PAP.11.2.060 Proposal Development

(a) Grant Authorization form, attachment A, is completed by the requesting department director or Grants staff. Once all details are completed including:

(1) Assistance Listing Number,

(2) Funding Agency,

(3) Opportunity Title,

(4) Requested budget amount,

(5) Project period,

(6) and Description of proposal,

(7) Required signatures of: Department Director, Planning and Grants Department Director, Compliance Manager, Executive Director, and at minimum four Tribal Governing Board Members.

(b) The lead writer, selected by the Grants Department Director shall create a Grant Proposal and Management Team including but not limited to:

(1) Tribal Governing Board designee

(2) Secretary/Treasurer of TGB

(3) Executive Director

(4) Chief Financial Officer

(5) Compliance Manager

(6) Director or designee of Department responsible for implementation of grant to be developed.

(c) Stakeholder representatives will be assigned by their supervisors and/or TGB designees to work with the Grant Proposal and Management Team to assist with the development of each grant proposal as warranted. This will enable those responsible for administering and reporting on the grant projects to review, revise, approve, and disapprove proposed projects based upon considerations of administrative and technical capacity, attainable goals, objectives, and deliverables, budget costs versus benefits, and fund matching requirements. However, the Tribal Governing Board retains the right to accept, reject, or modify stakeholder recommendations and proposed revisions.

(d) The lead writer will work with the Grants Department Director under the purview of the Grants Department Director to coordinate the effort of all involved in the grant development process for each grant. The lead writer will continue meeting with team members and stakeholders to develop grant application and required attachments and supporting documents generally including but not limited to supporting research and data, project goals and objectives, narratives, logic models, management plans, budgets and budget narratives, assurances, standard federal forms, resolutions, etc.

(e) A majority vote from the Tribal Governing Board must be received by the Grants department in order to submit grant proposals to funding agencies.