GWFPP: Working with Partners & Collaborators in Your Grant Processes & Managing the Grant Post-Award

CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS2- Fiscal Management  

Description: Many funders require collaborations with external organizational partners in their grants process and, therefore, this has become an increasingly essential component of writing successful grant proposals. Having these partnerships in place will strengthen your project’s approach, demonstrate to the funder their “bang for the buck,” and give you a serious competitive advantage! However, maintaining those partnerships can be hard work that must be finessed. This session will teach you how. Additionally, many people think that once they have won the grant, the hard work is over. That is FALSE! In fact, the work is just beginning. The post award phase comprises a significant amount of work over the duration of the award dates, which includes implementing the grant, reporting progress, and completing the closeout requirements. This session for intermediate prevention professionals will guide you through the partnership process and post award steps to success. Come learn about these two important aspects of being a successful grants professional!

Learning Objectives:

1. Articulate the importance of having partners and collaborators written into grant proposals.
2. Describe how to manage the partners/collaborators relationship.
3. Explain best practices for post-award grants management.

Presenter(s): Deborah Combs, MA
Deborah Combs is an experienced grant researcher and proposal writer whose work has won over $26 million in awards for nonprofit organizations in regions throughout southwest Ohio. In addition to two decades as a grant professional, she has ten years of experience as a composition instructor and English literature lecturer for Dayton-area colleges and universities, and she is also an experienced technical writer. She is a founding member and past president of the Grant Professionals Association’s Miami Valley Chapter (GPA MV) and a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) from 2009-2016. She holds a Master of Arts in English from the University of Dayton with Minors in Communication Arts and Education. She brings her broad base of experience to You Thrive Training & Consulting to produce winning proposals to private, community, and corporate foundations and county, state, and federal funding opportunities.