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Giving credit where credit is due

Most grants — including those your center receives from Health and Human Services, are required to include that information in any press releases or other ACL supported publications and forums describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part

Paula McElwee August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

How can your board find a new Executive Director with a disability?

The rules for consumer control indicate that 51% of your managers must have a disability. In smaller centers where there is only one manager — the Executive Director — the board must hire a person with a disability. Even if

Paula McElwee August 4, 2021July 7, 2021 Consumer Control, History and Philosophy of IL, Regulations, Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

Answering the questions of the new CIL Executive Director

Do you remember your first day on the job? That flutter of excitement and apprehension? The navigation of new terms and new requirements that no one warned you about? We offer technical assistance to a new Executive Director in a

Paula McElwee July 14, 2021June 28, 2021 ACL Guidance, Conflict of Interest, Consumer Control, Core Services, Finances, Regulations, Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

More from the revisions to the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 – Indirect Cost Rates

Effective Dates Q-9. When are the revisions to the Uniform Guidance published on August 13, 2020 effective?The effective date of the revisions to the Uniform Guidance published in 85 FR 49506 on August 13, 2020 is November 12, 2020, except

Paula McElwee July 7, 2021June 24, 2021 Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

2 CFR 200.216 Prohibition on certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment.

Recently the regulations around how you as a grantee or subgrantee spend money have changed. Here is a new section for your consideration. You are prohibited from using federal dollars to procure or obtain certain equipment manufactured in or sold

Paula McElwee June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Allowable Costs, Finances, Regulations, Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

How to initiate internal controls in your one-person SILC office

It is all about internal controls.  Internal controls assure that more than one person reviews all financial transactions, and that more than one person is involved in any chain of events related to a transaction. When there is a single

Paula McElwee June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Finances, SILC, Technical Assistance 1 Comment Read more

New notes on 10% de minimus rate for indirect costs and Modified Total Direct Costs

A new FAQ is out for the overall regulations for spending of federal grant funds — Uniform Guidance found in 2 CFR 200 (and mirrors the regs from our HHS funder at 45 CFR 75 which have not yet been

Paula McElwee June 2, 2021May 25, 2021 Finances, Indirect Cost Rate, Regulations, Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

Frequently Asked Questions about spending Federal Dollars

A new FAQ is out for the overall regulations for spending of federal grant funds — Uniform Guidance found in 2 CFR 200 (and mirrors the regs from our HHS funder at 45 CFR 75). You can find the full

Paula McElwee May 12, 2021May 7, 2021 Compliance review, Finances, Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

Digital Divide — how it effects people with disabilities and a May 12 date for applications to begin

Even the tech savvy among us are tired of video calls and email rather than in-person conversations, but let’s face it — we have made a shift in communication and we aren’t going back. My doctor routinely asks if I’d

Paula McElwee May 5, 2021April 30, 2021 Technical Assistance No Comments Read more

What about the COVID-19 Vaccine funds will assist Part B centers?

As with the CARES Act funds, the new Vaccine Access funding from the CDC will be given to centers that are direct grantees (Centers for Independent Living funding through Part C of Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act) from ACL.

Paula McElwee April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Technical Assistance No Comments Read more
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This project is supported by grant numbers 90ILTA0001 and 90ISTA0001 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.

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