Grant Proposal

Grant Proposal

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STATEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PROBLEM OR CONCERN: Mississippi is known for unhealthy eating, obesity, and lack of exercise. This is a problem in the Southern states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia) but primarily in Mississippi.

  1. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY

Describe the geographic area that defines the community including the location and physical boundaries, total population, and other relevant characteristics:

This is primarily in the communities in Mississippi, primarily in minority communities but all around the state of Mississippi this is a problem to address.

Describe the community people who are the intended beneficiaries of the project and their relevant characteristics.

The people of Mississippi will definitely benefit from this project. The minority community will benefit the most because this community have dealt with unhealthy eating and lack of exercise the most in the community.

 

Sample Summary/Guidelines for the grant assignment:

Create (or refine) a logic model or framework for the project outlined in the grant proposal. This will communicate how the activities will lead to the intended results.

  1. Outline the vision and mission of your project.
  2. State the objectives of your project or effort.
  3. State the context and conditions under which the problem or goal exists that may affect the intended outcomes (e.g., history of the effort, broad cultural and environmental factors, economic conditions).
  4. Identify inputs, resources, and barriers – include both resources or supports available and constraints or barriers to meeting the initiative’s objectives
  5. State activities or interventions – what the initiative or program does to bring about change and improvement (e.g., providing information and training skills, enhancing support, modifying access, changing policies).
  6. State outputs – direct results or products of the group’s activities (e.g., number of people trained, or activities conducted).
  7. State intended effects – more broadly measured outcomes or results (may include shorter-term, intermediate, and longer-term effects).
  8. Using the components listed above in items a-g, draft a picture or visual representation of the framework or model of change.

Create an evaluation plan for the project.

    1. Indicate what success will look like for the project or initiative. (e.g., how would the lives of individuals and communities be better?)
    2. Identify your criteria or indicators for judging success. How will success be measured?
    3. Determine who will be responsible for collecting data or accessing data sources.
    4. Indicate the role of documentation and evaluation in supporting program improvement and determining effectiveness, along with your plan for documentation/ monitoring your efforts.
    5. Describe the results you expect to achieve by the end of the funding period.

Prepare a budget for the project.

  1. Clearly outline the amount of funding requested for each type of funding sought (e.g., amount for salaries, travel, and equipment).
    1. Create a budget justification (i.e., a description of why each type of expense is needed).
  2. Consider all forms of potential revenues (e.g., other grants and contracts, local funding, memberships, in-kind support), as well as all forms of expenses (e.g., staff salaries and benefits, consultants, travel, equipment, supplies, rent, insurance), for each year of the proposed project.

ABSTRACT/ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  1. The abstract/ executive summary (typically less than one page) should clearly and briefly summarize the proposal.
  2. Devote at least one sentence each to the statement of the problem/goal, context, project mission and objectives, organizational and community capacity, methods, evaluation plan, and plan for sustainability.
  3. Keep it clear and simple. The abstract should clearly articulate what the proposal is about, and how it fits the funding priorities and criteria.
  4. Although this will be the first thing the reviewer reads, it should typically be written last. Prepare the abstract after the rest of the proposal is complete. That way, you won’t have to rewrite it as your proposal evolves.
  1. PROBLEM/GOAL AND CONTEXT
  1. Statement of the Community Problem or Goal
    1. State the community problem or goal to be addressed. Describe the active involvement of the community in defining the problems and goals and planning the approach.
    2. Document evidence of the problem, including data on the scope or level of the problem. You may use public records of community-level indicators and/or community surveys to communicate the importance of the problem/goal.
    3. Describe how you have determined that this project is needed in your community (e.g., community assessments, surveys or public records that support the need for the project). Document evidence of community concern about the issue, including information from people affected by the problem, those responsible for addressing it, and reports from the media. (You may want to use public forums and focus groups). If available, attach media reports on the issue or problem in this community.
    4. State whom the problem or goal most affects and how they are affected by it.
    5. Describe how the problem or goal is linked to other related issues in the community.

Description of the Community

  1. Describe the geographic area that defines the community (e.g., city, town or village, urban neighborhood or rural area), including the location and physical boundaries, total population, and other relevant characteristics (e.g., commercial/residential area, quality of physical environment, etc.).
  2. Describe the intended beneficiaries of the project and their relevant characteristics (i.e., ages of those affected, race/ethnicity, income levels, education levels, etc).
  3. State community assets, challenges, and needs.
  4. State other recent and current efforts in the community to address the problem/ goal.

