Comments on: What to do When Research Indicates Your Approach is Unlikely to Succeed: Part I of a Case Study on the Community-Based Abstinence Education Program RFP http://blog.seliger.com/2008/10/12/what-to-do-when-research-indicates-your-approach-is-unlikely-to-succeed-part-i-of-a-case-study-on-the-community-based-abstinence-education-program-rfp/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Meaning Well is Not Enough: The Role of Research in Grant Writing and Proposals http://blog.seliger.com/2008/10/12/what-to-do-when-research-indicates-your-approach-is-unlikely-to-succeed-part-i-of-a-case-study-on-the-community-based-abstinence-education-program-rfp/comment-page-1/#comment-20554 Meaning Well is Not Enough: The Role of Research in Grant Writing and Proposals Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:17:48 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/10/12/what-to-do-when-research-indicates-your-approach-is-unlikely-to-succeed-part-i-of-a-case-study-on-the-community-based-abstinence-education-program-rfp/#comment-20554 [...] a lot of research because of their politically charged nature. They require research even when that research indicates the approach is not likely to succeed, in which case you still need to pretend like the approach will succeed and the research is [...] [...] a lot of research because of their politically charged nature. They require research even when that research indicates the approach is not likely to succeed, in which case you still need to pretend like the approach will succeed and the research is [...]

]]> By: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention and the Replication of Evidence-based Programs: the Research and Demonstration Programs and Personal Responsibility Education Program are Two RFPs that Provide a “Madeline Moment” for a Grizzled Grant Writer http://blog.seliger.com/2008/10/12/what-to-do-when-research-indicates-your-approach-is-unlikely-to-succeed-part-i-of-a-case-study-on-the-community-based-abstinence-education-program-rfp/comment-page-1/#comment-18318 Teenage Pregnancy Prevention and the Replication of Evidence-based Programs: the Research and Demonstration Programs and Personal Responsibility Education Program are Two RFPs that Provide a “Madeline Moment” for a Grizzled Grant Writer Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:29:23 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/10/12/what-to-do-when-research-indicates-your-approach-is-unlikely-to-succeed-part-i-of-a-case-study-on-the-community-based-abstinence-education-program-rfp/#comment-18318 [...] referral approach to teen pregnancy prevention project concepts. We started writing endless “abstinence” education proposals instead, in which birth control could never be mentioned and clinical referrals could never be [...] [...] referral approach to teen pregnancy prevention project concepts. We started writing endless “abstinence” education proposals instead, in which birth control could never be mentioned and clinical referrals could never be [...]

]]> By: Jay Katz http://blog.seliger.com/2008/10/12/what-to-do-when-research-indicates-your-approach-is-unlikely-to-succeed-part-i-of-a-case-study-on-the-community-based-abstinence-education-program-rfp/comment-page-1/#comment-2654 Jay Katz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:41:33 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/10/12/what-to-do-when-research-indicates-your-approach-is-unlikely-to-succeed-part-i-of-a-case-study-on-the-community-based-abstinence-education-program-rfp/#comment-2654 I was approached by a legitimate client (i.e. one that has successfully received federal funding, and was willing to pay prevailing rates for grant writing) to write an abstinence-only grant proposal to U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. I don't turn down too many federal proposal writing opportunities, but I did turn that one down. I won't in good conscience write a proposal for something that in my heart I'm clearly opposed to. I have one parallel proposal I did work on. I wrote successfully for federal Healthy Marriage Act funding. However, the client, a county government, was going to use the funds for conflict resolution classes, counseling people in real distress, etc., and not for the very narrow political agenda the grant program was funded for. So I do find some judgment calls to be made I was approached by a legitimate client (i.e. one that has successfully received federal funding, and was willing to pay prevailing rates for grant writing) to write an abstinence-only grant proposal to U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. I don’t turn down too many federal proposal writing opportunities, but I did turn that one down. I won’t in good conscience write a proposal for something that in my heart I’m clearly opposed to.

I have one parallel proposal I did work on. I wrote successfully for federal Healthy Marriage Act funding. However, the client, a county government, was going to use the funds for conflict resolution classes, counseling people in real distress, etc., and not for the very narrow political agenda the grant program was funded for. So I do find some judgment calls to be made

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