{"id":33665,"date":"2021-10-07T20:02:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=33665"},"modified":"2021-10-10T20:09:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T20:09:16","slug":"ecf-form-472-bear-reimbursement-filing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=33665","title":{"rendered":"ECF Form 472 BEAR Reimbursement Filing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">October 7, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Attached: <a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=33655\">ECF Reimbursement Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attached is the ECF Form 472 BEAR Reimbursement Filing Guide that shows the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ECF Form 472 BEAR Overview<\/li>\n<li>Switching from BEAR to SPI invoicing method (or visa versa)<\/li>\n<li>BEAR deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Pre-payment reimbursement option (prospective reimbursements)<\/li>\n<li>Where to access ECF BEAR<\/li>\n<li>Screen-by-screen instructions for filing the ECF BEAR<\/li>\n<li>What happens next<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a reminder, here\u2019s how to access the ECF Form 472 BEAR:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Login to One Portal at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.universalservice.org%2Fportal%2FloginThe&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpl-erate%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc389d3d7fed048731cf508d989be221b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637692272122122680%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ti%2BJnxk0i4Q9h8sLWdRCE7oyRS3FWOCgg4uNCLNcCXg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fforms.universalservice.org%252Fportal%252FloginThe%26data%3D04%257C01%257Cpl-erate%2540lists.psu.edu%257Cc389d3d7fed048731cf508d989be221b%257C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%257C0%257C0%257C637692272122122680%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C1000%26sdata%3Dti%252BJnxk0i4Q9h8sLWdRCE7oyRS3FWOCgg4uNCLNcCXg%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1633797677675000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHfBWVSalwL19Rr1-MLhtXTu6wb7Q\">https:\/\/forms.universalservice.org\/portal\/loginThe<\/a>.<br \/>\n2. Select the ECF Portal option (3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0on the list). \u00a0Note:\u00a0 the second option says FCC Form 472 BEAR, but this option is only for\u00a0<em>E-rate<\/em>\u00a0BEARs, not ECF BEARs<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33667\" src=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ECFdownload.jpg\" alt=\"ECFdownload\" width=\"140\" height=\"87\" \/><br \/>\n3. From your ECF Dashboard, click Actions (far right), then select the \u201cFile ECF FCC Form 472\/BEAR\u201d to enter the form.<\/p>\n<p>As always, please e-mail me know if you have any questions about filing this form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=eratepenn\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 7, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listserve_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}