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Grant Funding for Public Safety
May 20, 2010
Lee S Connor, PMP
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Topics
• Where is the money?
• Regional Collaboration & Relationships
• Tips for success
• Political Process and Realities
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Where is the Money?
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Grants that are OPEN now…
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Assistance to Firefighters Grant
(AFG)
Deadline: May 28, 2010
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Matching: 5% – 20%
Project Types
– Operations & Safety
– Vehicles
– Regional
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Byrne JAG Formula Grant
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Funding: $456M
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Deadline:
Funding: $344.6M
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– State: June 16, 2010
– Locals: June 30, 2010
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Matching: NONE
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Project Types
– Law Enforcement Activities
• Training
• Personnel
• Equipment
• Supplies
• Contractual support
• Information systems for
criminal justice,
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DOT TIGER II Grants
• FY10- TIGER II
– Similar to ARRA TIGER I
– Funding: $600M
– Application Deadlines
• Pre-application opens:
June 15, 2010
• Pre-applications closes:
July 16, 2010
• Final application deadline:
– August 23, 2010 @ 5 PM
ET
• Web link to TIGER II
information:
http://www.dot.gov/recovery/
ost/tigerii/
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• TIGER I Statistics:
– Funding: $1.5B
– Applications: over 1400 valued
at $60B
– Funded 51 projects
– Link to funded project
summaries:
http://www.dot.gov/documents/
finaltigergrantinfo.pdf
– Average award: $30M
– Median Award: $22M
– Individual projects range:
$3.5M - $105M
– < 3% applications (dollar
value) received funding
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Show me the Money!
$4.1B
$8.4B
$390M
$985M
$3.5B
$1.2B
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$33.5M
$32B
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Major Communications Grants
FY09 vs. FY10 Funding
Homeland Security Grant Programs
State Homeland Security Program
Urban Area Security Initiative
Operation Stonegarden Grant Program
Metropolitan Medical Response System
Citizen Corp Program
FY2009
FY2010
$861,265,000
$842,000,000
$798,631,250
$832,000,000
$60,000,000
$60,000,000
$39,831,404
$39,300,000
$14,572,500
$12,400,000
$1,774,300,154 $1,785,700,000
FY2011
President's
Budget
$1,050,000
$1,100,000
$0
$0
$0
$2,150,000
• 25% of SHSP & 25% of UASI must fund law
enforcement projects
• Operation Stonegarden included in portfolio
• Funds can be used for sustainability
• SAA is the eligible applicant
• 80% pass thru to locals
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Major Communications Grants
California HSGP Allocation
California: FY 2010 Homeland Security Grant Allocations
Grant Name
Region/Area
Comments
State Homeland
Security Program
(SHSP)
FY 2010
Allocation
Whole State
$107,498,340
25% for Law
Enforcement Activities
Urban Area
Security Initiative
(UASI)
Bakersfield
Bay Area
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Oxnard
Riverside Area
Sacramento
San Diego
Anaheim/Santa Ana Area
$1,014,919
$42,827,663
$69,922,146
$2,507,575
$5,286,378
$3,947,286
$16,208,500
$12,773,050
25% for Law
Enforcement Activities
Metropolitan
Medical Response
System (MMRS)
Anaheim, Bakersfield, Fremont, Fresno,
Glendale, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Los
Angeles, Modesto, Oakland, Riverside,
Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San
Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, and Stockton
$5,713,542
$321,321 each
Operation
Stonegarden
(OPSG)
Border secutity
Citizen Corp
Whole State
Program (CCP)
Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)
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Specified border
states compete for
a share of the $60M
$986,002
citizen preparedness
$268,685,401
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Major Communications Grants
FY09 vs. FY10 Funding
Preparedness Grant Program
Port Security Grant Program
Transit Security Grant Program
