Chapter 2 - Roles and Responsibilities of Key Participants

Understanding the relationship and responsibilities of the participants involved in the subaward process is essential to creating a successful subrecipient monitoring relationship. Federal funds originate from a federal agency that is authorized by Congress through a grant-enabling statute to develop and administer a federal assistance program. Based on the statute, the federal agency awards federal funds to recipients and subrecipients — such as state and local governments, colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations — to carry out the federal program. Some recipients and subrecipients implement all of the federal grant activities themselves, but many who are… Read More