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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Ready to Read grant applications are due one week from tomorrow (August 31, 2017).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">All the information you need to fill out the application is available on
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/R2R/index.aspx">the Ready to Read webpage</a>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F4E79">and in the email below. You should have also received a hardcopy of all the materials in the mail at the end of July. For those of you having trouble with the budget sheet that has embedded formulas, attached
is the budget page without formulas in Word and PDF. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Please let me know if you have any questions or need anything.—Katie
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> R2R-OR [<a href="mailto:r2r-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:r2r-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 25, 2017 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> R2R-OR (<a href="mailto:r2r-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">r2r-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>) <<a href="mailto:r2r-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">r2r-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [R2R-OR] 2018 Ready to Read grant application materials are now available! Deadline 8/31<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The 2018 Ready to Read grant application materials are in the mail and now available on
<b><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/R2R/index.aspx">the Ready to Read webpage</a>.</b> Materials online include the application form in PDF and Word, list of proposed grant amounts, line by line guidance, a sample completed application,
and grant management tips. Hardcopies of the application materials will be mailed no later than this Friday. Next week, be on the lookout for a 6x9 envelope with neon green sticker that says “Ready to Read Grant application.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As always, grant applications must be date-stamped
<b><span style="color:#C00000">August 31<sup>st</sup></span></b>, 2017, or earlier or they will be denied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">Ferol Weyand will send you a confirmation</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">
<b>email</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> with the subject “Ready to Read YOUR LIBRARY’s application received (EOM)” to let you know the State Library has received your application.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please mark these dates on your calendar for the 2018 Ready to Read grant cycle:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">August 31, 2017
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(or earlier): Application is due/must be date-stamped
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">October 6, 2017</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Notification that your application has been accepted or rejected pending State Library Board approval<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">October 20, 2017</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">:<b>
</b>State Library Board meeting to hear appeals and approve grants <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">October 31, 2017:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Notification of the State Library Board’s decision to approve grants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">December 31, 2017</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Grant funds are distributed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">January 1, 2018</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Start spending grant funds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">October 6, 2018</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Forms for the end of the year report are available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">December 1, 2018
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(or earlier): End of the year report is due/must be date-stamped<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">December 31, 2018</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: All grant funds must be spent
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please let me know if you have any questions.—call early, call often!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Katie <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Katie Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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