<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Calibri Light";
panose-1:2 15 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Schoolbook";
panose-1:2 4 6 4 5 5 5 2 3 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin-top:6.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:105%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
margin-top:20.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:2.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
text-indent:-.25in;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3864;
font-weight:normal;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.MsoNoSpacing, li.MsoNoSpacing, div.MsoNoSpacing
{mso-style-priority:1;
margin-top:6.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-link:"List Paragraph Char";
margin-top:6.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:105%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-link:"List Paragraph Char";
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:6.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:105%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-link:"List Paragraph Char";
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:105%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-link:"List Paragraph Char";
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:105%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#1F3864;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.ListParagraphChar
{mso-style-name:"List Paragraph Char";
mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-link:"List Paragraph";}
span.Style2Char
{mso-style-name:"Style2 Char";
mso-style-link:Style2;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1D5782;
font-weight:bold;}
p.Style2, li.Style2, div.Style2
{mso-style-name:Style2;
mso-style-link:"Style2 Char";
margin-top:6.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1D5782;
font-weight:bold;}
p.Style2CxSpFirst, li.Style2CxSpFirst, div.Style2CxSpFirst
{mso-style-name:Style2CxSpFirst;
mso-style-link:"Style2 Char";
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:6.0pt;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1D5782;
font-weight:bold;}
p.Style2CxSpMiddle, li.Style2CxSpMiddle, div.Style2CxSpMiddle
{mso-style-name:Style2CxSpMiddle;
mso-style-link:"Style2 Char";
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1D5782;
font-weight:bold;}
p.Style2CxSpLast, li.Style2CxSpLast, div.Style2CxSpLast
{mso-style-name:Style2CxSpLast;
mso-style-link:"Style2 Char";
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1D5782;
font-weight:bold;}
span.EmailStyle24
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.e2ma-style
{mso-style-name:e2ma-style;}
span.EmailStyle28
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:50542580;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-1142946874 283542440 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-style-link:Style2;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;
mso-ansi-font-weight:bold;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1134367373;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:1120578842 -874223884 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-font-weight:bold;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l2
{mso-list-id:1200896698;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-2036179158 1578414858 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;}
@list l2:level1
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
color:windowtext;
mso-ansi-font-weight:bold;}
@list l2:level2
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level3
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l2:level4
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level5
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level6
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
@list l2:level7
{mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level8
{mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l2:level9
{mso-level-number-format:roman-lower;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:right;
text-indent:-9.0pt;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<h1 style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As always, not everything may pertain to your program but you may know someone who will benefit from the information.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">FUNDING<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<a name="_Hlk31955541"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Grants for Arts Projects
</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31955541"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><br>
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31955541"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
National Endowment for the Arts is offering grants ranging between $10,000 and $100,000 through its Grants for Arts Projects funding category. The category replaces the Endowment's Art Works funding category. For more information,
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.arts.noclick_gov/grants/apply-grant/grants-organizations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Visit%20the%20NEA%20website&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28January-2020%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">click
here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpFirst" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><a name="_Hlk30575242"><![if !supportLists]><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></span><![endif]>Economic Opportunity Challenge<br>
</a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk30575242"><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Through
</span></span></span><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">the Economic Opportunity Challenge, proposals for improving economic opportunity, security, and/or mobility for individuals in the United States may earn grants
of $100,000. A $10 million grant will be awarded to one finalist to scale their proposed solution aimed at improving financial health of low-income families. The aim of the challenge is to build a more vibrant economic ecosystem through impactful, evidence-based
solutions. To learn more, </span></span><a href="https://www.economicopportunitychallenge.noclick_org/about?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Learn%20more%20here%20%28Economic%20Opportunity%20Challenge%29&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28January-2020%29"><span style="font-weight:normal">click
here</span></a><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">.
</span></span><span class="e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Rural LISC<br>
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">(Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation) created the Community Facilities Fund to provide capital to help develop
and improve essential community facilities in rural areas. Rural LISC utilizes this fund to provide permanent and construction-to-permanent financing for rural community facilities, including health care centers, hospitals, educational facilities, and other
nonprofit and public facilities in rural communities with populations under 20,000.