 

  1. PROJECT MISSION AND OBJECTIVES, ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY
  1. Mission and Objectives of the Project
    1. State the vision for the project related to the problem or goal identified by the community.
    2. State the mission of the project or initiative.
    3. State the overall objective(s) for the community project or initiative
    4. State the key behavioral objectives for the community project or initiative (e.g., what are the measurable impacts that could be expected in 3 – 5 years
  1. Intended Beneficiaries and How to Reach Them
    1. Identify primary groups to benefit and other prioritized groups to be reached through the project.
    2. Describe the universal approaches to be used to reach many or all of the people in the prioritized group.
    3. Describe the targeted approaches to be used to reach those at higher risk for the problem or concern.
  2. Mobilizing Resources and Overcoming Barriers
    1. Describe the people who could potentially help address the problem or goal, the assets they could contribute, and how they will be engaged in the project.
    2. Describe material resources (e.g., money, equipment) which could potentially help address the problem or goal, the assets that could be contributed, and how they will be used.
    3. Identify the key stakeholders (those who have something to gain or lose by the efforts to address the problem or goal) and how they will be involved in the project.
    4. Describe potential sources of resistance to the project, the forms it might take, and how resistance could be reduced.
      1. Troubleshooting Guide: We are facing opposition or conflict.
      2. Describe potential barriers to the project, the forms it might take, and how barriers could be removed or reduced.
      3. Troubleshooting Guide for Solving Problems: Common Problems, Reflection Questions, and Links to Support Tools
  3. Proposed Project Activities
  4. Logic Model
    1. Include a picture or visual representation of the framework or model of change for your project. Be sure to include:
      1. Intended effects – more broadly measured outcomes or results (may include immediate, intermediate, and longer-term effects)
      2. Outputs or products of the group’s activities
      3. Activities or interventions to bring about change
      4. Inputs, resources and barriers for meeting the initiative’s objectives
      5. The context and conditions under which the problem or goal exists that may affect the intended outcomes
      6. The objectives of your project
      7. The vision and mission of your project

 

 EVALUATION PLAN

  1. Overall Evaluation
    1. Indicate the role of documentation/evaluation and feedback in supporting program improvement and determining effectiveness, along with your plan for documentation/ monitoring your efforts.
    2. Describe the results you expect to achieve by the end of the funding period.
    3. Indicate what “success” will look like for the project or initiative.
    4. Describe your criteria or indicators for judging success. How will success be measured?

Measurement

  1. Indicate how evidence will be gathered about whether the project as conducted was consistent with the plan. Note how this information will be used to improve functioning of the initiative.
  2. Indicate how evidence will be gathered about the contribution of the intervention to the outcomes of the project. Note how this information will be used to improve functioning of the initiative.
  3. Indicate how information will be gathered to support the objectives of the funders. Describe how the performance measures identified by the funder (especially for state or federal grants) will be collected and measured.
  4. Indicate how information about satisfaction of stakeholders and collaborators with the project will be gathered regularly. Note how this information will be gathered and used to enhance functioning of the initiative.
  5. Indicate how community-level indicators (e.g., incidence of drinking and driving or related injuries; percentage of people who are overweight) will be used to determine whether the effort made a difference with the community problem or goal.
  6. Indicate how the behaviors (or products of behavior) of prioritized groups will be measured to determine whether the initiative had an effect on key behaviors (e.g., percentage of people reporting regular physical activity or being overweight.)
  7. Indicate how community and system change (e.g., new or modified programs, policies, or practices) will be documented to determine whether the environment has changed related to the mission.
  8. Indicate how other things occurring in the community during the initiative will be documented to determine how they may have contributed to the observed effects (or lack of effects).

APPENDICES

  1. Include appropriate supplemental items in the Appendix.

 General writing guidelines:

  1. Papers are due on their respective due dates. Remember NO LATE assignments are accepted and do not submit the information early.
  2. Papers must include introductory and conclusion paragraphs.
  3. Direct quotes must be cited: Cite all sources: Do not copy any information.
  4. PROOFREAD!
  5. Typed (word processed), double spaced, Standard 12 point font, Times New Roman, and APA format. A title page, references page, and appendices (if any) will be additional.
  6. Cite all sources

 

  1. Use sample summary as a guideline but doesn’t have to be exact format

 

Format

Title page

Introduction

Purpose of Grant

Target Market

Financials (Asking amount in grant, start up cost)

Etc

Etc

 

 

Grant Proposal Project:

Project title: Mississippi Health is Wealth!

