...Alternative Funding Ziada Meraz Program Planning and Grant Proposal Writing in Human Services HSM/270 Shelley Johnson Feb 15,2015 Alternative Funding Traditional funding through government agencies and corporations who donate to organizations and agencies is becoming harder and more competitive to attain; more organizations are relying on them when less money is available. The economic conditions are making it hard for more tradition funding methods to bring in enough revenue to match the amount of grants requested. More and more agencies are turning to non-traditional sources to generate the income they need to keep their programs operating. Even those sources are becoming more difficult to find, but with a little work and a lot of creative talent they can be found. The Santa Rosa Philharmonic Youth Symphony (SRPYS) is no different than other organizations that strive to provide a human service to a target population. In this case, the population is the youth of the Santa Rosa and surrounding areas that appreciate music and want to further their musical education. The local schools have lost funding for their music program and this organization wants to help pick up the deficit by offering a program to allow students to continue their education. The funding is all that is necessary since the agency already exists, has a facility, and has staffing which can work with students; the budget to run the additional program is the stalling point to the inception...
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...Grants and the roles they play in the human services field. HSM/270 Grants play a very big and important role in the human services field. Grants are needed to provide human service funding for programs that can help people in their time of need. Without grants funding these programs would fail. Funding helps to provide the required funding to pay for some human service programs and the workers needed to run these programs. While donations and fees are crucial to human service nonprofits, many organizations rely heavily on revenues from government contracts and grants to expand their reach. Grants are more vital to some programs more than others in the human services field. There are grants for programs that help out a community that has been hit with a disaster, and the grants that help fund the needs of programs like that are very vital in order to build back communities and help those in need in those hard times. Other programs that grants are vital to include programs such as programs for abused children, homeless families, and programs that feed the hungry. There are several programs that need funding provided by grants in order to help people in time of need, but some are need grants to run more than others in order to provide the care that people may need. In all, grants play a very important role in helping people who rely on human service...
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...Funding is the basis of every profit or non-profit organization. We are faced with growing economic stress and it can have a dramatic impact to how programs continue to operate. Grants are needed to begin funding of the program. Acquiring funding from the inception of the program will insure that the program has a good foundation for providing the necessary service to the community. Grants could be sought at other times during the programs life as the cost increases. Attending to a larger community, staff salaries, rent, and expenses would have a large affect on a set budget. Seeking other funding and grants would help offset the continued expenses. Grants are important to the success of all programs but some require more funding than others. Some human service programs are only a temporary service. Those short-term services usually target someone in certain short termed situation or need. This would require less funding. An ongoing or long-term service would defiantly need to acquire more funding to be able to provide a service throughout the years. An example of this would be Medicare that assists by providing medical care due to an ongoing illness or a disability. Right now, just over 1 billion people—about 15 percent of the people in the world—live in extreme poverty. On most days, they worry about whether their family will have enough food to eat. There is irony in this, since most of them live and work on farms. The problem is that their farms, which tend...
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...The PEACE Domestic Violence agency’s mission is to “reduce victim trauma, empower survivors, and promote recovery through direct services”. Furthermore, according to University of Phoenix Appendix B , PEACE also strives to reduce the incidents of sexual assault and domestic violence by teaching the neglected and the community and propositioning methods to combat against societal standards and principles. The program will exist in Portland, a large metropolitan city, because it has been suffering an increase in accounts of domestic, spousal, child abuse, as well as in youth violence, assault, and road rage in the past seven years. The city of Portland is similar to many other communities throughout the country. As a large metropolitan city, the region has experienced increasing reports of domestic and youth violence, child and spousal abuse, assault, and strangely incidents of road rage over the last seven years. Portland has the five largest population of domestic violence in the United States, with the rise in the economy many people are out of work making them stress and violent, many of the youth has experience drastic cases of abuse. There is a growing concern with the use of gang violence and substance abuse among our youth. It has come to the attention of our teachers, parents, local law enforcement as well as our community. Human Service to this population of individuals are limited, consistent with the funding that is require the PEACE Domestic Violence Agency is...
