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The closeout phase of the grant life cycle is frequently regarded as a secondary concern for many grant recipients until it becomes imminent. As the end of the performance period approaches, under ordinary circumstances, grant recipients are then tasked with the duties of settling all financial obligations incurred under the federal award, accounting for any property acquired with these funds and submitting all requisite reports. However, under the current administration, grant managers are presently confronting challenging situations that many would acknowledge go beyond customary circumstances. Although most grant managers are generally accustomed to addressing urgent issues promptly and adapting swiftly to evolving circumstances, our current environment has pushed these efforts to adapt to the utmost limits. Closing federal awards is no exception.
This webinar will explore the current closeout requirements under 2 C.F.R. Part 200 and how grant managers can be better prepared to confront the challenges of an ever-changing landscape while ensuring that all obligations under the grant award have been met.
Key Takeaways:
- Participants will be exposed to obligations under § 200.344 Closeout.
- Participants will gain the insight necessary to develop and improve internal closeout processes and procedures, ensuring that grantees’ obligations are met.
- Participants will be encouraged to identify factors associated with individual awards that may present closeout challenges or potential audit risks, and to establish the most effective methods for mitigating those risks.
YOUR EXPERT(S):
Toni Demaglio
For over twenty-five years, Toni DeMaglio has performed post-award grant management duties, and served as a compliance officer at two institutions of higher education. In this capacity, she provided interpretation of policies and rules to ensure the conformance of federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and agency/program policies. Her primary responsibility was to keep grants in the state of audit-readiness by providing technical assistance to college personnel in the areas of fiscal integrity as they relate to programmatic activities. She worked closely with project directors and financial services to prevent and identify activities and charges that would be unallowable under grant regulations, and if required, recommends corrective action plans. Toni designed grants management training for grant project directors, administrators, and support staff. She also assured that statutory/administrative requirements and grant conditions have been met during the closeout of each grant.
In addition to State and private foundation grants management, she has extensive experience providing oversight for grants from the US Department of Education; the National Science Foundation; the US Department of Labor; Health and Human Services; and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her previous grants management experience included serving as a project director for federal, state, and private grants, under her leadership, grants consistently exceeded their objectives.
As a grant management consultant, she has been retained as a compliance expert where she assesses post-award management gaps, recommends processes and procedure improvements; assesses post-award management needs; and designs grants management professional development training.
As a grants management trainer, she had developed an on-line course for subrecipient grant management; developed and delivered one and two-day grants management training programs, as well as, developed and delivered national training webinars on topics including: grants policy requirements, development and implementation; site visits; reporting; travel; effort reporting; procurement; allowable cost; personnel payroll documentation; policy requirements; and subrecipient monitoring.
Toni is often requested to present at national and statewide conferences on compliance and grant management issues and has served as a peer panel reviewer for seven federal grant award competitions. She has chaired the Education Committee and served on Board of Directors for the National Grants Management Association and was one of the six subject matter experts who developed the content of the Body of Knowledge for the Specialist Certification in Grants Management. Currently she serves as on the Thompson Grants Editorial Advisory Board.
Delivery Method: Group Live
Refund Policy:
If you are not able to attend for any reason, please notify us as soon as possible. Cancellations received 24 hours prior to the start time of the audio conference are fully refundable. After that, cancellations are subject to a $25 processing fee. If you prefer, you may substitute an upcoming audio conference for the one you originally registered for and avoid the $25 processing fee. All refunds resulting from cancellations will be issued within 72 hours.
Complaint Resolution Policy:
Participants are encouraged to submit complaints as soon as possible to ensure timely resolution. Complaints must include the participant's name, program name, date of the program, and a clear description of the issue. Complaints can be submitted through the following methods:
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