18 Miss. Code. R. 20-1-1-III.4
BUDGET EXPLANATION GRANTEE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - $1,973,047.00
The title, annual salary range, amount of compensation to be paid and the approximate percentage of time that each staff person will devote to the DOE Weatherization Training and Technical Assistance Program are listed below:
Duties: | -Soliciting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts with subgrantees. -Processing subgrantees' close-out packages. -Ensuring that subgrants and subgrantees comply with program regulations. -Reviewing statistical data. -Responding to correspondence as required. *The portion of staff salaries not paid by DOE are covered by other funds (CSBG, LIHEAP). *Staff is expected to receive annual raises throughout the program period of this grant award. |
Duties: | Soliciting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts with subgrantees. -Processing subgrantees' close-out packages. -Ensuring that subgrants and subgrantees comply with program regulations. -Reviewing statistical data. -Responding to correspondence as required. *The portion of staff salaries not paid by DOE are covered by other funds (CSBG, LIHEAP). *Staff is expected to receive annual raises throughout the program period of this grant award. |
Duties: | -Soliciting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts with subgrantees. -Processing subgrantees' close-out packages. -Ensuring that subgrants and subgrantees comply with program regulations. -Reviewing statistical data. -Responding to correspondence as required. *The portion of staff salaries not paid by DOE are covered by other funds (CSBG, LIHEAP). *Staff is expected to receive annual raises throughout the program period of this grant award. |
Duties: | -Soliciting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts with subgrantees. -Processing subgrantees' close-out packages. -Ensuring that subgrants and subgrantees comply with program regulations. -Reviewing statistical data. -Responding to correspondence as required. *The portion of staff salaries not paid by DOE are covered by other funds (CSBG, LIHEAP). *Staff is expected to receive annual raises throughout the program period of this grant award. |
Duties: | -Soliciting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts with subgrantees. -Processing subgrantees' close-out packages. -Ensuring that subgrants and subgrantees comply with program regulations. -Reviewing statistical data. -Responding to correspondence as required. *The portion of staff salaries not paid by DOE are covered by other funds (CSBG, LIHEAP). *Staff is expected to receive annual raises throughout the program period of this grant award. |
Fringe benefits charged to the grant will be the employer's share of Social Security, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, retirement, and health insurance. Fringe benefits will total approximately 25.05 percent of staff salaries.
$551,401.64 X 25.05% = $138,126.11 = ($138,126.00)
All travel incurred will be consistent with the State's reimbursement policy and the estimated expenses are based on past trips of a similar nature and airline ticket rates.
The following breakdown is based on past expenditures incurred in operating the program.
It is estimated that at least four training or technical assistance and monitoring trips will be made to each subgrantee by the weatherization staff. These trips will be made via vans purchased or in privately owned automobiles from Jackson, Mississippi to various subgrantees and reimbursed at .585 cents per mile.
22,119 miles X $.585 x 24 trips = $310,550.00
Lodging, meals, and incidental expenses estimated = $150,000.00
It is anticipated that a meeting/training for State WX staff and subgrantees scheduled by the Department of Energy during Program Period 2022 - 2027 to update states on changes and on-going issues. Estimated travel expenses for DOE training or conference are as follows:
$2,789 X 10 meetings X 5 persons = $139,450.00
(for PAGE-cost of trip x # of trips----$2,789 x 50= $139,450.00)
The estimated expense are itemized as follows:
Registration -$500 | |
Airfare -$675 | |
Local/Taxi -$ 40 | |
Subsistence, Lodging & Incidental | - $1,574 |
DCS is requesting funding for 2 vans to be used in the field for Weatherization Grantee staff. All vehicles/equipment will be used for training of weatherization subgrantees, in office and field trainings and T&TA Reviews. Estimates expenditures: $40,000.00 X 2 Vans = $80,000.00.
Telephone and postage expenses are necessary to provide continuous monitoring, training, and technical assistance to subgrantees; also, other general operating expenses will be required. The expenses are estimated as follows:
Telephone @ $4,500
Advertisement, Dues & Postage @ $7,500
MDHS generally contracts with hotels, consultants or other training facilities to provide training rooms and other services for our seminars. It is estimated that $364,350.00 will be needed to cover these expenses for accommodations of all subgrantee staff in attendance.
Both programmatic and fiscal monitoring will be conducted by the Office of Monitoring, a division within the Mississippi Department of Human Services. The Division of Community Services will be paying the Office of Monitoring an estimated amount of $75,000 for performing the required monitoring services.
18 Miss. Code. R. 20-1-1-III.4