GWFPP: Writing Needs Statements That Clearly Demonstrates Why Your Community Needs Your Prevention Services!

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

Description: Before giving you funding for a grant proposal, a grantor has to be convinced that your project fulfills a pressing societal need. They need to be assured of its importance both practically and passionately. This is all done by writing a compelling needs statement into your grant proposals. This session will guide you through the important parts of writing a needs statement, the most effective use of data that paints a visual picture of the need in your reviewers’ minds, as well as provide you with pro-tips to make writing this section of the grant proposal easier.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define the purpose of the needs statements in grant applications.
2. Describe a minimum of 2 tips for writing effective needs statements.
3. Explain the most effective ways to use data when writing needs statements in your grant proposals.

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.