Introduction
For over 5 years, HMB has been
engaged with several State Education Agencies in the conceptualization,
development and implementation of highly successful web based grants management
systems.Our considerable eGrant subject
matter expertise and exceptional application development skills, combined with
extensive feedback from agency grants management and fiscal staff, has
culminated in AcceleGrants- a
Modifiable-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) web based grants management
application.
HMB chosen as a TopCAT Award Finalist
Features
- AcceleGrants supports application and approval processing of the No Child Left Behind
Entitlement Grants and numerous competitive grants.
- AcceleGrants houses an integrated district
improvement planning tool which illustrates relationships to grant
funding sources.
- AcceleGrants manages all of the fiscal
components of a grant: allocation, budgeting, distribution, final
expenditure reporting, and carryover processing.
- No programmer intervention is required to:
- design the look and feel for individual grant
applications
- establish grant groups that will allow for a
single approval step by school districts
- create unique workflows for each grant group
- use administration tools to make modifications to business processes
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Technology
AcceleGrants was built to take advantage of the .NET framework. It is a modular and highly scalable application which can interface with other business systems and a variety of databases including both Microsoft SQL and Oracle.
Benefits (In Education Discipline)
Improvement Planning Benefits:
- Alignment of building plans with the overall
district plan
- Eliminates the need for multiple building plans
- Alignment of district plan and funding
applications
- Reduced need for multiple program plans (Title I, II, III, IV, etc.)
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For School Districts:
- Consistency across all federal / state programs
- Allocations, Budgets, Payment process, Planning Tool
- A more complete picture of how aggregate funds
are used
- Inherent alignment between Budgets and
Allowable Activities
- Budget Summary by Object / Purpose
- Reductions in Process Time
- Less text yields quicker application completion
- Improved Status Tracking
- Application and Cash Request History Logs
- Improved Planning Processes
- Alignment of building plans with the overall
district plan
- Eliminates the need for multiple building
plans
- Alignment of district plan and funding
applications
- Reduced need for multiple program plans (Title I, II, III, IV, etc.)
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For State Education Agencies
- Quicker Application Approval Times
- Less Paper
- Reduced incoming application errors
- Status tracking of district application and funding
- Reduced administrative burden
- One person can approve multiple grants
- Lessened need for specialists
- Automated revision process
- Improved Fiscal Processes
- Error-free distribution requests and Final
Expenditure Reports
- Quicker approval time, yielding increased efficiency
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Capability
Although AcceleGrants was built in response to the needs of several State Education Agencies, it is readily modifiable to support any grant application and approval process. Additionally, the planning component within AcceleGrants will support any grant administration process by relating the funds to expected outcomes. The efficiency and simplicity brought about by AcceleGrants can be applied to any grant-awarding organization.
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