Comments on: Where Have All the RFPs Gone? http://blog.seliger.com/2010/02/28/where-have-all-the-rfps-gone/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:24:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: May 2010 Links: The Promise Neighborhoods Program, Federal Budgets, Upward Bound, Centers for Independent Living (CLI), the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Restricting Fun Too Expensive, and more http://blog.seliger.com/2010/02/28/where-have-all-the-rfps-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-18886 May 2010 Links: The Promise Neighborhoods Program, Federal Budgets, Upward Bound, Centers for Independent Living (CLI), the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), Restricting Fun Too Expensive, and more Wed, 19 May 2010 19:39:01 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=563#comment-18886 [...] to college, is being delayed until fiscal year 2012. This indicates that, as Isaac wrote in “Where Have All the RFPs Gone?,” the feds have gotten so backed up that they can’t spend all their money. To quote [...] [...] to college, is being delayed until fiscal year 2012. This indicates that, as Isaac wrote in “Where Have All the RFPs Gone?,” the feds have gotten so backed up that they can’t spend all their money. To quote [...]

]]> By: Jake Seliger http://blog.seliger.com/2010/02/28/where-have-all-the-rfps-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-17010 Jake Seliger Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:21:26 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=563#comment-17010 Maybe: OAPP's predecessor, the Community-Based Abstinence Education Program (CBAE), also <a href="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/" rel="nofollow">had or claimed to have a tough evaluation section</a>. But we wrote them, using some of the principles described in <a href="http://blog.seliger.com/2008/04/24/studying-programs-is-hard-to-do-why-its-hard-to-write-a-compelling-evaluation/" rel="nofollow">Why It’s Difficult to Write a Compelling Evaluation</a>. If you're writing an evaluation for a proposal, remember that you're in <a href="http://blog.seliger.com/2009/07/19/bratwurst-and-grant/" rel="nofollow">the proposal world, not the real world</a>. Maybe: OAPP’s predecessor, the Community-Based Abstinence Education Program (CBAE), also had or claimed to have a tough evaluation section. But we wrote them, using some of the principles described in Why It’s Difficult to Write a Compelling Evaluation.

If you’re writing an evaluation for a proposal, remember that you’re in the proposal world, not the real world.

]]> By: A WSJ Article Illustrates the Program Officer Problem http://blog.seliger.com/2010/02/28/where-have-all-the-rfps-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-17008 A WSJ Article Illustrates the Program Officer Problem Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:47:15 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=563#comment-17008 [...]   ← Where Have All the RFPs Gone? [...] [...]   ← Where Have All the RFPs Gone? [...]

]]> By: Intelife http://blog.seliger.com/2010/02/28/where-have-all-the-rfps-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-17002 Intelife Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:58:39 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=563#comment-17002 Just finished up as grantwriter and program eevaluator of a five year OAPP project. To any agency out there who is thinking about an OAPP RFP be forewarned...The evaluation requirements are among the most stringent of any federal social services program. Just finished up as grantwriter and program eevaluator of a five year OAPP project. To any agency out there who is thinking about an OAPP RFP be forewarned…The evaluation requirements are among the most stringent of any federal social services program.

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