Past event
Preparing for Community-Based Projects
Originally published by the Eastern Region TTA Center on anaeastern.org.
Turning Community Ideas into a Community Plan
The best community solutions lie within the ideas of community members. This is why many grantors, including the Administration for Native Americans (ANA), request that proposals reflect community input, as well as community involvement in project design. However, many tribes and Native non-profits find it difficult to organize community ideas into a cohesive community plan that will then serve as the foundation of a grant proposal.
Eastern Region staff along with ANA have designed this training specifically for tribes and Native non-profits who are interested in preparing their communities for the pursuit of a grant award. Unlike our Project Planning and Development (PPD) training, which facilitates the translation of a community plan into a community project, this training provides insight into how community plans are organized in the first place.
Limited to a minimum of three (3) local tribes and/or Native non-profits, this one-day training will allow Eastern Region staff to spend one-on-one time with participants. Staff will walk attendees through key community-based planning steps including measuring organizational capacity and resource mapping. Activities and examples tailored to attendees will enable them to understand how they can utilize the features of their unique communities to develop a sound project plan.
Please note the following eligibility factors:
- For training sessions involving more than one (1) tribe and/or Native non-profit, participating groups must be within close proximity of one another. A tribe/non-profit may apply to host the training in their community or at a location central to the other organizations invited (at no cost to the host).
- To allow our trainers to work one-on-one with participants, no more than four (4) people per tribe/organization may attend.
- This training is available to federally recognized Indian tribes, as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; incorporated non-federally recognized tribes; incorporated state-recognized Indian tribes; consortia of Indian tribes; incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations; urban Indian Centers. Requests from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will not be considered.
Interested in attending? Please provide us details about your organization and/or community by completing the form below.
The former regional website had an online form here. To register, ask a question or request help now, see Request TTA.