CAPLAW Webinar

In September 2023, CAPLAW and Kay Sohl Consulting developed and released Being Direct: Shared Cost Recovery through Direct Cost Allocation, a resource that explores how CAAs can use direct cost allocation to recover costs that benefit multiple funding awards. Now CAPLAW and financial expert Kay Sohl are hosting a webinar to present the resource and discuss the issues it covers, including factors CAAs should weigh when deciding whether to fully recover costs using direct cost allocation principles; how to recover costs using a cost allocation plan; and allowable and unallowable cost allocation methods. Please join us for this important discussion.

Join us for a discussion of key, potential changes on the horizon to the rules that govern the administration and use of federal awards. On October 5, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published proposed revisions to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). If implemented, the revisions could result in a number of impactful changes, including increasing the de minimis rate for indirect cost recovery from 10% to 15%; removing certain prior written approval requirements; clarifying when recipients and subrecipients may notify OMB of disputes with regard to a Federal agency's acceptance of a federally negotiated indirect cost rate; and more. We will share our analysis of the proposed changes and our understanding of their potential implications for federal grant recipients and subrecipients. We’d also like to hear your thoughts, especially with respect to any feedback you think is important to share with OMB. Register Now.

The Uniform Guidance has been updated! The revised regulations contain numerous changes that will affect how federal grant recipients and subrecipients, including community action agencies, administer their federal funds. Join CAPLAW for a webinar about the changes and the potential impacts for the community action network.

On April 26, 2024, DOL published a Final Rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees (the “Final Rule”). In this webinar, CAPLAW will discuss the Final Rule, impacts the changes could have on CAAs, and any new developments related to its implementation. Please register here to attend this important session.


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With the effective date of the updated Uniform Guidance fast approaching, the increase in the de minimis rate from 10% to up to 15% of modified total direct costs invites the question: should a CAA elect to use the new de minimis rate? To help CAAs understand the new de minimis rate and other related adjustments to the Uniform Guidance that impact cost recovery, CAPLAW is hosting this two-part webinar series with financial expert Kay Sohl.

Part 1 of the series will explain the updates to the de minimis rate option and how it compares to other methods of cost recovery, such as negotiated indirect cost rates and direct cost allocation plans. We will describe how CAAs can assess and consider whether a de minimis rate of up to 15% makes sense for them, and present common de minimis rate-related issues that confront CAAs as recipients of multiple sources of federal, state, and local funding.

With the effective date of the updated Uniform Guidance fast approaching, the increase in the de minimis rate from 10% to up to 15% of modified total direct costs invites the question: should a CAA elect to use the new de minimis rate? To help CAAs understand the new de minimis rate and other related adjustments to the Uniform Guidance that impact cost recovery, CAPLAW is hosting this two-part webinar series with financial expert Kay Sohl.

Part 2 will focus on practical examples that illustrate the application of the rate and potential challenges discussed in Part 1, such as when specific funding sources impose limits on administrative cost recovery.  We will also spend time answering questions posed in Part 1 as well as in Part 2 with the goal of helping CAAs think through their cost recovery strategies and approaches in light of the changes to the Uniform Guidance.