The Project Description. The project at hand is to install an information system at Charlotte Bridge home (CBH, 2017). The main aim is to automate the communication and record keeping process in the organization. This is meant to improve the efficiency and accuracy of data and information management in the organization in the long run. What will need to happen? The first step, in this case, is to know the needs regarding the information, both of the external and internal parties in the organization. Secondly, explain the objective of the new systems to the stakeholders, especially the employees. The third step is to determine the sources of information. For example, commercial and government publications, files, statistical papers, and accounts. The fourth step is to set the method of collection and classification of information, followed by determining the method of giving information. The final step is initiation and evaluation of the installed information system in the organization. Who will do it? Information technology experts will be availed to carry out the installation, testing, and evaluation of the system. This is to achieve a high level of accuracy and professionalism within the budget. Will things need to be purchased? Cables need to be purchased, and servers installed, reliable antivirus for protection, firewall, technologically advanced computers and laptops to be used. How will you identify the seller? The seller will be identified based on the products which are needed. For example, considering that this process is information technology related, the seller must be dealing in commodities on the same line. Quality should also be considered while purchasing (CBH, 2017). Reference Charlotte Bridge Home. (2017). Making Veterans and Communities Stronger. Together.    Retrieved from:https://www.charlottebridgehome.org/ Running head: ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN 1 ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN 4 Annual Financial Plan Pauline Gordon Bellevue University ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN Line item budget For this request Direct costs Direct labor 3,000 Supplies 7,000 Fringe (20%) 600 Travel 2,000 Contractual 400 Materials 4,000 Indirect costs Accounting 2,000 Human resource 4,000 Professional Remuneration 2,200 Administrative costs (10% of total) 2,800 Total 28,000 Budget Justification 1. Direct labor. Direct labor, will take up to $3000 for project completion to be realized. This is part of the total budget allocated for the Charlotte bridge home project (CBH, 2017). 2. Supplies. Supplies involve availing all required materials for the project to commence, and the installation of each material to realize project completion, which will take $7000. 3. Fringe (20%). Includes all benefits employees are entitled to and has been allocated $600, which is 20% of the labor costs paid to workers. 4. Travel. Travel costs are bound to be present during the project, whic ...

1. The Project Description.
The project at hand is to install an information system at
Charlotte Bridge home (CBH, 2017). The main aim is to
automate the communication and record keeping process in the
organization. This is meant to improve the efficiency and
accuracy of data and information management in the
organization in the long run.
What will need to happen?
The first step, in this case, is to know the needs regarding the
information, both of the external and internal parties in the
organization. Secondly, explain the objective of the new
systems to the stakeholders, especially the employees. The third
step is to determine the sources of information. For example,
commercial and government publications, files, statistical
papers, and accounts. The fourth step is to set the method of
collection and classification of information, followed by
determining the method of giving information. The final step is
initiation and evaluation of the installed information system in
the organization.
Who will do it?
Information technology experts will be availed to carry out the
installation, testing, and evaluation of the system. This is to
achieve a high level of accuracy and professionalism within the
budget.
Will things need to be purchased?
Cables need to be purchased, and servers installed, reliable
antivirus for protection, firewall, technologically advanced
computers and laptops to be used.
How will you identify the seller?
The seller will be identified based on the products which are
needed. For example, considering that this process is

2. information technology related, the seller must be dealing in
commodities on the same line. Quality should also be
considered while purchasing (CBH, 2017).
Reference
Charlotte Bridge Home. (2017). Making Veterans and
Communities Stronger. Together. Retrieved
from:https://www.charlottebridgehome.org/
Running head: ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN
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Annual Financial Plan
Pauline Gordon
Bellevue University
ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN
Line item budget
For this request
Direct costs
Direct labor
3,000
Supplies
7,000
Fringe
(20%)
600
Travel
2,000

3. Contractual
400
Materials
4,000
Indirect costs
Accounting
2,000
Human resource
4,000
Professional Remuneration
2,200
Administrative costs (10% of total)
2,800
Total
28,000
Budget Justification
1. Direct labor. Direct labor, will take up to $3000 for project
completion to be realized. This is part of the total budget
allocated for the Charlotte bridge home project (CBH, 2017).
2. Supplies. Supplies involve availing all required materials for
the project to commence, and the installation of each material to
realize project completion, which will take $7000.
3. Fringe
(20%). Includes all benefits employees are entitled to and has
been allocated $600, which is 20% of the labor costs paid to
workers.
4. Travel. Travel costs are bound to be present during the
project, which involves transportation costs for both employees,
trainers, and workers. These amount to $2000.
5. Contractual. Contractual costs include all legal processes
which will be associated with legalizing the startup and
completion of the project. These will amount to $400, paid to
authorities.

