The most commonly asked question in a federal grant-funded organization might be, “Can we charge this to our grant?” Getting the answer often gives rise to another common question, “What’s your policy on that?”
Many grantees assume that the principles for determining cost allowability on federal grants contain all the answers. But there are multiple places in the rules that defer to allowability choices made by a recipient or subrecipient. There are even some important subjects on which there is dead silence.
Regularly analyzing and evaluating your possible choices and documenting how they should be addressed is a wise step that has full cost-recovery and burden-reduction implications. This webinar will pick out cost policies where your options are explicitly or subtly presented and help you consider defensible decisions. We’ll cover:
- OMB’s “Failure to mention” policy
- Recipient “cost policy statement”
- Management system choices
- Cash management
- Procurement
- Property management
- Subaward management
- Ethical conduct
- Employee compensation
- Salaries and wages
- Severance pay
- Release time
- Employer-provided fringe benefits
- Employee health [morale] and welfare
- Personally identifiable information
- Travel
- Surface transportation
- Meals and incidental expenses
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