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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Dear Partners and Interested Parties,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Thank you to those who submitted proposals for the RFGP #4495-Sustainable Relationships for Community Health (SRCH).
We have heard from several of you that there is need for additional time to complete and submit the proposal given the two short work weeks in November. In an effort to be responsive to these requests, please</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
be advised that </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">the<span style="color:black">
</span>deadline for the <span style="color:black">Oregon Health Authority Request for Grant Proposals, RFGP 4495: Sustainable Relationships for Community Health,
<b><i><u>has been</u></i></b></span><b><i><u> extended until December 14, 2017</u></i></b>. The RFGP is<span style="color:black"> posted on the Oregon Procurement Information Network (ORPIN) located at this site:
<a href="https://orpin.oregon.gov/">https://orpin.oregon.gov/</a>. </span> <span style="color:black">The ORPIN Opportunity number for this RFGP is #<b>OHA-4495-17</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">In RFGP 4495, the State of Oregon, Oregon Health Authority (OHA), requests Proposals from qualified Proposers to participate
in an OHA, Public Health Division learning collaborative to develop Sustainable Relationships for Community Health (SRCH). Through the SRCH initiative, leaders from Local Public Health Authorities, Coordinated Care Organizations, and others involved with delivering
evidence-based self-management interventions and services will collaborate to prevent and improve chronic conditions and improve community-clinical linkages.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please note: Attached you will find step-by-step instructions for helping Proposers navigate the ORPIN system. These are for informational
purposes, so please disregard the prior closing date of November 30, 2017 in the instructional document.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">The RFGP is now posted and can be accessed through the Oregon Procurement Information Network (ORPIN) website:
<a href="http://orpin.oregon.gov/open.dll/welcome">http://orpin.oregon.gov/open.dll/welcome</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please send all questions about RFGP #4495 to John F. Gardner, the Sole
Point of Contact (SPC) for this RFGP, via email to: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="mailto:john.f.gardner@state.or.us"><b><span style="color:blue">john.f.gardner@state.or.us</span></b></a><b>.</b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Office of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Desk: 971-673-1052<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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