Grants and Development Department Services

The Grants and Development Department is responsible for providing the following services to MATC staff and to selected local collaborative institutions and agencies districtwide:

• Identification and dissemination of external and internal grant funding information.
• Provision of information and technical assistance for:
Seeking specific grant funding sources
Planning and writing grant proposals
Implementing and managing projects
Designing and implementing new development initiatives
Communicating with funding agencies
• Review and interpretation of grant funding source guidelines and other requirements.
• Preparation of reports on grant funded project activities and outcomes for project staff, executive administration and MATC Board.
• Compliance with funding source grant outcomes reporting.
• Collection of requested grant proposal related and grant activity related information.
• Design and implementation of project related institutional studies and of special development projects, to enhance and support grant development, institutional planning and decision making.
• Negotiation of grant awards and project modifications with funding resources.
• Preparation for project activity start-up and operation.
• Provision of staff development opportunities regarding grant seeking, proposal writing and project management.
• Coordination of college-wide grant project management.
• Oversight of Federal and private grant funded projects.
• Review of eligibility, quality, appropriateness, accuracy and compliance with submission requirements of grant application proposals.
• Design of special projects to enhance and support grant development, institutional planning and decision making.
• Approval of operating budgets for grant funded projects.
• Development and maintenance of collaborative efforts and partnerships with other local agencies and institutions regarding educational and occupational training initiatives in the district area.