Accessing State and Non-Federal Funding Sources

Kenneth J. Gill, Ph.D., CPRP

How do you do this?

• Think about who needs the expertise of SHRP?– State agencies– Health care providers– Insurers– School Districts

• Understand their funding mechanisms– RFPs, RLIs, State register

• Relationships

How to approach?• Build on your own contacts• Start among the people you know

– Clinicians– Clinical faculty– Graduates

• Work as a team if possible• Use your alliance with state associations• Ask for meetings

– “Fortune is a friend to the bold”– We’re between being seen as a state agency and

privatization

How to approach?

• Make yourself a pest?

• Let it be known you (your department, program) are a potential resource to them and you are approachable!

• Has to be couched in how you will meet their needs

• Develop thick skin

• Later, they may approach you

Benefits to Researchers and Clinicians

• State and other agencies rarely fund research, but they want (or tolerate) evaluation, which we should do for every project

• This program evaluation is a form of research or at least scholarship

• “Spin-offs” of projects for scholarly activity• Spin-off of consultations, other services• Directly building on these contacts and projects

and your success