Index

Overview

Forms/Letters
Oversight and Review
Applicant Actions
Resources
WV Specific

E-rate HATS Initiative

HATS - Helping Applicants To Succeed Initiative:

From: Slide on HATS in the 2007 USAC PowerPoint Back to the Future:

Why so good?

  • Not an audit

  • Gets you out of a vicious cycle

  • Personal attention for "difficult" situations

  • No reprisals from USAC

  • [USAC] tells you EXACTLY what to do to succeed
HATS Statistics:

  • 50% of applicants turned down HATS visit

  • 100% of applicants visited found HATS visit increased their knowledge of [Schools and Libraries E-rate] program
From: 2007 USAC PowerPoint What Are the New Basics?:
  • [USAC's] here to help!

  • No compliance check

  • Schools that have had difficulty getting funded are invited to participate

  • HATS team member sits with you to walk you through the E-rate process identifying problem and suggesting solutions.

USAC/SLD Documents:


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