Effective Management of CDBG Subrecipients
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DAY ONE | |
| Overview
• Five factors for success
- Select partners who share a common vision with you
- Properly pre-screen applicants
- Effective written agreements
- Use training and technical assistance
- Effective reporting and data gathering
• What is a CDBG subrecipient?
• Self-evaluation exercises |
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The Planning and Selection Process
• The decision to use subrecipients: when and for what projects
• Pre-award assessments/selection models
• Application packages; prescreening, key factors for selection
• Conflict of interest
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Subrecipient Agreements
• What they are/what they are not
• Who prepares the agreement?
• Required inclusions
• Required for faith-based organizations
• Subrecipient agreement tips
• Common problems
• Amending the agreement
• Developing the agreement
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DAY TWO
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| | Improving Performance through TA, Training and Monitoring
• Warning signs
• Why things go wrong
• Using training and technical assistance
• Monitoring to improve performance
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Systems and Procedures for Tracking Performance
• Why this is important
• Six key elements of subrecipient information systems
• Sources of information
• Program tracking systems
• Information systems problems
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