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Grant Writing Basics: It’s Not Just About the Money

Grant Writing Basics: It’s Not Just About the Money. Carri George, UA CURRENTS. Preliminary to the Opportunity. Envision the Project. What do you want to accomplish? What impact do you want to have? How will you go about it? What do you need?. Research. Why is this project needed?

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Grant Writing Basics: It’s Not Just About the Money

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  1. Grant Writing Basics: It’s Not Just About the Money Carri George, UA CURRENTS

  2. Preliminary to the Opportunity

  3. Envision the Project • What do you want to accomplish? • What impact do you want to have? • How will you go about it? • What do you need?

  4. Research • Why is this project needed? • How can you document the need? • Are there evidence-based approaches for addressing this issue? • Is your considered approach evidence-based? • Which funding sources fund this type of project?

  5. Build Relationships • With funding sources • With potential partners and collaborators

  6. Hypothetical You and your colleagues have an idea for keeping at-risk youth with disabilities in school. You would like to develop a school-based mentoring program for youth with disabilities. This would provide students with disabilities the opportunity to interact with adults with disabilities who have had similar struggles.

  7. Responding to the Opportunity

  8. Carefully review the Notice Inviting Applications • Are you eligible to apply? • Is the award amount enough to do what you want to do? • What is the due date? Do you have the time to invest? • Is this application a good fit for your project and your organization?

  9. Line Up Institutional Support • Is a financial match required? Do you have a source for that match? • Are there indirect costs involved? • What kinds of supporting documents are required? • Does the applicant need to provide assurances?

  10. Plan • What? • Why? • How? • Who? • Staff Resources • Contact potential partners and get commitments

  11. Hypothetical Guess what! The Department of Justice has just issued a Notice Inviting Applications for mentoring programs for youth with disabilities. The purpose of the program is to divert youth with disabilities from the juvenile justice system. Check it out! This might be a good fit for your project.

  12. Writing to the Opportunity

  13. Logic Model

  14. Logic Model

  15. Logic Model

  16. Budget

  17. Abstract • Concise • Briefly identify problem or need • Focus on what you are going to do and what the outcomes will be –goals and objectives

  18. Make Your Case • Need for your project—how you identified the need • How your project will address the need, the impact and outcomes it will have • Project Design—what you will do and how you will do it • Capabilities and Qualifications—why you are the best organization to manage the project

  19. Appendices and Supporting Documents • References • Job Descriptions • Resumes or CVs • Organizational Chart • Board of Directors Roster • Audit Report

  20. Resources • W.K. Kellogg Foundation www.wkkf.org • Federal Register Tables of Contents Mailing List. Go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov/and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L. • Grants.gov, click on Manage Subscriptions • http://csgjusticecenter.org/jc/category/reentry/nrrc/ National Reentry Resource Center

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