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hello hello hello hello
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everyone welcome back to the grant
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success Channel where we help you find
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and apply for Grants to fund your dreams
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and projects if you're ready to unlock
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funding opportunities that could
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transform your small business or
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organization you're in the right place
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these amazing opportunities and stick
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around until the end where I'll share
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preparation with my professional tax
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software so let's dive
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in so first up we have the emergency Das
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Disaster Response fund Community
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Foundation of Western North Carolina our
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first grant is a powerful response to
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natural
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disasters the emergency Disaster
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Response fund from the Community
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Foundation of Western North Carolina
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this grant is specifically for
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organizations supporting those affected
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by Hurricane Helen if you're proud of a
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nonprofit on the front lines you could
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receive funding to help your community
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rebuild here's the
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breakdown grants up to $25,000 are
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available for nonprofits providing
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critical Human
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Services Grants up to $50,000
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are offered for organizations with
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direct facility damage or addressing the
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Hurricane's broader effects like repair
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and
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Remediation what's unique about this
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grant it's awarded on a rolling basis
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which means applications are reviewed as
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they come in and funds are dispersed
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quickly to address immediate needs don't
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wait if your organization is eligible
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this could be your Lifeline to make a
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difference now let's dive in and check
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it
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out so then again this is going to be
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the emergency and Disaster Response fund
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it has two
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grants two grants that are intended to
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cover the extraordinary cost of
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providing emergency relief or Recovery
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Services for eligible organizations of
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affected by the
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storm deadlines and dates nonprofits
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will use a simple expedited process to
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access funds with grants considered and
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awarded on a rolling
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basis organizations can submit only one
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request for funding at a
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time and organizations that previously
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received D an edrf grant for Hurricane
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Helen Frontline services but have
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sustained direct facility damage or are
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assisting others with repair and
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Remediation May submit a second
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application for up to
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$50,000 and the eligibility for this
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grant must be a community-based
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nonprofit designated by the IRS as a
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501c3
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a faith-based organization or a public
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agency serving the following counties
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and
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areas in Western North Carolina those
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areas are Avery buncome Burke chery clay
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Graham Haywood Henderson Jackson mon
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Madison McDow Mitchell pulk Rutherford
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Swain Transylvania and yansy counties
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including the qu
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boundary and you must be addressing one
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of CFW NC's for Focus areas and those
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areas are
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education cultural resources Human
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Services and natural
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resources preference will be given to
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organizations that have been previously
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funded by CF
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wnc or that are working with established
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wnc organizations with a history of
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providing services in Western North
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Carolina how to apply you can access the
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application
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online and here they recommend that all
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new applicants review the applicant
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tutorial
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videos so for this particular Grant you
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have to
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register and once you
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register by clicking the word apply app
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at the top of the page then apply in
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blue to the far right of the appropriate
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grant
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program here is an informational session
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on the grants
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directory so here you have to again like
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I said you'll have to register first and
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once you put in your email and password
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you'll create an account and once you
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create an
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account you'll be able to access access
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the application for this particular
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Grant and we're not going to go into the
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actual application right now just make
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sure that if you do have any questions
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about this or any Grant please let me
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know in the comments and I'll be more
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than happy to help
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out next up we have the Thomas H white
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fund a fantastic opportunity for
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nonprofits located in I think the word
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is
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H kuga kayoga County
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Ohio specifically serving residents of
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Cleveland now this grant focuses on
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three key areas it's early childhood
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enrichment educational success and
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Workforce
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Readiness let's take a look the grant
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Awards range from 10,000 to 25,000
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and the application deadline is December
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1st this is a competitive Grant so make
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sure your proposal clearly outlines how
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your program addresses one one of these
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critical areas if you're in Cleveland
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and your mission aligns with these
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priorities this is your chance to secure
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funding for your impactful work and
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let's take a look at the information
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here so to app app all applications must
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be submitted
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online so you're going to check your
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eligibility first and your
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organization must be tax exempt
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501c3 you must be located
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in kaga
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County I think I'm saying that word
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right I'm not sure um but this is in um
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city of Cleveland serving the residents
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of the city of Cleveland
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Cleveland and you have submitted an
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interim or final report on any previous
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grants before a new request can be
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considered and then step
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two you'll need to check your
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application questions and your
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attachment
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checklist these are the eligibility
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requirements to make sure that you're
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actually eligible for this grant they're
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going to ask you questions here about
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your
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eligibility there are some more
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questions has it been at least one year
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since your organization last received a
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grant
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award that needs to be yes because if
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it's no then you're
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ineligible again there are other
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questions here that they'll be asking
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you as well the staff information in a
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brief paragraph describe your
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staff programs and services without
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repeating the information in the
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organization background field above list
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the organization's
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programs your current operating
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budget and here it says please briefly
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describe your project or program in 10
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words or
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less and then the application goes on to
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ask other questions like your project
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description here you're going to
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summarize the problem or issue to be
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addressed or need for the program in the
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community this is asking you about
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fiscal year for
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data please provide the end date of the
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fiscal year and the total number of
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clients served this is going to be by
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percentages with the
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um total number of groups
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this is asking you about your goals and
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objectives list the goals and objectives
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for the program or
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project what do you hope to
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achieve best practices this question is
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the Thomas H White Foundation is
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interested in supporting organizations
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that Implement best practices or
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evidence-based programming
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if your program or project fits this
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criteria please explain or provide
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information to
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demonstrate and remember those programs
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were early childhood enrichment
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educational success and Workforce ready
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Readiness and that is it for this
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application this is pretty lengthy
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application if you have any questions or
