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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 9, 2021 / Notices
quality of legal services by funding projects that more efficiently and effectively involve pro bono volunteers in serving the critical unmet legal needs of LSC-eligible clients. In 2017, LSC
built on these successes by creating three funding categories to better focus on innovations serving unmet and welldefined client needs Project Grants, on building comprehensive and effective pro bono programs through new applications of existing best practices Transformation Grants, and on providing continued development support for the most promising innovations Sustainability Grants.
II. Funding Opportunities Information A. Eligible Applicants To be eligible for the Pro Bono Innovation Funds Project, Sustainability, and Transformation grants, Applicants must be current grantees of LSC Basic Field-General, Basic Field-Migrant, or Basic FieldNative American grants. In addition, Sustainability Grant Applicants must also be a current Pro Bono Innovation Fund grantee with a 2019 grant award.
B. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Purpose and Key Goals Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants develop, test, and replicate innovative pro bono efforts that can enable LSC
grantees to use pro bono volunteers to serve larger numbers of low-income clients and improve the quality and effectiveness of the services provided.
The key goals of the Pro Bono Innovation Fund are to:
1. Address gaps in the delivery of legal services to low-income people;
2. Engage more lawyers and other volunteers in pro bono service;
3. Develop, test, and replicate innovative pro bono efforts.
C. Funding Categories 1. Project Grants
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The goal of Pro Bono Innovation Fund Project Grants is to leverage volunteers to meet a critical, unmet and welldefined client need. Consistent with the key goals of the Pro Bono Innovation
Fund, applicants are encouraged to focus on engaging volunteers to increase free civil legal aid for low-income Americans by proposing new, replicable ideas. This year, the Pro Bono Innovation Fund will have two Project Grant types, Direct Service and Nondirect Service. Direct Service projects are focused on engaging volunteers to increase free legal assistance for eligible clients. Non-direct service projects propose to strengthen core aspects of pro bono delivery systems and may not result in direct pro bono client services within the grant timeframe i.e., develop suite of substantive training materials, create on-demand videos for volunteers, etc..
Applicants are strongly encouraged to research prior Pro Bono Innovation Fund projects to replicate and improve upon them. LSC is particularly interested in applications that propose to replicate projects LSC has previously funded with Sustainability Grants.
Project Grants can be either 18 or 24
months.
2. Transformation Grants The goal of Pro Bono Innovation Fund Transformation Grants is to support LSC
grantees in comprehensive assessment and restructuring of pro bono programs through new applications of existing best practices in pro bono delivery. Each Transformation Grant will support a rigorous assessment of an LSC grantees pro bono program and the identification of best practices in pro bono delivery that are best suited to that grantees needs and circumstances.
Transformation Grants are targeted towards LSC grantees whose leadership is committed to restructuring an entire pro bono program and incorporating pro bono best practices into core, highpriority client services with an urgency to create a high-impact pro bono program. This funding opportunity is open to all LSC grantees but is primarily intended for LSC grantees who have been unsuccessful applying for Project Grants or who have never applied for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund grant in the past. Transformation Grants can be either 24 or 36 months.

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3. Sustainability Grants Pro Bono Innovation Fund Sustainability Grants are available to current Pro Bono Innovation Fund grantees who received a 2019 Project grant. The goal of Sustainability Grants is to support further development of the most promising and replicable Pro Bono Innovation Fund projects with an additional 24 months of funding so grantees can leverage new sources of revenue for the project and collect meaningful data to demonstrate the projects results and outcomes for clients and volunteers. Applicants for Sustainability Grants will be asked to propose an ambitious strategy that reduces the Pro Bono Innovation Fund contribution to the project over the Sustainability Grant term.
D. Available Funds and Additional Consideration for 2021 Grants LSC anticipates awarding up to $4,512,500 through Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants in 2021. All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. LSC will not designate fixed or estimated amounts for the three different funding categories and will make grant awards for the three categories within the total amount of funding available.
LSCs Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations legislation included language for LSC
to explore opportunities to increase access to eviction-related legal aid . . .
including through LSCs Pro Bono Innovation Fund. PBIF proposals that direct pro bono resources towards addressing unmet legal needs for evictions in jurisdictions with high eviction rates will receive additional consideration in the application review process.
E. Grant Terms Pro Bono Innovation Fund awards can have grant terms of 18, 24, or 36
months, depending on the category of grant.
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