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<p class="MsoNormal">More or less the same in Ohio. We did quite a few vehicles with ARPA money as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The only thing I’d add is that like all our grants, we look for a strong programmatic and service plan/justification in the application. We want to see why it’s needed, how it will be used, how often, by who, and how it will align with
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<p class="MsoNormal">FWIW, our highest subaward currently is $50,000.00. So, anyone looking at a vehicle is going to be limited to smaller things and not full-on bookmobiles.<o:p></o:p></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>Mary Rayme -MSLA- via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 13, 2026 9:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reish, Karren (MDE) <ReishK@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> lstac@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] Subgrants and vehicles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maryland awards subgrants and we have funded vehicles-- we funded a record 13+ with ARPA funds.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We, of course, get pre-approval from our IMLS program officer. When we fund vehicles, we want to see the quote from the vendor w/ due date. We also give a serious reminder about wanting to see correct acknowledgements for MSLA & IMLS on
the wrap. We also let them know that if they are including wifi (which they should) this makes their vehicle eligible for E-Rate funding.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And that's about it!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 9:04<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM Reish, Karren (MDE) via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Good morning! If you do subgrants and allow vehicles as part (all) of the grant request, what guidelines/criteria do you have? Thanks for any advice.<o:p></o:p></p>
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