A government guide to grants / / Nathan E. Legaspi, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (116 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.973/02
• Soggetto topico: Grants-in-aid - United States; Research grants - United States; Proposal writing for grants - United States
• Altri autori: LegaspiNathan E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A GOVERNMENT GUIDE TO GRANTS -- A GOVERNMENT GUIDE TO GRANTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 BLOCK GRANTS: PERSPECTIVES AND CONTROVERSIES -- SUMMARY -- GRANT DEFINITIONS -- THE NUMBER OF BLOCK GRANTS -- BLOCK GRANTS: COMPETING PERSPECTIVES -- WHEN SHOULD BLOCK GRANTS BE CONSIDERED? -- CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES: PART SCORES -- CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES: FUNDING -- APPENDIX. BRIEF HISTORY OF BLOCK GRANTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 GRANTS WORK IN A CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- ORGANIZING OFFICE GRANTS OPERATIONS -- Managing Grants Requests -- Office Grants Manual -- File Systems and Logs -- Agency Files -- Constituent Files by County -- Tracking Requests -- Communicating with Staff -- ASSESSING CONSTITUENT REQUESTS -- PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CONSTITUENTS -- PROPOSAL WRITING ASSISTANCE AND SOURCES -- WRITING LETTERS FOR GRANT SEEKERS -- ANNOUNCING GRANTS AWARDS -- FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND SOURCES -- Federal Grants and the Appropriations Process -- Types of Federal Assistance -- Grants -- Loans -- Insurance -- Goods and Properties -- Services, Information, Training, and Employment -- CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE -- GRANTS.GOV -- AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) -- DEVELOPING FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS CONTACTS -- ROLE OF STATE ADMINISTERING AGENCIES (SAAS) AND CONTACTS -- FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATE GRANTS -- USEFUL SOURCES OF GRANTS INFORMATION -- CRS Grants Web Pages -- Additional Federal Sources -- Other Resources -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 HOW TO DEVELOP AND WRITE A GRANT -- SUMMARY -- DEVELOPING A GRANT PROPOSAL -- Preparation -- Developing Ideas for the Proposal -- Community Support -- Identifying Funding Resources -- Getting Organized to Write the Proposal -- WRITING AN EFFECTIVE GRANT PROPOSAL -- Overall Considerations -- Basic Components of a Proposal -- Cover Letter. ; Proposal Summary: Outline of Project Goals -- Introduction: Presenting a Credible Applicant -- Problem Statement or Needs Assessment -- Project Objectives: Goals and Desired Outcome -- Program Methods and Program Design: A Plan of Action -- Evaluation: Product and Process Analysis -- Future Funding -- Budget Development and Requirements -- Proposal Appendix -- ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL WRITING WEBSITES -- Chapter 4 RESOURCES FOR GRANT SEEKERS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A GOVERNMENT GRANT? -- KEY FEDERAL SOURCES -- FEDERAL CONTACTS IN STATES AND STATE ADMINISTERING AGENCIES (SAAS) -- State Administering Agencies -- RELATED FEDERAL SOURCES -- PRIVATE, CORPORATE, AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES -- GRANT PROPOSAL WRITING WEBSITES -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This work provides an overview of the six grant types, provides criteria for defining a block grant and uses that criteria to provide a list of current block grants, examines competing perspectives concerning the use of block grants versus other grant mechanisms to achieve national goals, and much more.
• Titolo autorizzato: A government guide to grants
• ISBN: 1-61209-805-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954549303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Grants and Funding