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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Hello Partners,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you to everyone who has completed the
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="https://forms.office.com/g/1DVWQ1S1h5">ODHS SSP and Food Program Partner Meeting Participation Survey</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">!
The feedback we’ve received so far is eye-opening and very helpful for us to think more collaboratively about these partner meeting spaces for 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">If you have not done so already, we kindly ask that any survey submissions be completed by
<b>12pm noon tomorrow, Friday, December 19, 2025.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">We are aware that the Outlook/Zoom meeting series for the SSP Partner meeting ended this month. Be on the lookout in the coming weeks for a new
invitation for the 2026 series.</span><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#467886"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you and I hope you have a warm and gentle end to 2025!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kathryn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Abadi",sans-serif;color:black">Kathryn Garland<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Abadi",sans-serif;color:black">SNAP and Summer EBT Program Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Abadi",sans-serif;color:black">Oregon Department of Human Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Abadi",sans-serif;color:black">Mobile/Text: (541) 315-0079<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Abadi",sans-serif;color:black">Email:
<a href="mailto:Kathryn.i.garland@odhs.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#467886">Kathryn.i.garland@odhs.oregon.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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