1. SPDG Grant Management PLC Grant Coordination of personnel & projects at all levels
Presenter: Melanie Lemoine, Co-Director, LASPDG
Facilitators: Jennifer Coffey, OSEP & Audrey Desjarlais, Signetwork

2. Webinar Ground Rules Roll Call Enter Name, State, and roll in chat pod
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3. Next Call
December 3, 2:00-3:00pm Eastern (date moved up due to holiday break)
Topic: 2012 Competition Debrief, Program Measure Questions
Presenter: Jennifer Coffey

4. Introduction
Melanie Lemoine, Ph.D, Co-Director, LASPDG

5. Grant Management PLC
Monday September 24, 2012

6. Questions to Start How is your grant organized?
How often do all of the projects/organizations/people meet?
Is there a communication system set up to get information out?
How do you determine that progress is being made?

7. Louisiana SPDG (LaSPDG)
Project Structure
Louisiana DOE supports a co-director (.35 FTE)
Support to project provided by Division Director and Section Leader
Project staff supported through an Interagency Agreement with LSU
5 staff members at 1.0 FTE including a co-director
Principal Investigator
Contracts with People First of Louisiana and Pyramid CPRC

8. Organizational Structure
LDOE
LSU
People First
Pyramid CPRC
LEA Subgrants

9. Getting People Together…
LSU and LDOE staff meet face-to-face monthly
Calls and s as needed
Staff meet to review quarterly report of progress
Collaboration with LDOE and LSU
SPP activity meetings 2-3 times a year
Support LDOE “connector meetings”
Support LSU with internships, trainings, and college events
LSU staff meet weekly
Standing office days are Tuesday and Thursday
Other meetings as necessary

10. Poll Question #1: How often do you meet with staff?
Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Other

11. Getting People Together…
LEA Support
Onsite initial visits
Regional meetings
Webinars
Phone & communication as needed
Contracts (People First and CPRC)
Meet quarterly to review deliverables, updates, progress

12. Poll Question 2: How often do you meet with family agencies?
Poll Question 3: How often do you meet with contractors?
Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Other
Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Other

13. Determining Progress Goal Attainment Scale Performance Based Contracts
Reviewed by staff quarterly
Performance Based Contracts
Reviewed quarterly
Quarterly Report