A goal is a general statement of what you hope to accomplish with your grant. In grant writing, there are 2-5 goals. Goals are broad generalizations and are abstract, not measurable. Each goal is abou

Selection of a Project and Funder

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Selection of a Project and Funder

Part 1

The grant to apply for is the Mental Health Awareness Training grants. This is a grant offered and supported by the SAMHSA - Substance abuse and mental health services administration: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-18-009. This is the grant, which help in the pursuing of mental health illness and substance abuse education and awareness.

The grant is a probable consideration for the value of meeting the value of community based approaches. The essence is also to improve, increase, and develop the awareness of substance abuse in the community and mental illness. Hence, the grant is a probable cause, which will support an education program in the community, especially supported by the institution.

Evaluation of the RFPs was through determining the core considerations and expectations of the grants. It is important also to ensure the necessary considerations, such as qualifications and successful awarding of the grants. The RFPs was also evaluated through the ability to align the program’s goals and the grant’s mission and vision.

The main search engine was the use of Google search engine and this helped to identify information and vital statistics from the grants.gov portal. The portal was an essential source of information on the successful and highly rated funders in the modern community. The process for searching was based on the best funders in partnering with the local and state governments.

Finally, the aims of SAMHSA is to create awareness on the emerging challenges of mental illness and the aim of the community to meet and thrive under creating awareness on mental illness and substance abuse. The main focus of why I choose the RFP is due to the partnering of this program with the local community through the college social responsibility to the community. This is the grant, which can help the program to focus and improve on its essential consideration on the community.

Part 2

The purpose of this program is to develop an education and awareness training program for parents and the youth in the community regarding substance abuse and mental illness in the community. The program is innovative due to the challenges facing the modern community’s parents and youth to maintain a normal relationship in the community. It is also innovative since it will integrate the college’s social responsibility to the community and partnering with the local and state governments to develop resources for educating the community. This will meet the needs of many parents in the community about the importance of educating many parents in the community and the youth about the challenging issues of substance abuse. Many children and the youth are dropping from school and joining criminal gangs due to substance abuse and lack of direction in their lives. Also, the training program, which will be offered to the community’s parents and youths will also educate about the incidence of mental illness and how to cope with the issue. It is important to use the program to influence, educate, and offer guidance to the many patents and youths of the community. There are different factors, which led to the creation of this idea to ensure parents and the youth understand the issues affecting the community. The value of the society is to increase and improve the development of the social awareness about human development in the community. Therefore, the rising cases of substance abuse in the community by the youth and children is alarming and over 75% of college students, abuse drugs. The rates are raising monthly and this is affecting the value of education and why the next generation is facing growing challenges. The purpose of the program is to align the many needs of parents in the modern community and the youth about leading normal educational lives. The rising numbers of children and students abuse drugs is affecting the essence of parenting. There is the need for an intervention to ensure the rise of the substance abuse can be curbed and this will help to educate parents and the youth on the same. There is also the challenge of mental illness in the community. Parents should be trained on the importance of identifying the cases and ways for affecting mental development. Parents should also be trained about the importance of determining the key issues affecting children, especially mental cases. Hence, these are some of the key aspects, which makes this program a necessity for parents and the youth. Currently, a lot of research is being done and many regulations and curriculum changes are being introduced to meet the growing demands of mental illness cases. But, there is a gap on the young generation and traditional parenting styles, which fails to meet the growing demands of the young generation of the modern community. Hence, it is important to use the culture systematic of training parents and teaching students about the importance of organizational performance and development in the community. This is why, there is the need for using and meeting the aim of this program to bring the awareness close to parents.