TSGP: Freight Rail Security Grant Program
TSGP: Intercity Passenger Rail (Amtrak)
TSGP: Intercity Bus Security Grant Program
Buffer Zone Protection Program
TSGP: Trucking Security Program
Infrastructure Total
FY 2009
FY2010
FY2011
President's
Budget
$388,600,000
$400,000,000
$15,000,000
$25,000,000
$11,658,000
$48,575,000
$2,224,750
$891,057,750
$288,000,000
$253,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$11,520,000
$48,000,000
$0
$635,520,000
$300,000,000
$300,000,000
$0
$0
$0
$50,000,000
$0
$650,000,000
• Funding flows thru fiduciary agents
• Critical Infrastructure/ Key Resources (CIKR)
• Risk, Vulnerability and Consequence
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Major Communications Grants
California – Infrastructure Allocation
California: FY 2010 Infrastructure Grant Allocations
Region/Area
Grant Name
Los Angeles/
Long Beach
Transit Security Grant
Program (TSGP)
$485,000
$273,568
$2,459,400
Altamont Commuter Express (ACE)
$300,000
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)
$10,562,848
San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
North San Diego County Transit System (NCTD)
$7,510,190
$1,500,000
$1,538,250
Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
Marine Exchange of Los Angeles Long Beach Harbor,
Inc.
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region
Oxnard Harbor District (Port of Hueneme)
$3,981,790
Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Francisco Bay
Port Hueneme
San Diego
San Diego Unified Port District
$2,774,725
Exeter San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company
$100,000
Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP)
transportation
infrastructure
security activities
$31,453,287
$19,913,142
$1,163,650
Los Angeles Los Angeles Junction Railway Company
$75,000
$201,577
$16,210
Intercity Bus
Grant Program (IBSGP)
American Star Trailways, Inc.
Pacific Coachway's Charter Services, Inc.
Screamline Investment Corporation
DBA TourCoach International
Shalimar Travel and Tours
Silverado Stages
Silver State Trailways
Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP)
selected
high-risk sites
Infrastructure Protection Program (IPP)
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$3,584,180
$2,600,704
San Diego
Comments
$100,000
Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink)
San Francisco Bay
Port Security
Grant Program (PSGP)
Long Beach Transit
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority
Montebello Bus Lines
Omnitrans (San Bernardino)
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
FY 2010
Allocation
$65,490
$90,085
$27,011
$24,255
$5,200,000
port security
activities
Freight Rail
carrying toxic
materials
buses that
operate fixed
route or charter
into UASI
jurisdiction
critical
infrastructure
$96,000,362
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Major Communications Grants
FY09 vs. FY10 Funding
Preparedness Grant Program
Assistance to Firefighters Grant*
Emergency Management Performance Grants
Emergency Operations Center Grant Program
Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program
Driver’s License Security Grant Program
Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program
UASI Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program
Various Preparedness Programs
FY 2009
FY2010
FY2011
President's
Budget
$565,000,000
$390,000,000 $610,000,000
$306,022,500
$329,800,000 $345,000,000
$34,002,500
$57,600,000
$0
$48,575,000
$48,000,000
$0
$48,575,000
$48,000,000
$0
$31,002,500
$33,600,000
$0
$15,000,000
$19,000,000
$0
$1,660,000
$10,000,000
$0
$1,049,837,500 $936,000,000 $955,000,000
• IECGP is follow-on to PSIC program
– Authorized thru 2012 – up to $1B
• EMPGP – allowed sustainability funding in 2010
• EOC – only $10M of $57M is competitive
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Major Communications Grants
California – Preparedness Allocation
California: FY 2010 Preparedness Grant Allocations
Grant Name
Interoperable
Emergency
Communication Grant
Program (IECGP)
Emergency
Operations Center
(EOC) Grant Program
Regional Catestrophic
Preparedness Grant
Program (RCPGP)
Emergency
Management
Preparedness Grant
Program
FY 2010
Allocation
Comments
Whole State
$5,480,500
flexibility to purchase interoperable
communications equipment with
any remaining IECGP funds after
SAFECOM's governance and SOP's
compliance are certified by SAA.
