This document provides information about a three-day training on grants management taking place in August 2010 in Arlington, VA. The training will cover understanding grant administrative requirements, cost principles and allowability, and audit requirements. It will include courses on these topics with speakers and earn participants up to 18 CPE credits. The document provides logistics for registering, hotel accommodations, tuition rates, and information about the hosting organization, The Performance Institute.

1. Learn How to Manage
Your Grants More Effectively
GRANTS
THE
MANAGEMENT
TRAINING 2010
Obtain the Knowledge and Skills to Effectively Manage
the Grants Process at Your Organization
August 16—18, 2010 Arlington, VA
1
Understand Grant Administrative Requirements and Cooperative Agreements
COURSE
Develop insight into uniform administrative and financial requirements
necessary for grant compliance and learn to efficiently and
effectively manage work processes
2
Cost Principles and Allowability for Grants
COURSE
Understand the importance of indirect and direct costs
and how to use and apply cost principles to your award
3
Audit Requirements for Grants
COURSE
Cultivate an understanding of audit requirements and
how to conduct and prepare for a grant audit
Earn up to 18 CPE Credits
In Association With
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2. THE 2010 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
August 16, 2010
1
COURSE
Understand Grant Administrative Requirements
and Cooperative Agreements
8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast Project Performance
• Monitor and report program and financial
9:00 performance goals and objectives
Overview of Administrative Requirements • Ensure optimum performance of sub-recipients and
• Understand the administrative requirements under their beneficiaries Examine the Award Agency’s Role
OMB Circular A-102 and CFR Part 215
• Examine monitoring methods, audits and sanctions
• Examine the development of administrative by the awarding agency
requirements as well as recent and planned changes
• Learn how agencies and auditors review internal
controls through site visits
Standards for Financial Management Systems
• Review grant recipient financial system procedures Termination and Enforcement
and conform with the administrative requirements • Use administrative requirements to guide
• Prepare and develop a reporting schedule for corrective actions and enforcement measures
financial and progress reports • Compile applicable federal, state and agency
requirements for the enforcement, sanction,
Property and Procurement Standards and termination of awards overseen by contractors
• Identify standards for title, use and disposition of and subcontractors
real and intangible property, equipment and supplies
• Examine and avoid common pitfalls resulting
After-Award Requirements and Contract Provisions
from insufficient property management and • Determine which contract clauses are required
procurement statements on awarded grants contracts
• Execute closeout procedures and subsequent
Reports and Records adjustments effectively
• Decide when grant records may be discarded
and what information you must keep 4:00 Day One Adjourns
• Learn about records management and disposition
as it applies to your agency or organization
“
Changes in Budget and Scope
• Identify, determine and valuate proposed After this training,
changes in budget and scope
• Collaborate with awarding agency to obtain
I feel empowered to do my job.”
approval for budget changes — Laura, Colorado Community College System
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3. THE 2010 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
August 17, 2010
2
COURSE
Cost Principles and
Allowability for Grants
Should
8:30 Continental Breakfast
Attend
9:00 • Executive Directors and CEOs
Understand Cost Applicability • Fundraisers/Development Officers
• Examine the different cost principles for state, • Program Administrators
local and tribal governments, as well as universities, • Grant Managers
nonprofits and for-profit organizations
• Grant Writers
• Review the proper flow through to sub-recipients
• Grantee Financial Staff
to navigate the grants cost process
• Auditors
Cost Allowability • State and Local Health, Social
• Determine whether a cost meets the criteria of being
Service and Research Agencies
reasonable, allocable and allowable
• Trustees Interested in Improving
• Review grant application budgets to familiarize
yourself with cost allowability Evaluation and Performance
• Community-Based Development
Direct and Indirect Costs
Organizations (CBDOs)
• Understand the differences between direct and
indirect costs in the grants process …and anyone involved with grants
• Classify costs as direct or indirect based upon the administrative management and auditing
treatment of that cost within the accounting system
12:00 Lunch
1:00 You Should
Selected Items of Cost
• Locate cost items in the cost principles Attend
and program guidelines 1. Understand how administrative
• Review factors affecting grant allocability requirements are essential to the
of indirect costs award process
Using and Applying Cost Principles 2. Manage grants and cooperative
• Review and develop your budget while agreements to ensure optimum
