Federal Grant Resources

Instructions for registering and applying for federal grants on Grants.gov.

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The Grants Learning Center from Grants.gov has the latest in training resources for understanding federal grants.

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Covers the complete Grants.gov application process, including registration, searching funding opportunities, and applying through Grants.gov Workspace.

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Overview of Grants.gov Workspace, where members of the same organization can simultaneously access and edit forms within an application.

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Collection of tutorial videos featuring detailed explanations of how to use USAspending.gov.

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Primary source and application platform for federal grant opportunities.

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Official site for entity registration required to apply to federal grants. Includes assistance listings detailing every federal grant program and additional resources.

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Official open data source of federal spending information.

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Provides support for government-wide systems required by federal policy.

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Information on applicant’s eligibility to receive federal assistance, reviewed by federal contracting officers before awarding a contract. This data was formerly available on the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) at FAPIIS.gov. It is now accessible on SAM.gov.

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Set of regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations at 2 CFR 200 that provides the overarching guidelines for administering Federal awards and expenditures.

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Federal regulation requiring a rigorous, organization-wide audit or examination of an entity that expends $750,000 or more of federal assistance received for its operations.

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Reducing Burden in the Administration of Federal Financial Assistance.

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Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure.

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Managing Federal Contract Performance Issues Associated with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Implementation Guidance for Supplemental Funding Provided in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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Promoting Public Trust in the Federal Government through Effective Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act and Stewardship of the Taxpayer Resources.

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Compilation of all webinars hosted by LCI on all aspects of federal grants, including pre-application steps like grant writing and post-award grant management compliance.

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Title VI Civil Rights Compliance

Webinar providing a high-level overview of Title VI requirements and resources to support the development of your organization’s equity strategy and Title VI plan.

Maximizing Federal Funds – ARPA and BIL

Guidance on funding opportunities within the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)/Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This session includes best practices for vetting, preparing, and applying for funding, as well as the benefits of intergovernmental coordination.

ARPA Grant Implementation: Administrative, Indirect, and Direct Costs

High-level overview of administrative costs that are permitted for ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and the designation of direct and indirect costs, including de minimis total modified direct costs. Through examples and discussion, this training session provides key compliance considerations for grant administration.

ARPA Compliance Supplement Addendum

Overview training in the Compliance Supplement Addendum, focus on Single Audit Basics: Threshold, Auditor Focus, and Preparation, and provide specifics for vendors and beneficiaries. Includes best practice for internal controls.

Building a Compelling Federal Budget

Understand how to build a budget for a federal grant funded project. Topics include the most common federal budget categories; how to fill out budget forms for the most commons federal departments; the federal definitions of reasonable, allowable, and allocable; how to justify all of the federal categories using these definitions; and how to ensure your post-award documentation continues to document these areas so expenditures are not rejected by local and federal auditors.

Elements for Quality Project Design

Effectively plan and design a federal grant project. Topics include how to design and run a series of proposal design meetings, tools to get consensus and information about project activities quickly, clear definitions of evidence-based and research-based programming, and commonly used evidence levels.

Building Partnerships for Federal Grant Success

Identify potential organizations who could make strong collaborative partners, how to build initial relationships between organizations, the level of involvement of partners in program design and proposal creation, and the level of financial compensation and commitment of partners in grant budgets.

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for Local Governments

Guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and how to implement grant management best practices.

Finding Federal Grants That Are a Good Fit for Your Organization

Understand the major trends in federal funding, how to research federal grants and track your research, how to read and understand a federal RFP, and how to present and discuss federal opportunities with your organization.

When Plans Change, Amendments Offer Solutions

Unexpected circumstances can arise during federal grant implementation. Delve into common issues that arise when plans change, and how to best address change through the amendment process that requires approval by awarding agencies.

Updating Policies and Procedures

Provisions in the Uniform Guidance that require written policies and procedures, and presents other suggestions for updating policies and procedures including templates.

Procurement Provisions under the Uniform Guidance

Updated procurement provisions of the Uniform Guidance for 2020-21.

Federal Grants Update for 2021

Changes in requirements of the Uniform Guidance made in 2020 and 2021.

Indirect Costs and Cost Allocation Plans

Plans Technical assistance about requirements for indirect costs and cost allocation plans.

Logic and Evaluation Models

Overview of the logic model used by several federal agencies and private funders.

Federal Grants in 2020

Changes in federal grant requirements for 2020.

Introduction to the preparation of a competitive research grant application and other grantmaking and grant management resources.

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Information on the Single Audit Update on common audit findings and how to avoid them.

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How to Use grants.gov

Overview of how to search for grants on grant.gov.

Planning and writing a grant proposal that includes a list of key recommendations

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Awarded to California in Federal Fiscal Year 2021

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Guide to over 800 federal grant opportunities.

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Awarded to California in Federal Fiscal Year 2020.

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Awarded to California in Federal Fiscal Year 2019.

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Awarded to California in Federal Fiscal Year 2018.

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Awarded to California in Federal Fiscal Year 2017.

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Federal grant opportunities available to meet the key priorities identified in the 2020-2021 enacted budget for the State of California.

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This report is designed to provide general direction and guidance to federal grant recipients for the successful management of federally funded projects.

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