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There are three categories of Matching Share: Cash. When grant recipients use their own funds to purchase goods or services specifically for the grant project (i.e., goods or services which recipients would not otherwise be purchasing as part of their own on-going programs), or when a third party donates cash to the grant recipient for the same purpose, it is considered to be a cash donation to the grant project. This would include situations where grant recipients use their own funds to hire a temporary employee or a consultant solely and specifically to work on the grant project, where they use their own funds to purchase supplies for use on the project that are not ordinarily stocked in their own supply room, or where they receive cash from a third party to help them do either of the preceding activities. 2. In -Kind Services and Goods. When grant recipients arrange to perform some or all of the grant work by using their existing staff and by drawing supplies from their own supply room, or when a third party draws on its own existing staff and supplies to assist the project, it is considered to be an in-kind donation to the grant project. Volunteer Services. When the grant recipient arranges to have individuals perform work on the project without any remuneration, it is considered to be a volunteer services donation to the grant project. Establishing the value of volunteer services can be difficult. If the volunteer is normally a paid professional in a given field of endeavor, and is providing free services in that same field, then it is usually possible to value the volunteer's time using their regular hourly rate of pay. However, such an arrangement must be approved in advance by the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Ordinarily however, volunteer services are valued at minimum wage ($5.15/hour). Accurate time sheets must be kept to document the amount of volunteer services performed. G. Signed Federal Forms (4 total). The (a) Statement of Understanding, (b) Part V -- Assurances, (c) Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion, and (d) Assurance of Compliance must be signed by the person who is legally authorized to commit the applicant organization. Review these statements carefully before signing them, and contact the DHPA if any questions arise. Executive Order 12549 (as given in 43 CFR Part 12, Section 12.510) states that entities debarred or suspended from participation in transactions with any federal department or agency are likewise debarred from transactions with other federal departments or agencies. Because federal historic preservation grant funds are passed on to grant recipients through the state, grant applicants must sign and return the Certification Regarding Debarment, to insure that they do not involve parties who are debarred in this proposed project. To determine whether an organization or entity has been debarred or suspended, contact the DHPA, or the General Services Administration at (202) 501-4873. A grant application cannot be considered for funding unless ALL of these documents have been executed and submitted. H. Letters of Sunnort The DHPA strongly encourages grant applicants to supply letters of support from local elected officials, historical societies, community groups, business people, or other interested parties in order to demonstrate broad-based popular support for the proposed project. Letters of support must be drafted and dated so as to demonstrate that they concern a current and specific grant proposal. Ordinarily, copies of old support letters that were written for other purposes or for previous grant applications will not be counted by the DHPA. Note that the total number of current support letters accompanying the proposal earns points in the grant evaluation process. I. Resumes Please submit one (1) copy of the resume of the person who will act as Project Coordinator. If the grant -assisted project will include a Principal Investigator who is already a member of the Project Sponsor's staff, please include one (1) copy of this person's current resume with the project application. If no Principal Investigator will be used, or if a consultant will be hired later to serve as the Principal Investigator, it is not necessary to submit a resume for this position. tCK:).Submitting the Analication Once the application is submitted to the DHPA, the Grants Staff will log -in the application and will verify that all of the required component parts are included. If any of the required parts of the grant application packet are missing,