Acción Mutua

 

 ACCIÓN MUTUA / SHARED ACTION
           Working together to Expand Prevention Capacity

 
 

PROPOSAL WRITING RESOURCES

Proposal Writing Preparedness Institute

The goal of the Institute was to strengthen agencies' capacity to write a grant proposal as well as provide framework for agencies to make better decisions about what interventions to implement and assess their capacity to effectively carry out the interventions they propose to implement in their grant proposals.

Web Seminars

  • Review of Behavioral and Homegrown Interventions – PDF
    Reviews CDC and other government-sanctioned interventions as well as local homegrown interventions. Also reviews how to collect evidence while running an intervention.

  • Bridging Theory and Practice – PDF
    Reviews the role of theory in health promotion, gives overview of the theories and applications and reviews how to bridge theory and practice.

  • How to Choose the Right EBI – PDF
    Defines Behavioral Interventions, gives overview of CDC/NNPTC “Selecting Effective Behavioral Interventions” Framework and reviews how to Assess Locally Developed/ “Home-Grown” Interventions.

  • Overview of Formative Research Methodologies – PDF
    Defines community assessment, explores how community assessment can help agencies select and secure funding for HIV prevention interventions, helps begin process of setting objectives and selecting appropriate methods, and provides a community assessment toolbox including things to consider.

  • Focus Groups – PDF
    Reviews the definition of focus groups and reviews how to develop focus group questions, how to recruit for and how to take notes during focus groups.

  • Survey Development/Key Informant Interviews – PDF
    Defines survey objectives, reviews how to construct survey questions and response scales that are precise and appropriate for evaluation purposes, and reviews how to develop protocols for pilot-testing and implementing surveys.

  • Community Mapping – PDF
    Describes the purpose and issues of Community Mapping, describes Community Mapping process and explains how to collect information for Community Mapping.

  • Organizational Assessment – PDF
    Defines Organizational Needs Assessment, reviews techniques for conducting Organizational Needs Assessment, and reviews how to identify problems, opportunities, and priorities in your organization.

  • Budgeting Basics for Non-financial Executives – PDF
    Presents the fundamentals and practical aspects of fiscal management for non-financial managers and provides basic budgeting information and terminology as tools for further exploration.

  • How to Submit a Successful Grant Proposal – PDF
    Reviews basic grant components and processes, how to plan and prepare for proposals, how to tell a good story, and what to do pre-review and post-review. (HIV grant writing)




 

 


Acción Mutua is a program of AIDS Project Los Angeles in collaboration with the César E. Chávez Institute,
and is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.