FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2009
Media Contact: Mary Chance, Director
Department of Community Services at 410-638-3389

Organizations offer free  Reviewer’s View on Grant Proposals training series

Oct. 16, 2009 –Five community organizations are teaming up to present a six-session series on the fundamentals of grant writing. A Reviewer's View on Grant Proposals will met once a month from 11:30 a.m.-1p.m. and cover partnerships, use of data, goals and objectives, how applications are reviewed, making numbers match your story and evaluation plans. 

The training is free, reservations are required and participants are expected to bring their own lunch.

Session 1: October 23, 2009: "Using Data to Strengthen Your Grant;" Center 
for Educational Opportunity, 253 Paradise Road, Aberdeen.
Session 2: November 13, 2009: "True Partnerships - How the Reviewers Can
Tell if Your Partnerships are Real;" HEAT Center, 1201 Technology Drive,  
Aberdeen. 
Session 3: December 18, 2009: "The Dreaded Goals & Objectives;" Center 
for Educational Opportunity, 253 Paradise Road, Aberdeen.
Session 4: January 8, 2010: "Pulling Apart an Application;" HEAT Center,
1201 Technology Drive, Aberdeen.
Session 5: February 19, 2010: "Making the Numbers Match the Story;" Center
for Educational Opportunity, 253 Paradise Road, Aberdeen.
Session 6: March 19, 2010: "Getting Funded Again - The Evaluation Plan;"
Center for Educational Opportunity, 253 Paradise Road, Aberdeen.

Please RSVP to the Harford County Department of Community Services at 410-638-3389.  Also visit www.harfordcountymd.gov/services for more grant resources: the Grant Writer’s Page and the Data Page.

A Reviewer’s View on Grant Proposals is brought to you by the Harford County Department of Community Services, Harford County Public Schools, Harford County Health Department, the Harford County Sheriff's Office, and Upper Chesapeake Health.