adhering to grant guidelines project performance
• Identify items and procedures in your budget 3. Examine the cost principles and
that would be reviewed in a grant audit audit requirements from preparation
Tips on Cost Principles to execution
• Gain Insight into grant cost disallowances by
4. Stay accountable and transparent
exploring agency and court decisions
through the grants lifecycle
• Negotiate with vendors on budget items that are
consistent with your cost principles
3
4:00 Day Two Adjourns

4. THE 2010 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
August 18, 2010
3
COURSE
Audit Requirements
for Grants
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00
Review Audit Requirements and Select Auditors 1:00
• Examine grant audits: The players, their authority Single Audit Reporting
and their roles • Report package contents and submission
• Use requirements such as OMB Circular A-133, procedures with Clearinghouse
the Compliance Supplement and the GAO Yellow • Use Circular A-133 criteria to evaluate the adequacy
Book to establish your own audit guidelines of an audit reporting package
Risk Assessment and Major Program Factors Prepare for your Audit
• Conduct a risk assessment of your program and • Ensure proper documentation on time and effort reports,
determine if it is high or low risk financial and performance reports for your grant
• Analyza internal controls and compliance • Identify all sub-recipients and develop a monitoring
requirements for program success
file that includes program performance and
Conduct the Audit financial information
• Perform audit results and findings to increase Tips on Cost Principles
grant report accuracy • Examine common audit findings and questioned costs
• Monitor the auditor’s performance to associated with the grant award
avoid common errors • Ensure you understand and document your control system
12:00 Lunch
4:00 Training Adjourns
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Your complimentary subscription with event registration gives you 6 months of regular update
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(Regular Published Price: $379 Annually)

5. THE 2010 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
In-House Training
One of the more popular vehicles for accessing the Institute’s educational offerings is the delivery of on-site trainings and management
facilitations. Bringing a training or facilitation in-house gives you the opportunity to customize a program that addresses your exact
challenges and provides a more personal learning experience, while virtually eliminating travel expenses. Whether you require
training for your department or for an organization-wide initiative, the advanced learning methods employed by The Performance
Institute will create an intimate training atmosphere that maximizes knowledge transfer to enhance the talent within your organization.
CUSTOMIZATION
We realize that not all obstacles can be overcome by applying an “off-the-shelf” solution. While many training providers will offer
you some variation of their standard training, The Performance Institute’s subject matter experts will work with you and your team
to examine your programs and determine your exact areas of need. The identification of real life examples will create a learning
atmosphere that resonates with participants while at the same time providing immediate return on your training investment. Using
interactive exercises that employ actual projects or scenarios from your organization, instructors can address specific challenges
and align the curriculum of each session to your objectives. While the majority of on-site trainings are focused on smaller groups,
The Performance Institute also has the ability to accommodate organizational wide training initiatives. Utilizing multiple instructors,
The Institute has the capacity to deliver courses to groups of up to 300 participants per day.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
On-site delivery of single courses, certification programs and entire packages of specialized
courses are available in the following areas:
• Strategic Planning • Workforce Management • Program Evaluation
• Performance Measurement • Performance-Based Budgeting • Administrative Management
• Project Management • Performance-Based Contracting • Leadership and Change
• Lean Six Sigma • Performance Reporting
For more information about in-house training options available to you, please contact Jennifer Mueller
at 202-739-9619 or email her at Jennifer.Mueller@performanceinstitute.org.
“ I will apply the knowledge I gained
to better understand the grants process.
— Sandra, Virginia Department of Social Services
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6. THE 2010 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Logistics & Registration
Venue and Hotel CPE Credit
2010 Grants Management Training will be hosted at The Delivery Method: Group-live
Performance Institute’s Training Center in Arlington, VA, just Program Level: Basic
one block east of the Courthouse stop on the Orange Line of Prerequisites: None
the D.C. Metro. A public parking garage is located inside Advanced Preparation: None
of the building for $10/day. Continental breakfast and CPE Credits: 6 credits per day
refreshments will be provided for delegates on each day.