City of Commerce
$1,000,000
City of Brawley
City of La Habra
City of Cupertino
City of Elk Grove
City of Monterey Park
City of Moreno Valley
City of Whittier
$500,000
$254,500
$300,000
$750,000
$375,000
$400,000
$500,000
San Francisco Department
of Emergency Management
$800,000
Trinity County
117,159
Bay Area
$3,570,000
Los Angeles/
Long Beach Area
$3,570,000
Whole State
$26,044,455
Region/Area
Preparedness Grants
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Eligible EOC's may request up to
$1M for construction projects or up
to $250K for renovations
Equipment is an allowable
expenditure
Planning & Training only
assist stakeholders in improving
emergency performance
capabilities
$43,661,614
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Major Communications Grants
FY09 vs. FY10 Funding
DOJ
Bryne JAG Grants - Formula
Bryne JAG Grants - Descretionary
Bryne JAG Grants - Competitive
COPS Technology Grant
COPS Secure Our Schools (SOS)
Rural Law Enforcement
Weed and Seed
FY 2009
FY2010
$546,000,000
$179,000,000
$30,000,000
$187,000,000
$15,000,000
$0
$32,000,000
$989,000,000
$519,000,000
$179,000,000
$30,000,000
$170,233,000
$16,000,000
$50,000,000
$20,000,000
$984,233,000
FY2011
President's
Budget
$519,000,000
$185,000,000
$40,000,000
$0
$14,000,000
$25,000,000
$20,000,000
$803,000,000
• CA FY10 Bryne JAG (formula) = $51,148,405
– State: $31,637,389
– Local: $19,511,016
• Earmark Programs:
– JAG Discretionary
– COPS Technology Grants
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Bryne JAG Formula Grant
OPEN NOW!
Deadlines
Local -- June 16, 2010
State -- June 30, 2010
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California AFG Awards
• FY10 Funding: $344.6
• Deadline: May 28, 2010
• Matching: 5%- 20%
• Project Types
– Operations & Safety
– Vehicles
– Regional
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Awards $
Fiscal year
$5,905,627
2001
$19,062,926
2002
$30,828,714
2003
$29,843,711
2004
$26,322,856
2005
$17,335,893
2006
$18,730,279
2007
$26,198,613
2008
$17,701,232 *
2009
Grand Total $191,929,851
* Thru Round 14 (May 7th)
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Assistance to Firefighters Grant
• Fire Grants Reauthorization Act Summary
• HR 3791: Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)
• S 3267 Chris Dodd (D-CT)
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More money: $950M per yr (FY2010 – FY2014)
Less matching requirements: 10% max
Increased max award limits: $1M – $9M
Prohibits any funds to be used as earmarks
Spreads money across Career, Volunteer, and Combo
FD plus open competition – 25% each
– FEMA can waive or reduce match requirement due to
financial hardship
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Southern Border Security Assistance Act
• Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
• Funding: $300M
• Eligibility: state, county, city agencies and sheriff departments
w/in 100 miles from the Mexican border
• Purpose: Give state and local law enforcement entities an
immediate infusion of resources to support border enforcement
activities
• Funding priorities:
– Equipment: border monitoring equipment, communications
technologies, night-viewing cameras, laptops, vehicles,
unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters
– Hire and train personnel, including judges in prosecuting drug
trafficking, providing administrative support, dispatchers, jailers
and cover overtime expenses.
