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Cost Allocation Plan — Checklist

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OMB Circular A-87 - State & Local Governments
All organizations except State Workforce Agencies

1. Submit once unless changes are observed:

____ 1a. Organizational chart,
____ 1b. Employee time sheet sample, providing for distribution of hours to direct/indirect functions.
____ 1c. Cost Policy Statement, describing all accounting policies and narrating in detail the proposed Cost Allocation Plan. This plan must describe the procedures used to identify, measure and allocate all costs to each benefiting activity. This policy must be signed by a duly authorized official.

2. A Cost Allocation Plan providing the following schedules:

____ 2a. Personnel Costs Worksheet, including fringe benefits breakdown.
____ 2b. Allocation of Personnel Worksheet, providing indirect/direct time charges.
____ 2c. Fringe Benefits Worksheet, if fringes are not directly and indirectly identified.
____ 2d. Statement of Total Costs, segregated between the indirect and direct costs incurred by line item of expense (salaries, fringes, rent, etc.), identified by Federal agency, specific government grant, contract, and other non-Federal activities.

Note: that the allocation base and the amount of indirect costs allocated to each funding source should be identified.

3. ____ Financial statements (audited if available) for the applicable fiscal year. Approved budget for provisional proposal, if needed. Note: The Statement of Total Costs (2d. above) must reconcile to Financial Statements. If not, please provide a reconciliation statement.

4. ____ Signed and dated Certificate of Indirect Costs (sample form is provided in the DCD website).

5. ____ A listing of grants and contracts by all funding sources, total dollar amount, period of performance, and the indirect cost limitations (if any) applicable to each, such as amounts restricted by administrative or statutory regulations, applicable to the period(s) of the proposal(s). This listing should also be supported by the approved Federal grant or contract notification award(s).

6. ____ A schedule listing any funding sources excluded from indirect cost allocations and the reasons for the exclusions.

7. ____ Copy of HHS approved SWCAP, if SWCAP costs are allocated to federal programs.



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