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.lisc.noclick_org/media/filer_public/e1/cc/e1cc38a3-07be-4899-aa1e-7a3689d98c70/community_facilities_fund_8-15-18.pdf"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Click
here</span></a></span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal"> for more information.</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program<br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">USDA Rural Development provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water
drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas. Application Deadline: Ongoing. More information is located
</span><a href="https://www.rd.usda.noclick_gov/programs-services/water-waste-disposal-loan-grant-program"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">STEP Grant- Small Business Grant for Exporting</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Promoting your company at trade shows can be an effective way to gain recognition in your industry and enter into the global market or expand your international
trade capabilities. However, not every small business is in the position to coordinate trade show logistics, operate their own trade booth or afford an individual booth. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce makes it possible for Oklahoma companies to partner
with the state at trade shows across the globe. With the help of the Oklahoma STEP Fund, qualified companies can get reimbursed for 75% of the participation cost, including the 2020 Farnborough International Airshow. For the information guide,
</span><a href="https://www.okcommerce.noclick_gov/wp-content/uploads/STEP-Fund-One-Sheet.pdf"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpLast" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">Oklahoma Arts and the Military Grant</span></span><br>
<span style="color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">The new grant program is designed to empower both arts and service nonprofit organizations, city, county and tribal governments, colleges and universities, and
public libraries to serve members of Oklahoma's military community through the arts. Deadline:
</span><span style="color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 1</span><span style="color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><a href="https://arts.ok.noclick_gov/Arts_in_Communities/Arts_and_Military_Grants.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Click%20here%20to%20apply%20or%20to%20learn%20more&utm_campaign=Oklahoma%20Arts%20and%20the%20Military%20Grant%20Announcement%202"><span style="color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Click
here</span></a><span style="color:windowtext;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal"> to learn more.
</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Bio-based Products Manufacturing Assistance Program
</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">USDA Rural Development provides loan guarantees to help develop, construct, or retrofit commercial-scale biorefineries and to develop renewable chemicals and bio-based
product manufacturing facilities. Letter of Intent (Required): <b>March 2</b>| Application Deadline:
<b>April 1</b>. For more details, </span><a href="https://www.rd.usda.noclick_gov/programs-services/biorefinery-renewable-chemical-and-biobased-product-manufacturing-assistance"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">click
here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpFirst" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">Bureau of Indian Affairs</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">The Bureau of Indian Affairs is offering federal-wide resources to Tribes to build capacity and resilience through leadership engagement, delivery of data and tools,
training and tribal capacity building. Deadline: </span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 2</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">. For more
information about the resources available, </span><a href="https://www.bia.noclick_gov/bia/ots/tribal-resilience-program"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Grant Program<br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Bureau of Justice Assistance, is seeking applications for funding under the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School
Violence Grant Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting and assisting county, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions in improving efforts to reduce violent crime in and around schools. Deadline:
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 3</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><a href="https://bja.ojp.noclick_gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/bja-2020-17313.pdf"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">
to review application guidelines.</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">The Value-Added Producer Grant</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">USDA Rural Development offers two types of grants, Planning and Working Capital, to help agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the
processing and marketing of new products. Electronic Application Deadline: </span>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 5</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">. Details are located
</span><a href="https://www.rd.usda.noclick_gov/programs-services/value-added-producer-grants"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">HHS-SAMHSA: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion
</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">SAMHSA is accepting applications for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) Expansion Grants (CCBHC Expansion Grants). The purpose of this program
is to increase access to, and improve the quality of community mental and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services through the expansion of CCBHCs. SAMHSA expects that this program will provide comprehensive 24/7 access to community-based mental and
SUD services; treatment of co-occurring disorders; and physical healthcare in one single location. Deadline:
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 10.
