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This grant proposal was one of the most worthwhile and personally satisfying group projects that I participated in during my Masters program. The three of us worked well together to to accomplish the following tasks.
Needs Analysis
Defining Goals and Objectives
Developing Methods
Evaluation Plan
Letter of Intent
Creating a Project Budget
Qualifications Statement
Sustainability Plan
Proposal Submittal
Project Presentation
The actual work of determining the needs of the Our House program and developing the grant proposal was a step by step process of group cooperation and planning.
It turned out that working together and figuring out the logistics of connecting at all hours of the day and night was one of the more enjoyable aspects of the project. As you can see from the list of tasks associated with creating and submitting the grant proposal the project had a fairly well defined pathway to completion. We settled into a pattern of self assigning work within the tasks, sharing via Google docs, and editing each other's work. We would get together to walk through and final edit, then one of us would submit. The presentation seen here was presented to the entire class as a presentation by the three of us, and each of the other groups critiqued. We garnered good reviews of both our presentation and the electronic submittal that was shared with the class.
There were dual purposes for this project. The first was to learn to work together and develop an educational grant proposal. The second was to create the actual grant proposal for a real entity. For that reason we chose the Our House Child Development Center. They are a short term center for helping homeless individuals and family and have wonderful programs for children, but were lacking a suitable environment for working with individuals with sensory processing issues. This category of individuals was greatly represented in their client population, so there was a real need for a sensory room.
A natural outcome of the research that we did in preparing for this project was our development of a greater level of understanding of those with sensory processing disorder, as well as the issues that they and those that care for them experience. The skills that we each gained included researching skills associated with both informational background on the Our House program and institution, the available grants, and of course the team-based facilitation skills needed to work our way successfully through the grant writing process itself.
I was excited that this was a "Real Life" grant proposal and that it would be submitted by the Our House staff.
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