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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our agency has a protest procedure (appeals process) that we use for everything, but we highlight it for grants, including it in our NOFO and with the awards/recommendations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It’s part of our administrative code and can be found here:
<b><a href="https://texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com/rules-and-meetings?$locale=en_US&interface=VIEW_TAC_SUMMARY&queryAsDate=10%2F02%2F2025&recordId=216950">13 TAC §2.55</a></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> lstac <lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Forbes, Lyndsay (BLC) via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 2, 2025 12:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> LSTA Coordinators Listserv <lstac@omls.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [lstac] Complaint policies and procedures around use of Grants to States funds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">Currently the only written policy we have around our use of Grants to States funds is for subgrants. It is essentially an appeal process for those not recommended for
funding. There is nothing outside of that for our agency. If you have any broader complaint policies you use for your G2S funds, I'd appreciate if you could pass them along. Just looking for develop something more comprehensive!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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