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may result in sanctions, as specified in item 79, Performance of Agreement Provisions.
Report Contents: Performance Reports must include a response to all objectives included
in your subgrant. A detailed response is required in the narrative portion for yes/no
performance objectives, The narrative must also reflect on accomplishments for the
quarter and identify problems with project implementation and address actions being
taken to resolve the problems. Additional information may be required if necessary to
comply with federal reporting requirements.
Submission: Performance Reports may be submitted by the Project Director, Application
Manager, or Performance Contacts.
b. Financial Reports
(1)
Project Expenditure Reports
(a) The subgrant recipient shall have a choice of submitting either a Monthly or a
Quarterly Project Expenditure Report to the Department. Project Expenditure
Reports are due thirty (30) days after the end of the reporting period. In addition, if
the subgrant award period is extended, additional Project Expenditure Reports shall
be submitted. :
(b} All project expenditures for reimbursement of subgrant recipient costs shall be
submitted on the Project Expenditure Report Forms prescribed and provided by the
Office of Criminal Justice Grants (OCJG) through the SIMON (Subgrant Information
Management ON-line)
(c) All Project Expenditure Reports shall be submitted in sufficient detail for proper pre-
audit and post-audit.
(d) Before the "final” Project Expenditure Report will be processed, the subgrant
recipient must submit to the Department all outstanding project reports and must
have satisfied all special conditions. Failure to comply with the above provisions
shall result in forfeiture of reimbursement.
(e) Reports are to be submitted even when no reimbursement is being requested.
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(f) The report must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing
agency's Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Financial Officer designee.
(2) Financlal Closeout Audit
(a) The Financlal Closeout Audit shall be submitted to the Department within forty-five
(45) days of the subgrant expiration date.
(b) The Financial Closeout Audit must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient
or implementing agency's Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Financial Officer
designee.
(3) Project Generated Income (PGI)
(a) If applicable, the subgrant recipient shall submit Quarterly PGI Earnings and
Expenditures Reports to the Department within thirty (30) days after the end of the
teporting period covering subgrant project generated Income and expenditures
during the previous quarter. If any PG! remains unspent after the subgrant ends, the
subgrant recipient must continue submitting quarterly PGI reports until all funds are
expended. (See Item 11, Program Income.)
(b) PGI! Earnings and Expenditures reports must be electronically signed by the subgrant
recipient or implementing agency's chief financial officer or the chief financial officer's
designee.
c. Other Reports
The subgrant recipient shall report to the Uniform Crime Report and other reports as may be
reasonably required by the Department.
5. Fiscal Control and Fund Accounting Procedures
a. All expenditures and cost accounting of funds shall conform to the Office of Justice
Programs Financial Guide, the Common Rule, and OMB Circulars A-21, A-87, and A-110,
or A-102 as applicable, in their entirety,
b, The subgrant recipient is required to establish and maintain adequate accounting systems
and financial records and to accurately account for funds awarded to them. As a subgrant
recipient, you must have a financial management system in place that is able to record and
report on the receipt, obligation, and expenditure of grant funds. An adequate accounting
system for a subgrant recipient must be able to accommodate a fund and account structure
to separately track receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities for awards, programs, and
subgrant recipients.
¢. All funds spent on this project shall be disbursed according to provisions of the project
budget as approved by the Department.
d. All funds not spent in accordance with this agreement shall be subject to repayment by the
subgrant recipient.
6. Payment Contingent on Appropriation and Available Funds
The State of Florida's performance and obligation to pay under this agreement is contingent upon
an annual appropriation by the Florida Legislature. Furthermore, the obligation of the State of
Florida to reimburse subgrant recipients for incurred costs is subject to available federal funds,
7. Obligation of Subgrant Recipient Funds
Subgrant funds shall not under any circumstances be obligated prior to the effective date, or
subsequent to the termination date, of the subgrant award period, Only project costs incurred on
or after the effective date, and on or prior to the termination date of the subgrant recipient's
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project are eligible for reimbursement. All payments must be completed within thirty (30) days of
the end of the subgrant period.
8. Advance Funding
Advance ‘funding may be provided to a subgrant recipient upon a written request to the
Department. The request must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing
agency's Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Financial Officer designee.
