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A Roadmap to Federal Financial Assistance

Arlene Simpson Porter Director, AGO/Grants Management Division

Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977

• The Act clarifies the three award

instruments: grants, cooperative agreements and contracts.

• The Act directs agencies to select the

appropriate instrument within the limits

• f their program legislation.
• Agencies are unable to make grants and

cooperative agreements unless authorized by statute.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)

• CFDA.gov
• Government-wide compendium of Federal

programs, projects, services and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public.

• Each agency has their own set of CFDA

numbers.

FY16 Grant Obligations*

Includes Grants and Cooperative Agreements, Excludes Loans and Other Assistance *Data provided by DOC Office of Acquisition Management

Types of Funding

• Discretionary Grant or Cooperative Agreement

− Award selected by the agency from among eligible recipients based on review of the application. The agency decides the amount of funding to be awarded.

• Mandatory Grant or Cooperative Agreement

− Award specified in the statute.

• Formula Grant

− Allocations of federal funding to states, territories or local units of government determined by distribution formulas in the authorizing legislation and regulations.

Types of Awards

• Competitive

− Awards made with discretionary funds after proposals are reviewed and selected as a result of a program solicitation that has been published through a Notice

• f Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcement in

Grants.gov.

• Non-Competitive

− Awards made with discretionary funds can be approved only in unusual and extraordinary

• circumstances. Proper written justification, including
• utlining certain criteria and selection factors, is

required to issue the awards through the Grants Office.

Merit Review

A thorough, consistent and independent examination of an application based on pre- established criteria.

Award Executed

Federal Government issues grant or cooperative agreement to recipient.

Questions?

Arlene Simpson Porter 301-628-1314 Arlene.S.Porter@noaa.gov