When: Available On-Demand!

Cost: $75

Who Should Attend: Nonprofit professionals who want to be prepared to navigate the federal grant process with confidence.

Many development professionals are uncomfortable with federal grants because they don’t feel there are relationships to cultivate like there are with foundation grants. While each federal department is different, there are relationships that all nonprofits can cultivate to increase their success with federal grants. This session will teach you about these relationships, including how to communicate with legislators without lobbying, how to talk with federal program officers before and after a grant award, and which federal agencies and types of grants are the most open to conversations about your program before you write the proposal.

What You’ll Learn: 

  • How and when to talk with federal legislators and their staff
  • Which federal agencies want to hear about your project before you write it
  • How to talk with program officers about your project
  • How to talk with your program officer after your award


This is a self-study course in which each participant is required to complete all elements of the training to receive any and all CPE credits and CE units.

These elements include:

  • Watching all video content in full
  • Completing all embedded engagement activities
  • Completing all evaluation forms
  • Completing the final assessment with a passing score of at least 70%
  • Completing all course elements, including the assessment, within one year of the date of purchase or enrollment


Instructional Delivery Method: Self-Study
Recommended NASBA CPE Credits: 1.0
GPCI/CFRE Approved CEU Credits: 1.0
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Knowledge Level: Basic
Prerequisite Education, Experience, or Advance Preparation: None

Presented by:
Charlie Sagona, GPC

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Assel Grant Services is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org

Course curriculum

    1. About this Course

    2. Meet Your Instructor

    3. Course Materials

    4. Video: Relationships with Program Officers and Legislators

    5. Post-Presentation Assessment/Quiz - Relationships with Program Officers and Legislators

    6. Course Evaluation Form

    7. Instructor Evaluation Form

About this course

  • $75.00
  • 7 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute, Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association, and/or credentialed Certified Grant Management Specialists (CGMS) through the National Grant Management Association. All of the trainings in this series align with the CGMS exam classification system and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute’s competencies and skills, and are approved for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by GPCI and CFRE International.