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Grant Part 1: Needs Statement, Goals, and Objectives

Needs Statement:
The lack of an adolescent’s shelter to cater for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transsexual [LGBT] adolescents has become an
underpinning problem which direly needs to be addressed with
the development of a shelter facility for these group. The shelter
also ought to incorporate programs that facilitate the
rehabilitation of these adolescents in the center and to mentor
them on the importance of education and career development.
This kind of project is dedicated to efforts that reduce social
inequality through demonstrable projects. There are various
factors that make this project a top priority, including the target
group being adolescents aged between thirteen and eighteen
years old, besides being a minority adolescents group that can
reform and complete their education and go to become more
productive in the society.
Moreover, housing is a basic human need and also a place one
can rest to reminisce on their personal life. Cochran, Stewart,
Ginzler, and Cauce (2012) argue that homeless bisexual,
lesbian, gay, transsexual, besides questioning adolescents’ aged
between thirteen and eighteen years old, face the lack of
housing access either because they are kicked out of their
parental homes, or they cannot comprehend the criticism by
their relatives and caregivers for their sexual orientation.
Following Durso and Gates (2012) the vulnerability of these
adolescents is further worsened as they are presented to brutal
street situations whereby they are high possibilities of being
assaulted physically, victimized, sexually assaulted, mugged,
and at worse being murdered. Besides, the freedom they have on
the streets has a high inclination towards compelling them to
indulge in other unsafe criminal activities, including, drug
abuse, robbery, and prostitution.
Keuroghlian, Shtasel, and Bassuk (2014) emphasize that by
bypassing such a conspicuous feature within the social work
system core principles, besides the strengths and needs of these
adolescents are far from being satisfactorily addressed.
Moreover, Tyler, Whitbeck, Hoyt, and Cauce (2004) pinpoint

that these adolescents represent characters from all different
genders and ethnicities. Hence, those who come from an ethnic
minority are even at a higher risk of being exposed to numerous
social ills, since they endeavor to even find acceptance within
their individual communities. These adolescents have twenty-
five percent suicide attempt rate as they encounter extra
pressures, barriers, and hurdles towards understanding and
acceptance. As a consequence, the project will be a timely one
towards addressing the problems being experienced by these
transgender adolescents.
Goals:
Goal #1:
A center that meets LGBT various needs and that uses a
collaborative model based on the investment and input from
multiple key stakeholders who provide different services needed
by these adolescents such as recreational, medical, and
education.
Goal #2:
Supporting mentors and the community to become
knowledgeable about LGBT adolescents social isolation and
stigmatization as well as how to support them in a professional
manner.
Goal#3:
An effective and successful LGBT adolescent’s center that has
the capability of reaching the maximum number of LGBT
adolescents with the maximum impact, developed out of the
needs identified by these adolescents themselves
Objectives:
Objective 1:
To develop and nurture an LGBTadolescent’s shelter that meets
various needs, including a safe space to access healthcare and
other social services.
Objective 2:
Training LGBT adolescents mentors on how to identify and
describe the concerns and issues of these adolescents and the
community.

Objective 3:
To provide a sustainable and stable LGBT adolescent's center,
besides provide emotional outlets opportunities, and champion's
personal and professional development.
Evaluation Criteria:
Evaluation Criteria 1:
· A developed and equipped LGBTadolescent’s shelter
· The degree to which the shelter meets various needs including
a safe space to access healthcare and other social services
· The number of trained LGBT adolescents mentors
· Percentage of LGBT adolescents mentors equipped with
techniques of identifying and describing the concerns and issues
of these adolescents and the community
· The degree to which the LGBT adolescent's center is
sustainable and stable
· Percentage of emotional outlets opportunities provided
· Percentage of personal and professional development
opportunities created.

References:
Cochran, B. N., Stewart, A. J., Ginzler, J. A., & Cauce, A. M.
(2012). Challenges faced by homeless sexual minorities:
Comparison of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender homeless
adolescents with their heterosexual counterparts. American
Journal of Public Health, 92(5), 773-777.
Durso, L. E., & Gates, G. J. (2012). Serving our youth: Findings
from a national survey of services providers working with
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth who are homeless
or at risk of becoming homeless.
Keuroghlian, A. S., Shtasel, D., & Bassuk, E. L. (2014). Out on
the street: a public health and policy agenda for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender youth who are homeless. American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84(1), 66.
Tyler, K. A., Whitbeck, L. B., Hoyt, D. R., & Cauce, A. M.
(2004). Risk factors for sexual victimization among male and
female homeless and runaway youth. Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, 19(5), 503-520.
Information and general
cyber-security are
becoming more and more
important for business

