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Dear Colleagues,
In this newsletter, we are excited to announce that our client has been selected as a finalist for a $15 million grant. Please see the article below for more information. We are also proud to welcome Dr. Lori Brown, as a guest columnist. Dr. Brown is a grant writer for Buncombe County (NC) Schools who has attended a conference hosted by both the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice. She is pleased to share with you free resources that she has found helpful. Please also see her article below, entitled "Top 10 Resources for School Safety/Climate Research."
Dr. Brown has attended one of our training workshops and, if you're considering attending, she would be glad to tell you about her experience there as well. Our next workshop will be on January 24th, which is rapidly approaching so please sign up today.
As you may know, the publication of this newsletter signifies that we have updated our Grant Alerts. We hope that you successfully utilize these resources to enhance and expand your development efforts. Further, we hope that you share our newsletter, website, and resources with friends and colleagues whom it may also benefit.
We are providing all of this information because it is our mission to assist institutions, agencies and organizations expand fiscal resources and program operations, helping clients locate and secure grant funds matched to their interests and needs. Thank you for being a part of this mission with us, and for helping us disseminate information about our Grant Alerts, consultation services and training workshops.
We are encouraged by your active engagement with us through social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. We also hope you mark our website as a favorite on your computer, and return often to learn what's new in the grants world.
As always, thank you for your appreciation of our work!
Bill Carruthers
GrantProse, Inc.
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SUCCESSFUL GRANT WRITING
2012 Calendar
Grant writing training programs are scheduled for the 2012 year. At present, we will offer two types of program:
1) A one-day program for Novice and Beginner (little to no experience with grants), and
2) A two-day program for Intermediate and Advanced (some experience with grants)
Training dates are as follow:
* Novice/Beginner - January 24, 2012 (Course #76903)
* Novice/Beginner - February 21, 2012 (Course #76922)
* Novice/Beginner - March 20, 2012 (Course #76932)
* Intermediate/Advanced - April 24-25, 2012 (Course #76935)
* Intermediate/Advanced - May 22-23, 2012 (Course #77023)
For information and to register, please visit our Training page on our website at http://www.grantproseinc.com/training.html . |
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GrantProse Client Wins $15 Million
We are pleased to share with you that the U.S. Department of Education has selected our client, the North Carolina New Schools Project (NCNSP), from nearly 600 applicants as one of 23 "Investing in Innovation" finalists for 2011 - and as one of five selected for $15 million. The grant, titled Validating Early College High School Strategies, is the only North Carolina proposal selected in this highly competitive process.
However, our work is not done. To receive the $15 million in federal funding provided in the award, NCNSP must secure 10% in matching private funds - over the five-year period of the grant. We have been hard at work, helping NCNSP secure this match. Even with the help of Governor Purdue, who held a conference call with leading businesses and philanthropies across the State, this has been a lesson in being 'careful for what you wish.'
For more information, please see NCNSP's news release, found here:
http://newschoolsproject.org/news/article/federal-grant-to-help-nc-broaden-reach-of-early-college-- |
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Top 10 Resources for School Safety/Climate Research
By: Lori D. Brown, Ed.D
The US Departments of Justice and Education share a common goal of keeping youth safe during in-school and out-of school time hours. To that end, both agencies provide free resources and data files that grant writers working on projects related to any of the following topics may find useful: school or community climate, bullying/harassment or issues of individual safety, student engagement, school discipline, substance abuse, and violence prevention. Additionally, the American Institutes of Research (AIR), which is funded by a Dept. of Education grant, provides a "Safe and Supportive Schools" website and technical assistance center (http://safesupportiveschools.ed.gov/index.php?id=01) containing current research articles, links to measures of school climate, and tips/links for researching federal grants designed for youth programs. Dr. David Osher, the Principal Investigator at AIR and one of the nation's leading school climate experts, regularly provides free webinars related to school climate ("Events" tab). The list below contains links to current research, grant research sites, and websites that address issues of safety, violence prevention, and school and community climates.
1) Bureau of Justice Statistics - http://bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=daa
2) National Center for Education Statistics Survey Data on school safety, crime - http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crime/
3) Bullying and Cyberbullying data from the Dept. of Ed - http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crime/crime_tables.asp#bullying
4) Technical Assistance for schools/districts concerned with school climate, including recommended products, research, and tools (click on "Technical Assistance" and then "School/District Administrators" - http://safesupportiveschools.ed.gov/index.php?id=17
5) RESOURCES / Webinars / Technical Assistance from the Office of "Safe and Healthy Students": http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/resources.html#online
6) RESOURCES - SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) - A searchable online registry of more than 175 interventions that address mental health and substance abuse concerns. http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/
7) RESOURCES - Internet safety resources, including classroom lesson plans, from a nationally recognized legal and educational expert in Internet safety. http://www.wiredsafety.org/
8) RESEARCH - Presentations on school climate: http://safesupportiveschools.ed.gov/index.php?id=9&eid=1
9) RESEARCH - "Breaking Schools' Rules: A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students' Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement" - a groundbreaking report from Texas.
http://justicecenter.csg.org/resources/juveniles
10) GRANTS -The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs has created an online Web tool that allows users to search for federal grant opportunities by youth topic or federal agency - At this site, http://findyouthinfo.gov/ , click on the tab labeled "Funding Information Center"
For further assistance with locating school safety/school climate research/resources feel free to contact Dr. Brown at 828-231-3445 or lori.brown@bcsemail.org. |
Grant Opportunities
NEW
Deadline: 03/16/12 (multiple due dates for multiple types of programs)
Program: Cyberlearning: Transforming Education
Agency: National Science Foundation
Description: The purpose of this grant is to better understand how to tailor education to individuals' learning styles, capacities, and habits. Toward this end, this grant is interested in funding three types of research programs and two other types of programs: Capacity-Building Projects and a Cyberlearning Resource Center.
Award Amount: $36,000,000 (total funding available for multiple awards made throughout all five types of programs)
Website: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11587/nsf11587.htm
Eligibility: "none specified"
NEW
Deadline: 03/30/12
Program: Job Opportunity for Low-Income Individuals Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
Description: According to the website, the purpose of this grant is "to support business development and expansion opportunities, including micro-enterprise and self-employment opportunities, in an effort to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency." This grant program is especially interested in supporting child care facilities, as these jobs will support the employees and serve other working families.
Award Amount: four awardsof $290,000
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2011-ACF-OCS-EO-0163
Eligibility: nonprofits
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