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My name is Tyler Rains and I am an E-Rate Specialist for Region 12 E-Rate Consulting and a certified member of the E-Rate Management Professionals Association!

We offer E-Rate services to over 280 school districts by knowledgeable specialists who provide high-quality solutions to meet the needs of all E-Rate applicants – public and private schools and charter schools. We aim to manage the E-Rate process so that your district will benefit from this federal program.

We work to streamline the E-Rate process, maintain full compliance with the program rules, manage and store all E-Rate documentation on a secure website, and develop audit readiness. We ensure that all prerequisites are in order before filing any form on your behalf. This premium service allows clients the comfort of having E-Rate experts on their team to handle the intricate details of the federal E-Rate program.

Benefits include:

• E-Rate Specialist dedicated to your district 
• E-Rate Works Management System – a cloud-based tool that helps manage all E-Rate forms  in an easy-to-use system
• Document Manager – cloud-based storage for all E-Rate documentation
• RFP Manager – electronic proposal submission system that showcases a fair and open
  competitive bidding process for your school
• Internal auditing of all E-Rate invoices
• Review, assessment, and reconciliation of previous funding years
• Children’s Internet Protection Act compliance review
• Discount rate analysis and optimization
• Forms preparation and submission (includes 470, 471, 472, 479, 486, and 500)
• USAC application review support (all PIA and  invoice reviews)
• Appeal & Waiver Support
• Training & Workshops
• Any additional special needs of the E-Rate process