GAINS Training

 Grants Administration Implementation and Navigation System (GAINS) Trainings 

GAINS Office Hours

As of July 2, 2024, GAINs Office Hours will move to bi-weekly meetings during the summer. Office Hours will begin July 9th at 12:30 and will occur every other Tuesday from 12:30-1:00 pm. The Grants Program Administration (GPA) Team will host office hours to support LEAs/LEPs on the access and use of the Grants Administration Implementation and Navigation System (GAINS), CDE’s new grants management system. 

 The weekly office hours are recommended for LEA/LEP applicants who are involved in writing, submitting, and approving grants administered by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). Office Hours will cover frequently asked questions (FAQs) and any other specific questions from attendees with a focus on providing technical assistance on the two grants currently open in the system, the Computer Science Grant and the Colorado Charter School Program Grant. 

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GAINS Small Bites Trainings

GAINS Small Bites are short (1-5 minutes) instructional videos on the our most frequently asked system assistance questions.​ Each Small Bites Video is paired with step-by-step text instructions that users can download or bookmark for future reference.

GAINS Resources for the Best Grant

• BEST Grant Fund Request Instructions (word) 

Consolidated Application Resources

Previous GAINS Virtual Training

GAINS User Access Administrator Instructions and Training 

CDE provided a training for District Local Access Managers (LAMs) in preparation for their capacity to continue to support district users with their IdM system access. GAINS is a role-based system, and each district staff member who will submit applications or request funds will need to be assigned a role depending on the level of access needed in the system (creating, submitting, and/or approving applications, submitting requests for funds and other fiscal reporting, completing required evaluation or data submissions, etc.). LAMs have been assigned the User Access Administrator role and will be responsible for managing the role assignment process or assigning a User Access Administrator role to an authorized user to manage roles in the system. The user access instructions, PowerPoint, and recording can be found below.

LAM User Access Instructions | LAM Training Powerpoint | Recording

CDE is committed to providing system training to all potential applicants and system users and will announce future opportunities as individual grant applications open and upon request.