WELCOME TO PROPOSAL DESIGNS FOR HUMAN SERVICES UNIT 6 SEMINAR Angelique Spruill, MSW

Outline for Unit 6 Seminar  Brief review of Unit 6 Project  Review of Goals/Objectives  Review of Important Components of Problem Statement and Program Description  Sample Problem Statement, Program Description, and Goals/Objectives from a Grant Proposal  Hands On Activity

Unit 6 Project  2-3 double spaced pages  Identify a program from the agency you have been writing about and identify the problem the program addresses  Will need to create a needs statement using the template provided for this Unit’s project  How many people are impacted by the problem?  What contributes to the problem?  How will funding positively help the problem?

Review Of Goals/Objectives  Remember you need to have concrete goals and objectives for your program-and need to share these goals/objectives in your grant proposals  Need to design a program related to a specific problem and must have something to do with solving the problem, or making the problem better in some way  Remember that your program has to have measurable outcomes-Improvement in reading scores by the end of the school year

Review Of Goals/Objectives  Goals and objectives of grant applicant must fit with goals and objectives of the funder  Use language of funder in your proposal  Program should really stem from already established goals and objectives

Program Description  Program Description must address your program  You must clearly identify how you are going to accomplish something  Problem: Homebound individuals cannot make own meals as evidenced by XYZ  Program: Deliver 80 additional meals to homebound individuals  Accomplished by: Hiring more staff, buying a new van, train staff members, hire supervisor, etc.-These should be in the form of goals and objectives

How Can You Prove There Is a Compelling Problem That Deserves a Grant  Economic and demographic statistics  Relevant, up-to-date research  Anecdotal information from participants, staff, etc.  Waiting lists for different programs  Focus group results

Components of Strong Needs Section or Problem Statement-Review  Target population-group that the program is set up for  Context-National trends? Specific regional trends?  Community demographics

Your Grant Proposal Should…  Set a goal: the business outcome as is relates to your mission. What you want your organization to achieve.  Define objectives for each strategy. Objectives are the measurable tasks that will be undertaken in order to realize the strategies.  Establish strategies: The broad approaches (programs) you are going to engage in so as to achieve the goal.  Develop tactics - the tools that will be used in order to achieve the objectives.

Your Grant Proposal Should…  The example of World War II is often used in order to illustrate the application of these concepts.  Goal: Win the war.  Strategy: Surround Germany to choke off the resources that fueled its military force.  Objective: Invade France. This is measurable. You’ll know if you’ve succeeded and to what degree.  Tactics: What will you use to do this? e.g. ships, planes, soldiers, etc.

Your Grant Proposal Should… In summary:  Goals = the broad outcomes  Strategies = the approaches you will take  Objectives = the measurable steps to achieve the strategies  Tactics = the tools you will use  Makes sense to me. What do you think?

Let’s Look at an Example of a Problem Statement “Mental illness affects an estimated 57.7 million Americans who are 18 or older, which translates to 26.2 percent of the population, or 1 in 4 adults. More specifically, in the state of Delaware, it is estimated that over 33,000 people have a severe and chronic mental illness, which is a mental illness that interferes with some aspect of a person’s social functioning. It can be estimated that each individual with a mental illness interacts with at least ten people such as friends, coworkers, and people in the community. Thus, although 33,000 Delawareans have a severe and chronic mental illness, the impact of mental illness could easily rise to 330,000 people or one third of the state of Delaware, when considering these interactions.”

Let’s Look at an Example of a Problem Statement “ Mental illness also affects family members, with one in five families in America being impacted. The number of individuals seeking mental health services in the community has increased. One reason for this is a movement toward the deinstitutionalization of consumers, which is when they are discharged from state psychiatric hospitals into the community. The movement began due to a new philosophy that consumers would be served better in the community versus in hospitals, as hospitals may create more feelings of isolation.”

