Being Direct: Shared Cost Recovery through Direct Cost Allocation Webinar

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Cost Allocation, Cost Allowability, Financial, Indirect Costs, Uniform Guidance

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Board of Directors, Executive Director, Finance Director, Finance Staff, Program Director, Program Staff, State Administrator

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2023

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.

In this webinar, CAPLAW and financial expert Kay Sohl 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.

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