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Don’t let the recently implemented changes to the Uniform Guidance catch you off guard. Join Elizabeth Mackay, CFA, Esq., a regulatory compliance expert and former Federal prosecutor, for an insight-filled webinar that will demystify the updates and their real-world impact on your grants management and monitoring program. Walk away with actionable strategies to ensure compliance and unlock the full potential of your grant funding. Watch now: https://lnkd.in/grWXKESW

WEBINAR TODAY! Topic: Key Revisions to the Uniform Guidance Date & Time: Today, September 25 @ 1PM EST Location: Zoom (Virtual) Cost: Free! Don't let the new Uniform Guidance changes catch you off guard. Join Elizabeth Mackay, CFA, Esq., a regulatory compliance expert and former Federal prosecutor, for an insight-filled webinar that will demystify the updates and their real-world impact on your grants management and monitoring program. Walk away with actionable strategies to ensure compliance and unlock the full potential of your grant funding. Register Now: https://lnkd.in/g64dhmVK

UPCOMING WEBINAR - 3 Days Left! Topic: Key Revisions to the Uniform Guidance Date & Time: September 25 @ 1PM EST Location: Zoom (Virtual) Cost: Free! Don't let the new Uniform Guidance changes catch you off guard. Join Elizabeth Mackay, CFA, Esq., a regulatory compliance expert and former Federal prosecutor, for an insight-filled webinar that will demystify the updates and their real-world impact on your grants management and monitoring program. Walk away with actionable strategies to ensure compliance and unlock the full potential of your grant funding. Register Now: https://lnkd.in/g64dhmVK

UPCOMING WEBINAR Topic: Key Revisions to the Uniform Guidance Date & Time: September 25 @ 1PM Eastern Don't let the new Uniform Guidance changes catch you off guard. Join Elizabeth Mackay, CFA, Esq., a regulatory compliance expert and former Federal prosecutor, for an insight-filled webinar that will demystify the updates and their real-world impact on your grants management and monitoring program. Walk away with actionable strategies to ensure compliance and unlock the full potential of your grant funding. Register Now: https://lnkd.in/g64dhmVK

In the latest news concerning the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme--in which $250 million in Federal COVID-19 relief aid was stolen from a children's nutrition program--five defendants (convicted on June 7) have been indicted for attempts to bribe a juror during the trial process. https://lnkd.in/gtyJ_SBY

As the first wave of convictions in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme were announced, the Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor has released a blistering report on the Department of Education's inadequate oversight of Federal COVID-19 funds intended to provide meals for children and low-income families during the pandemic. https://lnkd.in/gMg4jmGx

Missed our webinar on Wednesday? Watch the recording on YouTube! In this video, veteran compliance and procurement expert Liz Mackay provides a 30-minute crash course on key provisions of the Uniform Guidance, including: • Procurement methods and competitive bidding • Mandatory contract provisions • Vendor and contractor requirements • Upcoming OMB revisions to the Uniform Guidance https://lnkd.in/gg5xK2SC

What are YOUR most pressing grant oversight challenges? At our webinar yesterday, we asked participants to share what's on their minds when it comes to Federal grants compliance and monitoring. The results were clear: accessing the information and training program staff, subrecipients, and grantees need to understand and meet compliance requirements is a major obstacle to success. Additionally, existing monitoring programs focus heavily on compliance, without enough emphasis on determining whether the goals of the grant are being achieved and providing actionable recommendations for program improvement. Fortunately, this is exactly where the Vander Weele Group can help. Our grants monitoring philosophy, which we call Meaningful Monitoring, emphasizes a comprehensive approach to oversight, one that not only ensures financial compliance, but provides data-driven, actionable intelligence about program operations and their effectiveness. Our team of grant monitoring and compliance experts offers the resources your program needs when it comes to staying on top of Federal regulations and requirements, whether you're looking for subrecipient monitoring services, an independent risk assessment, training for your compliance team, or technical assistance for subrecipients and grantees. To learn more about Meaningful Monitoring, visit: https://lnkd.in/gUPGsvEH For more grants monitoring resources, check out our library: https://lnkd.in/gaeUKkaK To speak with a grants monitoring expert, email us at info@vanderweelegroup.com or give us a call at 773-929-3030.

TWO DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER: https://lnkd.in/gqCK-mjw Federal procurement regulations for grants are full of potential pitfalls, whether you’re a first-time grant recipient or an agency administering a new grant program. What worked in the past may not work under today’s rules. On May 22nd, join veteran regulatory expert Liz Mackay for a 30-minute crash course on key provisions of the Uniform Guidance, including: • Procurement methods and competitive bidding • Mandatory contract provisions • Vendor and contractor requirements

One of the tools the Federal government uses to ensure compliance with grant regulations are pre-procurement reviews, which can be conducted either by the agency that awarded the grant or, if you're a subrecipient, by the pass-through entity that distributed the funds. To help you prepare, we've put together an explanation of this brief but important section of the Uniform Guidance: "§200.325 Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity review". https://lnkd.in/d_wif9qQ