270 Grants
Lyndsey Easter
HSM 270
Instructor: Nicole Nightingale
May 30, 2013
A person cannot just jump right into writing a grant proposal with hopes of succeeding without knowing any of the basics to writing a grant proposal. Gaining an understanding of the steps to a grant proposal would be a good start point. Also, one must know that whether a grant is awarded or not depends on fifty percent quality, twenty five percent luck, and twenty five percent connections. The writer has to understand what steps to take to include all the needed information in the grant proposal. A request for a proposal is the first step, then once the agency completes the request for application it can then began developing the proposal. As each step is described throughout this paper a brief example of how to do each step will be provided using the PEACE Domestic Violence agency. Once in the process of beginning to write the grant proposal the first step is to define the purpose and importance of the program. This step is crucial in the grant writing process because this step provides the reader with reasons as to why to this program should be funded. During this step the writer will present information as to why this program will be useful. The purpose of the PEACE domestic violence agency is to help improve the quality of life for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and to prevent and reduce the domestic violence and sexual assault crimes in the area. The PEACE domestic violence agency is of importance because it can help reduce crime in the area. The next step is to discuss the service environment and needs that are being addressed. Many people might think this would be the place to describe the needs and why they should be addressed, but usually the funding source already knows about the needs being described. Instead of describing the needs the agency should focus on describing objectives and outcomes to the funding agency. In the case of the PEACE domestic
HSM 270
Instructor: Nicole Nightingale
May 30, 2013
A person cannot just jump right into writing a grant proposal with hopes of succeeding without knowing any of the basics to writing a grant proposal. Gaining an understanding of the steps to a grant proposal would be a good start point. Also, one must know that whether a grant is awarded or not depends on fifty percent quality, twenty five percent luck, and twenty five percent connections. The writer has to understand what steps to take to include all the needed information in the grant proposal. A request for a proposal is the first step, then once the agency completes the request for application it can then began developing the proposal. As each step is described throughout this paper a brief example of how to do each step will be provided using the PEACE Domestic Violence agency. Once in the process of beginning to write the grant proposal the first step is to define the purpose and importance of the program. This step is crucial in the grant writing process because this step provides the reader with reasons as to why to this program should be funded. During this step the writer will present information as to why this program will be useful. The purpose of the PEACE domestic violence agency is to help improve the quality of life for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and to prevent and reduce the domestic violence and sexual assault crimes in the area. The PEACE domestic violence agency is of importance because it can help reduce crime in the area. The next step is to discuss the service environment and needs that are being addressed. Many people might think this would be the place to describe the needs and why they should be addressed, but usually the funding source already knows about the needs being described. Instead of describing the needs the agency should focus on describing objectives and outcomes to the funding agency. In the case of the PEACE domestic
References: Practical Grant Writing and Program Evaluation, Yuen/Terao - © 2003 Brooks/Cole