Strategic Directions in Funding Innovation – An interactive session that will offer a dialogue on:

TTA/Grant Writing Training Synopsis

The Federal Funding Cycle

Philanthropic Outreach

Findyouthinfo.gov/grants.gov

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Conjunction withThe National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention

TTA/GRANT WRITING TRAINING SYNOPSIS

KNOW YOUR STORY

What’s The Problem? 

	What are the Causes?

	What is the Ideal State?

What’s  the Action Plan

What are the Resources?

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KNOW YOUR FUNDER’S STORY

Who are the Funders and what do they want in return for their money?

What grants will allow us to fund our outputs and reach our outcomes while we meet the grant outputs and outcomes?  They must align!

You’ve mastered your story

You’ve mastered the funders’ stories

And now..........

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KNOW HOW TO PUT THE STORIES TOGETHER

Assets and Needs Assessments

Environmental Scans

The right mix of grants that reaches problem solution and meets funder expectations?

The End of The Story

Outcomes achieved and stakeholders satisfied

Self-sufficiency/grant independence

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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation.  Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation.  MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Conjunction withThe National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention
| Grant Writing Training            | You have the Strategic PlanYou know your organization’s mission and story and its role in the Strategic PlanYou want assistance writing the most effective grant possibleHUD delivers this training on Day 1                                                                                                                                                                     |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Federal Symposium                 | There is no “silver bullet,” no “one-grant-fits-all”Multi-faceted problems require multi-faceted solution setsYOU are the silo-buster:  but we can helpSite Cities tell us which Federal partners they want at the tableMulti-media presentation:  Live, Video, POTS if necessary – one way or the other, we will get you the information you needThis occurs on Day 2           |
| Optional Third Segment            | We will facilitate discussion of topics of special interest to you, insofar as we canThis occurs on Day 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Total Conference Times Investment | 1 1⁄2 to 2 days, depending on complexity Content-richFast-pacedInteractive                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

HUD  Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood  Partnerships

Call:     202-708-2404

Email:   Partnerships@hud.gov

The Federal Funding Cycle

Planning (e.g. spring call, President’s budget, etc. . )

Appropriations (e.g. drafting solicitations)

Application Review (e.g. peer review process and office/agency discretion)

Award and Beyond

FOIA

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What Are You Getting Into

Different types of funding streams and programs

Discretionary vs. formula or block

Demonstration vs. replication

Non-competitive awards – Forum Capacity Building Grants

Leveraging Resources

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IPI DESIGN

We’re on the right...partners on the left...both pushing into the middle to engage and collaborate on projects (through ideas and dollars) to increase output and impact and create change and scale for shared goals and missions.

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 Michigan's Office of the Foundation Liaison

Council of Michigan Foundations

Philanthropic Liaison to the City of Newark

Council of New Jersey Grantmakers

Similar offices in California, Colorado, and New Mexico...

Regional Associations of                                                            

Grantmakers in all 50 states

National Funder Associations:

Council on Foundations (including 250+ Community Foundations)

Neighborhood Funders Group

The Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities

Michigan’s Office of the Foundation Liaison

The OFL is funded by 13 foundations and supported by the state government.

OFL's Objectives:

1. Educate state officials about foundations

2. Forge relationships and support the development of partnerships between the state and foundations

3. Attract new national grant dollars to Michigan

4. Respond to opportunities for new local and regional public/private partnerships to serve people and the implementation of government programs

Since its inception, the OFL has brokered over $100 million in foundation investment in initiatives designed to help increase Michigan's economic competitiveness through reforms in:

 K-16 Education

 Economic Development, including Workforce Development

 Health

 Early Childhood

 Land Use

Philanthropic Liaison to the City of Newark

In just over a year, the philanthropic liaison has brokered foundation gifts of $7.9 million to advance Newark 

initiatives. The liaison used these funds to match and secure an additional $5.2 million in public funding, for total

support of $13.1 million. More leveraging power was realized through $13.5 million in Newark-focused State

resources from multiple agencies that had never before been identified, catalogued, and combined, helping secure

national funding. To date, the liaison has leveraged $26.6 million in private and public dollars in support of 

programs for prisoner reentry, greening and sustainability, child and family well-being, and economic development. 

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Strong Cities, 

Strong Communities (SC2)	

Choice Neighborhoods

Promise 

Neighborhoods

Partnership for Sustainable Communities

	Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative

Choice Neighborhoods

Implementation: Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans

Planning: Over 30 more

Strong Cities Strong Communities:

Detroit

Memphis				

Fresno

New Orleans

Cleveland

Chester, PA

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data.ed.gov

partner.hud.gov

Preventing Youth Violence website

Here is the website for the Forum – hopefully you’ve all seen this before. The page has just been updated to include the Toolkit. The page is part of FindYouthInfo.gov, so it’s connected to lots of other helpful announcements and information on youth violence and other related topics, like transition age youth, youth employment, mentoring, etc.

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Updated Preventing Youth Violence website offering a search of open grant olicitations

The new custom search of grants.gov will help you find open solicitations for youth programs.

Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs

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We have recently updated the site to offer a search of open grant solicitations. If you click on the “Funding Information Center” tab, you’ll go right to this screen. We think you’ll be really excited about this update. If you’ve been to grants.gov. you know that typing “youth” into the search box leads to a LOT of results, many of which are not relevant. The Funding Information Center page on FindYouthInfo.gov has a lot of resources to help you strengthen your grant applications, but now we’ve brought the relevant open solicitations right to you! You can use this custom search tool to search Grants.gov for youth-relevant grants. 

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