Successful Federal Grant Writing Strategies Join us for our “Successful Federal Grant Writing Strategies” webinar focused on the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Ready4Life* youth grant. In this 60-minute session, Aaron Larson, Director of Programs for Dibble and former federal grant reviewer, will share tips and strategies to consider while preparing for this grant. Aaron’s experience includes writing the original healthy marriage grants for the Office of Family Assistance and currently serves as Dibble’s key grant applicant contact. We have compiled many resources and tools that we will share during this webinar in anticipation of the official grant release. Objectives: Participants will be able to: Identify three practical strategies to support partner recruitment and retention. Identify and integrate three practical strategies to support youth recruitment and retention. Understand the importance of utilizing incentives and fair compensation for partners and youth to drive successful recruitment/retention. Presenters: Aaron Larson—Director of Programs, The…
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What happens when you organize college undergraduates to provide healthy marriage and relationship education (HMRE) to their peers in a structured service-learning class? This presentation will describe a community engagement strategy and pedagogical approach to prepare emerging professionals and strengthen romantic relationships by utilizing undergraduate peer educators to facilitate HMRE to other undergraduate students in their campus community. Join Drs. McElwain and Finnegan as they discuss the process of training, planning, and implementing content from the evidence-based Love Notes curriculum that helped college peers see human development and family relations concepts “come to life,” open a “whole new world” of career opportunities, and develop key professional skills. Objectives: Participants will be able to: Understand the benefits of a peer education model for delivering HMRE through structured university service-learning courses. Identify peer impact and practical gains of facilitating relationship education through a service-learning experience Learn from peer educators’ reflections on their…
This is an interactive webinar describing the roles of responsible fatherhood (RF) programming in state and non-profit fatherhood organizations. The State of Ohio RF programming is supported through state TANF and was supported by the 2015 Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood (HM/RF) grant. Kimberly Dent addresses useful information for future HMI/RF grantees in addition to how a father’s past trauma influences his future success and challenges. Pathway, Inc., an RF community organization, is financially supported through the 2015-2020 HMI/RF grant and community partnerships. Avis Files shares the Community-Based lower case, RF organization’s approach, including its greatest program challenges and, based on experience, what does and does not work in resolving program issues. Objectives: Understanding the roles of state and community-based programming. Useful information for future grantees of RF or for those who work in an RF organization. Working solutions to fatherhood program challenges. The necessity of addressing trauma in program planning. Presenters:…