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26 <br />(4} Genera! administra#ive or accounting duties are considered as direct <br />charges to the contracted protect. <br />(5} Personnel services that are cai}siderad as direct charges to the <br />car.tractr=d project must be dunes that are directly related to the project <br />plan ar scopes of +rrork. <br />5. Prior Approved Requiremen#s <br />The following items rr±quirc a tiritten request, including signature of the Project Coordinator <br />tar the C;rantee. -The Agency ~+1ill aoc~pt a faxed dacumant cr pdf file wits a signature <br />backed up with hard copies of the request bearing original signat~ires. Items (b} through {d} <br />rntist be approved ly both the hgency and the USDA. <br />a. Change ltey Personnel -When it is necessary to change the Program contact for <br />the Grantee for a period of mare than 3 months: submit a written request {en~ait is <br />acceptable) to to"18 Agency. Kegiiest should contain the new individual's name and <br />contact information. <br />b. Scope or Ut?jectives - L^lhen ;t is necessary to madii;~+ the scap~ ar ollfectives of the <br />award, submit a written tustificatiort for the change along with the revised scope or <br />objectives of the award and signature of the Grantee's Project Coordinator to the <br />Agency. If requesting to discontinue all or a portion of a project and add a ne~v <br />project, submit a written justification far the change along with a project proposal to <br />include the project title, pUrpase. potential impact, expected measura~le outcomes. <br />work plan, budget narrative, prajec: oversight. and project comm's#mei~t and signs#ure <br />of the Protect Coordinator far the Grantee" <br />c. Extension of Grant Agreement-'JVhere an extension at Finite is required; the <br />. extensionfsl must be received in writing na later than si3 days prior to the expiration <br />date of the contract. ThE requast from the alaprapriate Grantee official must contain <br />the following information: <br />{1 y the length of additional time requiraG to complete project crbjpo#iv~s <br />and a jusiifi~ation for the extension; <br />(2y a summary of progress to dare (status of project timeline and <br />objectives, etc.;; <br />;3} an est~rnate of remaining funds at tha :ime of the original expiration <br />date of the contract; <br />44~ a projected kirr+etable to con;plete the project forti~uhich the extension is <br />boring ; equesteCf. and <br />{5} signature of the ProjeLt Coordinator far the Grantee. <br />d. Budget Changes - Vdhere a modification to t#ie approved budgeE is required, the <br />nZOdi=icaticn roust be subrttitted in writing and be approved i:~ writing by the Agency <br />and the USDA if the cumulative ar-taunt of such modificatigns exceeds 2~ to-ercant <br />{zCr~i~; of the project's total budget as last approved by bath branches of government <br />A request for a budget change shall include: <br />('I} a description of the change_ <br />(~) a justification for the changes, and <br />(3) the sigra:ure of the Grantee's appropriate financial representative as <br />indicated on the Signature Card. which is at#acheci to this Contract. <br />Note: If the cumula=ive amount of atlotivable budget changes is less titan 2d percent, <br />prior Agency and USl7A approval 's not regcired. <br />