Web Based Grants Management

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.

• 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

AcceleGrants was built to take advantage of the Microsoft .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 Server and Oracle.

   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.)

   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.)

   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

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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