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State Initiative Letter - State Initiative Funds Request Form - State Initiative Report Form

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the New England Educational Opportunity Association (NEOA) board of directors, it is my pleasure to announce the availability of funds for activities under the NEOA State Initiative.

The NEOA board has again made substantial funds available to assist states in launching and furthering state initiatives to develop effective strategies to influence state policy. These initiatives will position TRIO and other educational opportunity programs for greater legislative and fiscal support and increased recognition.

NEOA identifies seven major State Initiative goals:

To establish stronger relationships with state legislators, business leaders, civic leaders and foundation executives,
To establish local and statewide alumni associations,
To build stronger state TRIO Associations,
To directly impact state and local appropriations for higher education,
To generate additional revenue sources for TRIO,
To establish stronger relationships with similar organizations and
To introduce annual campaigns to demonstrate that TRIO programs are effective and good, solid investments.

The $500 awards will be made to state associations and individual projects in order to facilitate new or expand existing state initiative activities. Individual projects should coordinate with the state association, where possible, when proposing an activity.

NEOA State Initiative grant funds will be awarded on a rolling basis beginning immediately and until August 2007. Please submit grant proposals as soon as possible. For more information, please contact Sarah Morrell, Chair, NEOA Advocacy/State Initiatives, at 508-678-2811 x2324 or smorrell@bristol.mass.edu.

Some possible state initiative activities are listed below. We will welcome proposals for other activities, and proposals for larger or smaller grant awards, depending upon the scope of the proposed activity and the availability of funds.

We look forward to your involvement!

Sincerely,

Sarah Morrell
Chair, NEOA Advocacy/State Initiatives Committee

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