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need any help on this application
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please leave a comment in the comment
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section and I'll be more than happy to
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help you with this or any of the grants
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that we have in this video or any other
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videos that you need help
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with next up we have the international
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trans
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fund the international trans fund which
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is dedicated to supporting the trans
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community and building a strong trans Le
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mov movement
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worldwide there are two Grant types
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available there are the seed grant for
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organizations not previously funded by
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ITF offering
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10,000 to 25,000 in general or project
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sub support and then secondly you have
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the Thrive Grant and that's for
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organizations previously funded by ITF
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in good standing and that one is
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offering $25 to $50,000
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here's an important note though once you
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start an
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application you can't switch Grant types
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so make sure you choose the right one
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and carefully read the application
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guidelines before you begin the deadline
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is December 2nd
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2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time
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so don't delay for this particular Grant
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let's look at it a little bit further in
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so the eligibility criteria is going to
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be
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transl that means that trans people are
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in decisionmaking
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roles trans people make up 75% of the
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group
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staff you must have an operating budget
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under a
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100,000 and this must be a group of
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people not an
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individual and the main focus of work is
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to benefit benit the trans
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community and you must contribute to the
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movement building not just providing
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Direct
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Services priorities are given to fund a
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diverse collection of groups inclusive
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of various identities strategies and
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issues languages and
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regions priorities are given to trans
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communities facing greater levels of
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marginalization and then also so given
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priority
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are what is that support transl
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organizations who work
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intersectionally and whose work
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contributes to Social and economic
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Justice and here's a list of what we do
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not fund and and organizations that are
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not led by trans
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people so just read over this list to
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make sure that you
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are eligible for this particular
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Grant now to apply for the grant again
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there are two of them please make a
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decision on which one you're going to
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apply for you can't you know go back and
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forth just make sure to pick
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one and for this particular one you have
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to register for the grant first
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so you have to create a profile and then
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you're going to register here because
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you're new and once you
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register you'll be able to to apply for
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the
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grant and right now we're not going to
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go into that but again with all of the
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grants in this video or any other
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videos if you have any questions or if
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you need
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help applying for any of these
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grants leave me a comment in the section
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in the comment section and I'll be more
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than happy to help you with any of the
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grants and last on the on the grants
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list we have have the real estate Gap
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financing grant
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program it's a $10 million pilot program
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for New Jersey residents if you're
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working on real estate development
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projects and distressed areas impacted
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by
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covid-19 this grant could provide the
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funding you need to make it
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happen here's what you need to know so
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let's go into
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it grants range from $500,000 to $5
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million
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the grant covers costs like
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construction equipment materials labor
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permits and other project related
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expense this grant does
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not does not cover land or property
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acquisition
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cost the application deadline for the
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grant is January 88th 2025 at 5: p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time so get started on
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your proposal now to ensure you don't
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miss
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out let's take a look at it a little bit
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further
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here so the minimum Grant request is
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going to be
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500,000 and the maximum Grant request is
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5
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million for
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eligibility applicants are for-profit or
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nonprofit
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entities in eligible applicants are any
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city state or County entity and any
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state colleges or universities are not
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eligible to apply for this program
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funding again for this particular Grant
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projects that have started construction
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are not
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eligible construction including
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Demolition and Remediation cannot start
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until eda's approval of the application
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all projects will be subject to
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compliance with New Jersey prevailing
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wage law and the Public Works contractor
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registration
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act let's look at the sample application
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for this
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grant so the eligibility for this grant
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the following types of real estate
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projects new construction and or a
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substantial Rehabilitation as defined
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below which are located in distressed
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municipalities as defined below are
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eligible and will be considered for Real
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Estate Gap financing
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grants so you got
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commercial mixed used nonprofit
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Community used prod projects not
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government-owned
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cultural or performing arts and
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Manufacturing or
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industrial ineligible project types
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Warehouse
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government type
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buildings and here is a sample of the
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registration where you're going to have
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to register
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first and this page is going to go over
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how to register and what to look for
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within the
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application for this
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grant so this is the registration part
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of the grant where you're going to have
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to go in and put in your email address
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your username name and
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password it's going to ask you to redeem
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an invitation code that they're going to
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send you you have to set up your
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applicant profile confirm your
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email and when you get to the
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application page you're going to choose
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real estate Gap
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financing and this is the start of the
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application
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they're asking for the primary point of
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contact this is an extensive application
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here for the Jersey real estate Gap
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Grant if you have a consultant this is
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where the consultant information will be
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put in any media contacts you
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have this is asking you
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about cannabis it's cannabis
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questionnaire and it says that New
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Jersey state law prohibits certain
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cannabis
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lies and certified personal use cannabis
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handlers from receiving or continuing to
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receive most Financial incentive
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Awards and and it's asking you about
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your project overview this is looking
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like a pretty extensive
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application so for this grant or any of
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the grant applications that you need
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help
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with leave a comment in the comment
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section I'll help you go through the
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entire
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process this is a pretty extensive
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application
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process but you kind of make you know
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you want to make that effort and apply
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this is a pretty big Grant I mean it's
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up to $5 million
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so these are some incredible funding
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opportunities that can make a huge
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difference for your organization or
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business and remember grants like these
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require strong proposals And Timely
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applications so don't wait to get
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started if you need extra help be sure
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you comment your concern lears in the
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