MISSION: To gain an understanding with communities in Mississippi on the importance of healthy eating.

GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED: The people of Mississippi

POPULATION SERVED: Catering to the people of Mississippi

  1. STATEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PROBLEM AND CONTEXT

STATEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PROBLEM OR CONCERN: Mississippi is known for unhealthy eating, obesity, and lack of exercise. This is a problem in the Southern states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia) but primarily in Mississippi.

  1. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY

Describe the geographic area that defines the community including the location and physical boundaries, total population, and other relevant characteristics:

This is primarily in the communities in Mississippi, primarily in minority communities but all around the state of Mississippi this is a problem to address.

Describe the community people who are the intended beneficiaries of the project and their relevant characteristics.

The people of Mississippi will definitely benefit from this project. The minority community will benefit the most because this community have dealt with unhealthy eating and lack of exercise the most in the community.

 

Sample Summary/Guidelines for the grant assignment:

Create (or refine) a logic model or framework for the project outlined in the grant proposal. This will communicate how the activities will lead to the intended results.

  1. Outline the vision and mission of your project.
  2. State the objectives of your project or effort.
  3. State the context and conditions under which the problem or goal exists that may affect the intended outcomes (e.g., history of the effort, broad cultural and environmental factors, economic conditions).
  4. Identify inputs, resources, and barriers – include both resources or supports available and constraints or barriers to meeting the initiative’s objectives
  5. State activities or interventions – what the initiative or program does to bring about change and improvement (e.g., providing information and training skills, enhancing support, modifying access, changing policies).
  6. State outputs – direct results or products of the group’s activities (e.g., number of people trained, or activities conducted).
  7. State intended effects – more broadly measured outcomes or results (may include shorter-term, intermediate, and longer-term effects).
  8. Using the components listed above in items a-g, draft a picture or visual representation of the framework or model of change.

Create an evaluation plan for the project.

    1. Indicate what success will look like for the project or initiative. (e.g., how would the lives of individuals and communities be better?)
    2. Identify your criteria or indicators for judging success. How will success be measured?
    3. Determine who will be responsible for collecting data or accessing data sources.
    4. Indicate the role of documentation and evaluation in supporting program improvement and determining effectiveness, along with your plan for documentation/ monitoring your efforts.
    5. Describe the results you expect to achieve by the end of the funding period.

Prepare a budget for the project.

  1. Clearly outline the amount of funding requested for each type of funding sought (e.g., amount for salaries, travel, and equipment).
    1. Create a budget justification (i.e., a description of why each type of expense is needed).
  2. Consider all forms of potential revenues (e.g., other grants and contracts, local funding, memberships, in-kind support), as well as all forms of expenses (e.g., staff salaries and benefits, consultants, travel, equipment, supplies, rent, insurance), for each year of the proposed project.

ABSTRACT/ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  1. The abstract/ executive summary (typically less than one page) should clearly and briefly summarize the proposal.
  2. Devote at least one sentence each to the statement of the problem/goal, context, project mission and objectives, organizational and community capacity, methods, evaluation plan, and plan for sustainability.
  3. Keep it clear and simple. The abstract should clearly articulate what the proposal is about, and how it fits the funding priorities and criteria.
  4. Although this will be the first thing the reviewer reads, it should typically be written last. Prepare the abstract after the rest of the proposal is complete. That way, you won’t have to rewrite it as your proposal evolves.
  1. PROBLEM/GOAL AND CONTEXT
  1. Statement of the Community Problem or Goal
    1. State the community problem or goal to be addressed. Describe the active involvement of the community in defining the problems and goals and planning the approach.
    2. Document evidence of the problem, including data on the scope or level of the problem. You may use public records of community-level indicators and/or community surveys to communicate the importance of the problem/goal.
    3. Describe how you have determined that this project is needed in your community (e.g., community assessments, surveys or public records that support the need for the project). Document evidence of community concern about the issue, including information from people affected by the problem, those responsible for addressing it, and reports from the media. (You may want to use public forums and focus groups). If available, attach media reports on the issue or problem in this community.
    4. State whom the problem or goal most affects and how they are affected by it.
    5. Describe how the problem or goal is linked to other related issues in the community.

