These days, terms like “fraud, waste and abuse” are being tossed around routinely to characterize a host of expenses made by grant recipients and subrecipients. Unfortunately, anecdotes cited by awarding agencies, watchdogs and the media reinforce the often-mistaken impression that someone is “up to something” when grantees get together with others. The expenditures involved may not be material, but their nature may send important messages about how seriously a recipient or subrecipient takes its federal fund stewardship duties.
The cost principles contained in Subpart E of 2 CFR 200 consider multiple types of expenditures that can potentially support legitimate gatherings of grant and subgrant stakeholders. Documenting the necessary support for these gatherings involves carefully reviewing the narratives and crafting sensible and consistent organizational policies that can stand up to scrutiny. This webinar will help you do that.
We’ll examine:
- Meeting purposes
- Internal or external?
- Live or virtual?
- On-site or off-site?
- Conferences
- Sponsored by others
- Sponsored by recipient
- Memberships
- Entertainment
- Social gatherings
- Attendance
- Staff
- Beneficiaries
- Guests
- Awarding agency officials
- Travel
- Facility occupancy
- Meals and incidentals
- Professional activity costs
- Training and education
- Employee health and welfare costs
Hand-out Materials:
Attendees will receive presentation slides as well as access to background materials.
Allowable Charges
The costs of webinars sponsored by Federal Fund Management Advisor™ are allowable charges to your federal grants and subgrants. The cost principles issued by OMB under its uniform guidance (and applicable to all types of awardees) state, “The cost of training and education for employee development is allowable” (2 CFR 200.472).
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