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">For details
</span><a href="https://www.samhsa.noclick_gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-20-012"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">ReConnect Pilot Program</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">The USDA's Broadband ReConnect Program furnishes loans and grants to provide funds for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and
equipment needed to provide broadband service in eligible rural areas. Deadline:
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 16.</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal"> For more information
</span><a href="https://www.usda.noclick_gov/reconnect"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">visit here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">USDA is offering funding through The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program which supports education, mentoring, and technical assistance initiatives
to help beginning farmers and ranchers with entering, establishing, building, and managing successful farm and ranch enterprises. Deadline:
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 19</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><a href="https://nifa.usda.noclick_gov/funding-opportunity/beginning-farmer-and-rancher-development-program-bfrdp"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">
to review program guidelines.</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">14.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">Agriculture Innovation Demonstration Center Grants</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">USDA Rural Development provides grants to establish and operate Agricultural Innovation Centers that will provide technical assistance to help rural businesses
market value-added agricultural products. Application Deadline: </span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">March 20</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
For details </span><a href="https://www.rd.usda.noclick_gov/programs-services/agriculture-innovation-center-program"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><a name="_Hlk32390810"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">15.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">Rural Business Development</span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><br>
</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk32390810"><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">USDA
</span></span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">is offering Rural Business Development Grants to provide technical assistance and training for small rural
businesses. Small means that the business has fewer than 50 new workers and less than $1 million in gross revenue. Deadline:
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">March 31</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">.
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://grantwriters.noclick_net/siren/grant-6082-rural-business-development-grants/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Your+Weekly+Digest+of+New+Grant+Releases+is+Ready%21&utm_campaign=01+27+20+Weekly+Grant+Digest"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Click
here</span></a></span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal"> to review program guidelines.</span><span style="color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">16.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
</span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><br>
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">USDA Rural Development provides funding to support agricultural producers and rural small businesses to reduce energy
costs and consumption by purchasing and installing renewable energy systems and making energy efficiency improvements in their operations. Application Deadlines:
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">March 31</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">.
For details </span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.rd.usda.noclick_gov/programs-services/rural-energy-america-program-renewable-energy-systems-energy-efficiency"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">click
here.</span></a></span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">
</span><span style="color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><a name="_Hlk32390800"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">17.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">Challenge America Grant Program</span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><br>
</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk32390800"><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">The
</span></span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">Challenge America grant program of the National Endowment for the Arts provides $10,000 in support of projects
presented by small and mid-sized organizations. The goal of the Challenge America program is to extend the reach of the arts to populations the have limited access to the arts due to geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Eligible applicants include
nonprofit organizations, units of local government, school districts, and federally recognized tribes. Deadline:
</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">April 9</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">.
Learn more </span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.arts.noclick_gov/grants-organizations/challenge-america/grant-program-description?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Learn%20about%20Challenge%20America%20here&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28February%202020%29"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">here</span></a></span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal">.
</span><span style="color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">18.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Successful RCORP-Implementation award recipients will receive $1 million for a three-year period of performance to enhance and expand substance use disorder (SUD),
including opioid use disorder (OUD), service delivery in high-risk rural communities. Award recipients will implement a set of core SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery activities that align with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)
Five-Point Strategy to Combat the Opioid Crisis. Deadline: </span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">April 24.
</span><a href="https://www.grants.noclick_gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=hrsa-20-031."><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">
to learn more.</span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">19.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">Rural Health Care Connect Fund</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Universal Service Administrative Company provides assistance to healthcare providers for eligible expenses related to broadband connectivity at a flat discounted
rate of 65 percent. Application Deadline: </span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">April 30</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">. Visit
</span><a href="https://www.usac.noclick_org/rural-health-care/healthcare-connect-fund-program/"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">
for details. </span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Style2CxSpLast" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">20.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="Style2Char"><span style="font-weight:normal">Rural Health Care Telecommunications Program</span></span><br>
<span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Universal Service Administrative Company provides assistance to healthcare providers for eligible expenses related to telecommunications and voice services for
telemedicine and telehealth. Deadline: </span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">April 30</span><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">.
</span><a href="https://www.usac.noclick_org/rural-health-care/telecommunications-program/"><span style="position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">Click here</span></a><span style="color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;font-weight:normal">
to learn more. </span><span style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><b><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">PUBLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
</div>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">New Resource Available for Oklahoma Route 66 Communities</span></b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
<br>
</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">the Oklahoma Arts Council has created a new resource for Route 66 communities. In "Route 66: Grants and Resources
for the Mother Road," the Oklahoma Arts Council explains the inseparable connection between the arts and Route 66, detailing several agency programs available to help stakeholders along the highway benefit from the arts' role in its legacy. Information about
grant funding, cultural district development, public art, and professional development opportunities are included. For more information,
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://arts.ok.noclick_gov/pdf/news/Oklahoma_Arts_Council_Route_66_Grants_and_Resources.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%26quot%3BDownload%20Route%2066%26quot%3B&utm_campaign=Newsletter-%28January-2020%29"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">click
here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1D5782">American Airlines Donates Passenger Jet to Oklahoma Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">CareerTech will put the MD-80 to use training students for aviation careers. It's a
major donation to the state's vocational-technical education system, which is working with lawmakers and industry leaders to bolster Oklahoma's output of aerospace workers</span><a href="https://oklahoman.noclick_com/article/5650301/american-airlines-donates-passenger-jet-to-oklahoma-students"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">.
Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt"> to learn more.
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1D5782"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1D5782">Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Bell Announce Agreement as part of the FAA UASIPP
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced an agreement to add Bell to the CNO UASIPP team and begin testing some
of the Bell innovations and systems on CNO-owned property in rural southeastern Oklahoma.
</span><a href="http://news.bellflight.noclick_com/en-US/184328-choctaw-nation-of-oklahoma-and-bell-announce-agreement-as-part-of-the-faa-uasipp"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">
to learn more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1D5782">OSU drone project wins $1.49 million
NSF grant</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">Oklahoma State University’s soaring drone program is taking off in yet another direction with multimillion-dollar support from the National Science Foundation. Learn
more </span><a href="http://news.bellflight.noclick_com/en-US/184328-choctaw-nation-of-oklahoma-and-bell-announce-agreement-as-part-of-the-faa-uasipp"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt">here.</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal">
<span style="color:#011323"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#011323;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">
<h1><b><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">EVENTS/LEARNING<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
</div>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1D5782">Cornerstone Conversations</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 3| Ardmore, OK<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 5 | Miami, OK<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:0in">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 30 | Lawton, OK</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Two February and three March stops have been added to the schedule of Oklahoma Arts Council community visits for its Cornerstone Conversations tour across the state. Residents in the Weatherford and
Idabel areas are invited to participate.</span><span class="Heading1Char"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Cornerstone Conversations sessions are presented with local partners. Activities include individual and group exercises and discussion. Attendees are given opportunity to provide written feedback.
A 30-minute networking break with light refreshments concludes each session. For more information,
</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/agdeansupport/Desktop/CD%20Newsletter/arts.ok.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 9-12 | Denver, CO</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The event brings together community development leaders, practitioners, investors, and policymakers for four days of learning sessions and networking. Participants will learn strategies
to support small businesses, affordable housing, rural development, and inclusive growth efforts.
</span><a href="https://www.frbsf.noclick_org/community-development/events/2020/march/2020-national-interagency-community-reinvestment-conference/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
for additional details and to register for the conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">Expanding the Intelligent Community Extension Program<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span></strong></span></b><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 11 @ 2:00PM | Webinar
</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This webinar will showcase the results of community’s implementing their intelligent community checklists, including selecting priorities due to local constraints, and how these results
changed the training process for this program. Several educators in Indiana and Nebraska were trained with this in mind. For more information,
</span><a href="https://www.canr.msu.noclick_edu/ncrcrd/webinars/Gallardo%20Webinar%20Announcement.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">National Housing Conference’s “Solutions for Housing Communications”
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 18 | Washington, DC</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Conference participants will be able to share unique perspectives, exchange ideas and strategies around how we communicate and advocate for effective policy changes and resources for
affordable housing on the local, state and federal level. </span><a href="https://www.nhc.noclick_org/event/solutions-for-housing-communications2020/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">2020 Annual Aging in American Conference
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 24-27 | Atlanta, GA</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The theme for the 2020 conference is Aging 2020: Examining the Needs of Today’s Diverse Older Adults. We will focus on issues impacting our increasingly diverse and multicultural older adult
population. We will examine current policies and explore challenges for the future. For more information and to register,
</span><a href="https://www.asaging.noclick_org/aging-in-america"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a name="_Hlk30575471"><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">The Impact of Volunteers on Sustainable Rural Community Development</span></b><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk30575471"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">March 25 @ 9:00AM | Webinar
</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk30575471"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><br>
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk30575471"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Present
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">the role and impact of festival volunteers on sustainable rural community development. The project conducted surveys to about 400 volunteers
in 12 rural festivals in Iowa, Michigan, and Kansas between fall 2018 and fall 2019. Findings will portray the current opportunities and challenges of managing volunteers in rural festivals and provide a feasible and practicable perspective for developing
a volunteer training program. For more details, </span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.canr.msu.noclick_edu/ncrcrd/webinars/Lee%20-%20Impact%20of%20Volunteers%20on%20Sustainable%20Rural%20Development.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">click
here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">Certificate in Community Development Finance</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 25-27 | Durham, NC</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">This event is jointly offered by the Center for Impact Finance at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy and the Opportunity
Finance Network, will take place at the Self-Help Learning Center in Durham, North Carolina.
