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Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004

Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004. Mission To support demonstrations of how new telecommunications and information technologies can provide educational, health care, or public information in the public and non-profit sectors. Strategy. Foster innovation through competition

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Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004

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  1. Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004

  2. Mission To support demonstrations of how new telecommunications and information technologies can provide educational, health care, or public information in the public and non-profit sectors

  3. Strategy • Foster innovation through competition • Support potential national models • Learn from funded projects • Share lessons learned & best practices

  4. FY04 Program Priorities • Job Creation • Economic Development • New Ways of Doing Business • Wireless Technologies • Broadband Deployment

  5. Job Creation • Local Economic Development • Lifelong Learning • Telehealth and Public Health • Public Services

  6. Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004

  7. Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004 The Basics

  8. 2004 Competition Funding Level: Approximately $12.9 million (FY2003: 28 grants, $13.95 million) (Average Grant: $500K) Maximum Request: $700,000 Deadline: April 27, 2004

  9. Eligible Applicants • Non-profit Entities • Public Sector Organizations • State, Local, and Tribal Governments

  10. Eligible Applicants • Faith-Based Organizations • National Organizations & Associations • Non-Profit Community-Based Organizations • Non-Profit Health Care Providers • Schools & Libraries • Museums • Colleges and Universities • Public Safety Providers • Other Providers of Public Services

  11. The Timeline • Deadline: April 27, 2004 • Review: June, External Peer Review • Negotiations: August, Clarify Issues • Selection: September, Selecting Official • Announcement: September 30, 2004

  12. Scope: A Word of Caution About... • Single-Organization Projects • Infrastructure Development Projects • Hardware and Software Development • Training Projects • Voice-based Systems • Curriculum Development • International Components

  13. Essential Elements • Standard Form 424 (“The Application”) • Executive Summary (One Page Maximum) • Project Narrative (Eight Pages Maximum) • Standard Form 424A (Budget Categories) • Budget Narrative (Individual Budget Items) • Statement of Matching Funds (Identify Sources)

  14. Doing Your Homework

  15. Doing Your Homework

  16. Doing Your Homework

  17. Doing Your Homework

  18. Doing Your Homework

  19. Doing Your Homework

  20. Doing Your Homework

  21. Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004

  22. Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004 The Project Narrative

  23. Review Criteria and Weights • 20% - Project Purpose • 30% - Innovation • 10% - Community Involvement • 10% - Evaluation • 20% - Project Feasibility • 10% - Project Budget

  24. Solution Outcome Problem Resolution 20% - Project Purpose Problem

  25. 20% - Project Purpose • What problem(s) are being addressed? • What solution(s) are proposed? • What outcome(s) are expected?

  26. 30% - Innovation • Introduce New Technologies • Introduce New Applications • Better and Less Costly Service • Explore Untested Strategies

  27. FY04 Program Priorities • Job Creation • Economic Development • New Ways of Doing Business • Wireless Technologies • Broadband Deployment

  28. 10% - Community Involvement Community Content Technology

  29. 10% - Community Involvement • Partners • Public and Private • Contribute to Match • Sustained Involvement

  30. 10% - Community Involvement • End Users • Awareness • Involvement • Training

  31. 10% - Evaluation • Develop an Evaluation Plan • Focus on Problem-Solution-Outcome • Independent Evaluator Required • Work with Evaluator Early

  32. 10% - Evaluation • Project Documentation • Evaluation Questions • Data Collection Plan • Resources Devoted • Independent Evaluator Qualifications • Human Subjects Research

  33. Planning Tools and Evaluation Resources • Website Search Engine • Evaluation Resource Page • Guides • Completed Evaluations

  34. 20% - Project Feasibility • Technical Approach • Applicant’s Qualifications • Milestones • Protect Privacy • Sustainability • Dissemination

  35. 10% - Project Budget • Reasonable • Clear • Cost-Effective • Eligible

  36. Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004

  37. Technical Assistance Workshop Fiscal Year 2004 The Project Budget

  38. Budget Basics • Matching Funds • Matching Ratio is Fixed – 50/50 • Consistent with Project Narrative

  39. The Budget Pyramid

  40. A Sample Budget Narrative

  41. The Budget Pyramid

  42. A Sample Statement of Matching

  43. The Budget Pyramid

  44. A Sample SF424a

  45. The Budget Pyramid

  46. A Sample SF424 Federal Share Applicant Share Total Project Cost

  47. A Sample SF424 Federal Share Applicant Share Total Project Cost

  48. A Sample SF424 Federal Share Applicant Share Total Project Cost

  49. Attributes of a Good Budget • Reasonable • Clear • Cost-Effective • Eligible

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