General Assurances In accordance with the Acts, the Regulations, and other pertinent directives, circulars, policy, memoranda, and/or guidance, the Recipient hereby gives assurance that it will promptly take any measures necessary to ensure that: The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 clarified the original intent of Congress, with respect to Title VI and other Non-discrimination requirements (The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), by restoring the broad, institutional-wide scope and coverage of these non-discrimination statutes and requirements to include all programs and activities of the Recipient, so long as any portion of the program is Federally assisted.
FEDERAL ASSURANCES Grantee further certifies that, to the extent Federal Assurances are incorporated into the Contract under the Signature Document, the Grantee has reviewed the Federal Assurances and that Grantee is in compliance with all requirements.
Financial Assurance The Lessee must provide and maintain at all times a surety bond(s) or other form(s) of financial assurance approved by the Lessor in the amount specified in Addendum “B.” As required by the applicable regulations in 30 CFR Part 585, if, at any time during the term of this lease, the Lessor requires additional financial assurance, then the Lessee must furnish the additional financial assurance required by the Lessor in a form acceptable to the Lessor within 90 days after receipt of the Lessor’s notice of such adjustment.
Additional Assurances Except as may be specifically provided herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Agreement shall be self-operative and shall not require further agreement by the parties; provided, however, at the request of either party, the other party shall execute such additional instruments and take such additional acts as are reasonable, and as the requesting party may reasonably deem necessary, to effectuate this Agreement.
Financial Assurances The following financial assurances are applicable to all grant funds unless the Targeted Grant requirements specifically state the contrary:
1. Separate accountability for the receipt and expenditure of all grant funds under the Contract is maintained for each grant from which the Grantee receives funds.
2. Expenditures reported to the Department are in agreement with the Grantee's accounting records and audited expenditures in each budget category.
3. Expenditures are made in accordance with the Expenditure Guidelines contained in Appendix I of this document and are supported by written documentation.
4. Salary expenditures under each grant are verified and supported by appropriate documentation for hours worked, activities performed, and leave taken. Employees whose salaries are funded 100% out of state funds shall be dedicated to juvenile justice programs and services only.
5. All travel expenses are supported by daily documentation of the individual traveling. The Grantee shall document date, destination, times, mileage or odometer readings, and related travel activities.
6. Travel reimbursements paid with the grant funds, including travel allowances paid in lieu of mileage, are paid according to county policy and do not exceed travel reimbursement rates adopted by the county or p xx xxxx, lodging, and travel reimbursement rates established by the State of Texas in the General Appropriations Act.
7. The grant funds used for residential expenditures are paid for placement of a juvenile in a pre-adjudication detention secure facility, a short-term secure detention facility, a post-adjudication secure correctional facility, or a non-secure correctional facility, operated by or under the authority of the Grantee or another governmental entity.
8. The grant funds used for residential child-care facilities and out-of-state residential placement facilities do not exceed the Health and Human Services Commission’s Levels of Care Rates [TJJD-IVE-200]. This financial assurance does not apply to facilities that are registered with the Department.
9. The grant funds used for Department-registered facilities dodo not exceed the Tier Level of Care Rates for Registered Facilities [TJJD-FIS-175].
10. The grant funds are not expended for the purchase of equipment, renovation, or construction unless explicitly authorized by the Department within any Targeted Grant requirements. An item is equipment if county policy requires it to be capitalized or, if the county has no policy, it has a useful life of more than one year and a cost of more than $8,000.00.
11. Authorized capital purchases are capitalized and depreciated within the county accounting system.
12. Proper cut-off procedures are observed at the end of each fiscal period. Obligations of the fiscal period under review are not paid from funds of a subsequent fiscal period. Obligations of a subsequent fiscal period are not prepaid from funds of a fiscal period under review. A modified accrual basis of accounting is only used in preparing fourth quarter expenditure reports to the Department.
