Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

OFA is happy to help, but state departments/offices are the expert and knowledge base for the applications. OFA will be a force multiplier. Project management, coordination with meetings, helping answer challenging questions, reviewing etc. But OFA will not be able to write a grant for you.

Yes! OFA is in the process of updating it right now. OFA staff are being thoughtful to update it to increase usability.

OFA staff are considering and working towards getting year-round training delivered as well as the creation and implementation of a networking group before building back to the grant conference.

Yes, OFA offers reviews of grant applications. Depending on workload for our team, 5 to 10 business days on average for a review. Please reach out to our team at grants@ofa.nv.gov to set up a call so that OFA staff can discuss the type of assistance or review preferred.

The Grant Opportunities Page is managed manually by OFA staff and powered by the NOFO form. It has a combination of federal funding opportunities, state funding opportunities, and a few foundation funding opportunities. All grants listed are curated to be geographically relevant to Nevada agencies.

The NAVA Federal Grant Finder was service created in partnership with U.S. Digital Response that ONLY contains federal funding opportunities. This tool does not automatically curate opportunities available to Nevada. The user must set their own search parameters; however it has increased capacity for opportunity tracking, sharing, and collaboration. You can request access to this tool underneath “Grant Discovery” on our website.

No. We do our best to upload opportunities as we are aware of them. Please make sure to view state agency websites that align with your projects regularly. You can view a list of state agencies that offer funding and their websites on the link on our Grant Opportunities page.

UPDATED 10/17/22: All state agencies are required to report any grants (competitive or formula) they apply for. Any federal funding unused and returned to the federal government also must be reported to OFA.

Data helps OFA understand and report the challenges state agencies have in bringing federal dollars to the state or managing them. OFA staff utilize the data to create and support programs like the Grant Matching Program.

 If your federal opportunity requires that you submit a Single Point of Contact (SPoC) or Intergovernmental Review, then you are required to notify the OFA in order to be compliant with the federal opportunity you are seeking. Go to the OFA website and submit the “Federal Assistance Notification Form” also known as the FANF.

If the federal opportunity does not require that you submit a Single Point of Contact (SPoC) or Intergovernmental Review, then you are not required to notify the OFA, unless you are a Nevada state agency per NRS*. (if you are not a Nevada State Agency, the OFA does encourage that you share this information to foster collaboration).

*NRS 223.480 State agency required to inform Office of any application for or receipt of grant and any unexpended portions thereof. [Effective July 1, 2022.]  In addition to any other requirement concerning applying for or receiving a grant, a state agency shall notify the Office, on a form prescribed by the Office, of:

1. Any grant for which the state agency applies.
2. Any grant which the state agency receives.
3. The amount of any portion of a grant received by the state agency that the state agency determines will be unexpended by the end of the period for which the grant was made.

 

For more information regarding SPoC and FANF please see our compliance FAQs.

Obtaining the grant opportunity number will be beneficial when searching for that particular grant and any formal announcements pertaining to that grant opportunity number. If it is the advice of the federal partner to obtain this information for the purpose to apply once an opportunity has reopened, it should be done.

Capacity within grants.gov does not currently allow users to be able to view or search for grants submitted by other agencies. If the intent of an agency is to explore potential partnerships and collaboration OFA encourages the submission of the FANF to inform and help OFA make those connections.

We have a dedicated Q&A page for the Nevada Grant Matching program administered by the Governor's Office of Federal Assistance. You can view those under the "Grant Matching Fund FAQs".

Yes, specialized, or professional rates can be used when volunteering his or her work. Note, proper documentation and back up will need to be provided and approved as it deviates from the nationwide or set standard. Backup documents should include 3 to 5 sources demonstrating the specialized skill set and the requested rate. Remember to always speak with your Federal Program Officer and have this approved and documented.

A. Yes, federal funds follow the source.

Yes, you may have a mix of cash and in-kind match.