Grant Writer Plus!

Grant writing is great work – It is important that we collaborate to support proven programs that benefit others.  Let me help you to develop a competitive program idea and winning grant proposal!

Here’s what I do- Professional grant development services that offer the following:

1.  Grants research for funding opportunities that are appropriate and for which you are most likely to be competitive.
2.  Proposal writing for contracts and grants that is based on a collaborative approach to needs assessment, program design, and project management.
3.  Program evaluation, including development of your evaluation logic model, determination of process and outcomes assessment activities and tools.
4.  Program design and development that supports objectives for individuals and organizations, such as learning and performance outcomes, capital improvement outcomes, and increased productivity / organization output outcomes.

Federal

·    $20M/ 5 yr from US Department of Education, Postsecondary Education Center for Individuals who are Deaf. National Center on Deafness (2011)

·    $1.15M / 5 yr TRIO grant, Talent Search San Fernando Valley North Central, California State University Northridge (2011)

·    $1.15M /5yr grant for Talent Search San Fernando Valley Northeast. CSUN (2011)

·    $2M / 5 yr from US Dept of Education, National Professional Development program to Prepare Asian ESL and Bilingual Teachers for the 21^st Century. Consortium of CSU Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pomona, Northridge (2011)

·    $1.1M / 5 yr from US Dept of Education, Student Support Services for low income, first generation college students. Educational Opportunity Program, CSUN (2010)

·    $2.8M / 5yr from US Dept of Education for Educating Hispanic Students for the 21^st Century (2010)

·    $189K from NASA for Mathematical and Geospatial Pathways to Climate Change Education (2011)

·    $876K / 4 yr grant from US Dept. of Education, funds McNair Scholars program for underrepresented minority students at CSU Northridge (2009)

·    $47.3K from National Science Foundation for Establishing a CDIO framework to improve learning and retention in a diverse undergraduate engineering student population. CSU Northridge (2008)

·    $5M / 5 year grant from U.S. Department of Education, Postsecondary Education Programs for Individuals who are Deaf; funds the PEPNet West Regional Center to provide technical assistance to institutions throughout the western United States, U.S. territories, and Pacific islands. (2007)

·    $1M U.S. Dept. of Education, funds “Upward Bound” project to help high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds transition to/be successful in college. CSUN (2007)

·    $250K U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, Youth Empowerment Program grant to the SDSU Institute for Public Health, in partnership with San Diego Youth & Community Services (SDYCS), Roosevelt Middle School, the YMCA Youth and Family Services, and Pacific Beach Middle School. (2006)

·    $5K from US Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), to fund “Museum Assessment Program” at National Center on Deafness (2006)

State

·       $12K from California Office of Statewide Planning & Development, Health Careers Training Program (HCTP) Mini Grants RFA 08-9389 for Developing Early Awareness of Health Careers. CSU Northridge. (2010)

·       $12K CA Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development, Healthcare Workforce Development Division: Health Careers Training Program (HCTP) Mini Grants (RFA 08-9389) “Developing Early Awareness of Health Careers”. CSU Northridge (2009)

·       50K CA Dept of Education for “Parentlinks” outreach project to families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Family Focus Resource & Empowerment Center (2008)

·       $3.86M CA Dept of Conservation, Division of Recycling to fund the acquisition and installation of state-of-the-art FDA approved equipment and technology for private sector plastic recycling company. (2006)

·    $1.5M grant from CA Murray-Hayden Urban Parks & Youth Service (Prop 40) funds for City of L.A. Dept of Recreation & Parks’ Gilbert Lindsay Synthetic Soccer Field (2005)

·    $1.6M grant from CA Murray-Hayden Urban Parks & Youth Service (Prop 40) funds for City of L.A. Dept of Recreation & Parks’ Gilbert Lindsay site improvements and synthetic soccer field (2004)

·    $1.2M grant from CA Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling for plastics recycling company to purchase state-of-the-art color-sorting equipment. (2005)

