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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a reminder that you only have this week and next week before the Financial Management Cohort application closes. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 4<sup>th</sup> round of the Public Library Financial Management Cohort is open! We are pleased to be able to bring back the cohort for 2025/2026. If you have managerial financial responsibilities and want to learn more about public
library financial management, please review the information below and sign up!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Library of Michigan works to provide library specific administrative training for public library staff. As part of this goal, LM is working with the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government to provide a public library
financial management certificate program for a cohort of up to 30 public library staff members. Recommended participants may be public library directors, budget administrators, or other public library staff with managerial financial management responsibilities.
This 4th round of the cohort is a 9-month series of classes focused on governmental financial accounting and policy development. The cohort does NOT include software or basic accounting instruction.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Library Financial Management Certification Program includes 6 online courses noted below and 16 instructor sessions and topical LM presentations. Participants are expected to complete all classes and attend all sessions/presentations.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Courses<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Budgeting for Libraries<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Purchasing<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Governmental Accounting for Libraries<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Internal Control for Libraries<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Payroll Administration<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Writing Financial Policies<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Library of Michigan is underwriting the program costs. You can find more information on the cohort and classes as well as the application link and agreement form
<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/ce/financialmanagementcohort/public-library-financial-management-cohort">
here</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The application deadline is Monday, September 8<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Karren Reish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Library Grants Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">517-241-0021 / <a href="http://www.mi.gov/lsta">
www.mi.gov/lsta</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up! <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup">Michigan.gov/MeetUpEatUp</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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