Grant Proposals
Desarae Minges
HSM/270
September 27th, 2015
Tammy Wehrman

Grant Proposals
There are numerous attributes to a grant proposal. Some of those attributes are that the proposal should be formal, polite, well planned, and organized. There should always be a summary of the organization included, as well as a detailed description of the program or service that the previously mentioned organization is proposing to offer. In order to achieve a successful grant proposal, the agency needs to include the locale, target population within the stated geographic area, and state the issue that the program is designed to address, being sure to include any finding that corroborate the stated problem.
The grant proposal is designed to convince the funder that the proposed program is exactly what is needed and that funding the organization's program is the best and only option there is available.
The purpose or reason behind a grant proposal is to request and secure grant funding to establish said service. The function or duty of the grant proposal is to provide the required and needed information to help obtain the much needed funds to get the program going and establish the growing or overwhelming need of this service in the designated area.
Grant proposals and program planning go pretty much hand in hand. Program planning is the process of showing that there is a serious need in the designated community, what the reasons and purpose of developing this particular service would be, and how the organization's program addresses that need. Program planning is crucial in developing and defining goals and objectives of the service, stating planned activities, and evaluations. All of these things are setup and designed to lay the ground work and structure of the grant proposal.
To sum it all up, the grant proposal should be formal, well organized, and