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<p class="MsoNormal">I am pleased to share that the Monarch RSE application is now open and I hope some of the students will consider applying to help us determine how the Monarch can support employment and career preparation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to pass the below links on to the student list.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Basic information about the Monarch employment project is available at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.aph.org/meet-monarch/rise/">https://www.aph.org/meet-monarch/rise/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The application is available at the following link:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MonarchRISE" title="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MonarchRISE"><span style="color:black">Applications for Monarch RISE</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> are
now open. While all applicant types will be considered and may be selected at any time between spring 2025 and summer 2026, most selections will follow this schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Phase 1 Priority Deadline: March 3, 2025 (Most selections in mid-April 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Phase 2 Priority Deadline: March 2, 2026 (Most selections in April and Summer 2026)</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Leanne Grillot, Richard Rueda, Erin Sigmund, and Greg Stilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The contents of this email and advertised virtual information session were developed under a grant number H21F240052 from the Department
of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. §§ 1221e-3 and 3474)</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <i>100%
of the total costs of APH\u2019s DIF-F project will be financed by the $10 million grant. No percentage of the total costs of the project will be financed by non-governmental sources.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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