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<p class="MsoNormal">Business Officers, Please see the communication regarding ARPA projects shared with your Presidents this morning.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Smith, Kylie <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 13, 2024 9:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Presidents <pres@osrhe.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Garrett, Allison <agarrett@osrhe.edu>; Senior Cabinet <seniorcabinet@osrhe.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: ARPA Project Evaluation Meeting - Dates and Times - Attachment included
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the message from Melissa Houston with 929 Strategies below regarding ARPA project evaluation meetings. You may be requested to provide information from OSRHE or the Healthcare Workforce Training Commission in preparation for
these meetings. We will keep you advised as we learn more about this process.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></strong> Melissa Houston <<a href="mailto:Melissa@929strategies.com">Melissa@929strategies.com</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong> Tuesday, March 12, 2024 4:39:35 PM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cc:</span></strong> Tara DeGraw <<a href="mailto:tara@929strategies.com">tara@929strategies.com</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> <<EXTERNAL E-MAIL>> ARPA Project Evaluation Meeting - Dates and Times - Attachment included
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Oklahoma Legislature has appropriated funds to 21 Program Manager agencies for the administration of ARPA projects across the state of Oklahoma. These funds were appropriated during 2022 and, as you are aware, must by obligated by
December 2024 and expended by December of 2026. The Legislature is seeking an evaluation of the status of these projects and 929 Strategies is assisting in this evaluation.
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<p class="MsoNormal">As part of this 929 Strategies will be sitting down with each agency to go through the list of projects to ensure the projects are on track and are meeting legislative intent. This is not a “gotcha” meeting, rather it is an opportunity
for us to hear from the agencies some of the issues they may be facing in administering the projects and potential obstacles or successes to replicate.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These meetings will be taking place throughout the month of March, to report back to the Legislature by the first part of April.
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<p class="MsoNormal">As part of this review, we will be compiling a file for each project. We will walk through this document for each of the projects when we meet, but I have attached a first draft of a proposed template. Some of the information will be
filled out ahead of time and some when we meet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tara will be reaching out to schedule a meeting as soon as possible. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out.
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