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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#194975">Attached is our latest incarnation for the new contract agreements we are just creating this week.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#194975">In the guidelines that walk potential awardees through the application process, we state:
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">As a condition of receiving an Expanding Digital Literacy grant award, recipients are required to certify agreement with certain federal and state assurances. A signed certification statement must be
submitted with the application. Additional assurances will be supplied to applicants that are offered a grant award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#194975">I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to copy, modify, or suggest any shortcomings you may find. As always, extra points for typos or grammatical errors.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">Maura Walsh, MLIS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"> (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</i></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#194975">(609) 278-2640 x136</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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>Reish, Karren (MDE) via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 5, 2025 9:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Melanie Boyd <mcwainwright@utah.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> lstac@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] Assurances question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In my Administration training, I reference the Assurances, but go through the Administration manual in detail. Not that that helps them get started, but they have been told – in writing, in a meeting and the meeting recording is available.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Karren Reish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Library Grants Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">517-241-0021 / <a href="http://www.mi.gov/lsta">
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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"> Melanie Boyd <<a href="mailto:mcwainwright@utah.gov">mcwainwright@utah.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 4, 2025 7:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reish, Karren (MDE) <<a href="mailto:ReishK@michigan.gov">ReishK@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] Assurances question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for starting this convo. I've been at Utah State Library for about 8 months, and need to update all our LSTA docs and website... I'll be watching replies.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We currently have the Assurances in our Pre-Application documents. You can see how the the doc list is currently organized <a href="https://library.utah.gov/lsta/current-grant/">here
</a>on our website (which is another project). The assurances are also linked in each LSTA subgrant application, and the applicant digitally confirms them by typing their name into and answer box as part of that process. They are also referenced in our LSTA
subgrantee contracts. Additionally, in our Certified Library process also covers these items, and certification is a requirement for funding eligibility.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm about to do my first LSTA Adminstration training, and hadn't thought about including the Assurances there. In our case, I don't see a need to review these as part of the grant administration training beyond perhaps a bullet point mentioning
them as required. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't rewrite the manual either. What I would do is make sure they're referenced within attached in an addendum to your contracts. It happens that the person applying for the grant sometimes isn't a director,
and just signs the box to get the application submitted without realizing the full obligation. Including a reference or addendum in the contract assures that the responsible and accountable parties are duly informed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I was dutifully checking the other sample assurances against mine and have a question for the hive mind. Some folks are putting grant management requirements together with federal
assurances into one document. I’m doing federal assurances as one document that is signed as part of the application. I also have grant management requirements in a grant administration manual. We are under the Department of Education that has a standard 2-page
form for grant awards. On that form, I can note specific program requirements, and I say must follow the grant admin manual and the signed assurances.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Any thoughts on why to do it one way or another? I do like the one document for clarity, but I really don’t want to rewrite my admin manual. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">517-241-0021 /
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/mde/resources/michigans-top-10-strategic-education-plan" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="524" height="78" style="width:5.4583in;height:.8125in" id="m_8402482375186993399Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01DC4E37.910899A0" alt="Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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