Indirect Cost Principles for Tribes and Tribal Organizations

What Will I Learn:

• Funding provisions in the Indian Self-Determination Act regarding Direct Costs and Contract Support Costs (Direct Contract Support Costs, Pre-Award Costs, Start-Up Costs)
• Principles of indirect costs and indirect cost rates
• How indirect cost rates work
• Types of indirect cost rates, including fixed with-carry forward, final rates and provisional rates
• What happens when funding agencies do not pay indirect costs
• What happens when tribal councils waive indirect cost rates
• Differences between Indian Self-Determination Act contracts and discretionary grants
• Special Presentation: Current status of the Salazar v. Ramah Navajo settlement and distribution; and what is ahead in the future
• Special Presentation: Detailed instruction on the new BIA & IHS Contract Support Cost Policies; and How to calculate Direct Contract Support Costs to add new funds to Self-Determination awards.