<div dir="ltr">Hi Karren--<div><br></div><div>That is an excellent question that really seems to be in a grey area. It could be viewed as Staff Development though since it's education about fundraising, not actual fundraising. I would probably reach out to my IMLS program officer for clarification. If you do that, I hope you let us know what the answer is because I could definitely see this question coming up again.</div><div><br></div><div>Curious about what others would do here...</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Mary</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM Reish, Karren (MDE) via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg3070338279434188783">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michigan has a continuing education support program. I have an application for a fundraising certificate program. It seems close to advocacy to me. Any thoughts from the group on allowability?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your insight.<u></u><u></u></p>
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