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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SERVICE AREAS FOR FY 2001 COMPETITION WASHINGTON -- Legal Services Corporation (LSC) today announced the service areas in 21 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia eligible for FY 20001 grant awards for the provision of legal services to eligible low-income persons. Grants will also be made for the delivery of legal services to migrant farmworkers. While many service areas remain the same as in prior years, significant changes will occur in nine states. Since 1995, LSC has required all legal services programs to engage in a state planning process to develop more effective legal services systems. A required element of the planning process is an examination of the number of LSC service areas in a particular state to determine the most effective configuration for delivering legal services. Based on an extensive review of available information and on recommendations from the state planning process, LSC has reconfigured several service areas to provide a more effective structure for delivering critical legal services to low-income Americans. Changes in Service Areas for FY 2001 California. Three service areas will be established for the Los Angeles area. In prior years, LSC made grants to five separate legal services programs. For FY 2001, the Greater Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbor service area will be combined with the Greater City of Los Angeles service area. The Pasadena/Pomona service area will be combined with the San Fernando Valley service area. The Orange County service area (including portions of Los Angeles) remains unchanged. In Central California, five service areas will also be consolidated into three. For FY 2001, the service areas covering Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties will be added to the central California service area running generally west of Fresno and Bakersfield. The Fresno and Bakersfield service areas will remain unchanged. Colorado. One statewide service area will be established. In previous years, LSC made grants to three separate legal services programs. Those programs have now merged into one statewide organization and LSC believes a single statewide service area will enhance services for clients. Illinois. The suburban Chicago service area will be combined with the City of Chicago service area to form one Cook County - Chicago service area. The Legal Aid Foundation of Chicago has been acting as an interim provider for the suburban Chicago area at LSC's request since January 2000. Indiana. One statewide service area will be established. In previous years, LSC made grants to four separate legal services programs. Kentucky. Two adjacent service areas in southern and western Kentucky will be combined as recommended by the Kentucky state plan. The remaining service areas will not be changed. Missouri. Three service areas in southern Missouri will be combined consistent with the recommendations of Missouri's revised state plan. The remaining service areas will remain unchanged. Pennsylvania. Multiple service areas in three parts of the state will be consolidated into regional areas consistent with Pennsylvania's state plan. In the Northeast, four service areas will be combined. Likewise, four service areas in suburban Philadelphia will be combined, as will four service areas in central Pennsylvania. Service areas in the southwest, northwest, and Philadelphia will remain the same. Virginia. Service areas throughout Virginia will be altered consistent with Virginia planning recommendations. Three areas in southwestern Virginia will be combined into one. The Roanoke and Blue Ridge areas will be combined, as will the Charlottesville and Richmond areas. The Petersburg service area will be consolidated with its neighboring service area to the south. The Tidewater and Peninsula service areas will also be combined. The northern Virginia and Rappahannock Valley service areas remain unchanged. West Virginia. Two service areas will be established as recommended by the West Virginia state plan. In previous years LSC made grants to three separate legal services programs. Two of those programs merged at the end of 1999 and the Corporation believes consolidating those service areas will lead to further improvements in the state's delivery system. No Change in Service Areas for FY 2001 Service areas in the following states and territories and the District of Columbia remain unchanged. In some instances, state planners and LSC continue to evaluate the LSC grant structure and changes can be expected in future years.
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