# Presentation: 706816

## Applying

**Applying**
** ****for**
** ****Federal Grants**

**White House Faith-Based and Community Initiative**

**http://www.FBCI.gov**

## Agenda

**Agenda**

**Overview of the grants process**
**Locating funding opportunities**
**Agency application review process**
**Working together**

**Ensuring successful project outcomes**

**Resource List**

## http://www.fbci.govOver 100 programs related to your goals

- _[http://www.fbci.gov](http://www.fbci.gov/)_**Over 100 programs related to your goals**

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## Funding Priorities and Opportunitieshttp://www.fbci.gov

-   Homelessness/housing
-  Elders in need
-  Substance abuse
-  At-risk youth
-  Prisoners and their children
-  Welfare to work

**Notes:**
Hopefully before you leave today around 3:30 you are going to be able to define what a grant is and to also be able to distinguish the differences between discretionary and formula grants.  You will be able to identify the roles the various offices at ED play in grant making.  After that you will be able to identify and locate the key resources that are used in this effort.  

You will also gain insight into the future of grant making as we discuss the current initiatives in electronic grant making and groundbreaking legislation such as No Child Left Behind, the cornerstone of President Bush’s vision for all of America’s learners.  

And don’t worry if you can’t recite this back to us at the end of the day.  That is why we have provided you a copy of not only the slides but also some valuable handouts you can take back with you to your own offices.

Before we go any further I would like for you to get to know your classmates better.

Warm up Activity (5 minutes):  Introduce yourselves, find out how long each of you has been at the department, where you work, and one question each of you have about grants you would like the answered to before we leave.

Have them report back.  Take a tally of where the class is in terms of how long they’ve been at the Department.  Ask for examples of a couple of the questions and tell them to hold the rest until the wrap up session at the end of the day. 

## Making the connection

- <date/time>

**Making the connection**

** ****Research available funding**
** ****Apply on-line**
** ****Communicate quickly with Federal Agency **

**Health and Human Services**
- _[http://www.hhs.gov](http://www.hhs.gov/)_
**Department of Education  **
- _[http://www.ed.gov](http://www.ed.gov/)_
**Department of Justice**
- _[http://www.usdoj.gov/](http://www.usdoj.gov/)_
**Department of Housing and Urban Development**
- _[http://www.hud.gov/](http://www.hud.gov/)_
**Department of Labor****   **
- http://www.dol.gov/

## Types of Grants

**Types of Grants**

- Formula grant
- Discretionary grant

## What’s the Distribution of Federal Grants?

- State and Local Governments
- $316 Billion (FY 02 estimate)
- $111 Billion in Medicaid
- $25 Billion in Highway Construction
- $16 Billion in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
- 147,000 Awards
- Universities and Other Non-Profits
- $ 21 Billion (Majority in R&D)
- 71,000 Awards

**What’s the Distribution of Federal Grants?**

## What’s the Distribution of                 Federal Grants?

**What’s the Distribution of                 Federal Grants**?

**80%**

**7%**

**8%**

**1%**

**4%**

**States**

**Locals**

**Universities**

**Non-Profits**

**Tribes, For**

**Profit, Others**

## Funding Opportunities

**Funding Opportunities**

_**http:\\www.firstgov.gov**_

## Funding Opportunities

**Funding Opportunities**

-    _Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance_
-  Numeric listing of all federal programs
-  ED programs:  84.XYZ
-  Grant writing tutorial

**http:\\www.cfda.gov**

- Firstgov.gov links to 47 million pages of  information

## E-Grants Vision

**E-Grants Vision**

- Produce a simple, unified “storefront” for all customers of federal grants to electronically find opportunities, apply and manage grants.
- Facilitate the quality, coordination, effectiveness, and efficiency of operations for grant makers and grant recipients.
- Deploy simple, unified application mechanism (10/2/03)

**Presidents Management Agenda:**

## Funding Opportunities

**Funding Opportunities**

- Application notices published in Federal
-     Register and FedBizOpps
- Contact program office for:

-  Grant application package
-  Example of quality application
-  Info on application workshops

## Slide 15

## Grants Management Process

** ****Identifying Resources**
** ****Develop Application**
** ****Peer Review Process**
** ****Scoring**
** ****Refinement and Approval**
** ****Performance management and Reporting**

## Getting started...

-  Assess your needs and talents
-  Determine available resources
-  Identify your eligibility status

## What is an Application Package

**What is an Application Package**

- Contains all the information and forms you need to apply.
- Application notice
- Program regulations
- Application instructions and forms

**Grant Application Package**

##  Finding the Application Package

-  **Finding the Application Package**

**Contact person**
**Federal Register/FedBizOpps**
**Online**
**Program office**

## Help Filling out the Application Form

- Detailed instructions in the package
- Contact the program office
- Pre-application works shops

## Completing the application

**Completing the application**

-  424 “face page”
-  524  budget form/narrative
-  Certifications and assurances
-  Application narrative
-  Selection criteria

**424 form**

**Identify Funding Resources**

## Cost Sharing/Matching

**  **
** **Honor commitments 			  	made in application
-  Primary grantee tracks all 			matching

**Required or Voluntary**

## Submitting the application

- Given a PR/Award number
- Screened for eligibility
- Reviewed by panel of experts
- Scored and ranked
- Notified of status

- Once received, the application is...

- PR#

## Peer Review Process

**Peer Review Process**

- Program office
- Schedule the review of application
- Determine applications evaluation criteria
- Review resumes
- Select application reviewers
- Reviewers score applications

## Peer Reviewer Profile

**Peer Reviewer Profile**

- Submit resume to agency contact
- Assigned to panel of 3-5 members
- Score between 5-15 proposals in a week
- In Washington or electronically from home
- Per diem for travel maybe honorarium
- Provide constructive feedback to applicant
- Gain insight to the grant-writing process

## Partnerships

**Partnerships**

-   Roles are defined
-   Clear expectations
-   Integrated throughout the applications
-   Benefits of collaboration
-   Communication

## Grantee Responsibilities

**Grantee Responsibilities**

** ****Project success and financial accountability**
** ****Submits annual and final performance **
**       ****reports**
** ****Conducts non-federal audit if expends **
**   ****$300,000 or more in federal awards annually**

## What Your Agency is Looking For...

**What Your Agency is Looking For...**

** ****Annual substantial progress met**
** ****Recordkeeping & fiscal accountability**

**ED**

**DOT**

**HHS**

## Go hand in hand

**and**
**Compliance**

***Go hand in hand***