Hi Joanna. This is both simple and complicated!

Grantee match and non-federal match toward your allotment are not the same thing. You can issue a grant that is matched with federal dollars if your grant requirements allow you to do so. The caveat is you cannot report those dollars as non-federal match in your fiscal reports to the feds. You can also issue grants with no match requirements if you choose to do so.

The non-federal match requirement for Your Part B funds requires the council to generate that minimum amount for any given fiscal year. But that requirement does not automatically apply to your sub grants.

Dan

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Hi all –

We’ve had it reported to us that some Centers for Independent Living don’t/can’t apply for our grants because they can’t come up with the non-federal match that is required. Not all, but some have this issue – so much of their funding is federal, or their other resources are being used to match other federal funds, that they have little to offer. I feel fairly sure they understand all the different things that can be used as match. One of them told me that they have a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation that did not have the same match requirements we do.

Has anyone else faced this issue, and if so, how did you manage it?

Thanks for any and all help. Or commiseration.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Joanna

Joanna Cordry, M.Ed.

Planning Director

Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities

6201 East Oltorf, Suite 600 | Austin, Texas 78741

P: 512.437.5410 | F: 512.437.5434

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