We would like to submit the following questions for the Shape RFA, second round of SIF applications: • Is it possible to request less than $100,000? • May we use Smart Start funds as a match?
We would like to submit the following questions for the Shape RFA, second round of SIF applications: • Is it possible to request less than $100,000? • May we use Smart Start funds as a match?
Applicants must submit matched budgets between $100,000 and $125,000. The amounts were set by the federal funder. No Smart Start funds can be used as a match. Communication on this topic was distributed to a mass mailing list, including local Smart Start Partnerships on 11/18/16 stating: “There is one question, answered at the bidder’s conference, for which we have made a correction…
Q: Can Smart Start dollars be used for the match?
A: No, Smart Start funds are not allowable for match.”