<div dir="ltr">Hi Elizabeth--<div><br></div><div>Attached is the LSTA Grant Liaison Manual that I try to keep updated every year. It is for internal training only. It also documents our procedures in handling grant awards, grant reimbursements, and report assessment.</div><div><br></div><div>I had shared an External LSTA website that I use for our grantees in the G2S conference chat yesterday but wanted to make sure you have our internal instructions also.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for asking, Elizabeth, and it was great hanging out with you and everyone else in the Virtual G2S chat.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM Toft, Elizabeth S 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="msg4527436995614927958">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">I know quite a few of us are preparing for travel to the conference. We are in the middle of updating all of our procedure manuals and I was wondering if anyone had a procedures manual they would be willing
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