Welcome to the Exciting World of Grants!
WHAT DO WE DO?
Our Office has a two fold mission:
A. ACT AS Program Manager for TITLE I, TITLE II, TITLE III, SECTION 31A, SECTION 107
B. PROVIDE Compliance and Billing for ALL GRANTS
- Provide PROGRAM OVERSIGHT and COMPLIANCE
- DEVELOP a budget (initial/amendments) in collaboration with the Grants Compliance and Billing Office
- REQUEST expenditures aligned to approved activities and approved expenditure amounts in the grant application/budget
- Facilitate training and completion of PARS and Semi Annual Certifications in collaboration with the Grants Compliance and Billing Office
- Facilitate and/or complete required grant reports in collaboration the Grants Compliance and Billing Office and/or the Business Office (programmatic and financial)
- DEVELOP, SUBMIT AND MANAGE all grant applications/budgets (initial/amendments) to the appropriate granting agency in collaboration with Program Managers
- MANAGE AND MONITOR effective utilization (during budget development and utilization phases) of all available grant funds
- CREATE AND LOAD all grant account numbers into the financial system (account structure based on Michigan Accounting Manual – 1099)
- Provide individual detailed budgets with account numbers to Program Managers for utilization
- PROVIDE COMPLIANCE REVIEW AND APPROVALfor all grant expenditures (payroll/non-payroll)
- Review to make sure it is an approved activity, within the approved expenditure amount in the application/budget, and is charged to appropriate account
- House grant funded employee and stipend timesheets along with all necessary supporting documents
- Review and approve all business office grant reimbursement requests
- Facilitate training and completion of PARS and Semi Annual Certifications in collaboration with Program Managers
- Facilitate daily, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly and/or as needed meetings with Program Managers, and district level offices as needed (Human Resources, Business, Curriculum and Technology) to discuss/review budget utilization, staffing, updates on regulations/processes, etc. in order to effectively manage grant budgets/applications to meet the overall needs of the district
- Facilitate and/or complete required grant reports in collaboration withProgram Managers (programmatic) and/or Business Office (financial)
- Review, create, train and implement grant procedures (including continuous review for any revisions)
- Facilitate completion of tasks in the Compliance Agreement
