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<p class="MsoNormal">NY is planning to request an extension as some of our subawardees are having supply-chain issues and for statewide projects we have some capacity issues with vendors we are using. At a recent COSLA meeting (at PLA) IMLS did say that they
would now entertain individual extensions of up to 9 months.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amy Heebner<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Development Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Library Development<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> lstac <lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Rachel Cook via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sulin Jones <SulinJones@admin.nv.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> lstac@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] ARPA Extension<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I actually have already requested and received a small extension. I had a school library grant that was woefully under-requested and we needed to change gears to spend the remainder of the grant. This was extra time for us to do that in
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 10:07 AM Sulin Jones via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">It’s my understanding that it’s still a bit too early as a lot can change in 6 months, but that ARPA extensions could be considered closer to the end of the performance period (so
fall-ish?) on a case by case basis. But don’t quote me!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Reish, Karren (MDE) via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 31, 2022 5:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [lstac] ARPA Extension<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Is anyone planning on requesting an extension at this point? We issued the entire allotment as grants and some are going well and some we have our fingers crossed.
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