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...Latasha Thomas February 8, 2013 HSM 270 Greg Moore Looking into a program and trying to locate its strengths and weaknesses before it gets out of hand is essential for a program to operate smoothly. Some may feel that there is nothing wrong with a program until they take a closer look into it. One small flaw can take a whole program down with it. It is vital to stay on top of all aspects of the program. Asking a few simple questions like, what is going wrong, what could be better, what needs to be fixed now, and what can wait, can help a program thrive. Finding a problem before it is a problem can help a program save funds, and the integrity of the program. Let’s say that a program has a computer program and only 4 to 5 of the people in the office use this program because they do not know how to use it. Is the problem with the computer program or the training required to operate the computer program? I believe the problem lies with the proper training of the staff. If the business did not perform an Evaluation they would have never been the wiser about this problem. This computer program was emplemented to help save the staff time, and document the client’s information. Evaluation includes whatever ways you can find to think about what you've done, what is going wrong, what could be better, what needs to be fixed now, and what can...
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...Program Summary HSM/270 October 14, 2012 Program Summary Program planning in the human service field requires many steps. The process is very involved and time consuming. Planning a program requires knowledge of a social issue, information on the target population, demographics, a budget, and an evaluation plan. Program planning involves carefully organizing solicitations for funding as well which include grant proposals. These proposals require knowledge of the issue and organization of the proposal. The Madison Children’s Hospital is an example of the many tasks involved in program planning. The Madison Children’s hospital strives to be the worldwide leader in improving children’s health by providing the highest quality health care. The hospital’s mission is to be the leading source of research and discovery, educate the next generation of leaders in child health, and enhance the health and wellbeing of children and families in our local community. The hospital has recently started a program that is in charge of researching children with chronic illness. The program is interested in looking into how the children are self-managing their condition. The program is looking at the occurrences of complications due to chronic illness and what is causing the complications. The program will interview families of children with chronic illness to understand how their lives are being impacted and how improvements can be made. The program will conduct research into methods of...
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...270 Associate Level Material Appendix B Program Scenario One Far West Elementary School Organization Mission As a team, parents and staff are dedicated to creating a caring, exciting environment that promotes responsibility, self-esteem, and academic achievement where differences are valued and learning is a lifelong goal. Our goal is to maintain a safe and caring public school for children, staff, and community by teaching skills that promote responsible, respectful behavior to self and others. Brief Community Description The community of Far West is a suburb of New Hampshire, which is a large metropolitan area with 2 million residents. Far West has a population of 30,000. Far West Elementary School has a student population of 700, 30% of the student having relocated from Asian countries within the last 2 years. Many of these students’ families are moving into the community to take advantage of the low cost of housing and are comforted by the presence of similar cultures. Many of the new residents have limited English writing, reading, and speaking skills. Funding Opportunity This funding opportunity provides professional development activities intended to improve instruction for students with limited English proficiency (LEP) and assists educational personnel working with these students to meet high professional standards. Projects should increase the pool of highly qualified teachers prepared to serve LEP students and increase the skills of teachers...
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...Week 1 Check Point: Program Planning Terminology HSM/270 Hi Brea! How are you?? As for me I am doing awesome!! I have some very exciting news to share with you! Remember that position that I was telling you about the last time I saw you, it was the Program Manager position at the Child Care Resource Agency that you encouraged me to apply at well I finally got that interview, so now I am proud to says that I am the new Program Manager for that agency. I am so excited for this new journey because this agency has so much to offer and I am finally there to be a part of it. This program provides so much for low income families with assisting with childcare and also provides early child education and development which is also known as Head Start. Head Start provides children that with an opportunity that they would not otherwise have the chance to have if the program did not exist. This program evaluates the problems and the needs assessment in the community. The theory that they have in place for the program is very effective which will help these families and the community as well to have a solid foundation. The evaluative research is bound to provide such great outcomes for the program, their descriptive research will provide such a great standard for the service delivery model. Sorry for all the excitement but knowing how effective the new inputs of the structure and outputs for the new service for the community I cannot help but express how excited I am!! Thank you for...
