HN530-2: Prepare a needs statement with regard to grant proposals.
HN530-3: Design a proposed program, budget, and evaluation plan for the grant proposal.
HN530-4: Prepare a final grant proposal for submission that includes an abstract, needs statement, program description, evaluation plan, and program budget.
For this assignment, you will submit a complete version of your grant proposal. The proposal is due by the end of Unit 9 and should follow the general grant outline with the proposal elements found in the outline provided below. For further guidance to complete each section of the proposal outline, refer to the text or the tutorials found in the weekly journal learning activities. The final version of your proposal should include any revisions or edits to your drafts recommended by your instructor.
Proposal Outline
Cover Letter (addressed to the funding source; 1 page)
Name of foundation
Applicant organization
Contact person
Contact information
Amount of request
Abstract (1 page)
Needs Statement (2–3 pages)
Problem description, causal factors, and history
Urgency, prevalence, and impact on families, individuals, and community
Cost to the community
Prior attempts to address the problem and their relative success
Promising evidence-based approaches and best practices to address the problem
Program Description (3–4 pages, including logic model)
Mission, goal, and objectives (process and outcome)
Methods, program activities, staffing pattern, location, and hours of operation
Collaboration with other providers
Logic model
Evaluation Plan (2–3 pages)
Evaluation method (process, outcome, and impact)
Data collection, method of analysis, and reporting
Budget Plan (1–3 pages)
Budget outline
Budget narrative
Budget for Head Start Program
A. Salary – Total: $54,818.00
The Program Director currently oversees the program.
The program Coordinator 42,000 oversees the program onboarding of new employees, training of new staff
Program Assistant is a part-time assistant. This individual’s annual salary is $20.00 per hour for 32 hours a week for 34 weeks of the contract year totaling 5,000.
B. Fringes – Total: $25,000
FICA will be paid for all salaries: $54,818.00 x .0765 = $6,194.00.
Unemployment cost is $17,300.00 x 3 x .03 = $3,855.00.
Retirement for full-time employees: $48,596.00 x .06 =$24916.00.
Health Insurance cost for full-time employees is the following:
Director: $357 x 12 months= $4,284.00.
Coordinator: $365 x 12 months= $4,380.00.
C. Staff Development – Total: $1,000
The Program Assistant personal development =5,000
D. Travel – Total: $2,500
The staff is expected to travel around the county/State to visit sites, attend meetings and
training/conferences, meet with county partners, visit families etc. The agency’s reimbursable rate is 0.445 and not the Federal rate of 0.585.
E. Equipment Purchases – Total: $5,000
One computer package including printer, scanner, and Word Programs will be purchased. iPad for classroom and teachers
F. Transportation-Recipient – Total $4,380.00
Due to the lack of transportation services families are responsible for transportation.
Gas: $100.00 a month x 12 months= $1,200.00
Insurance: 0 Automobile Liability per year for $480.00
Repair and Maintenance: Routine Maintenance for the van is $300.00.
Van Rental ($200.00 a month x 12 months) =$2,400.00. for field trips and personal development
G. Medical Supplies and Expense – Total: $200.00
H. Cost of Space – Non-Residential – Total: $10,000 Monthly which includes utilities a
Rent: $1,00.00 a month
Utilities: $500.00 a month
Repair/Maintenance:600,00 per month.
Janitorial Supplies: 100 per month
Liability/Property Insurance: 800 per month
K. Other – Total: $15,000for overall building upkeep
Meeting Supplies: 600
Employee Training and personal development: 700.00
Dues and Subscriptions: 200.00 to get services for a license
Office Supplies: paper, pens, toner, folders, etc.400
Phone and Internet Service for staff and building: 1.500
Postage for mailing, poster stamps, etc.: 1,000
Printing: for flyers, restriction forms media communication: 1, 00
Advertising: to job boards for hiring, media about the program
Sub-Contracting for Lawn and Parking lot maintenance: 1,000
Curricula Cost: 1,500
Snacks for meetings, personal development training :300
Total: $200,000.00.
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Unit 7
Mission statement: To promote the school readiness of young children from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. By providing resources for families to achieving their own goals such as housing stability, continued education, and financial security. The program supports and strengthens parent-child relationships and engages families around children’s learning and development.
Community needs: The Head Start program helps families become self-sufficient. Help children be prepared for school in life through learning experiences tailored to their changing needs and abilities. The program helps families with resources in the community that combat the war on poverty.
Funding Source:
Administration for Children and Families
Description: The Office of Early Childhood Development within the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services jointly with the Department of Education will be soliciting applications from eligible states and territories to carry out the renewal grant activities of the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5). The PDG B-5 Renewal Grant will fund states to build upon their initial grant activities, while considering the changing needs of children and families created by the COVID-19 Pandemic, and investing in strategies that will address those needs, supporting and strengthening early childhood care and education (ECCE) workforce, enhancing quality, and expanding access to early childhood services for children, particularly those in high need communities. Recipients of PDG B-5 Renewal Grant funding are encouraged to use a certain portion of grant funds to award subgrants to ECE programs, to expand access to and enhance the quality of existing services or to develop new programs that address the needs of low-income and disadvantaged young children and families in the mixed delivery system across the state.
Second Funding sources:
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Maternal and Child Health Policy Innovation Program.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadl… <br> Reference: <a href=”https://grantsforus.io/type-of-grantgrant/hrsa-maternal-and-child-health-policy-innovation-program/”>HRSA Maternal and Child Health Policy Innovation Program</a>
https://grantsforus.io
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