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Major Communications Grants
FY2011 President’s Budget
• Health & Human Services:
– $20.6B: FY2009 – 2019
• Systems for Electronic Health Records (EHR) Technology
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$1.36B: Public Health Emergency Response
$4.8B: Bioterrorism & Emergency Preparedness
$57M: National Disaster Medical Operations
$44M: Preparedness & Emergency
$37M: Cyber Security
“Interoperability of the EHR’s is a critical element of the
national health IT agenda”
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FY11 - Dept of Transportation
Highlights
• $42.1B for the Federal-aid Highway Program
• $10.8B for Transit
– $2.8B to focus on a “state of good repair” for transit infrastructure
– $1.8B for transit New Starts and Small Starts
– $150M to enable the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority (WMATA)
• $4B: National Infrastructure Innovation and Finance Fund
• $8.3B: transit formula grants programs to help support both
rural and urban areas with capital investments
• $1.1B: implement the NextGen air traffic control system
– $153M for data communications
• $1B: High Speed Rail System
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Get Ready NOW!
• Make your proposal competitive
– Start with a good idea that benefits a region
– Match your idea with the appropriate funder
– Read the grant guidelines carefully
– Create a draft
– Avoid piecing together the application from remnants
of past applications
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Get Ready NOW!
• Make your proposal competitive
– Use the guidance language
– Contact PM to clarify any questions
– Have others review your draft, then revise it
– Submit on time
– Ask for peer reviewer comments
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Some stats… and suggestions
• 15% – 40% rejected for technical reasons
• “Are you kidding me file”
• If competition appears to be 10% -- it’s really closer
to 30% for higher quality proposals
• Call the Program Officer
– Informally to get insider view
– For a copy of a previously funded project
– FOIA request
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State Homeland Security Contacts
& Award Information
http://www.dhs.gov/xgovt/grants/index.shtm
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Regional Collaboration
and Partnerships
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Capturing Grant Funds
I never met a
funding source I
didn’t like….
Who gets grants for PS Communications………
You and Your organization/Agency!
How do YOU do this?
- By being an eligible applicant
- Submitting a high scoring application
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Build relationships among eligible
candidates
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Police Departments
Fire Departments
Schools
Hospitals
EMS
Utilities
Regional Communications
Committees
• State Agencies
• Federal Agencies
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MMRS Grant
Collaboration
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Get everyone around the table…
Regional Interoperability Consortia
Law
Enforcement
Local
Businesses
Fire Dept
Utilities/DOT
Local Hospitals
Grant Resources
EMS
Consultants
City/Town /
Communications
County
Schools
Congressional
Partner
Representation
Representative
Framing an integrated strategy with the right stakeholders…
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Look for Funding to Support the
Project
• Each collaborator may be eligible to apply to different funders
• From the draft budget break out collective costs & participant
costs
• Communication grants require collective efforts
• Consider resources the group has to pursue grants
• Expect to seek funding over a 12 month period
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Team Process
• Requirements Analysis
– Current Capabilities
– Identify Gaps
– Proposal Elements
• Technical Solutions
• Cost effectiveness
• Standards based
• Know the political landscape
• Funding Strategies &
Mechanisms
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Agency Budgets
Capital Outlays
Federal & State Grants
Special Assessments
Bonds
Public/Private Partnerships
Congressional Earmarks
Other funding vehicles
Integrate funding sources & strategies
as part of the Team Process
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When you still need to fund your project…
• Harris Lease/Purchase Options
– Partners with several banks across the country
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JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
SunTrust
Bank of America
Wells Fargo
– For More Information
• Contact your Harris Sales representative
• Ed Clemente
– [email protected]
– 978-905-3081
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Lease Term Example 1
Dear Ms. Harris:
SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing Corp is pleased to provide the following proposal to finance the
acquisition of Harris Public Safety Communication System equipment by Franklin County.
Lessee:
Franklin County, NC
Type of Financing:
Tax Exempt, Bank Qualified Installment Financing Contract (the “Contract”).
Equipment: Harris Public Safety Communication System Equipment
Financing Amount:
$8,000,000 (approximately)
Lease Term: Three (3) years Five (5) years Seven (7) years Ten (10) years
Rate:
3.375%,
3.80%,
4.23%,
4.41%,
Payment Mode: Monthly payments in arrears
The interest rate is subject to change based on the three (3) year swap rate. The financing is subject to final
credit approval by the Credit/Investment Committee of SunTrust Bank and approval of the financing
documents at SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing Corp.’s sole discretion.
