The budget section could cover such areas as personnel, fringe benefits, equipment, supplies, travel, and contractual costs. The budget narrative is intended to help the proposal reviewers in understanding the budget in greater detail. It should help in explaining the relationship of budget items to the proposal activities. A six month finance and progress report is required along with a final finance and progress report. Each funded program will be evaluated by the UND Center for Rural Health, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Evaluation is an essential component of rural health program development and implementation.
For future programming needs in North Dakota, it is important to gain an understanding of the effectiveness of program actions in addressing program goals. The type of evaluation will be dependent upon the scope of the project and its stated goals and objectives. Identify the focal area briefly describe the need, the project description, and identify the network members. There was a clear mandate from those in attendance for some degree of change, but little specificity as to the nature of change. Like politics, health care today is largely a local matter where the understanding of issues is more real than conceptual.