Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs

Grants for Schools: Getting Them and Using Them, A Procedural Manual

1. How Grants Are Made Available

   1. Request for Proposals Process

   2. Components of the Request for Proposals:     Flow Chart:   

   3. Kinds of Grants Available

   4. Components of the Grant Application

2. How to Complete the Grant Application

   1. Guidelines for the General Applicant Section (Part I)

   2. Guidelines for the Budgetary Information Section (Part II)

   3. General Guidelines

3. How Grants Are Awarded

   1. Application Review

   2. Approval

   3. Awarding Grants

   4. Appeals Process

4. How to Manage Grants

   1. Request for Funds Process

   2. Amendment Process

   3. Final Reporting Process

   4. Unexpended Funds and Preliminary Expenditure Review

   5. Evaluation

   6. Financial Audit

Revised - May 2008