4. 6. Materials. Materials necessary for the reject at Charlotte
Bridge home have been estimated to cost $4000.
7. Accounting. Accounting procedures cannot be ignored mainly
for documenting all information and expenses undertaken. This
takes up to $2000.
8. Human resource. Human resource is a critical component of
business success. The human resource department maintenance,
training procedures, and related functions need to be financed,
up to $4000 for successful project implementation.
9. Professional Remuneration. The information system and
technology experts who will be involved in the installation of
the systems at Charlotte Bridge home are to be compensated a
total of $2200 (Baskerville, 2016).
10. Administrative costs (10% of total). Administrative costs
amount to $2800, which is 10% of the total project costs. These
are costs involved in ensuring that programs are smoothly
running and more so, that the operations are underway as
planned.
References
Charlotte Bridge Home. (2017). Making Veterans and
Communities Stronger. Together.
Retrieved from: https://www.charlottebridgehome.org/
Baskerville, R. L. (2016). Investigating information systems
with action research.
Communications of the AIS, 2(3es), 4.
Instructor’s Feedback to Learner
You are on the right track. For a proposal, you can have an
indirect cost rate. We are using 10% That covers those items
you have included, the Accounting and HR. You can't include
those twice. The Professional Renumeration is actually contract
labor, and should be a separate line item. After you make those
changes, do a subtotal, and then add in the 10$.

5. Running Head: NEEDS STATEMENT
NEEDS STATEMENT
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Needs Statement
Pauline Gordon
Bellevue University
What is the problem?
All one needs to do is to pick up a news article, a newspaper or
a brochure, just to realize how much soldiers and veterans in
our community are suffering. The families of these heroes
deserve much better, considering the traumatic experiences they
undergo, especially when their loved ones return home.

6. Adjusting is never an easy task, which requires a lot of support
both from family and friends (Baskerville, 2016). Charlotte
Bridge home has been of excellent service to the community
over the years. This organization has helped in ensuring that
veterans who return home have all the resources and support
needed, for them to pick up from where they left and to settle
back home.
The project in question is the implementation of technology
systems, especially information systems at Charlotte bridge
home (CBH, 2017). These systems are bound to ensure that in
the long run, information about service, illnesses and any family
related sensitive matter of different soldiers is well handled.
Accuracy will also be assured, and the community will no
longer have to worry about confidentiality issues. The lack of
efficiency in information storage a charlotte bridge home is a
problem which needs to be catered for, by initiating this project
in the organization.
How do we know this is a problem?
Projects are bound to be faced with hurdles, and this one at
Charlotte Bridge home is not an exception (Baskerville, 2016).
Fundamental risks include; limited scope, which might be a
hindrance to financial allocation, and increased material costs
based on the dynamic price shifts in the market. Another risk
might be delayed to organization operations, which can be
caused by lack of completion of the project within the
predetermined period. The estimated cost of the project is
$28000. This includes all operational expenses, including
professional fees, material fees, and installation fees. The
problem of lack of information efficiency is alarming because
the entity has to cater for all information inefficiency expenses.
Considering the broadness of the scope, and that the cost has
been distributed across the requirements, all this will be
mitigated in the future (Baskerville, 2016). Implementation of
the information technology systems will be of great benefit.
Professional fees amount to $4000 which will be paid over a
period of three days, while the materials will cost $20000.

7. Installation and updating fees will be covered by the remaining
amount of the funding.
What do we care about this problem?
The project idea is to install information systems at Charlotte
Bridge home. We care about the technological strengths in the
organization, as well as the need to ensure that the organization
is transformed into a paperless entity (CBH, 2017). The modern
world is entirely dynamic, hence the need to embrace changes
as they are presented in the different social platforms. The cost
of the project is estimated at $28000, which I very reasonable.
The project will require the involvement of information
technology specialists, who will help in ensuring that the needs
of the organization and the community are assessed, to come up
with relevant materials for the successful completion of the
project. The long-term impact is that the organization will be
technologically advanced.
How will this project help solve the problem?
The project will ensure that various sets of advantages are
realized, both in the organization and more so, at the
community level (Baskerville, 2016). The project will also
cover the entire organization, whose systems will be automated,
from record keeping to identification and information storage
which will experience remarkable changes. The project is aimed
at ensuring that the community and more so, veterans are
provided with high-quality services, and assured of
confidentiality regarding their information. In the long run, the
entire community will benefit, and Charlotte Bridge home will
never be the same again (Baskerville, 2016).
Instructor’s Feedback to Learner10/11/17 9:01 AM
The problem is - many veterans are returning to our
community from active duty, and need services and support.
We know this is a problem - this needs to be data about the

