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CAPABILITIES FOR OUR CLIENTS
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Development and Fund Raising Outsourcing Services and Capabilities Proposal Development and Grant Writing On-campus Consulting and Workshops |
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND FUND-RAISING
Resource development and fund raising are essential to the success of any organization. JCCI Resource Development Services can help you get results in these important areas.
JCCI Resource Development Services offers:
- outsourcing services
- proposal development and grant writing
- on-campus consulting and workshops
evaluation - publications and funded proposals
JCCI Resource Development Services can help with:
- Public and private sector proposal preparation, including project design, proposal writing, and editing, as well as proposal critique, including recommendations for improvement.
- Researching prospective funders, including government, corporations, and foundations.
- Planning, initiating, and upgrading public- and private-sector fund-raising programs.
- Educating governing, foundation, and alumni boards about fund raising.
- Alumni programs.
OUTSOURCING SERVICES-PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT AND GRANT WRITING SERVICES
Increasing numbers of colleges, education institutions, and other non-profit groups are looking outside their organizations for ways to enhance their productivity and growth. Many seek experienced consultants and businesses and hire capable and reliable support on an as-needed, temporary, or even long-term basis. Several clients have called upon JCCI Resource Development Services for this type of service.
JCCI Resource Development Services contracts with clients to identify funding sources suitable to their institution and helps them plan their fund-raising strategy. Firm personnel support them by participating in designing, writing, editing, and critiquing grant proposals. JCCI Resource Development Services personnel have a proven track record with many funding sources and many types of projects. We can help you develop high-quality proposals and fundable applications. We can serve as an extension of the college's development office and work with in-house personnel to maximize your institution’s potential for success.
PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT AND GRANT WRITING
JCCI Resource Development Services helps client institutions with:
- Researching prospective funders, including government, corporations, and foundations.
- Preparing public and private sector proposals, including project design, proposal writing, and editing, as well as critiquing proposals and offering recommendations for improvement.
JCCI Resource Development Services tailors its services to meet individual clients’ needs. Types of assistance include:
- Interviews to determine priorities and needs. The firm provides information about proposal submission deadlines, copies of funded proposals, updates on program changes, and long-term advising.
- Identification of suitable funding sources (federal, state, and local government; corporations; foundations).
- Review and interpretation of program regulations and guidelines.
- Development of a customized grant development plan.
- Assistance with program design.
- Grant writing.
- Editing.
- Review and critique of proposals, including recommendations for improvement.
"Without JCCI there is no way that we would have been able to get a proposal organized and in on time. Their skilled personnel know colleges and issues in higher education. They "cut to the chase" and asked the right questions to get the answers they and we needed in order to put pen to paper. They know how to respond to request for proposals, how to organize material for grants, and how to write clearly. I would highly recommend JCCI." Sister Mary Lea Schneider |
Types of Projects Funded
JCCI Resource Development Services personnel bring to the firm a broad range of skills and have knowledge and experience in a variety of areas. We have helped clients secure funds in support of numerous subjects including:
- Academic advising and success centers
- Allied health programs
- College teaching and learning centers
- Computer network upgrade and expansion
- Economic development
- Emerging careers (identification and development of new academic programs)
- Integrating technology into the classroom
- International education
- Programs for under-prepared students
- Programs in support of housing and urban development
- Retention and enrollment management
- Science education
ON-CAMPUS CONSULTING AND WORKSHOPS
JCCI Resource Development Services provides consulting services and conducts workshops on-campus for clients nationwide. The firm helps faculty, administrators, and staff learn about subjects ranging from planning, initiating, and upgrading public- and private-sector fund-raising programs to how to set up an alumni program. Firm associates work with individuals and groups to develop and write successful grant applications. We offer fund-raising education to governing, foundation, and alumni boards, and advise clients about strategic planning and planning for capital campaigns.
| "I have worked with Jennifer Kerns and JCCI Resource Development Services for several years, as president of two different institutions, Coffeyville Community College in Kansas and Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs. Jennifer always helped faculty and staff to clarify what they wanted to accomplish and to plan how they would get there. Her clear thinking and good writing and editing skills contributed greatly to the grant and fund-raising successes at each institution." Dan Kinney |
Let JCCI Resource Development Services help you on your campus! It would be our pleasure to visit and work with you.
Illustrations of JCCI Resource Development Services workshops and consulting projects:
- Title III and Title V Proposal Development Specialists
- Proposal Development for Federal grants
- Audit of Fund-raising Programs and Plans
- Strategic Institutional Planning
- Project Design
- Planning a Capital Campaign
- Developing Alumni Programs at Two-year Colleges
- Planned Giving
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"Your associate, Dick Witter, was a grand match with our college. He expertly provided the planning assistance we badly needed. As well, he readily shared his years of experience and hard-earned knowledge as he guided us in developing our plans. We feel it is the best plan for a Title III Institutional Aid Program grant we have developed yet." Anne R. Williams |
When providing consulting assistance, JCCI personnel:
- Prepare with the client the scope, goals and anticipated outcomes of consulting
- Review relevant college materials
- Develop an agenda for a site visit
- Develop needed materials
- Facilitate on-campus meetings
- Prepare reports with recommendations
- Provide follow-up counsel and assistance
When facilitating workshops, JCCI Resource Development Services personnel:
- Review relevant college materials
- Develop workshop goals and outcomes
- Prepare a workshop agenda
- Develop workshop materials
- Facilitate the on-campus workshop
Program Evaluation
Evaluation! That’s center stage today.
As members of the American Evaluation Association (AEA), JCCI Resource Development Services personnel are prepared to conduct comprehensive and reliable evaluations of your organization’s programs and services. We ascribe to the professional educational program evaluation standards of the AEA. These include standards of -
- utility - to ensure that an evaluation will serve the information needs of intended users. Evaluation reports should clearly describe the program being evaluated, including its context, and the purposes, procedures, and findings of the evaluation, so that essential information is provided and easily understood.
- feasibility - to ensure that an evaluation will be realistic, prudent, diplomatic, and cost-effective. Evaluation procedures should be practical, to keep disruption to a minimum while needed information is obtained.
- propriety - to ensure that an evaluation will be conducted legally, ethically, and with due regard for the welfare of those involved in the evaluation, as well as those affected by its results. An evaluation should be complete and fair in its examination and recording of strengths and weaknesses of the program, so that strengths can be built upon and problem areas addressed.
- accuracy - to ensure that an evaluation will reveal and convey technically adequate information about the features that determine worth or merit of the program being evaluated. Qualitative and quantitative information should be appropriately and systematically analyzed so that evaluation questions are effectively answered.
JCCI also adheres to the following principles of evaluation-
- Evaluators conduct systematic, data-based inquiries.
- Evaluators provide competent performance to stakeholders.
- Evaluators display honesty and integrity in their own behavior, and attempt to ensure the honesty and integrity of the entire evaluation process.
- Evaluators respect the security, dignity and self-worth of respondents, program participants, clients, and other evaluation stakeholders.
- Evaluators articulate and take into account the diversity of general and public interests and values that may be related to the evaluation.
With these standards and principles in mind, JCCI Resource Development Services can assist you in designing the best formative and summative evaluations for your institution’s programs and services. We can help you answer such questions as……Have you provided for both formative and summative evaluations? Were your measurable objectives achieved? If not, why not? What impact and results did you really achieve? Were your implementation strategies accomplished according to plan? If not, why not? What, beyond the measurable objectives, did the project achieve? What impacts and outcomes were there? How did the institution change?