by Sharon M. Ballard, associate professor of Child Development & Family Relations, and Bryce Jorgensen, assistant professor of Child Development & Family Relations, East Carolina University
Many FCS graduates work in non-profit child and family agencies where fund-raising has become increasingly important in these challenging economic times. This article describes how fund-raising is incorporated into the FCS curriculum and the method we use to teach the grant-writing process.
The grant application review process relies on qualified, non-Federal reviewers who can critically evaluate applications for Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services has recently published a discretionary research funding announcement titled "Early Head Start University Partnership Grants: Buffering Children from Toxic Stress."
