.lsc.gov/grants/technology-initiative-grant-program">https://www.lsc.gov/grants/technology-initiative-grant-program</a>.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).
Dated: February 1, 2022.
Stefanie Davis,
Senior Associate General Counsel for Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2022-02376 Filed 2-3-22; 8:45 am]
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