13. Refunds and reimbursements are properly accounted for as reductions of expenditures rather than as increases in revenues.
14. Any funds not expended under the terms of each grant were/are returned to the Department according to the Unexpended Balances and Refunds Due provisions contained in Subsections VIII (D) (2) and VIII (D) (4), respectively.
15. The amount of local or county funds expended, excluding construction and/or renovation for juvenile services, is at least equal to or greater than the amount spent in the 1994 county fiscal year.
16. All employees with access to monies are covered by surety bonds.
17. All county and state transactional funds, revenues, and expenses are separated.
18. Idle funds are invested in an account that provides a reasonable interest rate and provides necessary protection of principal. Interest on grant funds is credited to the account of the juvenile probation department for the provision of juvenile probation services and juvenile justice programs.
Solvency Assurances On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have received an Officer's Certificate dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit IX annexed hereto and with appropriate attachments, demonstrating that, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents, Borrowers, taken as a whole, and Company will be Solvent.
State Assurances Except to the extent of any conflict under applicable law or requirements or guidelines of any federal awarding agency from which funding for this Grant Agreement originated, the Grantee must comply with the applicable state assurances included within the TxGMS which are incorporated here by reference.
Management and Administration 5.1 TxDOT Responsibility for Policy Decisions
Quality Assurance The parties endorse the underlying principles of the Company’s Quality Management System, which seeks to ensure that its services are provided in a manner which best conforms to the requirements of the contract with its customer. This requires the Company to establish and maintain, implement, train and continuously improve its procedures and processes, and the employees to follow the procedures, document their compliance and participate in the improvement process. In particular, this will require employees to regularly and reliably fill out documentation and checklists to signify that work has been carried out in accordance with the customer’s specific requirements. Where necessary, training will be provided in these activities.
Fund Administration ● Prepare annual and semi-annual financial statements ○ Utilizing templates for standard layout and printing ● Prepare Forms N-CEN, N-CSR and 24F-2 ● File Forms N-CEN and 24F-2 with the SEC ● Host annual audits ● Prepare required reports for quarterly Board meetings ● Monitor expense ratios ● Maintain budget vs. actual expenses ● Manage fund invoice approval and xxxx payment process ● Assist with placement of Fidelity Bond and E&O insurance ● Calculate monthly NAVs as required by the Trust and in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), SEC Regulation S-X (or any successor regulation) and the Internal Revenue Code ● Transmit net asset values to the advisor, NASDAQ, Transfer Agent & other third parties ● Reconcile cash & investment balances with the custodian ● Provide data and reports to support preparation of financial statements and filings ● Prepare required Fund Accounting records in accordance with the 1940 Act ● Obtain and apply security valuations as directed and determined by the Fund consistent with the Fund’s pricing and valuation policies ● Participate, when requested, in Fair Value Committee meetings as a non-voting member ● Calculate monthly SEC standardized total return performance figures ● Coordinate reporting to outside agencies including Morningstar, etc. ● Prepare and file Form N-PORT ● Coordinate annual update to prospectus and statement of additional information ● Coordinate standard layout and printing of prospectus ● Files Forms N-CSR and N-PX ● Coordinate EDGARization and filing of SEC documents ● Compile and distribute board materials (electronically) for quarterly board meetings ● Attend quarterly board meetings telephonically and prepare initial draft of meeting minutes ● Perform daily prospectus & SAI, SEC investment restriction monitoring ● Provide warning/Alert notification with supporting documentation ● Provide quarterly compliance testing certification to Board of Trustees ● Document Management/Sharing ● Initiate requests or provide feedback ● Retrieval of current and up to 15 months of historical reports ● Access to daily fund accounting data and static reports ● Portfolio compliance alerting with drill-down capability ● Portfolio data warehouse with reporting engine ● Investor data warehouse with ad hoc query builder ● Investor document image retrieval (i.e. correspondence, applications, checks) ● Trustee access that facilitates access to board materials and other relevant documents
