<div dir="ltr">Hi Karren,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for starting this convo. I've been at Utah State Library for about 8 months, and need to update all our LSTA docs and website... I'll be watching replies.</div><div><br></div><div>We currently have the Assurances in our Pre-Application documents. You can see how the the doc list is currently organized <a href="https://library.utah.gov/lsta/current-grant/">here </a>on our website (which is another project). The assurances are also linked in each LSTA subgrant application, and the applicant digitally confirms them by typing their name into and answer box as part of that process. They are also referenced in our LSTA subgrantee contracts. Additionally, in our Certified Library process also covers these items, and certification is a requirement for funding eligibility.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm about to do my first LSTA Adminstration training, and hadn't thought about including the Assurances there. In our case, I don't see a need to review these as part of the grant administration training beyond perhaps a bullet point mentioning them as required. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't rewrite the manual either. What I would do is make sure they're referenced within attached in an addendum to your contracts. It happens that the person applying for the grant sometimes isn't a director, and just signs the box to get the application submitted without realizing the full obligation. Including a reference or addendum in the contract assures that the responsible and accountable parties are duly informed.</div><div><br></div><div>Melanie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM Reish, Karren (MDE) via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8402482375186993399">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was dutifully checking the other sample assurances against mine and have a question for the hive mind. Some folks are putting grant management requirements together with federal assurances into one document. I’m doing federal assurances
as one document that is signed as part of the application. I also have grant management requirements in a grant administration manual. We are under the Department of Education that has a standard 2-page form for grant awards. On that form, I can note specific
program requirements, and I say must follow the grant admin manual and the signed assurances.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts on why to do it one way or another? I do like the one document for clarity, but I really don’t want to rewrite my admin manual. <u></u><u></u></p>
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