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COLLEGE SPARK WASHINGTON
2012 Community Grants Program
Application Webinar 12/22/2011 10:00 AM 1/4/2012 2:00 PM
Introduction
This Webinar is aimed at helping you better understand what information we need from you in response to our application questions.
We hope this makes applying easier for you.
Please ask questions along the way
AGENDA
Overview of Requests
Application Timeline
Application Questions
Budgets and Financials
Reporting
Overview
LOI (number of requests, total dollar amount) Applications (Number/total dollar amount) College Spark MissionCommunity Grants Program Funding Objectives:
Building organizational capacityLearning about college readiness and degree completion
Application Timeline
Webinars 12/22/11 and 1/4/2012
Two hard copies and online version of Application and attachments due to College Spark by January 27, 2012.
April 23, 2012 Grant awards announced
May – June: Finalize measurable objectives and distribute Grant Agreements
Online Application Questions
Carries Forward from LOI:
•Could be used in public communication from College Spark
•Should make project clear to a reader unfamiliar with your organization or students
Brief Project Description
•Amount requested for Year 1, Year 2, and Total
•Should match the amount you requested in your LOI
•Total project cost
Funding Request
•Percentage of students served that are low income
•College Readiness, Degree Completion, or Both
•Planning, Capacity-Building, or Research/Evaluation
•Geographic reach of the program/project
Grant Type, Area of Focus, Students and
Region
Online Application Questions
New Information for Application:
•Founding Date
•Mission•Services•Population Served
Organization Basics
•Governance
•Fiscal Period
•Operating Budget totals
•# of full-time staff, part-time staff, volunteers
Organization Structure
•Project Start Date
•Project End Date
Project Timeline
Narrative Attachment
You will download narrative application questions that match your grant type:
Capacity-BuildingPlanningResearch/Evaluation
Some differences in wording and specifics, but all these narrative sections cover similar themes of information.
Narrative Attachment Questions
What prompted you to do…?
• Give a baseline of current student outcomes
• Explain how the idea for a new strategy (or plan or research) emerged
• Talk about the need for this specific project – not the needs of students generally
What will you do?
• Be specific
• Five W’s
• Try to focus on the nouns and verbs more than the adjectives
Why are you doing it?
• Explain how and why the new strategy (or plan or research) will make you more effective
• What about your project is an enhancement or improvement over the status quo?
• Explain how and why student outcomes will improve
Narrative Attachment Questions
Research
• Not looking primarily for research describing the need
• What research indicates your specific strategy is a good approach?
• Looking for promising, not proven. Give us evidence your idea is promising.
Students
• Percentage that are low income
• How status as low-income is determined
• Specific data collection method to demonstrate students are low-income
Participation
• Voluntary or mandatory?
• Mandatory for whom?
• If voluntary, how are students recruited?
• How do you ensure students most in need of service are the ones who access it?
Narrative Attachment Questions
Project Outcomes
• What will be different for students and/or for your organization because of your project?
• How will you demonstrate outcomes have been achieved?
• Baseline or appropriate comparison group is required
• Consultants, tools, and assessments
Partnerships
• Partners needed?
• Role of Partners
• Will a partnership be enhanced or improved?
• Letters of support required
Qualifications
• Why is your organization the right one to do this work?
• Experience
• Expertise
• Staffing
• Resources
Narrative Attachment Questions
Learning / Dissemination
• What will you learn from this project (whether it accomplishes your goals or not)?
• Who else could benefit from that knowledge?
• How will you share that knowledge with others?
Sustainability
• One-time costs or ongoing
• Lower scoring plans: largely grant funding
• Higher scoring plans: reallocating existing resources
Technical Assistance
• How can we help you aside from money?
• Convening with other grantees
• Recommend consultants
• Other supports
Narrative Attachment TablesActivity
(What activities or services will take place during grant period?)
Quantity and/or Time(When will activities take
place and/or how many will participate in the activity?)
Project Outcome(What will be different for students,
families, schools/organizations because of the activities listed above?)
Measurement Method(How will you know if these
outcomes are achieved? Capacity-building proposals
should include a comparison, such as a comparison to a
baseline measure, a pre/post-assessment, or a comparison of
similar outcomes between participants and another
relevant group of students.)
Targeted Completion
Date(Which points
during the grant period will you measure this outcome?)
Target Audience(Who could potentially benefit from the lessons learned through this project?)
Dissemination Method(How will you share information
with stakeholders? Are there convenings, conferences,
ongoing work groups, websites, or ways of distributing printed information that will be most
effective?)
Targeted Completion
Date(Which points
during the grant period will
information be shared?)
Budgets and Financials
Organizational Level Finances
Program or Department Level Financials
Project Budget• Allowable
expenses• Broken out
by year• Include
other sources if applicable
Reporting on grants
Timeline
What should you report?
Requesting technical assistance (now or in the future!)
Requesting changes to work plan or budget
Follow up Reports
What information will you not know until after the grant period has ended?
Will it help us learn more about the effectiveness of your strategy?
Will it cost money to provide that information?