R990-100-25. Project Monitoring and Evaluations

A. Monitoring will be accomplished through review of the fiscal and progress reports and on-site. On-site visits shall automatically be initiated in response to a written complaint of financial or programmatic non-compliance.

B. Evaluation of CSBG funded programs shall be conducted either by the state or by the local CSBG grantees and shall be distinct from both compliance monitoring and the state's examination of CSBG grantees to ensure that they are eligible to receive CSBG funds and that they are in compliance with all CSBG related obligations. Monitoring will relate to grantee compliance with federal assurances and state requirements in program management and operation. Evaluation will involve an attempt to measure program performance project results, and to determine the impact a grantee's efforts have had on the causes of a problem being addressed and on the problem itself.

C. For the most part, CSBG evaluations will be a joint state/local effort, but the state does reserve the right to conduct evaluations of CSBG programs at any time for purposes it deems appropriate. In such cases, reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate the concerns of any local grantee that is involved.