Chapter Summary Writing proposals for programs or services is an integral part of the community and justice services profession.

Strong proposals get the attention of funding bodies.

To write strong proposals, answer the five Ws and organize your information into appropriate sections.Chapter Exercises Exercise 4.1 Writing Funding Proposals Using the chapter guidelines and the sample proposal in the appendix to this chapter on page 69, write funding proposals for the following scenarios. You will have to add many details to make your proposals complete. You may write your proposals alone or in pairs. Refer to the work you did in Activity 4.1 to get you started with the summary statements.

You are a social service worker working in a family support centre in a small town. At the moment, your town's family support centre helps with housing, food and clothing donations, and emergency counselling. You would like to start a drop-in daycare to provide mothers with a few hours a week of free daycare. The idea is to give the mothers time to run errands without the stress of also attending to their young children. Write a proposal to your funding agency for support and funding to start this program.

You are an employment counsellor for adults living with developmental delays. Your job is to find employers who would be interested in hiring your clients. You have an idea for a job fair. You would like to invite 25 local employers to a job fair at which they could meet and briefly interview potential employees. You will need money for a facility rental, hospitality, advertising, and maybe some door prizes. Write a funding proposal to the local Business Owners Association asking for its endorsement and financial support.

You are a child and youth worker at an after-school community centre drop-in program in a neighbourhood with a high immigrant population. The program runs sports activities and a homework club. You know that the homework club is not successful. Few students attend and, when they do, they do not accomplish much serious work. You suspect that this is due partly to the tension between the boys and the girls and partly to the lack of tutor consistency. Currently the tutors are local seniors who volunteer when they can. You would like to improve the situation by starting two homework clubs: one for boys and one for girls. As well, you would like to get funding to hire college or university honours students to tutor the youth. Write a proposal to your funding agency to get support and funding for this idea.

You are a front-line worker in an east end shelter for women fleeing abuse. Currently, the shelter has no in-house employment counselling for the women. Residents must travel several kilometres to a downtown shelter to access job opportunities through the Internet and get help with resum writing and job applications. You would like to start a mini-employment centre for your residents. You want the centre to operate out of one of the rooms at the shelter. You would need a few computers, Internet access, office supplies, and the part-time services of an employment counsellor. Your house director supports your plan and has given you the go-ahead to write to your funding agency for support and approval. Write the proposal.

You are a social services worker who works with low-income seniors at a drop-in centre. Your job is to run the games room, keep the small library in order, and serve snacks. The seniors appreciate the program. During your time at the centre, you have gotten to know several of the seniors quite well. Many seniors have told you of their musical talents, and many have expressed their regret at not having music in their lives. You have an idea to start a music program. You would like to buy some used instruments (e.g., a piano, banjos, guitars). You would also like to start a choir, which would involve hiring a choir director and getting sheet music. There is a local radio station that runs a golden oldies show every week. Write a funding proposal to the owner of the station asking for financial support for your program.

Exercise 4.2 Designing Your Own Program or Service Think of a program or service you would like to start for the clients with whom you plan to work. Write a funding proposal. Remember to refer to the chapter guidelines and the sample proposal in the appendix to this chapter on page 69.

Exercise 4.3 Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement Circle the correct verb choice from the italicized pairs.

Everything in this category are/is suitable for your research project.

Each is/are open.

The hospital committee votes/vote tomorrow about the new mental health program.

Fifty dollars was/were all that we recovered.

Either his parole officer or his counsellors think/thinks he needs protective custody.

The 400 kilometres we drove through the winding mountain roads were/was nerve-racking.

Everyone at the party has/have agreed to dance.

Neither are/is happy about the recent cutbacks.

Neither the supervisor nor the workers know/knows the new director.

The staff are/is taking turns visiting the bake sale.Chapter Exercises Exercise 4.1 Writing Funding Proposals Using the chapter guidelines and the sample proposal in the appendix to this chapter on page 69, write funding proposals for the following scenarios. You will have to add many details to make your proposals complete. You may write your proposals alone or in pairs. Refer to the work you did in Activity 4.1 to get you started with the summary statements.

You are a social service worker working in a family support centre in a small town. At the moment, your town's family support centre helps with housing, food and clothing donations, and emergency counselling. You would like to start a drop-in daycare to provide mothers with a few hours a week of free daycare. The idea is to give the mothers time to run errands without the stress of also attending to their young children. Write a proposal to your funding agency for support and funding to start this program.

You are an employment counsellor for adults living with developmental delays. Your job is to find employers who would be interested in hiring your clients. You have an idea for a job fair. You would like to invite 25 local employers to a job fair at which they could meet and briefly interview potential employees. You will need money for a facility rental, hospitality, advertising, and maybe some door prizes. Write a funding proposal to the local Business Owners Association asking for its endorsement and financial support.

You are a child and youth worker at an after-school community centre drop-in program in a neighbourhood with a high immigrant population. The program runs sports activities and a homework club. You know that the homework club is not successful. Few students attend and, when they do, they do not accomplish much serious work. You suspect that this is due partly to the tension between the boys and the girls and partly to the lack of tutor consistency. Currently the tutors are local seniors who volunteer when they can. You would like to improve the situation by starting two homework clubs: one for boys and one for girls. As well, you would like to get funding to hire college or university honours students to tutor the youth. Write a proposal to your funding agency to get support and funding for this idea.

You are a front-line worker in an east end shelter for women fleeing abuse. Currently, the shelter has no in-house employment counselling for the women. Residents must travel several kilometres to a downtown shelter to access job opportunities through the Internet and get help with resum writing and job applications. You would like to start a mini-employment centre for your residents. You want the centre to operate out of one of the rooms at the shelter. You would need a few computers, Internet access, office supplies, and the part-time services of an employment counsellor. Your house director supports your plan and has given you the go-ahead to write to your funding agency for support and approval. Write the proposal.

You are a social services worker who works with low-income seniors at a drop-in centre. Your job is to run the games room, keep the small library in order, and serve snacks. The seniors appreciate the program. During your time at the centre, you have gotten to know several of the seniors quite well. Many seniors have told you of their musical talents, and many have expressed their regret at not having music in their lives. You have an idea to start a music program. You would like to buy some used instruments (e.g., a piano, banjos, guitars). You would also like to start a choir, which would involve hiring a choir director and getting sheet music. There is a local radio station that runs a golden oldies show every week. Write a funding proposal to the owner of the station asking for financial support for your program.

Exercise 4.2 Designing Your Own Program or Service Think of a program or service you would like to start for the clients with whom you plan to work. Write a funding proposal. Remember to refer to the chapter guidelines and the sample proposal in the appendix to this chapter on page 69.

Exercise 4.3 Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement Circle the correct verb choice from the italicized pairs.

Everything in this category are/is suitable for your research project.

Each is/are open.

The hospital committee votes/vote tomorrow about the new mental health program.

Fifty dollars was/were all that we recovered.

Either his parole officer or his counsellors think/thinks he needs protective custody.

The 400 kilometres we drove through the winding mountain roads were/was nerve-racking.

Everyone at the party has/have agreed to dance.

Neither are/is happy about the recent cutbacks.

Neither the supervisor nor the workers know/knows the new director.

The staff are/is taking turns visiting the bake sale.

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nanna Good Use Page 65-66 in McAleer. As a group, you are coming up an idea related to this field. Could be an organization idea, program idea, resource idea etc. And follow the structure for Short Proposals pretending as though you are writing to somebody that may invest in your organaiztion. Practice will include highlighting important details, being specific and writing persuasively