The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 3 : Executive

Chapter 053 : Human Services

Subchapter 002 : SECRETARY

• § 3022a. Improving grants management for results-based programs

  (a) The Secretary of Human Services shall compile a grants inventory using the Department of Finance and Management’s master list of all grants awarded during the prior fiscal year by the Agency or any of its departments to any public and private entities. The inventory should reflect:

  (1) the date and title of the grant;

  (2) the amount of federal and State funds committed during the prior fiscal year;

  (3) a summary description of each grant;

  (4) the recipient of the grant;

  (5) the department responsible for making the award;

  (6) the major Agency program served by the grant;

  (7) the existence or nonexistence in the grant of performance measures;

  (8) the scheduled expiration date of the grant;

  (9) the number of people served by each grant;

  (10) the length of time the entity has had the grant; and

  (11) the indirect rate of the entity.

  (b) Annually, on or before January 15, the Agency shall submit the inventory to the General Assembly in an electronic format.

  (c) The Secretary of Human Services and the Chief Performance Officer shall report to the Government Accountability Committee in September of each year and to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations annually, on or before January 15, regarding the progress of the Agency in improving grant management in regard to:

  (1) compilation of the inventory required in subsection (a) of this section;

  (2) establishing a drafting template to achieve common language and requirements for all grant agreements, to the extent that it does not conflict with Agency of Administration Bulletin 5 — Policy for Grant Issuance and Monitoring or federal requirements contained in 2 C.F.R. Chapter I, Chapter II, Part 200, including:

  (A) a specific format covering expected goals and clear concise performance measures that demonstrate results and that are attached to each goal; and

  (B) providing both community organizations and the Agency the same point of reference in assessing how the grantees are meeting expectations in terms of performance;

  (3) executing Designated Agency Master Grant agreements using the new drafting template;

  (4) executing grant agreements with other grantees using the new drafting template; and

  (5) progress in improving the overall timeliness of executing agreements. (Added 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § E.300.1.)