Brushy Fork Annual Institute

The Gooey Stuff – Managing Federal Grants

Track Leader: Conley Salyer

Over the days we are together, we will answer each and every question you have about grant management – so prepare your list and bring the questions with you!

In addition to your questions, we will use slides, group activities, and discussion to address the following areas:

  • Background on the federal grants process
  • Differences between (and when to use) grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts
  • Onsite reviews prior to grant award (pre-award inspections)
  • Building relationships with your federal grant overlords
  • Financial system requirements
  • Reporting requirements – financial and program progress reports
  • How to obtain changes to your grant when circumstances change
  • What is required of your purchasing system (procurement systems for recipients)
  • What are the key federal sets of rules that I must understand?
  • What are the federal remedies for my failure to properly administer the grant?
  • Closeout & Audit

Takeaways for this session are the answers to your questions! Plus, a basic understanding of the requirements to effectively manage federal grants – ensuring that you qualify for future grants.

Sign up! We’ll learn a lot together.

 

Conley Salyer is an attorney and organization improvement consultant in private practice in Lexington, Kentucky. He limits his practice to representation of nonprofit organizations internationally, including associations, stand-alone nonprofit organizations, foundations, and government agencies.

Conley is also a national lecturer in federal grant and cooperative agreement management to federal agencies and assistance recipients for Northwest Procurement Institute. He was a presenter of three training sessions to the National Grant Management Association’s Annual Conference in 2012.

Conley is an Examiner, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.

In 2009 he was engaged by the City of Washington D.C. to organize the City’s procurement technical assistance program, which is jointly funded by the City and the Defense Logistics Agency to help D.C. businesses gain access to the government procurement arena. Mr. Salyer has directed similar statewide programs in Maine and West Virginia. He also served as national president of the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, which comprises 93 nonprofit procurement technical assistance programs across the U.S.

Conley has taught nonprofit organization law for the University of Kentucky’s College of Law, Northern Kentucky University’s Masters of Public Administration Program, and the Brushy Fork Institute of Berea College. He has also taught Business Ethics, Constitutional Law, and Financial Accounting at the college level.

From 2001-2006, Conley directed the Small Business Development Division for the State of West Virginia. Under his leadership, the Division became ISO 9001:2000 certified (a unique accomplishment at that time). During this same period, he served as Vice Chairman of accreditation for the Association of Small Business Development Centers, personally completing accreditation reviews for nine statewide programs.

Conley holds the B.S., J.D., and LL.M. (Masters of Law in Taxation) degrees, and is admitted to practice in Kentucky, Maine, the U.S. Tax Court, and various Federal Courts.