diff --git a/app/main/views/activity.py b/app/main/views/activity.py
index e43df4e04..661d55afb 100644
--- a/app/main/views/activity.py
+++ b/app/main/views/activity.py
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ def handle_pagination(jobs, service_id, page):
     return prev_page, next_page, pagination
 
 
-
-
-
 def get_job_statistics(job, status):
     statistics = job.get("statistics", [])
     for stat in statistics:
diff --git a/app/main/views/invites.py b/app/main/views/invites.py
index 8aa2c73dd..6831f1db4 100644
--- a/app/main/views/invites.py
+++ b/app/main/views/invites.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ from flask import abort, flash, redirect, render_template, session, url_for
 from flask_login import current_user
 from markupsafe import Markup
 
+from app.enums import InvitedOrgUserStatus, InvitedUserStatus
 from app.main import main
 from app.models.organization import Organization
 from app.models.service import Service
 from app.models.user import InvitedOrgUser, InvitedUser, OrganizationUsers, User, Users
-from app.enums import InvitedUserStatus, InvitedOrgUserStatus
 
 
 @main.route("/invitation/<token>")
diff --git a/app/main/views/service_settings.py b/app/main/views/service_settings.py
index 899451844..5615df690 100644
--- a/app/main/views/service_settings.py
+++ b/app/main/views/service_settings.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from app import (
     organizations_client,
     service_api_client,
 )
+from app.enums import VerificationStatus
 from app.event_handlers import (
     create_archive_service_event,
     create_resume_service_event,
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ from app.utils import DELIVERED_STATUSES, FAILURE_STATUSES, SENDING_STATUSES
 from app.utils.time import parse_naive_dt
 from app.utils.user import user_has_permissions, user_is_platform_admin
 from notifications_python_client.errors import HTTPError
-from app.enums import VerificationStatus
 
 PLATFORM_ADMIN_SERVICE_PERMISSIONS = OrderedDict(
     [
diff --git a/app/models/user.py b/app/models/user.py
index b6f732f07..4ed4a62da 100644
--- a/app/models/user.py
+++ b/app/models/user.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from flask import abort, current_app, request, session
 from flask_login import AnonymousUserMixin, UserMixin, login_user, logout_user
 from werkzeug.utils import cached_property
 
+from app.enums import InvitedUserStatus
 from app.event_handlers import (
     create_add_user_to_service_event,
     create_set_user_permissions_event,
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ from app.utils.user_permissions import (
     translate_permissions_from_db_to_ui,
 )
 from notifications_python_client.errors import HTTPError
-from app.enums import InvitedUserStatus
 
 
 def _get_service_id_from_view_args():
diff --git a/app/notify_client/api_key_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/api_key_api_client.py
index f56a2c307..540693673 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/api_key_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/api_key_api_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user
 from app.enums import ApiKeyType
+from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user
 
 # must match key types in notifications-api/app/models.py
 KEY_TYPE_NORMAL = ApiKeyType.NORMAL
diff --git a/app/notify_client/invite_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/invite_api_client.py
index 700c1c701..a9a6695fb 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/invite_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/invite_api_client.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ from urllib.parse import unquote
 from flask import current_app, request
 
 from app import redis_client
+from app.enums import InvitedUserStatus
 from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user, cache
 from app.utils.user_permissions import (
     all_ui_permissions,
     translate_permissions_from_ui_to_db,
 )
 from notifications_utils.url_safe_token import generate_token
-from app.enums import InvitedUserStatus
 
 
 class InviteApiClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
diff --git a/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py
index 953d21e51..0e04cfc74 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import datetime
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
+from app.enums import JobStatus
 from app.extensions import redis_client
 from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user, cache
 from app.utils.csv import get_user_preferred_timezone
-from app.enums import JobStatus
 
 
 class JobApiClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class JobApiClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
                 job["original_file_name"],
             )
             for job in self.get_jobs(service_id, limit_days=0)["data"]
-            if job["job_status"] != JobStatus.CANCELLED.value
+            if job["job_status"] != JobStatus.CANCELLED
         )
 
     def get_page_of_jobs(self, service_id, *, page, statuses=None, limit_days=None):
diff --git a/app/notify_client/org_invite_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/org_invite_api_client.py
index d6c8fe186..10b596f40 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/org_invite_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/org_invite_api_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user
 from app.enums import InvitedOrgUserStatus
+from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user
 
 
 class OrgInviteApiClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
diff --git a/app/utils/__init__.py b/app/utils/__init__.py
index 6e9c8aa88..b9aaaaa88 100644
--- a/app/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/app/utils/__init__.py
@@ -7,16 +7,21 @@ from ordered_set import OrderedSet
 from werkzeug.datastructures import MultiDict
 from werkzeug.routing import RequestRedirect
 
+from app.enums import NotificationStatus
 from notifications_utils.field import Field
 
-SENDING_STATUSES = ["created", "pending", "sending"]
-DELIVERED_STATUSES = ["delivered", "sent"]
+SENDING_STATUSES = [
+    NotificationStatus.CREATED,
+    NotificationStatus.PENDING,
+    NotificationStatus.SENDING,
+]
+DELIVERED_STATUSES = [NotificationStatus.DELIVERED, NotificationStatus.SENT]
 FAILURE_STATUSES = [
-    "failed",
-    "temporary-failure",
-    "permanent-failure",
-    "technical-failure",
-    "validation-failed",
+    NotificationStatus.FAILED,
+    NotificationStatus.TEMPORARY_FAILURE,
+    NotificationStatus.PERMANENT_FAILURE,
+    NotificationStatus.TECHNICAL_FAILURE,
+    NotificationStatus.VALIDATION_FAILED,
 ]
 REQUESTED_STATUSES = SENDING_STATUSES + DELIVERED_STATUSES + FAILURE_STATUSES