Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) When the Office
determines on the basis of the monitoring or evaluation of a grant recipient's
performance that the goals and objectives of the project are not being met, as
set forth in Rule .1102(a) of this Section, the Office may take one or more of
the actions authorized in Paragraph (b) of this Rule. The action taken will be
designed to:
(1) prevent a continuance of one
or more of the four deficiencies set forth in Rule .1102(a) of this
Section;
(2) mitigate any adverse
effects or consequences of the deficiency to the extent possible under the
circumstances; and
(3) prevent a
recurrence of the same or similar deficiencies.
(b) The following is a listing of actions
that the Office may take in response to a negative review of a recipient's
performance:
(1) require the grant recipient
to submit additional information;
(2) require the grant recipient to submit
progress schedules for completing approved activities;
(3) issue a letter of warning that advises
the grant recipient of the deficiency and puts the recipient on notice that
more serious sanctions will be taken if the deficiency is not corrected or is
repeated;
(4) instruct the grant
recipient to reprogram funds from affected activities to other eligible
activities;
(5) instruct the grant
recipient to reimburse the recipient's program account or the Office in any
amounts improperly expended;
(6)
change the method of payment from advance payment to a reimbursement
basis;
(7) condition the approval
of a succeeding year's application. In such cases, the reasons for the
conditional approval and the actions necessary to remove the condition shall be
as specified by the Office;
(8)
reduce the recipient's annual grant agreement by an amount equal to or less
than that conditionally approved where such condition or conditions have not
been satisfied; and
(9) suspend or
terminate the contract in accordance with provisions in Attachment L of Office
of Management and Budget Circular A-102 or attachment L of Office of Management
or Budget Circular A-110.
Authority
G.S.
143B-10;
143B-276;
143B-277;
143-323(d);
Eff. December 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. June 1, 1985; October 1,
1984;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. April 25,
2015.
