Interactive Group Exercises Guarantee Mastery:

#1

Problem Development

New Ways to Creatively Explain Your Problem to Grantor Agencies

#2

Goals & Objectives

Writing Compelling Goals and Measurable Objectives

#3

Developing Your  Strategy

Program and Policy Development Based on Problem Identification and Needs Assessments

#4

Plan Evaluation

Applying GPRA in the Context of Performance-Based Budgeting

#5

Budgeting

Full Reviews of a Concept Paper and Federal Pass Through Grant

Dear Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Professional:

Maximize Your Share of Grants Funding in Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice & Homeland Security

Millions of dollars are waiting to be accessed for myriad of law enforcement and criminal justice projects.  Is your organization getting its fair share of this funding?  Find out and equip yourself with potent strategies for identifying, applying for and winning grants in law enforcement and criminal justice by attending the 2003 Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Grants Summit on April 22-23, 2003 in New Orleans, LA.

Identify Department of Justice and Homeland Security Funding

At a time when the law enforcement, criminal justice and homeland security grants arena is experiencing significant development, this presentation will arm you with timely information to stay ahead of the changes in funding trends and eligibility rules in the department’s  major funding offices.  Additionally, the federal reorganization will be broken down and homeland security grants will be identified.

Acquire Tools for Locating Funding and Enhancing Your Grant Writing Skills

This training is designed to provide you with best practices and strategies to improve your success rate in finding, winning and managing grants for law enforcement and criminal justice projects.  Our experts in grant management will share their secrets of success.  They will also addresses one of the hidden skill gaps in most law enforcement organizations today—the lack of knowledge about what funding is out there and how to obtain it.  In these days of increasing challenges and decreasing resources, the time to “ramp up” to these critical skills is now.

Interactive Exercises for Grant Development

Criminal justice grant administration is a combination of strategic planning; project management; performance-based budgeting; and collaborative efforts with internal and external partners.  This interactive course is designed to provide you first-hand knowledge of grant opportunities, along with a strategic process to obtain funding.  You will learn from national experts and participate in small-group grant-development exercises that will allow you immediate opportunities to apply what you’re learning.  Over the two day program, you will develop an outline for a grant application and network with others to learn about model projects.

You may register yourself and your team by calling 703-894-0481 or visit us online at www. PerformanceWeb.org.

Sincerely,

Todd Coleman

Director

Law Enforcement Development Center

The Performance Institute

Instructor Jeff Barlow and The Hawthorn Institute

Jeff Barlow is the Senior Associate for the Hawthorn Institute, a public policy consulting firm based in Missouri.  He specializes in funding strategies, revenue maximization, strategic planning and performance based budgeting.  The Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator (OSCA) has also employed him since 1997.  As the Sponsored Programs Administrator, he is responsible for locating, applying for, and administering funding on behalf of the Missouri Judiciary.  Jeff has administered over $31 million in grant expenditures in his 5-year tenure at OSCA.  He is a national expert for courts in federal Title IV-E cost allocation and teaches grants administration for the National Center for State Courts in Virginia and the Performance Institute in Washington D.C.