Very truly yours,
Dennis M. McDermott
Vice President
SunTrust
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Tips for Success
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Know the “Rules” of the Game
• Know yourself:
– Focus on the mission
• Build true partnerships:
– Collaboration = success
• Plan, Plan, Plan:
– Create your master proposal from the inside out
• Know your funder:
– Build relationships and research your funding
opportunities
• Develop a winning proposal:
– Put it all together
Source: Gail Vertz, Exceutive Director of AAGP
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Timing
• NOW!
• Get linked into YOUR State’s grants process
• Always have a project ready to go
• Break the project into Milestones or Phases
• Be “Shovel” ready
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Ten Tips for Getting More Grants
1. Learn as much as possible about each program to which you
intend to apply
2. Involve others in your project but have a purpose for their
involvement
3. Customize each proposal to the requirements of the funder
4. Get reviewers comments for non-winning proposals and use
their feedback in future proposals
5. Include letters of commitment
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Ten Tips for Getting More Grants
6. Make grant seeking part of your agency’s strategy
--- Don't put all your eggs in one basket
7. Be specific in your budget, most funders have generous
allowances for budget length
8. Include only the materials requested by the funder
9. Have an outsider edit your proposal before you submit it
10. Follow directions
REJECTED
Without review!
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Political Process and Realities
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Finding Your Way
 Learn the process in
your area
 Map the “path” that you
need to take
 Is there a committee for
communications?
 How are you
represented?
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Round up the details of the Process
• What forms need to be
done?
• Who reviews them?
• Do you need to present?
• When does the decision
get made?
• How do you get priority?
• Final decision makers?
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Know The Local Politics
Does a vote occur?
How is voting done?
What if there is impasse?
Absentee or Proxy votes?
Do you have recourse?
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One Example of State Grant Structure
SAA
Working Group
Grant Manager
Communications
Committee
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Equipment/PPE
Training
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Start to Line Up Your Ducks……..
• Gain support inside your
own agency first
• Find out who votes and
get their support
• Make sure absent/proxy
votes are covered
• Be prepared to make a
last minute plea.
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You may have to do some trading
• “Support and vote for me
this year and we will back
you next year.”
• “We will share the new
system with you.”
• “Can I count on you for
next year’s project?”
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Do a “Look Back at Projects”
• 9th year of DHS Funding.
• What has been successfully funded in past?
• How was that accomplished?
• Who made the “case” for that success?
• What methods did that person/agency use to get funded?
• Use a “blue-print” of what others did to get the high rating and
funding.
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Now to Some Basics
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Follow the Rules for the region
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Be on Time with all paperwork
and meetings
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Use plain language
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Don’t be too technical
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Have a proxy/back up person
for you
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Push the limits and ask for
more than you need
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Politics can KILL
• Don’t assume anything is a
done deal
• Final say is through SAA
and Feds
• Backroom deals do happen
• Stop and challenge these
deals
• Ask for transparency in
process
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Persistence Will Pay Off
• Get backing from executive staff (Chief, Captain, etc.)
• Have them show at a few meetings or voting meeting
• Keep you home agency stakeholders informed
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Don’t Be a Train Wreck
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Be ready to go to the mat
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Don’t give Up!
• Learn from those who’ve been successful in the past
• Ask for peer reviewer feedback so you can improve
for next year
• Give a copy of grant application to your
Congressman and Senator
• Try, Try, Try again!
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Remember…
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When you are successful…
• Tell Everyone about your
success
– Local Papers
– Other agencies/ Stakeholders
– Congressional representatives
• When you show you are a good
steward of the grants funds, you
are more likely to be awarded in
future years
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Grant FPO Outreach
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Good Luck!
Lee Connor
[email protected]
508-423-7857
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