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e-Grants and your 2013-14 AmeriCorps School Turnaround application. Office on Volunteerism and Community Service March 22, 2013. Prior to Creating an Application Create an e-Grants Account. Info that you will need shows on the left. Get a DUNS Number, Register for SAM. Apply for DUNS number
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e-Grants and your 2013-14 AmeriCorps School Turnaround application Office on Volunteerism and Community Service March 22, 2013
Get a DUNS Number, Register for SAM • Apply for DUNS number • Register for SAM
Creating an Application in e-Grants • After you have created account and logged in….
Select School Turnaround AmeriCorps Commission State Competitive FY 2013
Choose a State: Virginia Select Prime Application ID 13AC148911 Next
Provide all required Applicant Information (indicated by *)…first, select new
Application Info: Areas affected by program • Start date of either August 15 or Sept. 1 2013 • End date is at 3 year period exactly Other, remain checked as no (N/A)
Narratives: Enter text in appropriate fields Top 4 completed by all applicants (Exec. Summary, Rationale and Approach, Organizational Capability, Cost Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy Suggestion: Develop narrative in a Word document and paste into relevant sections Evaluation Summary- re-competes complete, (see page 12 of instructions) ; new enter N/A Amendment Justification, Clarification Summary, Continuation Changes—enter N/A
Continue in narratives for Rationale/Approach, Org. Capability, Cost Effectiveness/Budget Adequacy, Evaluation Summary (if applicable)
Rationale and Approach Broadly • Crucial application element (50% of review criteria for this section) • Read Page 9, Section III. • Refer to CNCS NOFO for details of each element • Discuss Virginia priorities first in narratives, CNCS priorities second
Performance Measure in Narrative • Identify your chosen School Turnaround Priority Measure or Measures at the beginning of the Narrative Section! • See Page 28 of the NOFO for a list of National Performance Measures • AmeriCorps member activities must clearly align with identified measures
Rationale and Approach Cont. • Key thoughts to consider: • Why AmeriCorps? • Is it clear that AmeriCorps members are the best way to meet the identified need? • Be Specific! • Are member activities specific, clear, impactful, with documentable outcomes? • Back your Claims! • Is your intervention evidence-based? Will you be able to demonstrate/measure impact? Is the theory of change based on research? • Explain How… • you will effectively recruit a diverse Corps. Not just that you will, but how! • you will train for service and professional development, making a member’s service impactful and meaningful • members will be supervised, and supervisors will learn how to supervise
Organizational Capability • What is proposed can be accomplished with the staff, resources, experience, ideas, and money identified • Relevant experience of staff • Ability to provide training and evaluation is clear. • Management of organization wants the program and will support it. • Understanding of path to sustainability • Roles/expectations/requirements of everyone that will be involved (staff, other sites, management) are established
Cost Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy • The total amount requested from CNCS cannot exceed # of MSY X $13,300 (ex., requesting 10 MSY X $13,300= maximum request of $133,000). • Diverse resources proven available. • Cost/benefit of your model as opposed to others. • How is budget shown to be adequate for meeting program outcomes (all costs included, clear that costs are appropriate, etc.)
Evaluation Summary/Plan • Re-competes only must include Evaluation Summary in narrative section • New programs should be planning collection and evaluation however, for their potential re-compete in the 3 years!
Finish Narratives Sections Sections needing content are all entered and show green checks Enter N/A for final 3 items and save