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...Program Planning and Evaluation Paper HSM 270 Date Your Name As you read this paper you will find that it is going to be about a fictional program scenario that I have chosen to work with. The scenario that I have chosen is scenario three, the PEACE Domestic Violence Agency. Also I will be comparing program planning with program evaluation in human services organizations and how the components are related. Identified will be: specific examples of how program planning and evaluation interrelate in the scenario that was chosen. Lastly, we will be identifying technical and political aspects of program planning and evaluation that may be encountered in the scenario and how the aspects could affect the planning and evaluation process. After reviewing the material provided about program planning and program evaluation in human service organizations it seems as though they do compare to each other. According to the reading it states that “When planned carefully, these two set of activities can be integrated into an organized set of ongoing operations that promote and support each other” (Mika, 1996, p. 6). “Program planning and evaluation are both the process and the product of the political and economic environments” (Yuen, F., Terao, K., 2003). So from what can be understood they both are a process, but they do differ in how they process things in an organization. They way that both of the components are related is once one has his or her...
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...Dear Sara, Guess what?! I am so excited! I have just been promoted to Program Manager! I am going to make such of a difference in this organization. There will be so much to do you in order to gets the programs I have in mind up and running. The Programs have a limited time, in which, they can be done and implemented into the community. Things like Purpose of Evaluations so that I can review and possibly make it better for the outcome of service/program. There is the Evaluative Research so I can look into research methods. Descriptive Research will be awesome because I will be able explain what is in my studies and you know how I love to talk about what am doing. The Theory is a great one; it is facts, propositions that are used in the relationship to everything of the program activities. I will be able to input so that I can step in and use the proper methods and help with the staffing of the service that is being needed. I can oversee the outputs as well making sure that the outcomes of the services are achieved. There is a Service Delivery Model which is the activity going on to what makes the turning the input and going to the output. Any organization or human services needs a solid foundation in order to run properly and to be successful and achieve the end results that are to me mandatory so if there are any problems and things are not going as expected then there will have to be an evaluation and a deeper look into that organization of what the problem is to which I will...
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...April 7, 2013 Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer JPMorgan Chase 270 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 Dear Mr. Dimon, You’re Fired! Hiring the wrong person costs the company time and money, firing them just adds to that cost. Finding the right person to fill a position is not always easy. Think about it this way: the time, money and countless hours your company spends on hiring employees only to find they were not the right fit for your company. Has your company given a seemingly motivated individual a chance, only to have it backfire? Did you ever put in a good word to hire someone and end up with regret? If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. It is not uncommon to meet an applicant and walk away with a good “false” impression. But no need to worry! Support is just a call away! Highly qualified applicants at your fingertips! As a Fortune 500 Company, JPMorgan Chase understands the need to find highly qualified, dependable applicants quickly. Kelly Services can be of great value when fulfilling your new hire needs at any given moment. One of the short-term goals JPMorgan Chase revealed in its 2011 annual review is to open 2,000 branches nationwide within the next 5 years; this is where Kelly Services can help. Finding highly qualified applicants is overwhelming, time consuming and costs money. Why not let Kelly Services focus on finding the talent you need while you focus on other workforce issues, dilemmas, and day to day business duties. As...