</span></strong><a href="https://carsey.unh.noclick_edu/community-development-finance"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click here</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
to register and for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 25-27 | Washington, DC</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">This</span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Ken Burns Film “East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story” will be shown at the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Housing Policy Forum 2020: “Ending Homelessness
and Housing Poverty in Washington DC,” </span></strong><a href="https://app.mobilecause.noclick_com/f/2ibe/n?ct=t%28Forum_012920%29&utm_campaign=8fc7303ac7-Forum_012920&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NLIHC+All+Subscribers&utm_term=0_e090383b5e-8fc7303ac7-291857165&vid=4wwyr"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click
here</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"> to register and for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">Rural Child Hunger Summit</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">March 31- April 1 | Columbus, OH</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">The summit will bring together a wide range of stakeholders who are leading change in our collective efforts to reduce child hunger in rural
communities. </span></strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.noclick_com/e/no-kid-hungrys-2020-rural-child-hunger-summit-registration-84904586905"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click here</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
to register.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">Rural Youth Assembly</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 2-5 | McAllen, TX</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">The Rural Assembly will host the Rural Youth Assembly. 50-75 rural and Native young adults from across the country will gather to discuss the
issues that they see as critical to their lives and their communities. Visit the Rural Youth Assembly website by
</span></strong><a href="https://ruralassembly.noclick_org/2020-rural-youth-assembly/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">clicking here.</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">The National Association of Certified Credit Counselors</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 6-7 | Little Rock, AR</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">The National Association of Certified Credit Counselors is offering a two-day training where participants will learn from an expert team of
financial counseling professionals and network with industry leaders. </span></strong><a href="http://fcnonline.noclick_org/events/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click here</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
to register.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">The Rural Broadband Association conference
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 16-19 | Phoenix, AZ</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Rural Broadband Association conference will bring together more than 2,200 leaders in the industry at “2020RTIME,” with innovative tracks to advance communities with accessible and
affordable next-generation technology for subscribers to stay connected locally, nationally and globally. Click
</span><a href="https://www.ntca.noclick_org/events-education/events/2020-rtime"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">here to re</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">gister and learn more about
this conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a name="_Hlk31956076"><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">Equitable Green Infrastructure Summit</span></b><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31956076"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 28 | Chicago, IL</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31956076"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31956076"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">invite any Extension, university, or project partners who are interested in Green Infrastructure, work force development, or social justice to join us. The objective is to examine
the results of our listening sessions and identify Extension and research needs and opportunities that we can pursue to reduce barriers for communities. More information and a registration form are available
</span><a href="https://northcentralwater.noclick_org/land-use-and-developmental-practices/greeninfrastructure/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<a name="_Hlk32389213"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">14.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">MRO Americans
</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk32389213"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk32389213"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 28 | Dallas, TX</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk32389213"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk32389213"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">MRO Americas (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) is where airlines, MROs, suppliers, OEMs, regulators and industry experts converge to define the aviation maintenance industry. This trade
show is for all those involved in the MRO sector to exchange ideas and best practices, share experiences, and gather knowledge.
</span><a href="https://mroamericas.aviationweek.noclick_com/en/home.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">15.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">National Health Outreach Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">May 13-15 | Kansas City, MO</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mark your calendars for the 2020 National Health Outreach Conference! The conference will be held May 13-15, 2020 at the Marriott on the Plaza in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. With
the theme of “The Grand Challenge: Building a Healthy Future for All,” there will be sessions related to Nutrition, Health, 4-H Youth Development, Workforce Development, Human Development, and many other topics.</span><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>