Section 223.486 - State Plan for Maximizing Federal Assistance: Development and revision; contents; posting on Internet website1. The Director shall, in consultation with the Nevada Advisory Council on Federal Assistance created by NRS 358.020, develop and may periodically revise a State Plan for Maximizing Federal Assistance, which must identify: (a) Methods for expanding opportunities for obtaining federal assistance, including, without limitation, expanding opportunities for obtaining matching funds for federal assistance through the Nevada Grant Matching Program created by NRS 223.490;(b) Methods for streamlining process, regulatory, structural and other barriers to the acquisition of federal assistance that exist at each level of federal, state or local government;(c) Methods for the effective administration of grants, including, without limitation, best practices relating to indirect cost allocation;(d) Opportunities for: (1) Reducing administrative costs associated with obtaining federal assistance; and(2) Coordination between state agencies, local agencies, tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to avoid duplication and achieve common goals;(e) Specific tasks which must be performed to improve the administration of grants and maximize the amount of federal assistance received by this State and a schedule for implementing any such tasks;(f) Performance metrics and targets relating to obtaining and maximizing federal assistance and improving the administration of grants; and(g) Best practices for considering whether to respond to a grant opportunity, including, without limitation, the monetary and programmatic cost of implementing a grant.2. The Director shall post the State Plan for Maximizing Federal Assistance on the Internet website maintained by the Office.Added to NRS by 2021, 3703Added by 2021, Ch. 545,§9, eff. 7/1/2022.