**Tip!** **Note:** **There are four user roles in the grants system:**
1. **Authorized Official** *(can initiate, edit, & submit documents)*
1. This role is exclusively for persons who are authorized to apply for, accept, decline or cancel the grant for the applicant agency. This person must be the executive director of a state agency, chairperson of the county Board of Commissioners, mayor, or chairperson of the City Council.
2. **Agency Administrator** *(can initiate, edit, & submit documents)*
1. this role is primarily for persons who will be directly responsible for the administration of grant applications and/or awards within the grants system.
3. **Agency Staff** *(can edit existing documents but can't initiate or submit)*
1. this role is primarily for persons who will support or assist the Agency Administrator in the administration of grant applications and/or awards (i.e. preparing documents for the Agency Administrator's review and approval).
4. **Agency Viewer** *(view rights only)*
1. This role is primarily for persons who need to view, provide oversight, or audit the activity and/or information within the grants management system.
The first user to register to grants portal should be the Agency Administrator. Once your Agency Administrator has been granted access, they will have the ability to add other users to the organization's account under the "Organization Members" page.