January 22, 2010
TO: Potential CFC Participants
(Local Independent Organizations and Federations)

The Local Federal Coordinating Committee (LFCC) of the Maricopa County Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is announcing its acceptance period for Local Independent Organizations and Federation Applications for the 2010 Maricopa County CFC campaign. Applications will be accepted between February 1, 2010 through March 12, 2010. All independent organizations and federation applications must be postmarked no later than Mar 12, 2010.

Note: The Arizona CFC and the Maricopa County CFC have agreed to continue a joint local application approval process for the 2010 CFC. Local independent organizations and local federations located in Arizona that apply to and are accepted by either the Arizona CFC (0051) or the Maricopa County CFC (0052) and meet the application requirements of the other CFC will be approved by both LFCCs and will be listed once in the local organization section of the 2010 Arizona CFC Charity List and once in the local organization section of the 2010 Maricopa County CFC Charity List. Charitable agencies located in Arizona should only apply to one CFC. Agencies located in Maricopa County should apply to the Maricopa County CFC. Agencies located in any county of Arizona except Maricopa County should apply to the Arizona CFC.

During previous application cycles, errors and inaccurate completions have resulted in several agencies being denied participation in CFC. The LFCC will conduct application process training session for eligible charities. These training sessions will be conducted by the Maricopa County CFC Director on February 3rd and 4th, 2010. the training will be held at the Valley of the Sun United Way, Annex Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1515 E. Osborn Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85014. Reservations for the training sessions will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email Abel Perales (aperales at vsuw.org), to reserve a seat at one of the following sessions

Feb 3rd & 4th 2010:
1st session - 9:30a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

2nd session - 1:00pm p.m. to 2:30 pm.

This training session will be particularly helpful to new applicants, and would be a good refresher course for previous participants. Those charities that attended the training in 2009 found the application process to be much easier as a result of the information gained at the training session.

The Office of Personnel Management/Office of CFC Operations has established requirements for submitting the 2010 application. Please note that all Federal regulations and guidelines will be adhered to in screening applications, and inaccurate or incomplete applications may not be approved or allowed to submit an appeal for correction.

Agency applications for local independent organizations and federation members have been localized for the Maricopa County 2010 CFC campaign and are available at the following web address: www.maricopacfc.org

This is an all-alpha character address. Instruction sheets, along with other helpful information, can be found at this location. The 2009 Maricopa County CFC Charity Listing is also available on the website, and your 2009 CFC 5-digit codes, required on the first page of your application, are also listed there. If you are unable to retrieve the application from the website, please contact Abel Perales, at 602-631-4892, for assistance.

Completed applications must be mailed and postmarked no later than
March 12, 2010. This is a change from the previous year's campaign process.

Applications that are hand-carried or delivered to the PCFO will not be accepted. Applications must be mailed to:

Maricopa County Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
Attn: Abel Perales
P.O. Box 60033
Phoenix, AZ 85082-0033

For Federations only: Federations are reminded that all member-agencies must complete the 2010 Local Independent Organization application and meet all criteria specified in 5 CFR 950. Federations should note that all new federation members must be included in the Federation application, and that a sample of other member agency applications may be conducted during the 2010 application cycle. After completed federation applications are received, you will be notified which of your member agency applications were identified by the LFCC for review. After notification, these applications must be received by the PCFO within 24 hours.