Immigrant Family Support Project Grant Program Narrative Template
Name of Organization:
Address:
Telephone:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
Total Amount of Funding Request:
- TYPE OF APPLICATION:
- Individual Agency
- Prime Grantee/Fiscal Agent for A Consortium of Agencies
1. Executive Summary (1 page)
Provide a one page summary of the proposal, including the completion of the information below.
- Total number of agencies included in the grant application
- Geographic coverage of the entire application (e.g. statewide, specific communities)
- Languages (s) covered
- Total number of Unduplicated households proposed to be served for the grant period
- Specific deliverables for the grant period
- Number of households identified for the project
- Number of households assisted with eligibility determination
- Number of households assisted with application completion
- Number of individuals provided with case management
2. Agency Qualifications (3 pages maximum)
- Individual Agency (complete section 2a only under Agency Qualifications if you apply as an individual organization, independent from a consortium of organizations)
- Provide a brief history of the organization and its accomplishments. Discuss why your agency is qualified to provide the proposed services specific to this program area and how those services fit within the overall agency mission. Discuss any appropriate certifications that apply. Describe the organization's cultural and linguistic capacity.
- Provide brief description of qualifications of key staff who will be responsible for the delivery of the services including their educational background, years of experience and other relevant information. Attach current resumes of key staff.
- Describe how the agency collects and maintains data, measure activities versus outcomes, how data is used for program planning, evaluation and improvement.
b. Prime Grantee/Fiscal Agent (complete section 2b only under Agency Qualifications if you apply on behalf of a consortium of organizations)
- Describe your agency's qualifications and track records in the following areas: human services, managing grants with sub-grantees, system planning and program operation, collection of service data and production of reports using the data provided by the service providers, program monitoring and evaluation, and capacity to review and prepare financial reports required. Describe management's process for insuring agency compliance with service outcomes, interagency policy agreements, and timely submission of both fiscal and programmatic reports.
- Prime grantee/Fiscal agent applicant must provide information about all sub-contractors and describe how the consortium will operate and be managed. Describe the process and criteria used to select sub-recipients and explain how the applicant is able to ensure a fair and objective selection process. Each sub-recipient must complete an agency profile and budget form.
3. Community Identification and Client Projection (3 pages minimum)
- Describe the geographic coverage proposed in this application. Include information on immigrant/refugee community in which the agency currently works by country of origin, language(s) served, estimated size, age groups, and economic status.
- Describe the priority populations that are the most in need of services. What are their greatest service needs while accessing public benefits and safety net programs? What are the common barriers they face while trying to access public benefits?
- If you are new agency proposing service under this initiative, how do you propose to recruit/identify clients? What agency or agencies are currently serving the populations for whom you are proposing service?
4. Program Design and Implementation (5 pages maximum)
Describe in details program design and measurable outcomes for the four areas of services below:
Household identification/outreach
- List keyways you intend on identifying potential households for the program
- Describe your outreach plan and approach.
Eligibility screening
- Explain your process of determining eligibility.
- Describe the steps, forms and follow up strategies you intend on using to ensure that all eligible households are vetted properly.
Application completion of new applicants
- Total number of Applications completed
- Total number of Expedited applications completed - New Applicants facing extreme hardships
- Total number of new applications completed
Case management
- List the top three most time-consuming case management services.
- Describe the most common barriers faced by immigrants and LEP individuals applying for public benefits. Are the barriers the same for cash assistance applicants?
- Provide estimates on the number of unduplicated individuals who will be provided with case management services.
Funds (card) distribution
- Provide an overview of safe and secure card distribution process.
- What efforts will you undertake to ensure that the cards are delivered in a timely manner.
5. Uniform Grant Budget-
The proposed budget must be entered, signed and submitted in CSA and is required for the application to be considered complete. A hard copy of this signed and submitted budget must be included with the application.
