Access Trainings and Resources To Meet Your Needs
OVC TFMC offers a variety of trainings to meet the needs of OVC grantees. These trainings are designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of grantees, ensuring they are well-equipped to manage their federal grants effectively. Participants can explore both live and recorded trainings.
Trainings
Journey in Grants Financial Management Essentials
Journey in Grants Financial Management Essentials is a complimentary training series for new grant administrators or those wanting a deeper dive into the basics of grant financial management. Journey with us!

Tribal Grants Financial Management Training
Offered specifically for OVC tribal grantees, the Tribal Grants Financial Management Training (TGFMT) provides essential financial management training to support grantees as you successfully manage your federal awards. This training fulfills the Department of Justice Training requirements, resulting in an OJP Financial Management Virtual Seminar Tribal Grants Financial Management Training Certificate of Completion.
Recordings
FY25 TVSSA Pre-Application Webinar: Developing Your TVSSA Budget
A comprehensive, well-organized budget will help you get the most out of your Tribal Victim Service Set-Aside (TVSSA) award and give you a better chance of early final budget approval.
During the presentation, TFMC financial specialists cover several important budgeting practices, including distinguishing between allowable and unallowable costs, writing your budget narrative to support project costs, estimating project costs and categorizing your budget, and navigating and understanding the Office of Justice Programs Budget Detail Worksheet used to complete your budget.
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Strategies for Success: Navigating the Budget Clearance Process- Open Forum
During this Open Forum, OVC TFMC financial specialists provided a comprehensive overview of the budget clearance process. Attendees engaged directly with our experts, who were available to answer questions and help navigate this crucial aspect of financial management.
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Strategies for Success: Navigating the Budget Clearance Process
This training will give you the tools to manage your grant's budget clearance efficiently and effectively.
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How to Prepare for Desk Reviews, Site Visits, and Monitoring Visits
This training session will define the purpose of financial monitoring reviews, provide an overview of the types of financial monitoring, including desk and on-site reviews, share elements of pre-site and on-site reviews, and identify the top ten monitoring findings.
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2024 TVSSA Allowable and Unallowable Costs
In this training session, you will learn to locate allowable versus unallowable costs for each solicitation, determine if a cost is allowable or unallowable per cost category, assess whether a cost is reasonable, allocable, and necessary, and apply policies and procedures to ensure costs are consistently treated.
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