Effective management of its grant is an important goal for every 21st Century Community Learning Center. Nina Pace is the Financial Program Manager for Ohio’s 21st Century Community Learning Center program. Address fiscal questions to Nina.Pace@education.ohio.gov or (614) 387-0344
State Fiscal Year 2021: Fiscal & Operations Updates
Greetings 21st CCLC Treasurers and Program Managers! Below are some resources to assist in the fiscal management of your 21st Century grants:
FY20 YEAR END UPDATES
Annually after June 30th, all expenditures must be liquidated/paid by September 30th prior to submitting your Final Expenditure Report via the CCIP. A one-time carryover allowance has been granted for the 21st Century grant. Therefore, all unpaid funds for State Fiscal Year 2020 (SFY20) will automatically carry over into SFY21 – Once SFY20 FER status is at FER Grants Management Final Approved, programs must complete a budget revision via the CCIP to incorporate this carryover allocation.
NEW STATE FISCAL YEAR
The SFY21 grant award period extends from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 and all expenditures must be obligated within this timeframe.
ODE SYSTEMS
All programs should review and update all personnel roles in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) annually. Please ensure that the following 21st Century roles in OEDS are assigned to the appropriate personnel – changes must be made by program OEDS Organizational Administrators. NOTE: To ensure timeliness of information sharing, please update and keep all program and staff details current in OEDS.
CCIP Authorized Representative/Superintendent will grant user (ONLY one person per organization) full access and have final approval via the CCIP;
CCIP Fiscal Representative/Treasurer will grant user (ONLY one person per organization) full access and access to submit project requests;
OEDS Organizational Administrator will grant access to assign personnel roles in the Ohio Educational Directory System;
Data Entry Funding – CCIP will grant users access to update the CCIP funding applications for purposes of completing annual Continuation Plan, and add comments into the CCIP History Log;
21st Century Program Manager – will grant user (ONLY one person per organization) access to federal reporting systems & the Compliance Monitoring System for purposes of uploading evidence documentation; and
Data Entry Compliance – will grant users access to the Compliance Monitoring System for purposes of uploading evidence documentation.
OTHER FEDERAL & STATE FISCAL RESOURCES
Legislation; ESSA; Non-Regulatory Guidance
Uniform School Accounting System (USAS)
SCHOOL AGE CHILDCARE LICENSING RESOURCES
For inquiries regarding the required School Age Childcare License contact the licensing agency directly:
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Family Assistance Bureau of Child Care Development Licensing and Monitoring (For community-based organizations operating programs)
Policy Help Desk: (877) 302-2347, option 4 General Help Desk: (866) 886-3537, option 4
http://jfs.ohio.gov/CDC/Licensing_Information.stm
Ohio Department of Education Office of Early Learning and School Readiness (For local education agencies operating programs)
(614) 502-7535
Email: OELSR.licensing@education.ohio.gov
Website: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Early-Learning/School-Age-Child-Care-Licensing
Other related resources – Click HERE for Ohio guidelines on the Governor’s Responsible RestartOhio resource page.
Please review the updated fiscal guidance for managing 21st CCLC grants:
21st CCLC Expenses – Allowable and Unallowable
2015-001 Obligations and Factors Affecting Allowability of Costs
GM Severance Pay Guidance 2015-002
21st CCLC Grant Closing Guidelines
Inventory Disposition Request Form – This form should be completed for the GRANT CLOSE-OUT survey and uploaded as evidence under question #4.
Here are fiscal presentations from past Expanded Learning Summits:
FY19 –
Understanding the Basics of Managing a 21st CCLC Grant
Barriers and Resolutions of Fiscal Management of Your 21st CCLC Grant
Leveraging Funds to Ensure Long-Term Sustainability
FY18 –
Developing Blue Skies While Managing Your Grant
FY17 –
Resource Links for Sustainability Planning:
The Sustainability Planning Workbook – The Finance Project
www.financeproject.org/special/engage/workbook.cfm
The National Center for Community Education in collaboration with the Afterschool Alliance Road to Success
The Wallace Foundation: The Cost of Quality Out of School Time