Proposal Development
Proposal development is a highly technical, collaborative, and iterative process. You need the right resources, processes, and team to not only secure funding, but deliver on your proposed work. When we work with you, we see ourselves as part of your team, and will help you put your best foot forward. Our proposal development services position you for a fundable future.
Evaluation Plans
What is it? Evaluation plans provide information to improve a project during development and implementation, as well as evaluate its overall effectiveness at reaching its stated goal and objectives. While some federal agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children & Families estimate that 15-20% of the total grant funds should be allocated towards evaluation, the more common rule of thumb is 10%.
Evaluation plans, based on a logic model, within a grant proposal are increasingly gaining significance in the review point structure. Evaluation plans are no longer an after-thought, but elements to be considered from project inception. Trends are also showing an increase in research studies that must be imbedded in the evaluation sections of many program-oriented grants. Depending on the type of grant and funding agency, the evaluation plan can sometimes be one-fifth of the overall selection or review criteria — and rightly so. It’s all about learning and accountability. Agencies want to know that your program is working. If it isn’t working, they want you to be able to identify why and then realign; if it is working, they want you to be able to share your methods with others. We can help you develop a strong evaluation plan that will give your proposal a competitive edge.
How can we help you?
- Develop succinct logic models
- Develop appropriate evaluation methodology
- Write evaluation plan for narrative
- Identify appropriate samples
- Calculate sampling plans
- Develop or tailor assessments
- Test assessments for validity and reliability
- Administer assessments
- Facilitate focus groups
- Primary data analysis – quantitative and qualitative
- Develop reporting templates
- Present results with recommendations
- Provide independent, third-party evaluation on grants
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Building a collaborative team is an important element for successful funding, as it an increasing requirement for funding.
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Coaching and training are about capacity building. Our coaching and training services can offer support through broader nuanced processes such as grant writing or through developing evaluation plans, or more task-specific items.
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The opportunity landscape is the who’s and what’s of the grant funding world, and it is varied, yet specific.
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Coaches provide oversight and guidance to a client to help them reach pre-established goals; a mentor is someone in a similiar field (usually) that imparts or shares their knowledge and experience for the growth and development of another.
Coaching helps you develop and articulate your long-term goals and stay on track, focused on what is important to the process and accountable to your best efforts.
Your idea (whether to a small or large funder) must be relevent to the funder’s priorities, it must fill a KEY gap, and must answer HOW it will fill this gap.
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