Agenda - 06-02-2016 - Abstract for Joint Meeting Discussion Items

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FY17 Orange Funding Application Feedback(Third Sector Alliance Survey) 46 C)12 Please provide any suggestions you have for improving the application materials or process. swa,aa: m Skip 141, � Responses Date 1 It wo ld be very helpful to offe workshops more than once prior to the grant application cycle,and perhaps once 2/26/2016 4:43 PM during the cycle. 2 Is it possible to have one method of submitting the application to all government entities?Such as,send an email with 2/26/2016 3:56 PM the application as a word doc,as separate excel nwn,with the signed application as a PoF,plus digital copies of all attachements. 3 Maybe at the orientation they can use a grant that was well written/documented to show us an example of what the 2/25/2016 3:55 PM towns are looking for. 4 Wish I could present to Orange in person 2/25/2016 2:53 PM 5 nu 2/25/2016 2:25 PM 6 None 2/25/2016 12:53 PM 7 NA 2/25/2016 12:39 PM 8 If there are to be changes,have the orientation address the changes.Past orientations may have been a little bit too 2/25/2016 12:26 PM detailed,but anything new had always been clearly explained.There was nothing in the orientation regarding the changes,especially the authorization attachments.There were opportunities to look at the few applications available during the orientation,but that was not sufficient. 9 A 2 to 3 year funding cycle with annual budgeting should be considered.The full application process then woudl only 2o5/2016 11:29 AM have to be done every 2-3 years. 10 It would be great if everything for all applications could be submitted electronically,if not by email(where sometimes 2/22/2016 12:50 PM large file sizes pose a problem)then by a file upload service such as dropbox. 11 Separate human services from other funding. Re-arrange components in a wa that makes it easier to complete the 2/21/2016 3:34 PM application for multiple programs. Simplify the budget.The program budget detail,cost elements,and cost per unit don't make a lot of sense.We already have comprehensive budgets prepared that are more than adequate for all of our federal and state grants,and then we have to completely re-work the budget for this application,which takes a great deal of staff time. Allow the budget to be included as an attachment rather than embedded,which never seems to work properly. Allow the application to be submitted electronically so we don't have to deliver apps in person or organize a thousand paper copies. 12 Greater clarity.Application available much earlier.More explanations at the orientation.Opportunity to ask questions 2/20/2016 10:04 PM perhaps a session after the orientation. 13 Simplify;remove the section about program budget detail since already have the overall program budget spreadsheet; 2/17/2016 6:37 PM remove the section about unit cost as I do not believe it achieves what you are going for. 14 By including the Schedule of Positions in the body of the application,it limits who can work on the application and 2/17/2016 1:23 PM organize the finished product,since salary data is included.It would be nice if this was a separate worksheet(like the budget)that would allow someone to put together the entire application and then someone else could just add the confidential salary information at the end.It also would be good if we could have an online application and be able to upload documents instead of making multiple copies and using jump drives. 15 We operate on a calendar year I find it onerous to try to repackage our budget and statistics into the July 1 fiscal year 2/16/2016 9:22 PM but I don't see any solution to it 16 For those of us who apply every year,some fields could be prepopulated. 2/16/2016 4:06 PM 17 Enhance logic model section,eliminate'cost per unit' section,make submission guidelines consistent across 2/16/2016 2:33 PM Towns/County 22 / 24