Let’s Look at an Example of a Problem Statement “One of the downsides of deinstitutionalization is that there are inadequate resources in the community to help consumers adjust and live successfully outside of the hospital. Inadequate resources in the community have led agencies, such as NAMI Delaware, to offer programs to help support and educate consumers. These programs are necessary to provide individuals living with mental illness, with tools to live in recovery in the community. If this does not occur, consumers may end up in and out of the state hospital because they do not have the skills necessary to recognize when they are in a relapse mode. NAMI Delaware has programs that help to prevent this. One of the programs that NAMI Delaware offers to consumers is Peer-to-Peer.”

References for Info on Previous Slides - PSYCHIATRIC CENTER-NEW.CAST61.html - directory/delaware/delaware_psychiatric_center samhsa.gov - sec21.html -

Program Idea Stemming from Problem NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer Program Peer-to-Peer is an educational program that consists of nine two-hour classes. The goal of Peer-to-Peer is to assist individuals with mental illness with establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery. Topics that are covered in this program include: coping skills, mental illness, medication, self care, and relapse prevention. The classes are taught by three paid mentors who are individuals living with mental illness. Mentors have completed the Peer-to-Peer class, and a three day training program. Every individual who participates in Peer-to-Peer receives a notebook with materials on the information that was covered in the nine classes.

Program Idea Stemming from Problem NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer Program NAMI Delaware began offering Peer-to-Peer in 2004, and the agency currently holds six Peer-to-Peer classes throughout the year in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties. Approximately 300 consumers have completed this class since NAMI Delaware began offering it. However, if it is estimated that each consumer will share information learned in the class with ten other individuals, we can assume that a total of 3,000 people have really been reached by Peer-to-Peer since its inception.

Writing Good Grant Objectives As noted by Guth and Marsh (2009), good objectives must have five qualities as listed on p Specify a desired outcome (increase awareness, improve relationships, build preference, adopt an attitude, generate sales leads, etc.) 2. Directly specify one or several target audiences 3. Be measurable, both conceptually and practically 4. Refer to “ends,” not “means” 5. Include a time frame in which the objective is to be achieved, for example, by July 11, by the end of the calendar year, etc. Guth, D. W. & Marsh, C. (2009). Goal, Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics. Public Relations: A Values-Driven Approach, Fourth Edition

Writing Good Grant Objectives Remember:  Goals = the broad outcomes  Strategies = the approaches you will take  Objectives = the measurable steps to achieve the strategies  Tactics = the tools you will use

Goal/Objectives NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer Program GOAL: The goal of Peer-to-Peer is to assist individuals with mental illness living in Deleware by increasing the effectiveness of their day-to-day social function OBJECTIVE 1: Expand the number of Peer-to-Peer Programs in Delaware by 25% within 12 months. Strategy 1: Indentify, recruit and train 30 individual who can conduct two 3-day trainings will be held per year who will can teach Peer-to-Peer classes. Strategy 2: What might be another strategy?

Goals/Objectives NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer Program OBJECTIVE 2: 100 % of participants will have at least an 85% increase in knowledge of coping skills, relapse prevention, and other issues related to mental illness as evidenced by comparing pre and post test results. OBJECTIVE 3: What might be another objective?

Goals/Objectives NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer Program OBJECTIVE 2: 100 % of participants will have at least an 85% increase in knowledge of coping skills, relapse prevention, and other issues related to mental illness as evidenced by comparing pre and post test results. OBJECTIVE 3: What might be another objective? “Five of the participants (10%) who complete the Peer-to-Peer program will successfully find and maintain part-time employment by the end of the current calendar year.”

Hands On Activity  Choose one program that is offered by the agency you have chosen to use for your final project  Find some statistics that support the problem related to the program you choose  Write at least 1 goal (with at least 1 objective) related to an outcome you are looking for with the program (similar to my objective #1 or# 2)

Contact Information Things to do this Week! In Karsh & Fox, read pages (revisit Lesson 8 beginning on page 140) Participate on the Discussion Board Unit 6 Project