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Federal grant programs require the use of standard
government forms for applying for the grant itself and
for the many types of finnancial reports that are used
both for construction and non-construction related grants.
Also, there are standard forms for collecting certifrications
from the grantees and for the annual audits that are
conducted under OMB Circular A-133,
In addition to teh forms for collecting data, there
is a need for management of the grant program both from
the initiation of the program through the initiatino
of the program and the issuance of the notice of funding
availability through the application review process
and the awarding of the funds. Also, program monitoring
needs to be completed in conjunction to and supplemented
by the audit.
- Eligibility Index. This architecture
is similar to the file match architecture, except
that each State agency sends SSNs and names of new
applicants and recertifications to the central facility
at any time, and SSNs and names are retained in the
national client database so that historical data on
program participation is accumulated.
- Eligibility Database. This is similar
to the eligibility index option, except that the State
agency transmits an extract of each case record, rather
than just the SSN and name, to the national client
database. The central facility identifies interstate
duplicate cases, and sends the case record extract
from both State agencies to each of the two State
agencies. The national client database accumulates
historical data on program participation. Thus, the
central client database sends sufficient data to State
agencies for them to minimize the amount of data they
need to retrieve directly from other State agencies.
- One-Stop Database. This is similar
to the eligibility database architecture, except that
the national client database also performs two other
major program functions. First, it links to several
other federal and State databases to allow direct
verification of client-reported income, assets, and
employment. Second, it performs a variety of checks
and computations to determine eligibility for TANF.
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