If your agency receives or plans to receive government grants, this class is for you.
The two-day grant management class is for grant-recipient organizations across all disciplines. As such, in this class, you'll learn how to manage your federal, state or local government grants in accordance with laws and mandatory compliance guidelines.
Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as healthcare organizations, nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. Beginners will learn what they need to be successful. Experienced attendees will gain new insights, sharpen skills, affirm their knowledge and value, and leave with a sense of renewed confidence in their abilities and mission. Each participant will receive two days of world-class instruction and a 500-page participant guide and reference binder. You'll also have lifetime, free access to the exclusive Alumni Support Forums.
Who can attend?
The workshop is for government and nonprofit professionals. Staff, administrators, grant managers and makers, subawardees, consultants and board members are welcome. For-profit businesses seeking grants to fund workforce development and training or, research and development for the advancement of technology, medicine and/or national security are welcome, as are individual grant seekers such as artists, filmmakers and researchers. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to attend.
Learning objectives
- Basics of grant management
- Federal grant rules
- Non-federal grants
- Office of Management and Budget
- Which rules and regulations have authority?
- Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200)
- Uniform Guidance key changes, timeline
- The old rules (pre2015)
- Administrative rules
- Cost principles
- A-133 audits
- Award and subaward requirements; failure to comply; beginning the grant period
- Common rule attachments; other 0MB documents
- Types of federal awards
- Records management
- Examples of documentation for narrative reports, personnel, contracts
- Internal controls and grant management policy and procedure manuals
- Hiring and documenting personnel costs
- Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act requirements and Data Act
- AARC (allowable, allocable, reasonable, consistently applied), cost principle activity
- Conflict of interest, procurement concepts
- Advanced payments, interest, program income
- Prior approval, amendments, inventory and disposition of equipment
- Davis Bacon Act, prevailing wage requirements
- Indirect costs
- Supplanting and supplementing
- Cost share and matching issues
- Extensions, carry over, and closeout
- Federal Single Audits
