Early Childhood Education Request for Proposals:

Early Childhood Teacher Professional Development

In Language Acquisition and Literacy

Letter of Intent

Helios Education Foundation asks all applicants to provide this Letter of Intent (LOI) for the Early Childhood Education Request For Proposals process. The LOI will ease the application process by ensuring applicants meet the Foundation’s minimum eligibility criteria (http://www.helios.org/how-we-partner.aspx). Eligible applicants will be provided a user ID and password within one week of submittal allowing access to the Foundation’s web-based application form.

If you plan to submit a proposal, please send this completed LOI to no later than 4:00 p.m. on February 11, 2010 (Full proposals will be due February 25, 2010). If you have any questions, contact Linda Thompson at 602.381.2264 or at the above email address.

Organization Name (State legal name in parenthesis if different)

Organization Complete Mailing Address

Organization Phone Number Organization Website

c  The organization applying is a public entity (e.g. a Federal or State Agency; County, City or Town Agency; Public Education Institution)

c  The organization applying is a 501(c)(3) organization. Please provide the organization’s Tax Identification Number: ______

Please enter contact information for the person that will access Helios’ web-based application:

Name / Title
Phone Number / Email Address

Local, regional and national organizations that provide services to an ECE organization(s) or ECE teachers/practitioners in Arizona and/or the Florida Tampa Bay area (comprised of eight counties: Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Manatee) are invited to apply. National and regional organizations who apply, regardless of location, must partner with a local organization in Arizona or the Tampa Bay area to be eligible. Please share with us who you plan to partner with to meet the criteria described in the RFP materials:

Potential Partner Organization Name
Name of person who can verify potential partnership / Title
Phone Number / Email Address

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