Spotlight on the Program Operations HandbooksSenior Corps Tuesday Talks: February 14, 2017

3:30pm ET

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Objectives

• Review purpose of the Handbooks and connection to other information

• Demonstrate key features of the Handbooks

• Highlight major updates since the 2008 versions of the Handbooks

• Share opportunities for feedback and next steps

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Our Speakers

Jane Quist, Program Officer, CNCS UtahJane has worked with Senior Corps in various capacities since 1996. Jane was introduced to Senior Corps in 1996 when she accepted the job of project director for an Experience Corp demonstration project. Jane served as an RSVP Project Director before joining the CNCS staff in the Utah State Office in 2002. From 2004-2009 Jane worked in Washington, D.C. for Senior Corps and then back to the Utah State Office in 2009 to present. Jane has a Bachelor’s Degree from Brigham Young University.

Tarah Maners, Program Officer, CNCS Indiana Tarah’s service with the Indiana State Office began in 2005 as a training consultant and Senior Fellow as a graduate student at Indiana University. In 2010, she joined the staff as State Program Officer managing a statewide portfolio of grant funded programs and directs all training, professional development and logistics functions for Indiana’s state office. Tarah holds the Bachelor degree in marketing from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and the Master of Public Affairs degree in Nonprofit Management from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She earned the certificate in Mediation from Indiana University School of Law.

Two Ways of Looking at the Handbooks

A Supplement A Door

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A Supplement

Guidance

Terms and Conditions

Regulation

Statute

• Made by Congress

• Binding Law

• Example: 42 USC 12645g,

Service America Act

• Agency interpretation of

law

• Example: 45 CFR 2551,

2552, 2553

• Contractual obligations

• Example: General and

Specific Terms and

Conditions

• Supplemental information

to explain, clarify, assist

• Example: The Handbooks!

If there is a conflict between the contents of the Handbook, and applicable federal law, or Senior Corps federal regulations, or the Terms and Conditions of the NGA, the regulations governing the grant or the Terms and Conditions of the NGA are the controlling authority.

A Supplement

Guidance

Terms and Conditions

Regulation

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Statute

A Door

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Assorted Guidance

Operations Handbook

Operations

Handbooks

Regulations

Fact Sheets

Guidelines

Samples