However, given the basic commonality of interests and concerns among the participants, the organizational participants are not specifically identified. Each agency has different application requirements. The examples cited were the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Department of State, and the Department of Justice, each of which provides funding to the same non-profit organization. Within agencies, there is a difference between what the Grants Officer and the Program Officer require. Non-profit organizations need access to technical assistance.
Small grantees have difficulty in interpreting the cost principles.
They do not have access to lawyers or consultants to assist them. Limitations on indirect cost recovery affect small entities ability to compete. There is a need to clarify the difference between financial and program audits. If so, the auditors are not doing so currently. Audits are submitted timely, but, due to a backlog at the Single Audit Clearinghouse, the grantee is dunned for a late report.