·    $62K from CA Commission on the Extended University to fund training for textile workers in the apparel industry; grant awarded to Cal State LA in collaboration with the California Fashion Association (2002)

·    $62.5K from CA Commission on the Extended University to fund training for residents in HUD low income housing developments. Also managed the one-year project, in collaboration with Northwest Pasadena Development Corporation and California State University, Los Angeles. (2001)

Regional

·    $700K City of LA Prop K funds to Dept of Recreation & Parks for Laurel Grove Park Irrigation & Landscape (2009)

·       $610K City of LA Prop K funds to Dept of Recreation and Parks for Delano Recreation Center Synthetic Soccer field (2007)

·    $550K City of LA Prop K funds to Dept of Recreation and Parks to build public restrooms at the Sepulveda Basin Community Gardens Restrooms (2005)

·    $50K from local California Lottery Fund to National Center on Deafness for assistive technology for communication access services to deaf students (2005)

·    $1.5M from City of Los Angeles, Community Development Department (Workforce Investment Act funds) to UCLA Community Based Learning Program for youth services program (2002)

·    $1.3 Million from City of LA, CDD (Workforce Investment Act funds) to UCLA Community Based Learning Program for youth services program (2002)

·    $40K grants to CSU Channel Islands for Service Learning course development and faculty resource development (2000)

Private

·    $40K from Cotton Foundation in support of the project, Cotton: How far can we go? (2009)

·       $64K from LA84 to LK Foundation for outreach and swimming instruction for at-risk youth, in collaboration with Bethune Middle School (2008)

·    $23.5K from National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) for the project “Infusing a Culture of Innovation into the Engineering Curriculum” (2007)

·    $20K grant from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) to National Ctr on Deafness for research on supply and demand of American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters in U.S. (2006)

·    $14.7K from the Grace Petri Fund to National Ctr on Deafness for the purchase of Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) (2006)

·    $38.5K from the Grace Petri Fund to National Ctr on Deafness for the purchase of Captioning Technology (2006)

·    $61.7K grant from the Grace Petri Fund to National Ctr on Deafness for the purchase of computers to support an interactive collaborative learning lab (2006)

·         Research & write concept papers and proposal templates for potential donors

·         Write major grant proposals, ensuring compliance with submission guidelines

·         Quickly achieve a good understanding of your organization

·         Write clearly and persuasively

·         Research grant opportunities that fit your mission

·       Evaluation Specialist. Health Careers Training Program, funded by CA Office of Statewide Planning & Development. California State University, Northridge. 2010

·       Evaluation Specialist. TRIO Talent Search, a US Dept of Education funded project. California State University, Northridge. 2008-2010

·       Evaluation Specialist. Establishing a CDIO Framework to Improve Learning and Retention in a Diverse Undergraduate Engineering Student Population. National Science Foundation funded CCLI award. California State University, Northridge. 2008-10

·       Research Director. Survey research to document shortages of American Sign Language Interpreters for the Deaf, a national survey of K12 school districts and referral agencies; sponsored by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and National Center on Deafness; including sample data base development, instrument design, data collection, analysis, and reporting. 2006

·    Evaluation Specialist. Consultation on program evaluation and contractor Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) certification. City of LA, Workforce Investment Board Youth Council. 2004

·       Co-Chair, Evaluation Committee, Community Policing Problem Solving training for officers and community leaders in four Los Angeles Police Department divisions. Responsible for research design and data analysis of participant attitudes, workshop outcomes, reduction of crime problems. Created participant observation schedule, observation protocols, instruments, and trained raters/observers to assist with data collection. 1998

·       Evaluation Specialist for State of California Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) statewide Advisory Committee for the Middle Management Course; also served on POST statewide Advisory Committee for the Supervisory Course. 1997

·    Evaluation Specialist. City of Anaheim Defense Conversion Task Force, consulted on survey design, data collection and data analysis methodologies. 1993

·       Evaluation Specialist. Conducted market research for the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Office of Admissions, including instrument development, facilitation of focus groups, collection of qualitative and quantitative data, document analysis, data analysis, and reporting. 1990