Description of the Community

  1. Describe the geographic area that defines the community (e.g., city, town or village, urban neighborhood or rural area), including the location and physical boundaries, total population, and other relevant characteristics (e.g., commercial/residential area, quality of physical environment, etc.).
  2. Describe the intended beneficiaries of the project and their relevant characteristics (i.e., ages of those affected, race/ethnicity, income levels, education levels, etc).
  3. State community assets, challenges, and needs.
  4. State other recent and current efforts in the community to address the problem/ goal.

 

  1. PROJECT MISSION AND OBJECTIVES, ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY
  1. Mission and Objectives of the Project
    1. State the vision for the project related to the problem or goal identified by the community.
    2. State the mission of the project or initiative.
    3. State the overall objective(s) for the community project or initiative
    4. State the key behavioral objectives for the community project or initiative (e.g., what are the measurable impacts that could be expected in 3 – 5 years
  1. Intended Beneficiaries and How to Reach Them
    1. Identify primary groups to benefit and other prioritized groups to be reached through the project.
    2. Describe the universal approaches to be used to reach many or all of the people in the prioritized group.
    3. Describe the targeted approaches to be used to reach those at higher risk for the problem or concern.
  2. Mobilizing Resources and Overcoming Barriers
    1. Describe the people who could potentially help address the problem or goal, the assets they could contribute, and how they will be engaged in the project.
    2. Describe material resources (e.g., money, equipment) which could potentially help address the problem or goal, the assets that could be contributed, and how they will be used.
    3. Identify the key stakeholders (those who have something to gain or lose by the efforts to address the problem or goal) and how they will be involved in the project.
    4. Describe potential sources of resistance to the project, the forms it might take, and how resistance could be reduced.
      1. Troubleshooting Guide: We are facing opposition or conflict.
      2. Describe potential barriers to the project, the forms it might take, and how barriers could be removed or reduced.
      3. Troubleshooting Guide for Solving Problems: Common Problems, Reflection Questions, and Links to Support Tools
  3. Proposed Project Activities
  4. Logic Model
    1. Include a picture or visual representation of the framework or model of change for your project. Be sure to include:
      1. Intended effects – more broadly measured outcomes or results (may include immediate, intermediate, and longer-term effects)
      2. Outputs or products of the group’s activities
      3. Activities or interventions to bring about change
      4. Inputs, resources and barriers for meeting the initiative’s objectives
      5. The context and conditions under which the problem or goal exists that may affect the intended outcomes
      6. The objectives of your project
      7. The vision and mission of your project

 

 

 

EVALUATION PLAN

  1. Overall Evaluation
    1. Indicate the role of documentation/evaluation and feedback in supporting program improvement and determining effectiveness, along with your plan for documentation/ monitoring your efforts.
    2. Describe the results you expect to achieve by the end of the funding period.
    3. Indicate what “success” will look like for the project or initiative.
    4. Describe your criteria or indicators for judging success. How will success be measured?

Measurement

  1. Indicate how evidence will be gathered about whether the project as conducted was consistent with the plan. Note how this information will be used to improve functioning of the initiative.
  2. Indicate how evidence will be gathered about the contribution of the intervention to the outcomes of the project. Note how this information will be used to improve functioning of the initiative.
  3. Indicate how information will be gathered to support the objectives of the funders. Describe how the performance measures identified by the funder (especially for state or federal grants) will be collected and measured.
  4. Indicate how information about satisfaction of stakeholders and collaborators with the project will be gathered regularly. Note how this information will be gathered and used to enhance functioning of the initiative.
  5. Indicate how community-level indicators (e.g., incidence of drinking and driving or related injuries; percentage of people who are overweight) will be used to determine whether the effort made a difference with the community problem or goal.
  6. Indicate how the behaviors (or products of behavior) of prioritized groups will be measured to determine whether the initiative had an effect on key behaviors (e.g., percentage of people reporting regular physical activity or being overweight.)
  7. Indicate how community and system change (e.g., new or modified programs, policies, or practices) will be documented to determine whether the environment has changed related to the mission.
  8. Indicate how other things occurring in the community during the initiative will be documented to determine how they may have contributed to the observed effects (or lack of effects).

APPENDICES

  1. Include appropriate supplemental items in the Appendix.

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