1. We will cover… The Mini Grant Roles & Smart Goals Building a Team
Budget & Leveraging
Long-Term Impact
Deadlines & Next Steps
The Mini Grant

2. “I’m Just a Parent”… Any of us can do this.
There is no such thing as a perfect mini grant.
Built to last…
We can’t do this by ourselves.
We need the schools on our side.

3. What are the 1-2 most important problems in your school?
How could you help solve those problems if you had a team and $2000?

4. Mini-grants – Requirements (the boring stuff)
Complete all the components of the application.
The team must be led by a parent, student, grandparent or other family member; it must include at least one school official too.
Have a team that includes at least 2 partners or organizations who attended the FLC Summit & Family Fest
Find a 501(c)3 or parent group to receive funds
Commit to a mid-year report and final report
Commit to meeting with a lawmaker or your school board
Communication between grant team/FLC/mini grant helper.
Grant completed by August 2019.
Matching. We want to see matching funds and in-kind donations!
Mini-grants – Requirements (the boring stuff)

5. Each grant will receive a score on a scale of 0-100.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Each grant will receive a score on a scale of
DIVERSITY, STRENGTH, AND EXPERIENCE OF YOUR TEAM (20)
POLICY COMPONENT (20)
SUSTAINABILITY (20) (At least 1 SMART goal addresses sustainability.)
S.M.A.R.T. OBJECTIVES (10)
LIKELY TO SUCCEED? (10)
IMPACT (10)
INTANGIBLES (10) – Low-income schools, high-risk kids, new ideas

6. For example… BECOME AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SCHOOL
START AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
PLAYGROUNDS AND PLAY AREAS
SCHOOL GARDENS
WATCH D.O.G.S. OR IFATHER
STEM PROGRAM OR LEGO CLUB
EARLY LITERACY
START A SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM, OR BACKPACK PROGRAM
SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH OR YOGA
SHARED USE AGREEMENTS / HEALTHY CLASSROOM
ANTI-BULLYING, KINDNESS PROGRAM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
For example…

7. File It Now System

8. Pumpkin Palooza

9. Start a School Garden Program

10. Literacy Programs

11. Nutter Fort Intermediate -- See It & 3-D It

12. Dream Big Music Program
** Collaboration between two mini grant teams:
Dream Big Music Group/Nutter Fort Elementary 3-D printing

13. Meet
Bubba! 

14. Families Leading Change Mini-grants!
Let’s Take a Walk Thru…

15. 1 2 3 Coversheet Who is the project lead? Who is the organization?
Who is your school Partner? 2
Who is the project lead? 3
Who is the organization?
Coversheet

16. SPECIFIC
MEASURABLE
ATTAINABLE
RELEVANT
TIME-BOUND
SMART GOALS

17. examples
NOT SMART: We want some school gardens and a teacher- only bake sale.
NOT SMART: Fight the drug epidemic.
SMART: We will build a school garden with 20 raised beds, teach 5 students to farm each summer, and sell at least $5000 in produce in our first year year to the school, to grow the project.
SMART: We will start a SADD chapter at our school, and work with at least half of our teachers to incorporate a proven substance abuse classroom activity, within the first year.

18. Your Team (Partners) School Team Teachers, Staff, Students. etc Local
Businesses, Hospital, Organizations, Clubs…
Statewide
Your Team (Partners)

19. Your Budget & Leveraging (Let’s Make a Deal!)
Don’t just ask for $2000
Be Specific and list each item(s)
Show all other ways you plan to get funding or donations
Think out of the box
Make the ask! (what is the worst thing that can happen)
Cash Donations
In Kind Donations
Matching Funds
Volunteer Time = $24.14 Hr.
Total numbers in the correct columns
Your Budget & Leveraging (Let’s Make a Deal!)

20. Long Term Impact

21. Deadline for Application
All Applications are due on November 7th by NOON!!!
Notifications will go out by the end of November
Checks will be mailed in November
Remember…
You will get a project helper once you receive your mini grant

22. What do I do right now? ASSESS YOUR SCHOOL Get Look Talk Follow Up
Fill out the school checklist
ASSESS YOUR SCHOOL
Get a couple other people on my team, starting with the school principal or teacher!
Get
Look for other ideas out there— Families Leading Change website, Parent Action for Wellness website, ask parents at other schools, etc.
Look
Talk to the PTO or PTA in your school if you have one; don’t reinvent the wheel!
Talk
Follow up with your group in the next 10 days
Follow Up
What do I do right now?

23. BOONE
LINCOLN
FAYETTE
PUTNAM
CLAY
KANAWHA
WOOD
Boost your chances!

24. Extra Credit (1 pt.each) First time grant writers (honor system)
Bring a principal or school staff to the summit
Student co lead or lead
County board member as a direct partner 
If you have matching funds, when applying.

25. Special thanks to… The Benedum Foundation
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
Sisters of St. Joseph Health and Wellness Foundation
Our 50+ partners (WV PTA, local PTO’s, Circle of Parents, WVHKFC, Education Alliance, teachers unions, principals association, FRNs and Starting Points Centers, and many more!)
Special thanks to…

26. E-mail Stephen Smith (Stephen@ourfuturewv.org)
CONTACT US!!!!!!
Stephen Smith
Jenny Anderson
Jennifer Wells
Karisa Coleman
Laurie Ruberg

27. P.S.
Contact us!!