U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Grants Management Branch presentation at the March 2011 NASBLA BLA Workshop, Lexington, KY

1. State Recreational Boating Safety Program Pavlo Oborski Grants Management Branch Chief March 2011

2. Created in 2010 Financial responsibilities split from Program Ensure USCG grant compliance with DHS and Federal Government Financial Oversight to Grantees Application Budget Review Obligation Quarterly Financial Reporting Grantee Payments Grant Management Branch 2

3. CR through March 4, 2011 Waiting for DHS approval for apportionment Advising States to apply for funds based on FY 2011 estimated allocation 3 FY 2011 Allocation Status

5. Financial Site Visits every 3 years (16 visited so far this FY)

6. Applications will begin to be submitted via Grants.gov (mandatory FY 2012?)4 CHANGES TAKING PLACE

9. Pilot project for FY 2011 Need to be registered in Grants.gov CFDA number or Opportunity Code needed 97.012 or DHS-USCG-RBS-2011-001 Application can be saved locally before submission Grants.gov submissions 7

11. Register with CCR √

12. Username & Password

13. AOR Authorization

14. Track AOR Status

15. SIDE NOTE – Make sure you have the correct version of Adobe Reader….8 GRANTS.GOV SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

16. Tentatively October 2011 in Washington, DC Will provide invitational orders for one person per State Will cover such topics as application submission, payment requests, and financial reporting Grant Financial Management Training 9

17. Automated Grantee Payments Grantees submitting application for FY 2012 by September Changing award agreements 10 LOOKING INTO THE FOLLOWING:

18. 11 QUESTIONS?

19. Pavlo Oborski 202-372-1055 Pavlo.Oborski@USCG.MIL 12 CONTACT INFO