eureka! leadership lsta grant opportunity overview stacey aldrich november 18, 2009
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Eureka! Leadership
LSTA Grant Opportunity
Overview
Stacey AldrichNovember 18, 2009
agenda
• how much and when’s it due?
• review grant application
• q&a
HOW MUCH?
Up to $5,000
DUE DATE
Dec. 21, 2009
grant application
grant application: 9 elements
1. Basic Information
2. Project Background and Summary
3. Planning and Evaluation
4. Grant Timeline/Activities
5. Budget
6. Attachments
7. Internet Certifications for Applicant
8. Assurances
9. Certifications
element 1: basic information
Applicant Information
• All of the basic contact information for you and your library.
element 1: basic information
Applicant Information
• All of the basic contact information for you and your library.
Project Information
• Project Title
• LSTA Funds Requested
• Local Match
• Total Project Cost
• Federal LSTA Purpose
• California’s FY2008 Priorities
• Number of persons served
• Primary audience
element 2: project background & summary
• Introduction to your project
• Limited to 1 page
• 12 point font
• Brief background of library
• How you identified the need for your project
• How the project relates to your library jurisdiction’s strategic plan
• What will be accomplished if you implement the project?
BE CLEARand
CONCISE
element 3: planning and evaluation
• 12 point font
• 5 items (A-E) A. Project Purpose
B. Project Activities/Methods
C. Project Outputs
D. Project Outcomes
E. This project will be successful if…
element 3: planning and evaluation – item A
Project PurposeThe purpose statement should answer the following questions:
1. We do what,
2. for whom,
3. for what expected benefit
Example:
The Springfield County Library’s “It’s Never Too Early” program will provide a series of structured activities (including story hours and developmental reading kits) for children ages birth to five and their parent/caregivers to increase the amount of reading time young children have with adults and enable pre-school children to start kindergarten on time.
element 3: planning and evaluation – item B
Project Activities/Methods• Activities or methods that will be used to carry out your project
• Describe steps needed to reach desired results
• Should be linked to timeline
element 3: planning and evaluation – item C
Project OutputsOutputs are measures of service or products provided.
Examples:
•15 story hours will be held
•50 children and caregivers will have participated
•5 kits will be created and given to each branch
element 3: planning and evaluation – item D
Project PurposeOutcomes are changes in a target audience’s skills, knowledge, behavior, attitude, and status or life condition. Outcomes are:• measurable• stated in terms of who, what, when, and how much;• stated in terms of how they will be measured;• clear on how much change is expected;• state in numerical terms
Example:
By August 31, 2011, 85% of parents/caregivers read to their children 5 or more times a week and 40% of children demonstrate pre-reading skills.
element 3: planning and evaluation – item D
Project PurposeOutcomes are changes in a target audience’s skills, knowledge, behavior, attitude, and status or life condition. Outcomes are:• measurable• stated in terms of who, what, when, and how much;• stated in terms of how they will be measured;• clear on how much change is expected;• state in numerical terms
Example:
By August 31, 2011, 85% of parents/caregivers read to their children 5 or more times a week and 40% of children demonstrate pre-reading skills.
NOTE: Your project may not lend itself to Outcomes. Be sure to create solid outputs (item C).
element 3: planning and evaluation – item E
This project will be successful if…• Think about the project completed.
• What does success look like?
element 4: grant timeline/activities
• Timeline of major project activities
• Indicates when activities begin and end
• List activity and put x’s in the boxes that indicate the months that the activity will be done.
Activity 2008
Apr May June
Meet with children’s librarians to create reading kits x
Order materials and put together reading kits x x
Example
element 5: budget
• Complete budget table – designed to provide detail information about the requested funding
1. Salaries & Benefits2. Materials3. Equipment (Items over $5,000
per unit)4. Operating Expenses
1. Contracted Services2. Supplies3. Other Charges (include travel)
• Local Match – what is your library contributing toward the project?
• Indirect – up to 10% of the total LSTA funding that you are requesting
• Describe how project will be supported financially in future
element 6: attachments
Attachments should provide supporting data for information provided in the
narrative. Examples include:
• letter of support from individuals or groups directly involved in the project;
• a list of contacts made or other projects visited
• citations from reports supporting the needs statement
• staff position descriptions
• sample evaluation tools
• other information that supports your grant narrative, e.g. information about research based models.
element 7,8,9: Certifications & Assurances
Each library has to complete and sign the certifications and assurances
represented in elements 7,8, and 9.
• Element 7: Internet Certification for Applicant (SIGNATURE)
• Element 8: Assurances• Element 9: Certifications (SIGNATURE)
Be sure to read and to get the appropriate signatures before sending in your
grant application.
application submission
• WHAT: Submit Original and 3 copies• HOW*: By mail, non-postal, fax, email• WHEN: By 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2009
*Addresses, fax, and email address for submission on in the Instruction
Guide. If you fax or email your application, you will need to mail the signed
certification pages to the address above. The signature pages will need to be
received within 7 days of the faxed or emailed application.
