Monitoring Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Federal Personnel
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Classes &
Locations
Vienna, VA
Course Details
- PRICE:
$710.00
- LENGTH:
2 days
- FORMAT:
Lecture, discussion, hands-on practical exercises, case studies, and final exam.
- LEVEL:
Intermediate
- FIELD OF STUDY:
Specialized Knowledge & Applications
- CPE CREDITS:
16
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Federal personnel responsible for overseeing administrative, financial, or programmatic performance of grant recipients will benefit from this course. Students develop working familiarity with basic monitoring techniques and gain insight into potential problem areas in grants administration. This course is also available online.
Course Objectives: Students will: Develop a monitoring plan · Evaluate hypothetical grant scenarios to determine whether prior approval is required · Analyze recipient progress and financial reports to identify deficiencies and potential problem areas · Identify weaknesses in recipient internal controls through a mock site visit · Use the Federal Audit Clearinghouse database as a monitoring tool · Determine appropriate special conditions for high-risk recipients · Analyze scenarios illustrating recipient waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs and determine appropriate responses · Practice negotiating resolution of problems that arise during grant performance
Major Topics:
Monitoring Techniques and Oversight Issues
- Best practices
- Financial/administrative vs. programmatic monitoring
Collecting and Analyzing Information
- Progress and financial reports
- Prior approval requests
- Site visits
- Audit reports
Enforcing Grant Agreements and Resolving Problems
- High-risk recipients
- Identifying problems and wrongdoing
- Taking appropriate action on findings
- Resolving issues through negotiation
- Providing technical assistance
Other Monitoring Issues
- Change of recipient institution
- Compliance with national policy requirements
Frequently Scheduled With: Introduction |
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