Financial Policies

Phone: 510-339-3801
Fax: 510-339-3803
E-mail: jmasters@cencomfut.com

Mailing Address:
Center for Community Futures
P.O. Box 5309
Berkeley, CA 94705

Financial Policies and Procedures for Head Start Programs!

This is even more than “Policies On Diskette for fiscal.” It provides complete real-life policies and procedures based on the system we created for a large Head Start sponsor. Use of this system assures fiscal accountability; it was approved by their auditors. So this supplements the Head Start materials and goes beyond them. Printed Manual, and a CD-Rom that has the Manual and many other materials on it. By Teresa Wickstrom. $249.

The number of fiscal requirements keep increasing and the penalties for non-compliance get more severe. Now you can get a "financial toolkit" that will enable you to (a) check your policies, systems and procedures against existing regulations, (b) review the new draft Financial Policy and Procedures Manual for an agency or for a Head Start program, and (c) import sections of these draft manual to either fill holes in your system or to update your existing policies and practices.

The key element of this new toolkit is the NEW draft "Financial Policies and Procedures Manual." This NEW manual provides a system for ALL of the fiscal requirements on a Head Start program. (The manual can be either for an entire sponsor agency or for a Head Start program.) When completed and approved, it will become the official document of your agency or program for the conduct of financial business and administration for grants and sub-grants with the Federal government and other funding sources. We are assuming that it is the intention of your agency that practices and policies comply with all applicable Federal, state, and local regulations, including OMB Circulars A-110, A-122, A-133, 45 CFR Part 74, 45 CFR Part 92, and others.

The NEW draft Manual was developed to formalize and codify a sponsor agency’s fiscal, financial, and accounting practices. The implementation and enforcement of these policies is essential to safeguarding the agency’s assets. Employees will be expected to follow these policies and practices.

Other items in the toolkit include:

	Fifty excellent drafts of financial management policies, referenced to the regulations.
	Head Start performance standards related to fiscal: 45 CFR Part 74 and 45 CFR Part 92.
	PRISM questions related to fiscal topics.
	OMB circulars: A-110, A-122, A-127, and A-133.
	Information about the Financial Management Series/ Evaluating the Financial Management System, published by the Community Action Partnership.

Although we are providing you with a comprehensive draft of a Financial Policies and Procedures Manual, we recommend – like with Policies on Diskette – that you take any proposed new policies and procedures through your local review and approval process. You may also want to check proposed financial policies with your auditor.

This is a HOT new product. Order yours today by clicking this link, or FAX or mail or e-mail us your request.

Compare: WHY YOU NEED BOTH the Fiscal Assistant (by the Head Start Bureau) and the Fiscal Kit (by the Center for Community Futures):

Fiscal Assistant

Fiscal Kit

Interface:

Internet

Word Processing Files on CD-Rom

Text of all Head Start regulations:

Included

Includes draft policies and procedures addressing the regulations

None

Included

Linkage of Regulations to the specific policies and procedures addressed

None

Included

Ability to keep track of persons responsible

None

Included

Key word search, alpha-numeric search, AND advanced search features

None

Included

All OMB Circulars applicable to Head Start:

Included

Full text in an easy-to-read, easy-to-use, beautiful format

Yes

With linkages to policies and procedures

Yes

Narrative/FAQ’s about regulations

Yes

Draft Policies and Procedures that cover all performance standards

None
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Included
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Guidance

Yes

424 Grant Application Forms

Yes

Editable

Yes

Order your copy of the Head Start Fiscal Kit ($249) by clicking this link!

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