The Federal Funding Formula:
How to Identify and Obtain Funding for Your Small Business
Almost 2,000 women-owned businesses are opening every day, and the number of minority and women-owned businesses have skyrocketed. This is the good news. The bad news is that one-third of all these businesses will shut down within 2 years, and almost 50% of businesses will close within 5-years. The primary reason that businesses fail is lack of funding.
Many small and new business assume that they don't quality for grants and contracts. This is NOT true. I successfully applied for and received $349,000 in grants my first year of business and this helped me to leave corporate America and work in my business full time. By my second year in business, I developed successful applications which resulted in two 5-year grants and contracts totalling $1.3 million dollars.
Over the past 12 years in business I have received over $6 million dollars in federal, state and local grants and contracts, which has been key in remaining a financially viable business.
In this 3-hour course, you will learn the steps involved in finding funding opportunities, and getting prepared to develop a successful proposal. I will teach you the lessons I have learned which has kept me full-time in my business since 2010.
Businesses don't necessarily get funding because they have the most experience - they get funded because they have the formula. In this course you will learn the Federal Grants Formula for Success including strategies to identify which opportunities to apply for, and the steps to take to increase your likelihood of receiving funding.
*** PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A SELF-PACED COURSE WHICH WAS RECORDED FROM A LIVE WEBINAR. THE LINK TO THE RECORDED COURSE WILL BE DELIVERED IMMEDIATELY AFTER REGISTRATION- ***
ALL SALES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
Here's What You'll Learn...
Overview of Federal Grants
Organizational Eligibility and Registering to Apply
Identifying Federal Funding Opportunities
Organizational Capacity and Application Readiness
Understanding Federal Grant Application Packages
Utilizing the RFP for the Proposal Outline
FUNDAMENTALS OF A FEDERAL GRANT PROPOSAL
Overview of Fundamentals
Need Statement and Data Gathering – Activity
Goals and Objectives
Action Plan (Timeline, Activities and Persons Responsible)
Management Plan/ Staffing Structure
Charts: Organizational Charts and Logic Models
Program Evaluation
Budget
Appendices: MOUs, Required documentation, etc.
SUMBITTING A WINNING PACKAGE
*** PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A SELF-PACED COURSE WHICH WAS RECORDED FROM A LIVE WEBINAR. THE LINK TO THE RECORDED COURSE WILL BE DELIVERED IMMEDIATELY AFTER REGISTRATION ***
ALL SALES ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE
ABOUT THE TRAINER
Dr. Lauren Josephs
Dr. Lauren Josephs is a Researcher and Behavioral Scientist who is currently the Vice-President of Visionary Vanguard Group, Inc.– a consulting firm that addresses physical and behavioral health disparities through research, evaluation, and training. Previously, she was Health Disparities Researcher at the Center for Health Futures at Hospital (now AdventHealth) where she was responsible for research, and evaluation of culturally appropriate community initiatives designed to improve the health of underserved, underinsured and minority populations. Dr. Josephs started her career as a Mental Health Counselor working with juvenile-justice-involved youth, who had mental health concerns, and has been a licensed psychotherapist since 2000. She is also a certified trainer, and trainer-of-trainers of Cultural & Linguistic Competence.
Dr Josephs has worked collaboratively to address health and healthcare disparities, gender inequities, childhood trauma, as well as other issues impacting minority and under-resourced communities. Her work has been presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, the Florida Health Disparities Conference, the National Youth at Risk Conference, Georgetown Institutes, Baylor University and numerous others.
Dr. Josephs is currently a member of the Collaborative Community Council, a subcommittee of the AdventHealth Orlando Board of Trustees. She is the immediate past Board Chair of Healthy Start of Orange County, and recently ended at 10-year term on the board of Community Health Centers, where she had multiple roles on the Executive committee.
Dr. Josephs obtained a Bachelor’s degree in English, as well as Masters and Specialist Degrees in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida (UF). She earned a PhD in Public Affairs, an interdisciplinary program drawing from the fields of public administration, social work, health management & research, criminal justice, governance and public policy, from the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Dr. Josephs has received several awards for her work including the Orange County Public Health Heroes Award from the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, in 2016 and the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Doctoral Program in Public Affairs at UCF, in 2017. She is orginally from Jamaica, and currently resides in Orlando, Florida.