Having just returned home from this year’s 2022 Region 2 Head Start Association Conference held in Puerto Rico at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, I can say it was a great event. We had the pleasure of meeting numerous new Head Start organizations as well as seeing some existing clients. It was an excellent event with
Read More...This year’s 2022 Region 2 Head Start Association Conference will be held in Puerto Rico the week of November 13-17, 2022 at the Royal Sonesta. Please stop by our booth if you will be in attendance and we can discuss E-Rate! The E-Rate program can potentially offer your Head Start a 90% discount on your
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2020 is ushering in changes to the E-Rate rules that may impact the amount of E-Rate funding available to your school or library. The new rules are aimed at ensuring that schools and libraries have access to affordable high-speed broadband as well as funding for various internal connections to help schools and libraries stay connected
Read More...It’s easy to get wrapped up in end-of-year paperwork and let certain things slip your mind, but one thing that you must remember is the deadline to apply for E-Rate Funding is coming up soon – March 27th, 2019 . If you don’t plan for it, that deadline will sneak up on you and you
Read More...The Education Rate, or E-Rate, program was established to aid schools and libraries in obtaining affordable telecommunication and internet services by offering discounts on these services. In order to be eligible to receive E-Rate discounts, schools and libraries must meet certain eligibility criteria. It is an amazing program that has helped countless schools and libraries,
Read More...After applicants have received an FCDL with a positive funding commitment and services have started for the funding year, they must file an FCC Form 486 to accomplish the following: To notify USAC that services have started and USAC can process invoices (FCC Form 472 and FCC Form 474). NOTE: Service providers must also file FCC Form
Read More...If you are chosen for a selective review, USAC will email the FCC Form 471 contact person and provide a link to the selective review questions in EPC. You can also access the questions by logging in to EPC, going to your FCC Form 471, and clicking the Review Inquiries option in the top menu. (Read
Read More...Because USAC is transferring its banking services for the universal service fund (USF) to the U.S. Treasury, there will be changes to the E-rate Program disbursement schedule. Beginning in May 2018, USAC will accept payments to and distribute funds from the U.S. Treasury. This is not a change to USAC’s administration of the USF. (Read
Read More...USAC Meets Demand: In this notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau announces that there is sufficient funding available to fully meet the Universal Service Company’s (USAC) estimated demand for category one and category two requests for E-rate supported services for funding year 2016. [read more]
Read More...Second E-rate Modernization Order was released on December 19, the FCC issued the Second E-rate Modernization Report and Order (Order) and Order on Reconsideration. Building on the E-rate Modernization Order adopted by the FCC in July, the improvements to the program adopted in this Order seek to close the high-speed connectivity gap between rural schools and libraries
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