Grants Management Training Materials for Tribal Organizations
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EPA’s Office of Grants and Debarment (OGD) worked with the national Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (NPETE) to develop training materials. While OGD is no longer able to offer in-person training classes, the training materials, including the training manuals and webinar recordings, are available for download below.
Learning Modules
- Introduction to Tribal Administrative and Financial Guidance for Assistance Agreements
- Module 1: How It All Starts: The Grant Application Process
- Module 2: Assistance Agreements
- Module 3: Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
- Module 4: Grants Management Systems
- Module 5: Administrative System Components
- Module 6: Financial System Requirements
- Module 7: Accounting Policies and Procedures
- Module 8: Source Documentation for Procurement and Purchasing
- Module 9: Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)
- Module 10: Assistance Agreement Monitoring and Closeout
- Learner Manual: Tribal Administrative and Financial Guidance for Assistance Agreements
- Activities Booklet, which contains the activities that go along with each Module of the training manual. See: Tribal, U.S. Territories and Insular areas Administrative and Fiancial Guidance Manual for Assistance Agreements Activities Booklet
- Appendix: Tribal Administrative and Financial Guidance for Assistance Agreements
Accounting Fundamentals for Non-Accountants
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction and overview of accounting fundamentals for non-accountants. The module also covers important topics such as communication, internal controls, documentation and recordkeeping, records retention and being prepared for a federal audit.