In response to growing interest in training opportunities, we offer One-Day, In-Person Regionalized Grant Trainings.
Please Note: There is NO requirement to attend Post Award 1.0 to be able to attend the Post Award 2.0 class or 3.0 class.
Each class has a different set of learning objectives and activities focusing on the management of funds after an award is recieved.
Pre-Award Grant Management 1.0:
Grant Research & Application Development Process
Focus on building foundational skills needed to successfully pursue federal funding opportunities. This session provides participants with practical knowledge and skills in four major pre-award phases:
Funding Opportunity Searches: Grant Research 101
Navigating a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
The Grant Application Development Process
Budget Development
Pre-Award Grant Management 2.0:
Narrative Writing and Pre-award Tools
Hybrid training and workshop focused on the strategies and tools needed to develop strong, competitive applications. The morning training session provides participants with practical knowledge and skills in two major pre-award phases:
Writing Compelling Grant Narratives
Utilizing Pre-award Tools to Increase Grant Application Competitiveness
In the afternoon workshop participants will actively develop portions of their own narratives, create logic models, map roles and responsibilities, and evaluate project readiness using guided work sessions and facilitator support.
Post-Award Grant Management 1.0:
Program Administration
Focus on equipping participants with the knowledge and practical tools to manage federal and state grants after the award, ensuring compliance, accountability, and performance in alignment with 2 CFR 200 and the OMB Compliance Supplement. The training will be split into four sessions covering the following compliance areas:
Understanding Your Award – Reading and Interpreting the Grant Agreement
Procurement and Property Management
Subrecipient Monitoring
Performance and Financial Reporting
Post-Award Grant Management 2.0:
Financial Management
Focus on equipping participants with the practical knowledge, tools, and confidence needed to manage federal awards after receipt, ensuring compliant financial systems, proper management of federal funds, and effective handling of grant changes in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200. This session of post-award training will be split into four sessions covering the following compliance areas:
Post-Award Financial Management Requirements
Federal Payments, Cost Sharing
Program Income, and Budget Revisions
Applying Cost Principles
Post-Award Grant Management 3.0:
Internal Controls
Hybrid training and workshop focused on building a strong internal control framework and developing policies to manage Federal grant funds. The morning training session provides participants with practical knowledge and skills in two major post-award compliance areas:
Implementing Successful Internal Controls and Performing Risk Management Self-Assessments
Successfully Manage the Closeout and Long-term Compliance of Grants
In the afternoon workshop participants will work through practical activities such as policy development and conducting risk self-assessment activities using guided work sessions and facilitator support.
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Interested in attending a future Regionalized Grant Training event? Please fill out our interest survey, which you can access here, to be notified about the next available training!
The topics for these trainings are informed by the input communities and organizations submit to GMO via the Regional Training Interest Survey, which you can access on the GMO’s website, or by clicking here.
Join CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) on March 25th at 10:00am MST/11:00am CST for a practical complimentary webinar that breaks down where opportunities exist, and how to take advantage of them. You’ll leave with clarity on a wide range of credits and incentives involving research, development, energy, workforce, and expansion. CLA will explain how to use them to help drive growth and enhance cash flow.
If your organization has plans to hire workers, expand your facilities, or innovate new products in 2026, you won’t want to miss this session.
At the end of this session, you’ll be able to:
Identify opportunities for R&D tax credits
Discuss energy-related incentives and how recent legislation impacts clean energy projects
Recognize Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) opportunities and benefits
Identify state and local credits and incentives that can support expansion or investment
Who should attend
This session is designed for leadership and finance professionals in all industries looking to take advantage of potential tax savings.
This webinar discussed and demonstrated how using a “logic model,” which is a visual representation of the key components of a project that maps out how broad project goals are transformed into measurable outcomes, can help state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, nonprofits, and small businesses design stronger projects.
The Wyoming Grants Management Office invited our consultants CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) to walk us through changes to the Inflation Reduction Act brought forth by the One Big Beautiful Bill (OB3).
Held on July 9, 2025
This webinar was open to the public and celebrated one year of the Grants Management Office assisting communities across the State of Wyoming in identifying, applying for, and managing grants. During this webinar, the GMO highlighted key milestones from it first year and shared its vision for the year ahead, then described the GMO’s approach to project planning support, focusing on how the GMO can help organizations plan and prepare grant-ready projects that turn concepts into actionable initiatives.
Held on February 19, 2025
This webinar was open to the public and explored what it looks like for nonprofits to be “grant ready”, discussed how nonprofits can assess their own grant readiness, and shared strategies for building internal capacity that can help nonprofits develop the confidence necessary to secure and manage grant funding.
Held February 6, 2025
Research and development (R&D) credits can be a valuable tool for innovative organizations. However, the rules surrounding R&D tax credits can be complex and are continuingly changing at the federal and state level. Watch CLA's on-demand webinar to learn how the latest R&D developments may impact your organization, including the important change to research expensing under IRS code Section 174.
Held on January 22, 2025
This webinar was open to the public and went “back to the basics” to ensure that state and local governments, tribal governments and organizations, non-profits, and small businesses understand the fundamental elements of the grant writing process and approaches to crafting compelling grant applications.
November 13, 2024
This webinar was open to the public and discussed how State and Local governments, Tribal Governments and Organizations, Non-Profits, and Small Businesses can identify grant funding sources to meet community needs.
Held on October 24, 2024
During this session, attendees learned about the various forms of assistance available to non-profits through WYGAP:
Wyoming Grants Connect Hub: A searchable database featuring over 300+ funding opportunities from the IIJA, IRA, and the CHIPS and Science Act as well as State Agency grant programs.
Technical Assistance: One-on-one support to help non-profits identify grant opportunities that align with their mission and priorities, develop competitive applications, and build grant management capacities.
Trainings, Webinars, and Office Hours: Various educational and support sessions to bolster non-profit success in grant-related activities.
Held on October 9, 2024
This webinar was open to the public and reviewed how State and Local governments, Tribal Governments and Organizations, Non-Profits, and Small Businesses can design projects with grant compliance at the forefront.
Held on August 14, 2024
This webinar was open to the public and reviewed how state and local governments can use data to develop impactful grant application narratives.
Held on July 31, 2024
Are you a local government representative? Do you have questions about completing the Local Needs Assessment? During this webinar, the Grants Management Office introduced the Local Needs Assessment, reviewed the Local Needs Assessment questions, and discussed how localities should complete the assessment.
Held on July 12, 2024
The Grants Management Office (GMO) is housed within the State Budget Department and is designed to increase Wyoming’s access to federal funding and support grants management capacity across the state. This webinar was open to the public and was intended to offer participants information on the history, purpose, and activities of the Grants Management Office (GMO), along with information about how to access services provided by the GMO, including technical assistance in identifying, pursuing, and managing state and federal grants.
Housing Opportunities USDA Rural Development
February 2023