You have decided what type of training your staff requires to meet the service need. You have looked at your budget and decided that the money is not there, but how do you get this message across to grant reviewers effectively?

The answer is to be specific! The best way to get the ERC’s attention is to be specific by providing as many details as you can about all the aspects of the training (course costs, other costs, travel costs, etc.) and the benefits of incorporating that training into your region (more providers, better quality of care, increasing knowledge, etc.). Your aim should be to offer support or evidence for everything you say. Make sure each sentence is information rich. Inevitably, this means it will be very dense reading, but that’s the nature of the genre.

One good way to save space, while maintaining the focus on your course request meeting the service needs of your area, try including community and service request statistical information. Examples included numbers of providers vs. number of type of service requests. Strings of multiple statistics help show the depth of your familiarity with your service area need and how the training you are seeking would help meet that need successfully.

For more ideas of how to be concise while including all the important information, within your CREATE application contact Lakesha Jones, Grants Manager at lj@coruralhealth.org or by phone at 720.248.2742.

REMEMBER our December CREATE application deadline is quickly approaching. Please submit your request for funding by December 9th in order to receive a review this month.