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Parsing the Department of Education’s “Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions” (HSI) Program RFP–Which Colleges are Eligible?
As we've written before, parsing an RFP sometimes seems like deciphering the Talmud. The just-issued ED Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)…Some Positive Changes in Federal Grant Grants.Gov Submission Requirements Emerge
Faithful readers know that I've been writing federal grant proposals since the last ice age.* For most of the last…The HRSA Health Infrastructure Investment Program (HIIP) Illustrates Why It’s Hard to Handicap Chances of Getting a Grant
Anyone who's been to a race track or Vegas knows that the odds of a given race or sporting event…One Way You Know a Grant Maximum is Too Low: HRSA and “‘Now is the Time’ Project AWARE-Community”
In 2014 HRSA released a program melodiously called "'Now is the Time' Project AWARE-Community," and the program had almost 100…Links: Bread Bags and Poverty, the App World, College, and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
* When Bread Bags Weren't Funny, or, we are now spectacularly rich in ways that rarely make the news. *…Standard At-Risk Youth or Ex-Offender Empowerment Program: Improve Lives Through “X!”
A standard pitch for at-risk youth empowerment grant proposals is simple: We'll give youth access to X, and through their…When All Else Fails, Use Common Sense In Writing Proposals and Developing Budgets
As we've written before, it's important to carefully follow RFP directions when writing any proposal. Still, many RFPs are poorly…Shorter Deadlines Are Sometimes Better for Organizations and Grant Writers
It seems intuitive that having more time to complete a task would result in a better final product. But in…On the importance of internal consistency in grant proposals
Grant writing, like most artistic pursuits, is an essentially solitary endeavor. No matter how many preliminary group-think planning meetings or…Links: Demography, Arrests Records, Books as Art, the Fate of Marriage, and More!
* "Demography Is Rewriting Our Economic Destiny," an under-appreciated and significant issue; this can be read profitably in tandem with…