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<p class="MsoNormal">The Office of Federal Emergency Relief Programs is canceling our Thursday, November 2, 2023 office hour. We will reconvene in December.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to one of our teammates or take a look at our October newsletter (<a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/sites/maine.gov.doe/files/inline-files/October2023NewsletterOFERPFinal%283%29.pdf">https://www.maine.gov/doe/sites/maine.gov.doe/files/inline-files/October2023NewsletterOFERPFinal%283%29.pdf</a>)
which has great information! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share with your business managers that OFERP has started "CRRSA Invoicing - No agenda, Open Office Hours". These weekly no agenda, walk-in invoicing office hours are design to assist in the completion of the Coronavirus Response
and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) invoicing but we will take any fiscal questions. If you have questions, please feel free to join us at any time between 11:00am to 12:00pm on Wednesdays
starting November 1, 2023 through December 13, 2023. The CRRSA Invoicing - No agenda, Open Office Hour will not be hosted on November 22, 2023. No appointment needed but you are required to register at
<a href="https://mainestate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvduCgrz4sHND__LSm76gfgi-9OsFuSMkj">
https://mainestate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvduCgrz4sHND__LSm76gfgi-9OsFuSMkj</a> which will provide you with connection information for any of the CRRSA Invoicing office hours listed above.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">________________________________________ </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Shelly Chasse-Johndro, M.Ed. (she/her/hers)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Director and State Ombudsman<br>
Office of Federal Emergency Relief Programs </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/home"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Maine Department
of Education</span></a><br>
23 State House Station</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Augusta, ME 04333-0023<br>
<b>Phone</b>: 207-458-3180</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:shelly.chassejohndro@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0070C0">shelly.chassejohndro@maine.gov</span></a>
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