ASSIGNMENT : Case Study Two

Questions:

1.         What additional guidance and support could the Department have provided to this grantee?

2.         What internal controls need to be strengthened at the CSD?

3.         What could the CSD have done about their low student attendance?

4.         What documentation could have been used to demonstrate their core content offerings?

5.         How could this have been avoided?

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SAMPLE SOLUTION

Case Study Two

1. What additional guidance and support could the Department have provided to this grantee?
   The Department should have ensured the grantee has the support and additional guidelines on ways of managing the grants. The expectation is that the grantee upholds effective strategies for managing the awarded grant funds. It is important to have effective management in place as it helps to make sure grant funding is not withdrawn anyhow by the grantor as the project continues. This also means guidelines should be adhered to as the grant request proposal states. Both parties signing on the award agreement document binds under the law (O’Neal-McElrath et al., 2019). The signing….