Consultants

Becoming an Authorized DCA SAGE Consultant

To have your firm listed in DCA SAGE as consultants (so organizations in NJ can give you DCA SAGE access to work on their Applications or Grants) follow the same instructions that an agency would use to get access to DCA SAGE. (See Requesting Access to DCA SAGE)

· At the Agency Type field, select an appropriate consultant category from the pull down list (go to the bottom of the list to find consultants).

· To add staff members as DCA SAGE contacts—who will then be available in DCA SAGE to work on applications and grants for agencies—follow same instructions that an agency would use to add contacts. (See Adding Agency Contacts)

You will be required to submit an initial Agency Information Update to DCA through DCA SAGE, and renew it annually.

Consultants should not be added to their clients’ Contact Lists as Agency Contacts—as if the consultants were employees of the clients’ organization.

When applicants or grantees hire a consultant from your firm, they must add the consultant to the application or grant by following the Using a Consultant procedures.

Using a Consultant

If your organization hires a consultant to work on an application or grant, your Application or Grant Administrator needs to give the consultant access to the application or grant in DCA SAGE.

A consultant who works on an application is not automatically included as a contact for the resulting grant.

Do not add the consultant as one of your regular Agency Contacts—as if the consultant were an employee of your organization.

Assigning a Consultant to an Application

At the Application Menu—

· Click Control Access to Application

· Click Agency Consultants (at the bottom of the page)

· At the Agency Consultant Search form, enter the consultant’s last name or the name of the consulting firm in the appropriate field (use the least amount of information to search - like a partial name - to avoid eliminating search results because of something like spelling or punctuation)

· Click Search

· Scroll down to see your results

· Click the magnifying glass icon for the desired consultant

· At the Assign additional Agency Consultants to application form, select a Level of Access from the pull down list

Refer to the DCA SAGE Agency Security Levels chart to determine the appropriate Level of Access

· Click Grant This User Access

Assigning a Consultant to a Grant

At the Grant Menu—

· Click Grantee Contact Information

· Click Agency Consultants (at the bottom of the page)

· At the Agency Consultant Search form, enter the consultant’s last name or the name of the consulting firm in the appropriate field (try partial names – the spelling must be exactly the same as it is in the DCA SAGE records)

· Click Search

· Scroll down to see your results

· Click the magnifying glass icon for the desired consultant

· At the Assign additional access to grant form, select a Level of Access from the pull down list

Refer to the DCA SAGE Agency Security Levels chart to determine the appropriate Level of Access

· Click Grant This User Access

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