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A government guide to grants / Nathan E. Legaspi, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Grants and Funding
- Grants and funding
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grants-in-aid--United States.
- Grants-in-aid.
- Research grants--United States.
- Research grants.
- Proposal writing for grants--United States.
- Proposal writing for grants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (116 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work provides an overview of the six grant types, provides criteria for defining a block grant and uses that criteria to provide a list of current block grants, examines competing perspectives concerning the use of block grants versus other grant mechanisms to achieve national goals, and much more.
- Contents:
- Intro
- A GOVERNMENT GUIDE TO GRANTS
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1 BLOCK GRANTS: PERSPECTIVES AND CONTROVERSIES
- SUMMARY
- GRANT DEFINITIONS
- THE NUMBER OF BLOCK GRANTS
- BLOCK GRANTS: COMPETING PERSPECTIVES
- WHEN SHOULD BLOCK GRANTS BE CONSIDERED?
- CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES: PART SCORES
- CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES: FUNDING
- APPENDIX. BRIEF HISTORY OF BLOCK GRANTS
- End Notes
- Chapter 2 GRANTS WORK IN A CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE
- INTRODUCTION
- ORGANIZING OFFICE GRANTS OPERATIONS
- Managing Grants Requests
- Office Grants Manual
- File Systems and Logs
- Agency Files
- Constituent Files by County
- Tracking Requests
- Communicating with Staff
- ASSESSING CONSTITUENT REQUESTS
- PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CONSTITUENTS
- PROPOSAL WRITING ASSISTANCE AND SOURCES
- WRITING LETTERS FOR GRANT SEEKERS
- ANNOUNCING GRANTS AWARDS
- FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND SOURCES
- Federal Grants and the Appropriations Process
- Types of Federal Assistance
- Grants
- Loans
- Insurance
- Goods and Properties
- Services, Information, Training, and Employment
- CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE
- GRANTS.GOV
- AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA)
- DEVELOPING FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS CONTACTS
- ROLE OF STATE ADMINISTERING AGENCIES (SAAS) AND CONTACTS
- FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATE GRANTS
- USEFUL SOURCES OF GRANTS INFORMATION
- CRS Grants Web Pages
- Additional Federal Sources
- Other Resources
- Chapter 3 HOW TO DEVELOP AND WRITE A GRANT
- DEVELOPING A GRANT PROPOSAL
- Preparation
- Developing Ideas for the Proposal
- Community Support
- Identifying Funding Resources
- Getting Organized to Write the Proposal
- WRITING AN EFFECTIVE GRANT PROPOSAL
- Overall Considerations
- Basic Components of a Proposal
- Cover Letter.
- Proposal Summary: Outline of Project Goals
- Introduction: Presenting a Credible Applicant
- Problem Statement or Needs Assessment
- Project Objectives: Goals and Desired Outcome
- Program Methods and Program Design: A Plan of Action
- Evaluation: Product and Process Analysis
- Future Funding
- Budget Development and Requirements
- Proposal Appendix
- ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL WRITING WEBSITES
- Chapter 4 RESOURCES FOR GRANT SEEKERS
- WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A GOVERNMENT GRANT?
- KEY FEDERAL SOURCES
- FEDERAL CONTACTS IN STATES AND STATE ADMINISTERING AGENCIES (SAAS)
- State Administering Agencies
- RELATED FEDERAL SOURCES
- PRIVATE, CORPORATE, AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES
- GRANT PROPOSAL WRITING WEBSITES
- CHAPTER SOURCES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61209-805-3
- OCLC:
- 703686940
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