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...DO NOT PLAGARIZE TUTORIAL ONLY. Program Planning and Evaluation Paper HSM/270 February 5, 2012 Program Planning and Evaluation Paper There are so many different human service organizations around the country today, that it may be difficult to see the commonalities and or differences within each, I myself have this issue yet I believe that the commonalities are what includes many agencies to be human service agencies and the differences are what makes up the plethora of agencies still considered human service branches. The Human service agency I chose to work with this block is the Peace Domestic Violence Agency, I am pulled towards this agency because I can see not only does this help abused spouses in a relationship but also children who are most often times the unseen victim. an agency such as this opens up the spectrum for so many that may need to be reached, and on many different levels from basic needs to counseling, from children's delicate needs to protection of a whole family when necessary. let's take these proven statistics as an example[ Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten, and Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.] ("domestic violence statistics," 2012) these statistics are very powerful, and eye opening. let's begin by establishing the mission of the peace domestic violence agency, which is [to reduce victim trauma, empower survivors, and promote recovery through direct...
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...Stakeholder Influences HSM/270 October 4. 2012 Stakeholder Influences In the field of human services one of the most influential stakeholders when it comes to program planning and evaluation is the funding source. Often times the funding source has a specific set of requirements that the program and agency must meet in order to obtain or maintain funding. The program planning and evaluation process is greatly affected by this. The needs and expectations of the stakeholders influence program planning and evaluation because they must adhere to specific restrictions placed upon them by the IRS and other government agencies. The funding source usually wants to proposed program to have similar goals and objectives along with similar values. The program planning may be changed in order to line up with the values of the funding source. The Madison Children’s Hospital seeks to start a program which research is done to look into the issue of chronic illness in adolescents ages 8-21. The funding source for this program is the National Institute of Health Care. The National Institute of Health Care seeks to fund research to improve self-management and quality of life for children with chronic illness. The needs and expectations of the hospital are to address the concerns of a lack in self-management of chronic illness. The hospital is interested in researching the causes for the lack of self-management which is causing an increase in complications as well as a lack of school...
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...Process and Outcome Evaluations Frederica Phoenix HSM/270 August 27, 2014 Shelley Johnson-Gildwarg Process and Outcome Evaluations Process and Outcome Evaluations A Process Evaluation is relatively used to monitor as well as document the planning, implementation, and interrelationship of the components of the proposed project are the focus of the process evaluation. The process evaluations main focus is to assist with the description of program interventions’ development, as well as its activities, also to provide quantitative and qualitative data on many services that are to be rendered and their effectiveness. A Process Evaluation is also responsible to document the acceptability of a specific program within the programs targeted community. An Outcome Evaluation is what is known to be based on the project’s ecological systems social constructionist theoretical orientations and its focus on the peer, family, individual, as well as school domains, the outcome evaluation will provide better understanding to some of the key evaluation questions and its effectiveness. Some examples of process evaluations are: 1. A program that provides addiction recovery services to the communities children ask the clients and their parents to fill out survey forms to specify if the program was helpful for their family to help them to meet specific goals. 2. The children participating in sports work with their coaches to fill out questionnaires about the program services they receive...
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...Process and Outcome Evaluations Holly Regan HSM/270 June 18, 2014 Fedder Williams Process and Outcome Evaluations Some of the characteristics for process evaluation involve planning, implementing, and monitoring and documenting the interrelationship of the program components for the proposed project. The main focus of a process evaluation is comprised of several components that are: (A) program interventions, (B) database management system (DMS), and (C) program and planning development. The sub-components for a process evaluation are: (a) description of program implements, development, and activities for interventions, (b) documentation regarding the appropriateness and acceptability of offered programs within the community, (c) providing quantitative and qualitative research data on the effectiveness of delivered services, (Yuen & Terao, 2003). Examples of a Process Evaluation: (1) Program staff and volunteers distribute employment-readiness training brochures at a local community event. (2) Program staff will track how many individuals attended each training session and how many people completed ninety percent of the sessions. Outcome evaluations involve the strategies described within the projects objectives. It also provides measures for process and outcome evaluations within three categories, (1) getting things done, (2) member development, and (3) community development by determining the effect the program had on the target population over time, (Yuen...
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