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8.10 FACILITATOR'S DUTIES.
The specific duties of the facilitator of the office of grants
enterprise management may include the following:
1. Establish a grants network representing all state agencies to
assist the grants enterprise management office in an advisory
capacity. Each state agency shall designate an employee on the
management or senior staff level to serve as the agency's federal
funds coordinator and represent the agency on the grants network. An
agency may not create a staff position for a federal funds
coordinator. The coordinator's duties shall be in addition to the
duties of the employee of the agency.
2. Develop a plan for increased state access to funding sources
other than the general fund of the state.
3. Develop procedures to formally notify appropriate state and
local agencies of the availability of discretionary federal funds
and, when necessary, coordinate the application process.
4. Establish an automated information system database for grants
applied for and received and to track congressional activity.
5. Provide information and counseling to state agencies and
political subdivisions of the state concerning the availability and
means of obtaining state, federal, and private grants.
6. Provide grant application writing assistance and training to
state agencies and political subdivisions of the state, directly or
through interagency contracts, cooperative agreements, or contracts
with third-party providers.
7. Monitor the federal register and other federal or state
publications to identify funding opportunities, with special emphasis
on discretionary grants or other funding opportunities available to
the state.
8. Periodically review the funding strategies and methods of
those states that rank significantly above the national average in
the per capita receipt of federal funds to determine whether those
strategies and methods could be successfully employed by this state.
Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 99, §2
