ADAMH E-Newsletter | January 2006, Issue 14

This quarterly newsletter is intended to keep you current on the grant seeking activities at the ADAMH Board, share future opportunities for partnering, and help you in your own efforts to seek grant funding for your organizations. The newsletter is sent to all provider Executive Directors and grants managers. Please contact Elaine Newman at enewman@adamh.co.franklin.oh.us or 222-3726 to make additions to the distribution list.

Good News!
ADAMH Board of Franklin County was awarded the following grants during the past quarter:

ODMH awarded $216,000 for the ACT for Unsupervised Offenders program
ODMH/ODADAS/ODYS awarded $345,000 for the Behavioral Health/Juvenile Justice program

ODMH and ODADAS received an award of $500,000 from the Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation to reduce smoking rates among mentally ill and chemically dependent persons. Amethyst was selected as a pilot site and received $39,700.

Please share your good news with us! Let Elaine know the results of your grant proposal submissions.

Grant Possibilities for Providers
Some Important Local Dates

Columbus Medical Association Foundation
Summer Open Grant Cycle
Guide to Grants Workshop March 7, 2006
See: http://www.cmaf-ohio.org/cmaf/
The Columbus Foundation

Letter of Intent Information Sessions 2/15, 3/15, 4/12, 5/17

Columbus Foundation Health Docket 4/7/06

Siemer Family Foundation 6/5/06

Columbus Foundation Social Services Docket 6/7/06

See: http://www.columbusfoundation.org/
Nationwide Foundation
Deadline 9/1/06
See: http://www.nationwide.com/
Harry C. Moores Foundation
Deadline 6/1/06
Contact: Mary B. Cummins 614-227-2390

Grantseeking Info
The Grant Institute's Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop will be held at the Marriott Kingsgate Conference Center at the University of Cincinnati, February 27 - March 1, 2006. Registration $597. For info call (888) 824-4424 or see: http://www.thegrantinstitute.com/.
* I have no personal experience with this organization from which to recommend it.

Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services is hosting four free Grant Writing Seminars in 2006. 3/13, 6/12, 8/28, and 12/11.
See: http://www.ocjs.ohio.gov/GrantsTrainings.htm

JUST GRANTS! Ohio is a free resource website that will serve as a source for news, tools and resources for and about Ohio's grants community. JUST GRANTS! Ohio was created out of a desire to serve nonprofit organizations by providing timely, quality and relevant information to grantseekers throughout the state. Check it out: http://www.grantsoh.com/.

You may have seen this around before, but it’s a good reminder of the need to put a "spark" in your proposal.
The 12-12-12 Rule: Imagine that a reviewer is about to sit down to work on reading proposals. She's already put in a 12-hour workday. It's now 12 midnight. Your proposal is the 12th one in the stack sitting before her. Ask yourself this question, "What does your proposal need to have, do, say and look like in order not only to keep this reader awake, but to engage her interest, enthusiasm and excitement — to make it stand out from the rest?"

American Association of Grant Professionals
A group of grant professionals in the Columbus area have organized and chartered a local chapter of the AAGP. This is not an ADAMH system effort, but includes some individuals who work in our system. If you are interested in being part of this group, contact Mary Heise, Vice President/Membership at mheise@bbbscentralohio.org and she will include you on the mailing list. Check out AAGP at http://www.grantprofessionals.org/.