Spring 2024 | Online workshop - Overview of the State Aid to Public Libraries Program. |
June-July 2024 | Annual Report Information Survey (ARIS) workshops online. |
July 1, 2024 | Online ARIS form opens. |
Mid-August 2024 | State Aid to Public Libraries forms (waiver paperwork, flexibility form, etc.) posted online. |
August 5, 2024 | Online submission of the Financial/Compliance Report opens. |
August 16, 2024 |
Deadline for ARIS Online submission of ARIS closes. ARIS signature page must be submitted to the MBLC via email by the end of the business day. Further details are provided in the General Instructions and/or Detailed Definitions. |
August -September 2024 |
State Aid workshops (will be posted on our calendar when scheduled). All workshops will be online. Separate online workshops will be held regarding Waivers. |
October 4, 2024 |
Deadline for Financial Report/State Aid Compliance. Online submission of Financial Report/State Aid Compliance form closes. Signed Compliance form AND budget documentation must be submitted to the MBLC via email by end of the business day. MAR waiver petition due, if necessary - should be emailed along with the compliance form and budget documentation. Flexbility form due, if necessary - should be emailed along with the compliance form and budget documentation. Deadline for Non-coordinating multiple independent libraries to forward their multiple independent compliance form and any relevant documentation to their coordinating library and/or the MBLC. Further details provided in the General Instructions and/or Detailed Definitions. |
October 11, 2024 |
Deadline for Coordinating Libraries for COMPILED Compliance form for Financial Report/State Aid Compliance. In late summer/early fall, coordinating libraries received the Compiled Compliance forms via email as an attachment from the MBLC. Coordinating libraries in multiple independent systems must compile the information they receive from the mulitple independent libraries in their system and report that information on the Compiled Compliance Form. Signed Compiled Compliance Form, Multiple Indepdent Compliance Forms for all libraries in the multiple independent system, AND budget documentation must be sent to the MBLC via email by the end of business day. |
November 7, 2024 | First group of municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and first round of State Aid awards are granted. |
November 8, 2024 | Four* MAR Waiver application documents due (as listed on the petition):
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December 5, 2024 | Second group of municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and state aid awards are granted. |
January 9, 2025 |
Third group of municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and state aid awards are granted. FY2025 MAR waiver applicants are presented to the Board. |
February 6, 2025 |
Any remaining municipalities meeting requirements are presented to the Board and state aid awards are granted. Board acts on FY2025 MAR waiver petitions. |
March 6, 2025 | Board hears any appeals of denial of the FY2025 MAR. |
April 3, 2025 | Board acts on any appeals of denial of the FY2025 MAR. |
Calendar
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For More Information
Cate Merlin, Head of State Programs
617-725-1860 x220
857-283-5669 (Mobile)
cate.merlin@mass.gov
Jen Inglis, State Aid Specialist
617-725-1860 x227
857-488-6112 (Mobile)
jennifer.inglis@mass.gov