The Performance Institute is registered with the National Association
The Performance Institute Training Center of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing
professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.
1515 North Courthouse Rd., Suite 600 State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of
Arlington, VA 22201 individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding sponsors may be
877-992-9521 addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue
North, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org.
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the
Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott at the prevailing Quality Assurance
rate of $170.00 until July 18, 2010. This rate is based on
The Performance Institute strives to provide you with the most productive
the Government Per Diem and is subject to change. Please
and effective educational experience possible. If after completing the
call the hotel directly and reference code “Grants” when course you feel there is some way we can improve, please write your
making reservations to get the discounted rate. The hotel comments on the evaluation form provided upon your arrival. Should
is conveniently located three blocks from the Rosslyn Metro you feel dissatisfied with your learning experience and wish to request a
station. Please ask the hotel about a complimentary shuttle credit or refund, please submit it in writing no later than 10 business days
that is also available for your convenience. after the end of the training to:
The Performance Institute: Quality Assurance
Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott 805 15th Street, NW, 3rd Floor.
1533 Clarendon Blvd. Washington, DC 20005
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 703-528-2222 We will evaluate individual complaints in a context of collective
Phone: 1-800-321-2211 comments from the event.
Note: As speakers are confirmed six months before the event, some
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speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The
Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work
to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.
Tuition & Group Discounts
The tuition rate for 2010 Grants Management Training If for any reason The Performance Institute decides to cancel this
conference, The Performance Institute accepts no responsibility for
is as follows:
covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by registrants, including
delegates, sponsors and guests.
Offerings *Early Bird Rate *Regular Rate
Week Training *$899 $999
One Course $435 $435 Exhibiting Sponsorship
* For the Early Bird Rate, Register by March 17, 2010 As a conference and training provider, The Performance Institute
is an expert in bringing together leaders to share and discuss
For more information on group discounts for The 2010 Grants
best practices and innovations. We connect decision-makers with
Management Training, please contact: respected solution providers. The Institute offers four different pre-
Melvin Hall at 202-739-9630 or email him at designed sponsorship packages:
Melvin.Hall@PerformanceInstitute.org
• Event Co-Sponsor • Luncheon Sponsor
• Session Sponsor • Exhibit Booth Sponsor
To learn more about exhibiting and sponsorships at Education Grants
6 Forum 2010 please contact Meredith Mason at 202-739-9707 or
email her at Meredith.Mason@PerformanceInstitute.org

7. THE 2010 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Logistics & Registration
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CANCELLATION POLICY: The Performance Institute will provide a full refund less a $399 administration fee for cancellations requested four weeks prior to
the event start date unless cancellation occurs within two weeks prior to the event start date. If a cancellation is requested less than two weeks prior to the
event start date, no refund will be issued. Registrants who fail to attend and do not cancel prior to the event will be charged the entire registration fee. All
cancellations must be requested through the cancellation link found in your attendance confirmation email. Please note that cancellation is not final until you
receive a cancellation confirmation email.
I have read and accepted the Cancellation Policy above.
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
By: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Date: ________________________________________
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8. ABOUT
The Performance Institute
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ExpectMore.gov, The Performance Institute has been a leader in Performance Management
training and policy since the 2000 administration transition. As part of the Government
Performance Coalition, a group of good government organizations, the Institute worked in
2000 to deliver recommendations to the then new administration on what would become the
President’s Management Agenda.
In 2010, the Institute is leading Innovations in Government: From Transition to Transformation,
or InnoGOV.org, a collection of forums, research and recommendations to bring insight
and transformation to the federal government. The goal of InnoGOV.org is to centralize the
importance of performance, accountability and transparency in government and to disseminate
the leading best practices to government managers.
The Performance Institute has published several research reports regarding performance
management initiatives and trains over 10,000 government managers per year on
performance-based topics. Dedicated to improving citizen services and taxpayer transparency,
the Institute uses a best-practices foundation to deliver the most effective and tested
methodologies for improving performance.
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