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JustGrants training

Training: Weekly Training Webinars

The JustGrants team facilitates weekly sessions providing an opportunity for users to receive topic-specific training, direct technical assistance and support on JustGrants system functionality.

Training: Closeout

Key Audience: Grant Award Administrator

In order to complete a closeout, entities must submit the final financial, performance, and other reports required under the grant, and meet award conditions, within 120 days after the grant award expires or is terminated.

The following training materials describe how the Grant Award Administrator submits an award closeout in JustGrants. These materials will teach users how to:

  • Select the...

Training: Monitoring

Key Audience: Grant Award Administrator

JustGrants allows users to see open desk reviews, audits, and in-depth monitoring cases for an Entity. You may access information on monitoring visits and any outstanding issues for resolution from previous visits.
 

The new Monitoring Job Aid Reference Guide helps users navigate the JustGrants software as they move through grants functions. The Department of Justice's  proactive monitoring...

Training: Performance Reporting

Key Audience: Grant Award Administrator

Performance Management in JustGrants

Performance management focuses on the progress of goals and objectives, timeline, and project milestones for each award. It also helps identify and mitigate implementation barriers or challenges. Program-specific reporting requirements are outlined in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).

All performance documentation is done in JustGrants. Performance management includes the following:

  • Performance Reports, also known...

Training: Financial Reporting

 

Key Audience: Financial Manager

The following training materials will help Financial Managers submit a Federal Financial Report (FFR) and provide additional information on financial reporting.
 

In this eLearning video, you will learn:

  • How to locate and understand the reporting periods and due dates
  • Steps for submitting an FFR
  • Editing and resubmitting a Quarterly FFR
JustGrants Financial Reporting; Video run time: 6:41 min.

The following...

Training: Grant Award Modifications

Key Audience: Grant Award Administrator

The purpose of a Grant Award Modification (GAM) is to update award details, modifying key facts or details about the award. JustGrants focuses on true modifications to an award and in the following training materials, a Grant Award Administrator will learn how to create the three types of GAMs – Project Period Extension, Programmatic, and Financial.

Specifically, the eLearning videos...

Training: Award Management

Key Audience: Grant Award Administrator, Entity Administrator, Financial Manager

The eLearning videos and Job Aid Reference Guides below will help users navigate the grants management functions in JustGrants. 

These training materials will demonstrate how to complete the following tasks:

  • Find award information, including details regarding Award Conditions, performance management and available funds
  • Access Funding Balance and Project Budget figures
  • Initiate and follow Grant Award Modifications...

Training: Award Acceptance

Key Audience: Authorized Representatives, Entity Administrator

Once notified of an award, entity users will either accept or the decline the award. The following training and resource materials explain the two-step process that the Entity Administrator and Authorized Representative(s) take to complete this action in JustGrants. 
 

Award Notifications

  • For successful applicants, award notifications are generally made by the...

Training: Application Submission

SAM.gov Entity Registration and Renewal Requirement

All entities seeking Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funding must have an “active” registration in SAM.gov. Begin the SAM.gov registration or renewal process 30 days prior to any deadlines to allow time to complete the full process.

For additional support, visit SAM.gov Help.

Key Audience: Application Submitter(s), Authorized Representative(s), Entity Administrator

Prepare early—any time during the year—to...

Training: Entity User Experience

Key Audience: All JustGrants Users

The following training materials support new users learn how to –

  • navigate the JustGrants Landing Page and details what information can be found on the Home Page,
  • begin acting on tasks assigned to a user, and
  • identify the capabilities of the six user roles.
Need help setting up your account? Review the Entity Management training materials and the Entity User...

Training: Entity Management

Key Audience: Entity Administrators

The Entity Administrator is a key role, and every entity must have one. The following training and reference materials will help Entity Administrators manage their entity information, users, and documents. Get a quick start managing your entity with the Entity Administrator's Checklist or access the Entity Management Job Aid Reference Guide for detailed instructions, which are also broken out below. 

 

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JustGrants Technical Support

View the different support options on the User Support page for technical assistance with accessing and using JustGrants. 

JustGrants Training

For questions related to training opportunities or training content, please contact the JustGrants Training team at [email protected].

ASAP Support

The Automated Standard Application for Payment (ASAP) is now available for enrolled DOJ award recipients to request funds. For...

FAQ Search

The FAQs library provides search and filter options for finding answers to many of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs).

Alternately, FAQs can be viewed from a topic-specific list on the FAQs page.

View the DIAMD FAQ PDF for step-by-step instructions for resolving some of the most common questions on the Digital Identity and Access Management Directory (DIAMD) system, including how to reset a JustGrants password.

Video Library

The video library provides search and filter options for all videos on this site. Select the Series link from the description to access a list of videos for a specific topic or training series.

In addition to the self-guided eLearning videos, the JustGrants Training Section provides access to job aid reference guides, checklists, and infographics to help users learn to navigate JustGrants.