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Processes and Outcomes: The Shape of Another Grant Wave, featuring HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
Social and human service proposals are usually geared toward outcomes: you're going to get a grant to provide after school…Grant-seeking dinosaurs look up: The bright light in the sky is an asteroid
For reasons not clear to me, I am on the (usually) happy-talk email distribution list of Dorothy Stoneman, doyenne of…Surfs Up: Seliger + Associates Is Back Where We Started From (More or Less): California
A guilty pleasure during the mid-2000s was watching The O.C. with our then-high-school-age twins. Between the typical nighttime soap opera…A Question for Talmudists and Lawyers Regarding HUD’s Healthy Homes NOFA
I'm working on a HUD Healthy Homes proposal, and sections b and c of "Rating Factor 1: Capacity of the…May 2011 Links: Redevelopment Agencies, Word Dangers, Bribery, Education, Buildings, and More
* "Builders [in California] are lashing out against a provision in Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget that would eliminate the…One Person, One Task: Who’s in Charge of Your Proposal?
Who is in charge of completing and submitting your proposal? You should immediately be able to say, "Jane Doe. Or…Why Clients Love and Hate Us (and Other Consultants), With An E-mail Example
As any consultant knows, some clients will hate you and some will love you. That's certainly true of us, but…What Budget Cuts? The RFPs Continue to Pour Out: Educational Opportunities Centers, Carol M. White PEP, HUD Section 202 & 811, Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control, and California’s Proposition 84
Faithful readers will have noticed a paucity of recent blog posts. There's a reason: we're fantastically busy. Despite all of…Think Systems When You Write You Prepare Your Proposal, and a Tale From the Medical Trenches
A friend of mine just applied to medical residencies, and in the process he worked himself into a lather over…Another Lesson for Grant Writers from KU Basketball: Every Organization Needs a Great Grant Writing Point Guard
My beloved KU Jayhawks just got bounced from the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament by a much lower…