PDPW TEMPLATE 9
Program Development and Proposal Writing
Online Course
Section 3: Proposal Writing for Foundation and Corporate Grants
Instructions:
Followthe directions below.
Answerthe questions on this formin the spaces provided.
Saveit as a Word .doc or Word.docx file.
Sendit to your online instructor as an attachment to your e-mail when youhave finished.
Paul J. Amara |
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Your e-mail address: |
Program Goal, Objectives, and Strategies / Tasks
Instructions: Write one goal, and five objectives withstrategies/tasks for the program that you
developed previously.
Use the Program Design and Logic Model that you created in Section 2.
Remember that the goal should be broad and visionary.
The objectives must be measurable. Be sure that the objectives haveall of the parts:
When, who (and number), Active Verb, Measurable Amount
Purchasing should always be a task, never an objective.
Training is always a task, never an objective (except in a TrainingProgram Grant)
PROGRAM Breast, lung, and cervical cancer supportprogram
GOAL: To ensure an increase in cancer screening among thepopulation of Cheyenne, Wyoming including health education, andfacilitation of therapy.
OBJECTIVE 1: Increasing number of the population enrolled inthe program by the end of year 2017.
Strategy: the process will involve increasing information to thepopulation regarding the availability of the program in theorganization agency.
OBJECTIVE 2: reducing the number of recorded cancer casesamong the population by the end of the year.
Strategy: the process will be achieved through increased screeningto determine cases of early cancers cases i.e. breast and cervicalcancer screening and the commencement of therapy
Strategy: the objective can also be achieved through increasedsensitization on poor health lifestyles such as cigarette smoking toreduce cancers cases
OBJECTIVE 3: provision of cancer therapy to more than halfof the cancer patients among the population by the end of year.
Strategy: this objective can be achieved through increased fundingfor therapy activities among the population. This may include fundingof clinics offering cancer screening and therapy support within thepopulation.
OBJECTIVE 4: supporting at least one similar programs withinthe population by the end of the year
Strategy: this objective can be achieved by collaboratingorganizations offering similar support to the target population. Inthis case, the objective will be to work with Vineman CancerCharities that offers support for cancer patients.
OBJECTIVE 5: reducing barriers that lead to increasing incancer cases within the population by the end of the year.
Strategy: this objective can be achieved through the provision ofinformation on the barriers to cancer support programs such as badhealth habits such as smoking and the availability of finances forthe program.
Evaluation Plan for your Program
Directions. Complete the process evaluation chart for just 2 of theobjectives of the assignment above.
OBJECTIVE |
DATA TO GATHER |
METHOD |
TIME FRAME(S) |
BY WHOM |
Provision of cancer therapy to at least half of the target population by end of the year |
Number of people enrolled in the support program |
Surveys |
1 Jan 2017- 31 Dec 2017 |
Organization’s statistical employees |
Increasing the number of people enrolled to the program among the target population by end of year |
Number of New patients enrolled to the program within the year |
Questionnaires and Surveys |
1 Jan 2017 – 31 Dec 2017 |
Organization’s statistical employees |
Write 4 measurable short-term and 2 long-term outcome questions forthe program you designed.
1. Did we achieve any of our short-term outcomes?
During program year 2018
a.increased therapy support to more than three quarter of cancerpatients within the target population.
b.increased provision of promotional information to all the targetpopulation regarding availability of the program.
c.increased sensitization of target population regardinginfluences of increased cancer cases such as poor health lifestyles.
d.increased cancer screening among the target population to overthree quarters of the population
2. Did we achieve any of our long-term outcomes?
During program year 2027
a.reduced number of cancer cases among the target population
b.all the target population to undergo cervical, lung and breastcancer screening
Letter of Inquiry
Directions: Write a 3-page Letter of Inquiry for the program youdesigned in Section 2.
You will be requesting $10,000 in Program Support to operate thisprogram in 2017.
The letter will be for consideration at the December, 2016 BoardMeeting
Address the letter to:
Joseph Smith, Program Officer
XYZ Foundation
999 Main Street
New York, NY 10099
The letter should be single spaced using business letter formatting.
Font should be Times New Roman, 12-point type, maximum 3 pages
Standard margins (one inch top, bottom, left, and right)
For assignment purposes the footer should have:
Your First Name and Last Name left justified
Page Number Right Justified
Save the file to your computer using this file format:
YourFirstNameLastNameLOI.doc or .docx
Attach the Letter of Inquiry as a Word.doc or .docx file to thee-mail that you send to your
online instructor.
When you are finished complete the Self-Assessment of the Letter ofInquiry by
highlighting your self-assessment.
Self-Assessment of the Letter of Inquiry
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
1. Letter format including heading Yes No
2. Maximum three pages in length single spaced Yes No
Minimum two pages in length double spaced
3. Paragraph on the Request
Includes name of organization making request Yes No
Includes name of grant maker Yes No
Specific dollar amount requested Yes No
Type of support specified Yes No
Funding cycle or due date mentioned Yes No
Describes how it matches funder’s initiatives Yes No
4. Section on the Problem Statement Strong Weak
Includes statistics showing trends or comparisons Yes No
5. Section on the Program Description Strong Weak
Fully describes program components Yes No
States Key Program Personnel Yes No
6. Section on the Organization Strong Weak
States Key Organization Personnel Yes No
7. Paragraph on Budget
Includes Non-personnel costs, personnel costs,
indirect costs and total program budget Yes No
Does not itemize Expenses Yes No
8. Summary Paragraph Strong Weak
Includes sentence on sending full proposal Yes No
Invites grant maker for a site visit Yes No
Offers to send Evaluation Plan Yes No
9. Formatting
Times New Roman font 12 point Yes No
Margins 1 inch Yes No
Graphs Sans Serif font 12 point Yes No or N/A
Indents paragraphs 5-7 spaces Yes No
2nd and 3rd page headings Yes No
10. Signed by CEO or Executive Director Yes No
11: Quality: Compelling and Convincing Yes No
Enrichment Assignment
An enrichment assignment is optional and is designed to extend yourlearning beyond the regular assignments.
Write a “Problem Statement” for the program you designed inSection 2.
Follow the guidelines in your course materials.
When citing statistics, you may use pretend numbers or simply an xbecause actually doing the research is beyond the scope of thisonline course.
Remember the maximum is 2 pages.
Double space this assignment.
This document completed and saved as either a .doc file or a .docx file
Letter of Inquiry saved as a Word.doc or docx file
Optional assignment Problem Statement saved as a Word.doc or .docx file
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