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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you are applying for the OMS Revitalization Grant, just a reminder where to find the data for one of the questions under Community Need for Revitalization. See message below. Regards, Sheri</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OMS_MANAGERS [<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>STUART Sheri * OPRD<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:29 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:red">This info is being distributed over the Oregon Main Street listserv. All responses will also be over the listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hopefully you all are well on your way to working on your grant applications for the Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant program. One of the data points requested in the section on “Community Need for Revitalization and Economic Development”
has been challenging for folks to find:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“<i>Percentage of persons in the surrounding community with weekly wages that are less than or equal to most recent federal policy guidelines for a family of three</i>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We will accept the data from the American FactFinder website:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml">https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml</a>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Look up your town, and then on the left side of the page.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Click on the <u>Poverty</u> tab. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>From there, you will see links to tables under the 2015 American Consumer Survey. Click on the table for the
<u>Poverty status in the past 12 months of Families</u>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in">4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Scroll down to the number of people in the family and look up data for family with 3to 4 people. Look up the % below poverty level and record that data.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(FYI, the Federal Poverty guidelines for a family of 3 is $20,420)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards, Sheri<o:p></o:p></p>
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