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Gale Harms, Consultant

EPA Grants Management & DBE Rule ( Administrative and Financial Systems & DBE Rule) Training and Technical Assistance Initiative for Tribes, Trust Territories and Insular Areas Supported by: EPA OGD & OSBP. Gale Harms, Consultant. July 16, 2008. This initiative will:.

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Gale Harms, Consultant

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  1. EPA Grants Management & DBE Rule (Administrative and Financial Systems & DBE Rule)Training and Technical Assistance Initiative for Tribes, Trust Territories and Insular AreasSupported by: EPA OGD & OSBP Gale Harms, Consultant

  2. July 16, 2008

  3. This initiative will: • Enhance Tribal Administrator/Tribal Council/Tribal Project Manager understanding of how to administer a federal grant. • Improve compliance with documentation requirements • Increase cost accounting knowledge. • Develop Tribal-specific grants management curricula. • Create partnerships between Tribes and Tribal colleges/universities. • Result in more Tribal grant administrators. • Help to ensure improved protection of human health and the environment in Indian Country.

  4. Project Goals For Tribes & Tribal Consortia: • Provide training & limited technical assistance: • To assist in the proper management of EPA funds through assistance awards. • Regarding OSBP’s new requirements of the DBE rule, to help ensure the rule is effectively implemented in Indian country after the 3-year phase-in period. • Provide ongoing training & support by establishing Tribal College Centers, to be self-sufficient by project end. • Provide a trained National PETE technical team to deliver the training throughout the United States, Trust Territories and Insular Areas.

  5. Materials • Instructor’s Manual • Student Manual • Comprehensive Appendix • Activities

  6. Course Material: 10 Modules • How It All Starts: The Grant Application Process • Assistance Agreement Awards • Binding Agreements • Grants Management Systems • Administrative System Components • Financial System Requirements • Accounting Policies and Procedures • Source Documentation for Procurement and Purchasing • Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) • Assistance Agreement Monitoring and Closeout

  7. Course Structure • PowerPoint/Qwizdom inclusive 2 to 2 ½ - day training program

  8. Tribal College Training Centers Leech Lake Tribal College United Tribes Technical College • Training • Technical Support • Assistance Call-In Centers

  9. http://www.petetribal.org • Goals & Objectives • Links to: • OGD & OSBP • Documents, Reference Materials, Rules, Regulations • Points of Contact • Tribal College Centers • Training Descriptions • Training Calendar • Frequently Asked Questions • Portal for Asking Questions http://www

  10. Course Integration • Nation-wide solicitation of all Federally-recognized Tribal Community Colleges • Integration: • In full • Specific Modules • Six schools selected during the first round: • CankdeskaCikana Community College • United Tribes Technical College • Oglala Lakota College • SinteGleska University • Sitting Bull College • Little Priest Tribal College

  11. OSBP Initiative • Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Rule (DBE Rule): • Designed to help ensure small, minority & women-owned businesses are given the opportunity to benefit from and participate in EPA grants. • National Dissemination of the DBE Rule, to assist in 3-year phase-in period. • Two discrete training programs: • 30-60 minutes • 1-3 hours • Tribal, Trust Territories, and Insular Area Communities will receive training, development, & outreach services regarding the new DBE Rule. • Face-to-Face Training • Webinars

  12. Web Course • Development of face-to-face training into self-guided web course • Universal availability at www.petetribal.org

  13. New for 2009-2010 • This initiative has been expanded to include training of U.S. Trust Territories and Insular Areas.

  14. Thank you. Contact: Klaflin@maine.rr.com or sgrosse@maine.rr.com; www.petetribal.org

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