- Organize a coordinated approach across functions to obtain state and federal funding
- Use a staff development day for grant-writing or for training in grant-writing
- Employ a lobbyist for state or local government
- Seek state and federal funding for mandated health and safety requirements
- Pursue Title III grants from federal government if eligible
- Increase number of building projects submitted to state to receive state funding
- Strengthen process for handicapped access funding for construction from state
- Review courses to determine if some are “basic skills” which qualify for state funding
- If revenues are linked to attendance, ensure that attendance is not under-reported
- Ensure categorical funds do not overlap and increase general fund costs
- Establish Theater Arts pre-professional program to qualify for vocational funding
- Obtain more categorical funding for English-as-a-Second-Language instruction
- Reward those individuals who secure funds
“All right,” said the [Cheshire] Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
- Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Useless laws weaken necessary laws.
- Montesquieu
Institutions should strategically plan and coordinate how to maximize their access to federal, state, and local funding and grants. Simultaneously, institutions should ensure that they can comply with the funding or grant requirements cost-effectively. At times, the grant requirements result in increased costs that the benefits of the funding do not justify.
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