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kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1611.6"
title: "45"
number: "1611.6"
heading: "Representation of groups."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1611.6"
---

# §1611.6. Representation of groups.

- (a) A recipient may provide legal assistance to a group, corporation, association or other entity if it provides information showing that it lacks, and has no practical means of obtaining, funds to retain private counsel and either:
  - (1) The group, or for a non-membership group the organizing or operating body of the group, is primarily composed of individuals who would be financially eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance; or
  - (2) The group has as a principal activity the delivery of services to those persons in the community who would be financially eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance and the legal assistance sought relates to such activity.
- (b)
  - (1) In order to make a determination that a group, corporation, association or other entity is eligible for legal services as required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a recipient shall consider the resources available to the group, such as the group's income and income prospects, assets and obligations and either:
    - (i) For a group primarily composed of individuals who would be financially eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance, whether the financial or other socioeconomic characteristics of the persons comprising the group are consistent with those of persons who are financially eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance; or
    - (ii) For a group having as a principal activity the delivery of services to those persons in the community who would be financially eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance, whether the financial or other socioeconomic characteristics of the persons served by the group are consistent with those of persons who are financially eligible for LSC-funded legal assistance and the assistance sought relates to such activity of the group.
  - (2) A recipient shall collect information that reasonably demonstrates that the group, corporation, association or other entity meets the eligibility criteria set forth herein.
- (c) The eligibility requirements set forth herein apply only to legal assistance supported by funds from LSC, provided that any legal assistance provided by a recipient, regardless of the source of funds supporting the assistance, must be otherwise permissible under applicable law and regulation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

### Source

Source: 70 FR 45562, Aug. 8, 2005, unless otherwise noted.