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Join FTLF attorneys Ted Waters and Scott Sheffler in Washington, DC for a two-day examination of the key grant management requirements applicable to Health Centers program (Section 330) grants. Among other issues critical to managing Health Center Program funding streams, this in-depth two day training covers special treatment of program income treatment, Health Center budgeting strategies and considerations, managing Health Center subaward relationships, and key cost allowability issues (including Appropriations Act limitations on salaries and certain healthcare activities as well as time and effort documentation requirements). This program combines classroom-style instruction with exercises designed for practical application of the regulatory requirements.
Target Audience
- Executive Leadership
- Finance Staff
- Grant Management Staff
- Compliance Staff
Learning Objectives
- Understand government-wide grants management requirements impacting Health Center program awards.
- Understand Health Center Program specific implementation of key grant management requirements, special areas of flexibility, and particular areas of risk.
- Identify strategies for maximizing efficiency and minimizing risk in managing Health Center Program awards.
Federal Grants for Health Centers
Washington, DC
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Thursday, May 10, 2018
*All specific times are subject to change*
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions
9:30-10:30 Overview of the Federal Grants System
Discuss the overarching federal grant system within which Section 330 Community Health Center grant awards are made. This session will address the federal legal regime underlying the grant system, will address the core concepts of financial management and cost allowability.
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Section 330 Award Nuances
Discuss special attributes of Section 330 Health Center operations grants and relevant HRSA guidance, including special statutory flexibility afforded Health Center “program income/nongrant funds,” HRSA application of financial management requirements, HRSA implementation of “scope of project” concepts, and trends in HRSA cost allowability enforcement.
12:00-1:30 Lunch
Provided by FTLF
1:30-3:00 Determining Cost Under the Rules (Time & Effort, Cost Allocation, and Indirect Rates)
Examine core concepts of cost allocation, including time and effort reporting systems, direct allocation of joint costs, and indirect cost rate agreements.
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:30 Exercises
Participants will work in small groups to address issues presented by the HRSA “total budget” concept, limitations on allowable costs relevant to grant-funded expenditures, and strategies in budgeting and cost accounting available to address such considerations.
Thursday, May 10, 2018 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Subrecipient Relationships
Discuss distinctions between “contracts” and “subawards” under the Uniform Guidance, and the requirements applicable to passthrough entities and subrecipients under subawards, from initial risk evaluation, to drafting subrecipient agreements, to oversight of the subrecipient.
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Subaward Drafting Exercise
Participants will work in small groups in an attorney-led exercise in identifying the key risks, obligations, and goals of the parties to a subaward, and in evaluating terms that will be particularly important to protecting the grantee’s interests when making Section 330 program subawards.
11:45-12:45 Lunch
Lunch provided by FTLF.
12:45-2:15 Procurement Standards
Discuss the Uniform Guidance procurement standards applicable to purchases made with federal funds, including competition requirements, conflict of interest restrictions, and documentation obligations.
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Federal Interest and Property Management for Health Centers
Discuss the concepts of “federal interest” and government-wide grant requirements for property management, and address HRSA’s approach to such issues within the context of capital improvement grants, including projects involving improvements of leased property.
Travel
Hyatt Place Washington DC/Georgetown/West End
The Wink - Washington, DC
Kimpton Hotel Palomar DC
The St. Gregory Hotel - Dupont Circle
Kimpton Hotel Madera
The Embassy Row Hotel
The Dupont Circle Hotel
Hilton Garden Inn - Washington DC/Georgetown Area
Embassy Suites - Georgetown
Ted Waters
Serving as Managing Partner of the firm since 2003, and a member of the Health Law and Federal Grants practices since 1992, Ted focuses his practice on helping organizations to solve problems, often in crisis situations. A national authority in the area of federal grants, particularly in the health and community service spheres, he advises clients on all aspects of program requirements, including issues such as cost-based reimbursement, governance and the never-ending list of grant administration matters. Ted’s expertise in financial, cost reporting, reimbursement, and administrative issues is widely recognized, and illustrated by his selection as a 2014, 2015, and 2018 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer in health care. Ted routinely handles challenging issues for clients such as government audits, internal investigations, and litigation, deftly guiding them to a resolution. His priority is to help each organization carry out its mission and ensure that legal challenges do not distract from that focus. From his more than a decade of experience running the firm, Ted understands acutely the challenges of keeping an organization running, and offers practical, down-to-earth counsel to support organizational leaders in doing just that. [Full Bio]
Scott Sheffler
A Partner with the firm in the Federal Grants and Health Law practice groups, Scott advises clients on matters of federal grant law, government contract law, and health care law. Scott assists clients with the myriad requirements that apply upon acceptance of federal grant funding, including the administrative requirements and cost principles established in the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars that preceded the Uniform Guidance, and program-specific statutory and regulatory funding conditions. [Full Bio]
A Certificate of Attendance is available for the attendee immediately following the completion of the training by clicking "Launch Course" under the registration tab under the registration tab.
Conference participants can earn up to 14 CPE credits in Specialized Knowledge and Applications.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Prerequisites: None
- Target Audience: Executive Leadership, Finance Staff, Grant Management Staff, Compliance Staff
- Advanced Preparation: None
- Program Level: Intermediate
- Delivery Method: Group-Live
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website www.learningmarket.org.
Available Credit
- 14.00 Certificate of Attendance
- 14.00 CPEFTLF is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.
Price
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