Assistance

Pre-award Assistance includes:

• Sharing information about grant opportunities
  • via one to two page summaries
  • through Super Notes or direct email
• Collecting and sharing of commonly needed information:
  • demographics
  • budgets
  • evaluation
• Tips and examples
• Answering questions about application processes
• Serving as the Point of Contact for the System for Award Management (SAM.gov), the official website of the US Goverment 
• Sharing information about webinars and classes
• Contacting of grantors to clarify information
  • Federal agencies
  • State agencies
  • Foundations
• Contacting agencies for critique sheets if proposal not funded
• Collaborating on grant development
• Editing proposals and providing feedback
• Writing proposals for Superintendent and Associate Superintendents
• Obtain Board of Trustee approval if required
• Obtain Superintendent signature on grant applications

Post-award Assistance includes:

• Serving as the liaison between the grantor representative and the employee
• Coordinating services with the Finance Department to get the budget set up
• Coordinating services with the Finance Department to get the work flow approvals set up
• Monitoring transactions for allowable use of funds per the grantor and the Finance Department
• Tracking budget expenditures as an internal auditing control
• Helping remove spending obstacles 
• Reminding budget managers of remaining grant dollars
• Assisting as needed with reporting and budget deadlines
• Communicating with grantor representative on financial matters
• Attending grant monitoring meetings with Project Coordinators