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Lesson Learned

Design processes and procedures for grant administration to mitigate fraud and abuse.

Design processes and procedures for grant administration to mitigate fraud and abuse. For example, ADA introduced a milestone payment system whereby each grant was disbursed over time according to validation of the grantee achieving certain milestones associated with its cost-sharing schedule. Milestone payments mitigated the improper use of funds. However, note that greater risk mitigation measures require higher administrative costs.