| Agenda
and Speaking Faculty |
| Pre-Conference
Workshops: August 16, 2004 |
| 8:15 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Workshop
A: Grants 101. Develop a Proposal that Wins!
The world of grant funding can be a confusing one indeed.
Specific terminology, detailed procedures, and a myriad of agencies
make for a complicated process. This session is designed to give
you the tools necessary to submit winning grant proposals.
• Learn the basics of writing grants
• Identify and emphasize specific grant factors that have
been approved at the federal and state levels and apply those lessons
learned to your proposal
• Recognize the key components of grants that win money and
fund projects by studying the wording of solicitations
Jeff Barlow, Hawthorne Institute |
| 11:30 |
Networking
Luncheon |
| 12:30 |
Workshop
B: Grant Success for Smaller Municipalities
Smaller jurisdictions often do not have the benefit of
a professional grant writer to aid in developing grant proposals.
The ‘heavy lifting’ of grant work is usually left to
department managers and supervisors who have many other demands
on their time. This session is designed with the needs of smaller
jurisdictions in mind.
• Professionalize your grant applications and upgrade your
grants strategy
• Learn about the grant issues facing smaller municipalities
and successful strategies for dealing with them
• Maximize your resources through multi-agency cooperation
Jeff Barlow, Hawthorne Institute |
| 3:30 |
Adjourn |
| Day
One: August 17, 2004 |
| 8:15 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Keynote:
The New Grants Landscape
Grants and funding opportunities for first responder agencies
are changing every day. Federal funds are shifting. Agencies utilize
different vehicles to announce their grants solicitations. Performance
measures are being written into grant requirements. Private sector
firms are offering equipment and software that can be used by local
and state first responders. These changes in the way that grants
are funded, announced, evaluated, and dispersed are continuing to
evolve. Hear from Andrew Weis, Senior Counsel to the House Select
Committee on Homeland Security on what we can expect in this new
grants landscape.
Andrew Weis, Senior Counsel, Select Committee
on Homeland Security U.S. House of Representatives |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
Grant
Success Strategies
• Isolate success factors that are universally applicable
for grant applications
• Develop a framework for your agency that allows you to maximize
application efficiency
• Examine grant application strategies that will get your
requests noticed
Jeff Barlow, Hawthorne Institute |
| 11:15 |
Where
to Find Grants Information
• Identify where grants information is posted on
agency websites and newsletters
• Utilize the internet to streamline your grand identification
process
• Learn which public and private sector websites are clearinghouses
for grants and aid information
Rebecca Spitzgo, Grants.gov Program Manager |
| 12:15 |
Networking
Luncheon |
| 1:30 |
Complying
with NIMS
• Learn about the Department of Homeland Security’s
National Incident Management System (NIMS) and how it will effect
First Responder Grant funding
• Understand the compliance requirements related to NIMS and
how to best meet them
• Identify funding strategies that will assist you in meeting
the NIMS requirements
Kurt Bradley, Chief Grants |
| 2:30 |
FEMA
Disaster Grants
• Discover how FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Program is designed
to provide federal assistance to state and local governments
• Attract resources to assist in response to disasters, recovery
from their impact, and to mitigate impact from future disasters
• Learn about state and local roles and responsibilities in
the Public Assistance Program
Kurt Bradley, Chief Grants |
| 3:30 |
Break |
| 3:45 |
WMD
Response Grants
• Explore cooperative asset-sharing programs linking federal,
state, and local governments, as well as private businesses and
civilian volunteers in order to ensure resources are properly utilized
following a disaster
• Identify grant information through the Department of Homeland
Security’s allocation of expert personnel and specialized
equipment to entities that may deal with nuclear emergencies, nuclear
accidents, and nuclear terrorism
• Utilize grants available for use in creating WMD response
and mitigation plans for schools, public institutions, and other
municipal establishments that could be affected by WMD
Bruce Clemonds, Missouri State Highway Patrol |
| 4:45 |
Adjourn |
|
Day Two: August 18, 2004 |
| 8:15 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Incorporating
Performance Measures into Your Grants Management
• Measure your performance in target areas in order
to validate departmental goals and funding
• Comply with mandates dictated in grant solicitations through
effective performance measures
• Identify areas where performance measures can demonstrate
competency in key issue areas
Felipe Monroig, The Performance Institute |
| 10:00 |
DHS
Equipment Grants
• Identify programs involving interoperability between
federal and local response agencies in times of crisis
• Discover funds earmarked for equipment purchases and training
in how to use the equipment properly for first responders
• Secure the portion of DHS funds available to help offset
the costs associated with enhanced security measures deployed under
heightened threat levels
Bruce Clemonds, Missouri State Highway Patrol |
| 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:15 |
LAW
ENFORCEMENT TRACK |
Funding
IT projects – Computers in Patrol Cars and Information Sharing
• Identify and secure technology grants from public and private
sector sources
• Locate potential sources of surplus equipment from the public
sector and donated equipment from private entities
• Fund training in software and hardware to achieve self-sufficiency
after vendor service contracts expire
Jeff Barlow, Hawthorne Institute |
| FIRE/EMS
TRACK |
Funding
for 911, Emergency Communications & Interoperable Communications
• Recognize and receive funding to update communications and
networking capabilities within your region
• Create a communications hardware plan through public and
private sector equipment and funding opportunities
• Validate the need for updated communications equipment in
your proposals
Kurt Bradley, Chief Grants |
| 12:00 |
Networking
Luncheon |
| 1:30 |
LAW
ENFORCEMENT TRACK |
Review
of Actual Funded Grants
• Study successful grant applications written by experienced
grant writers and translate those tactics to your own proposals
• Improve your own grant proposals by seeing what has been
funded in the past
• Master the methodology used by those who get results
Jeff Barlow, Hawthorne Institute |
| FIRE/EMS
TRACK |
Assistance
to Fire Fighters Grants
• The United States Fire Administration awarded over 650 million
dollars during FY 2003. Learn how to access your share of funds
from USFA
• Create a plan to become one of the nearly 9000 award recipients
• See what gets funded and develop a grant proposal that works
Kurt Bradley, Chief Grants |
| 2:30 |
Break |
| 2:45 |
Wrap-up
session: Exchange of Best Practices and Lessons Learned
This wrap-up session is designed to pull together many of the topics
covered throughout the conference. It will be your opportunity to
ask unanswered questions, share insights, and to dialogue with speakers
and colleagues. This session will allow presenters to reiterate
important messages that can become an important part of your grants
strategy. |
| 3:45 |
Adjourn |