9. Trust Funds
a. The unit of local government must establish a trust fund in which to deposit JAG funds,
The trust fund may or may not be an Interest bearing account.
b. The account may earn interest, but any earned interest must be used for program purposes
and expended before the federal grant period end date. Any unexpended Interest
remaining at the end of the federal grant period must be submitted to the Office of Criminal
Justice Grants for transmittal to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
10. Travel and Training
The cost of all travel shall be reimbursed according to the subgrant recipient's written travel
policy. If the subgrant recipient does not have a written travel policy, cost of all travel will be
reimbursed according to State of Florida Travel Guidelines § 112.061, Fla. Stat. Any foreign
travel must obtain prior written approval.
411, Program Income (also known as Project Generated Income)
a, All income generated as a direct result of a subgrant project shall be deemed program
income.
b. Any project that will potentially earn PGI must submit an Earnings and Expenditures Report
to report how much PGI was earned during each quarter. A report must be submitted each
quarter even If no PGI was earned or expended. PGI Earnings and Expenditures reports
must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing agency's Chief
Financial Officer or the Chief Financial Officer designee,
c, PGI expenditures require prior written approval from the Office of Criminal Justice Grants.
Program income must be used for the purposes of and under the conditions applicable to
the award. ff the cost is allowable under the federal grant program, then the cost would be
allowable using program income. PGI budget requests must be signed by the subgrant
recipient or implementing agency's Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Financial Officer
designee.
d. Program income should be used as earned and expended as soon as possible, Any
unexpended PGI remaining at the end of the federal grant period must be submitted to
OCJG for transmittal to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
12. Approval of Consultant Contracts
The Department shall review and approve in writing all consultant contracts prior to employment
of a consultant when the consultant’s rate exceeds $650 (excluding travel and subsistence costs)
per eight-hour day, or $81.25 per hour. A detailed justification must be submitted to and
approved by FDLE prior to obligation or expenditures of such funds. Approval shall be based
upon the contract's compliance with requirements found in the Financial Guide, the Common
Rule, and in applicable state statutes. The Department's approval of the subgrant recipient
agreement does not constitute approval of consultant contracts. If consultants are hired through
a competitive bidding process (not sole source), the $650 threshold does not apply.
13. Property Accountability
a. The subgrant recipient agrees to use all non-expendable property for criminal justice
purposes during its useful life or dispose of it pursuant to § 274, Fla. Stat.
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b. The subgrant recipient shall establish and administer a system to protect, preserve, use,
maintain and dispose of any property furnished to it by the Department or purchased
pursuant to this agreement according to federal property management standards set forth in
the Office of Justice Programs Financial Guide, U.S. Department of Justice Common Rule for
State and Local Governments or the federal OMB Circular A-110 or A»102, as applicable.
This obligation continues as long as the subgrant recipient retains the property,
notwithstanding expiration of this agreement.
14, Ownership of Data and Creative Material
Ownership of material, discoveries, inventions, and results developed, produced, or discovered
subordinate to this agreement is governed by the terms of the Office of Justice Programs
Financial Guide (as amended), and the U.S, Department of Justice Common Rule for State and
Local Governments, or the federal OMB Circular A-110 or A-102, as applicable.
15. Copyright
The awarding agency reserves a royalty-free non-exclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce,
publish, or otherwise use, and authorize others to use, for federal government purposes:
a. The copyright In any work developed under an award or subaward, and
b. Any rights of copyright to which a subgrant recipient or subrecipient purchases ownership
with support funded under this grant agreement.
16. Patents
\f any program produces patentable items, patent rights, processes, or inventions, in the course
of work sponsored by the federal award or subaward funds, such facts must be promptly and fully
reported to the awarding agency.
a, Unless there is a prior agreement between the subgrant recipient and the Department on
disposition of such items, the Department may determine whether protection on the invention
or discovery will be sought.
b. The Department will also determine how rights in the invention or discovery (including rights
under any patents issued) will be allocated and administered in order to protect the public
interest consistent with “Government Patent Policy’ (“President's Memorandum for Heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies,” dated August 23, 1971, and statement of
Government patent policy, as printed in 36 Federal Register 16839),
¢, Government regulations have been issued in Title 37 CFR Part 401 by the U.S. Department
of Commerce,
17. Publication or Printing of Reports
The subgrant recipient shall submit for review and approval one copy of any curricula, training
materials, or any other written materials that will be published, including web-based materials and
web site content, through funds from this grant at least thirty (30) days prior to the targeted
dissemination date. The subgrantee understands and agrees that any training materials
developed or delivered with grant funding must adhere to the OJP Training Guiding Principles for
Grantees and Subgrantees available at
www. oip.usdoj.gov/funding/ojptrainingguidingprinciples.htm
All materials publicizing or resulting fram award activities shall contain the following statements:
“This project was supported by Award No, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Office of Justice Programs. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect the
