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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:
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.
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.
Materials
Instructor’s Manual
Student Manual Comprehensive
Appendix Activities
1. How It All Starts: The Grant Application Process
2. Assistance Agreement Awards
3. Binding Agreements4. Grants Management
Systems5. Administrative
System Components
6. Financial System Requirements
7. Accounting Policies and Procedures
8. Source Documentation for Procurement and Purchasing
9. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)
10. Assistance Agreement Monitoring and Closeout
Course Structure
PowerPoint/Qwizdom inclusive 2 to 2 ½ - day training program
• Training• Technical Support• Assistance Call-In Centers
Tribal College Training Centers
Leech Lake Tribal College
United Tribes Technical College
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
Course Integration
Nation-wide solicitation of all Federally-recognized Tribal Community Colleges
Integration: In full Specific Modules
Six schools selected during the first round: Cankdeska Cikana
Community College United Tribes
Technical College Oglala Lakota College Sinte Gleska
University Sitting Bull College Little Priest Tribal
College
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
Web Course
Development of face-to-face training into self-guided web course
Universal availability at www.petetribal.org
New for 2009-2010
This initiative has been expanded to include training of U.S. Trust Territories and Insular Areas.
