<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hello Jennifer,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Georgia spends in the second year and we do drawdowns monthly. I hope this helps!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Shannan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM Jennifer Cowan-Henderson 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="msg-4971907806687355032">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I’ve got two questions regarding how other states approach spending. If you have a chance to reply, it’ll be appreciated. How TN handles these questions is included, in case
you’re curious as well!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="m_-3086985629092500847MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">When do you start spending your award? Do you spend in both years of the award or just in the second year?<u></u><u></u></span></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="m_-3086985629092500847MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tennessee spends in the 2<sup>nd</sup> year<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
<li class="m_-3086985629092500847MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">How often do you request a drawdown of your awarded funds?<u></u><u></u></span></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="m_-3086985629092500847MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tennessee typically requests a drawdown quarterly<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks in advance!<br>
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