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IMH recognizes that
organizations must be strong to be effective. Technical assistance
grants are intended to strengthen the management capabilities of
organizations so that they can better address mental health needs
and improve mental health services. |
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Priorities
Technical assistance grants must be used to build individual and/or organizational capacity. Proposals may cover a wide range of activities, including but not limited to: |
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leadership development:
specifically in areas of organizational strategic importance |
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strategic and resource
planning: organizational assessments, strategic and/or sustainability
plans for the continuation of effective mental health services |
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community assessment
and education: community awareness and other techniques that
support quality mental health services |
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partnership
development and collaboration: capacity building to help organizations
work together to improve mental health services |
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staff
development and training: attendance of mental health or education
personnel at conferences to increase their skills in working with
children and to infuse their programs or the community with new ideas
and information |
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program
planning and design: including assistance to grantees to meet
the challenges of implementing IMH grants |
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evaluation:
promotion of effective and appropriate evaluation of mental health
services |
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Applying
for a Grant
Grant Guidelines and the application form are available
to download in Adobe Acrobat's PDF format. You will need Acrobat
Reader that can be downloaded for free here.
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download the Large Technical Assistance guidelines |
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Proposal Instructions are not currently available online. Please phone or email IMH for a copy of the current format. |
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download the Proposal Cover Sheet |
