For recipients of federal grants that subaward funds to other organizations, monitoring these subrecipients has been a years-long policy emphasis that contributes heavily to internal control and award compliance.
One of the problems has been the tendency of pass-through entities to equate monitoring with site visits. But oversight activities actually run the gamut from pre-award vetting and subrecipient risk assessment through a variety of post-award actions that can produce actionable information all the way to continuing accountability that lives on after closeout.
Mandates for subrecipient oversight are spread across the federal policy landscape. There are a host of required steps and commonsense practices that can assure effective “oversight” is really taking place. This webinar will present these in an authoritative sequence enabling you to assess your current policies and practices and upgrade them as necessary. We will cover:
- Uniform Entity Identifier numbers—who needs them?
- Getting subrecipients registered in the System for Award Management (sam.gov)
- Pre-award risk assessments—stated (and unstated) components and steps
- Providing technical assistance to subrecipients—early and often
- Crafting alternative subaward agreements that communicate essential components
- Using “differential accountability” as a tool to deal with problem subrecipients
- Reassessing subaward reporting content and frequency to balance accountability and burden
- Site visits—when to conduct them and what to look for
- Subaward closeout instructions in the face of federal policy silence
- Single audit reporting oversight: subrecipient compliance and audit findings resolution
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
- Grants Managers
- Sponsored Projects Administrators
- Executives
- Finance Directors
- Legal Counsels
- Accounting Staff
- Internal Auditors
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).
Attend this Live Webinar and Earn up to 1.8 CPE Credits