8. number of veterans, or at least about the number your
organization is serving.
We care about this problem - this is about the veterans and the
wide array of services needed, and the importance of tracking
and avoiding duplication of work.
Our solution - this is 1-2 sentences about your solution. All of
this information can be used in different sections. The needs
statement should be no longer than 1 1/2 pages (not counting
references). And it needs to focus on the veterans.
References
Baskerville, R. L. (2016). Investigating information systems
with action research.
Communications of the AIS, 2(3es), 4.
Charlotte Bridge Home. (2017). Making Veterans and
Communities Stronger. Together.
Retrieved from: https://www.charlottebridgehome.org/

9. Hi students,
For 11.2, the proposal: use the template that is provided. It's
in a Word document, and you can use the actual
document. You'll need to use the Coley & Scheinberg text to
help you with some of the sections.
Cover page:
In addition to the information at the top, list the amount of the
request and a sentence (maybe 2, but no more)
about the purpose. (4 points)
For the Funding Request Section: (65 points total)
Needs Statement: Begin with the Needs Statement from last
week. I provided feedback to everyone, so
try to incorporate it into your proposal. Just use the Needs
Statement itself, not the information about
the organization or the conclusion. The Needs Statement should
be less than a page. (20 points)
Project Description: This is where you provide details about
your project. (20 points)
Population Served: - who is your target population? Provide
some details here. Projects providing
services to under-served populations are more likely to be
funded. (5 points)
Effect: This section is really about outcomes. What do you
expect to happen? Will this project change
behaviors, attitudes, beliefs? Again - use the textbook to help
you with each of the sections. (5 points)

10. Work Plan: This is most successful either in a table or a
bulleted list by quarters, so the funder can see
your plans. It's ok if the first quarter is spent advertising,
gathering information, hiring, etc. That is to be
expected. (5 points)
Evaluation Plan: This section is to show how you will know
when the project has been successful. This
often means you may need to do a pre-evaluation or have some
data you can use for comparisons once
the project has been in effect for close to a year. (5 points)
Sustainability: Some of you are requesting something that is
mostly a one-time expense. That will require
less information about sustainability. Other on-going projects
will require much more explanation. Most
grants are for one year, and a few are for 2-3 years, but there
are not usually ongoing. Funders want to
know how this project will continue without their financial
support. (5 points)
The Background Section is pretty self-explanatory - you can use
some of the information from the Needs
Statement organizational information. (15 points)
The Financial Plan Section: (35 points total)
I actually do the budget first, before I start writing my proposal,
but not everyone does that. I want to be sure I've
included every financial thing I think I'll need in the proposal,
and I don't want to write about anything I haven't
funded. Most funders have a range of funding. If they only
fund $5,000-$10,000 there is no point in submitting a
proposal for $25,000.
Budget: (25 points)

11. Every proposal needs to include administrative costs - this is
what pays for space, utilities, the HR
department, the technology, etc. If it's not included in every
proposal, there is no really good way to pay
for these costs.
The line items listed are consistent with federal grants. They
use these line items, and only these line
items. Fringe is usually figured at about 20% of salaries, unless
it's an organization with no insurance or
benefits. Then it's more like 11% (taxes, unemployment,
workers comp).
Budget justification: This explains every item in the budget.
(10 points)
Please call me if you have questions about this project - 402-
319-2895
Assignment 8.3
Student Name:
Date:
COMMON APPLICATION FORM
Cover Page
Organization Name:
City, State:
Website:
Chief Executive Officer:
Purpose of the request: A brief summary of the amount
requested and its purpose:
Amount:

12. Purpose:
FUNDING REQUEST – 65 points:
1. State the underlying need, problem or opportunity (Needs
Statement): 1 page, 20 points
2. Project Description/Implementation Plan: Brief description
of the proposed project: New project? Expansion of existing
project? Describe the primary components. 1-1/2 pages – 20
points
3. Effect: State the goals and objectives and the effect on the
need, problem or opportunity: ½ page of less, 5 points
4. Population Served: Who and how many, geographic area,
socio-economic status, ethnicity, gender, age, physical ability,
language. – ½ page or less, 5 points
5. Partnerships: Who are you partnering with and what will they
provide.
6. Work Plan: Project timeline – this can be in quarters – 1st
quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter, primary tasks: ½
page or less, 5 points
7. Evaluation Plan (Process Evaluation and Outcome
Evaluation): ½ page or less, 5 points
8. Sustainability: ½ page or less, 5 points
BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION: - all 3 sections 1 –
1 ½ pages – total of 15 points:
1. History and Mission – brief description
2. Key programs in existence
3. Staff expertise relevant to this proposed project.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN: (You can add or skip budget
categories, but you must include Fringe if you have Personnel

13. costs, and include Administrative costs). 30 points:
Line Item Budget
For this Request
Personnel
Fringe
Travel
Supplies
Contractual
Other
Administrative costs (10% of total)
TOTAL
Budget Justification – explanation of content of each line item:
10 points
1. Personnel and fringe:
2. Travel:
3. Supplies:
4. Contractual:
5. Other:
6. Administrative:
References
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