especially in the era of
BYOD and cloud
computing. Also,
approaches of
cybersecurity are differed
from small business and
big organization because
of their business model
volume. Latest technology
like cloud-based SaaS,
LaaS and PaaS offering are
their approaches to
information security.
Similar security needs but
different budget and The
cloud is making the
cybersecurity difference
blur.
Similar security needs but
different budgets: - Big
Enterprises and SMBʼs
generally share similar
security needs with the
risk of data exposure being
commensurate with type
of work performed by the
business. For instance.
HIPPA considerations
place a large onus on
patient data security at a
small health clinic
compared to a large
enterprise involved with

managing some form of
less critical data so
sometimes the size of the
company doesnʼt matter
as much as the desired
security level for the data.
The same types of security
risk impact business
whatever their size.
Enterprises bring a larger
scale to the equation but
hacking email phishing and
mobile malware donʼt
discriminate based on the
number of employees or
the size of the IT budget.
The cloud is making the
cyber-security difference
blur:- Many SMBʼs are
beginning to leverage a
variety of cloud-based
services to manage many
areas of their information
technology including
security in fact
“enterprise-like”
cybersecurity offering are
a big advertising point to
many PasS, LaaS, and
SaaS providers. The
smaller business needs to
ensure that whatever
security solution they

choose it doesnʼt
adversely impact day-to-
day business operations.
Big enterprise organization
has to invest more in cloud
security and for security
because of their big size
organization nature and
employee whereas small
business has to invest less
to maintain cloud security.
As the information security
consideration for the
enterprise and smaller
business are remains vital
for the SMB to research
the available option and
invest wisely.
References: -
Hephner, L. (2018). Why
security is more important
to small businesses than it
is to mega-companies.
Retrieved from https://
paysimple.com/blog/why-
security-is-more-
important-to-small-
businesses-than-it-is-to-
mega-companies/
Williams, P. (2018).
Cybersecurity –
differences between the
enterprises and the SMB.

blog.storagecraft.com/
cyber-security-
differences-enterprise-
smb/
While hackers are awaiting
an opportunity,
noncompliance and the
impacts caused by this is
an unacceptable situation.
Some industries have more
risk due to the sensitive
information they deal with,
and thus require tighter
security regulations.
Hence organizations tailor
their security policies and
mandates employees to
follow the same.
Unauthorized access to
data is very restricted in
case of healthcare
organizations, and usually
employees are expected to
follow the policy of not
accessing organizational
data even though they
were former users to the
application. A Colorado
hospital has been fined
with $111,400, since they
have failed to terminate the

employeesʼ access to a
web-based scheduling
calendar. This
unauthorized access
resulted in disclosure of
557 patientsʼ ePHI. A
former employee of PSMC
continued to have remote
access to a web-based
scheduling calendar even
after leaving the
organization. The
employee seemed to have
accessed the calendar on
two different occasions.
PMSC had to pay the fine
and in addition to that, they
had to submit annual
reports to HHS on if they
are meeting the
compliance regulations.
The case inevitably shows
the policy violation by an
ex-employee whereas they
are not supposed to
misuse the access
privileges while they are no
more working in the
organization.
Reference:

hipaajournal. (2018,
December 12). Failure to
Terminate Former
Employeeʼs PHI Access
Costs Colorado Hospital
$111,400. Retrieved from
https://
www.hipaajournal.com/
failure-to-terminate-
former-employees-phi-
access-costs-colorado-
hospital-111400/
Small and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs) and
enterprise-sized
businesses have
overlapping needs as well
as individual needs. From
the hacker perspective,
data is data, no matter
where they get it so SMBs
are just as likely to be
targeted as enterprise
organizations. However,
SMBs typically have
smaller budgets and less
personnel, making them an
easier target. Because of
these limitations, SMB
security needs to be
approached more
strategically thank with

Enterprise security.
One item that needs to be
approached differently for
SMBs than enterprises is
how the company
approaches security in the
event of an attack. While
enterprise organizations
have the budget and
resources to have a
reactionary approach to
attacks, SMBs donʼt have
the luxury of employing a
security operations center
(SOC) to react to attacks.
Instead, SMBs should
focus on a proactive
approach to attacks, “one
that uses a layered
security strategy,
detecting suspicious
activity at each step of the
breach ‘process ,̓ and
putting a stop to a
potential breach as early in
that process as is
possible” (Amigorena,
2018). Some examples of
how to implement this
approach are to ensure all
software and operating
systems remain updated to
protect against

vulnerabilities, installing
anti-virus and anti-
malware protection,
monitor logins and network
activity, and conduct
regular audits of data use.
SMBs should also
approach their security
staff differently from
enterprise organizations.
Enterprises have
dedicated IT teams with
multiple people who are
able to handle security
responsibilities as well as
standard IT needs. SMBs
typically donʼt have the
staff to approach security
in this manner. According
to Brooks of Netwrix, SMB
IT teams “have to ensure
continuous operation,
patch the system, support
users, repair hardware,
develop security policies
and make sure everyone is
following them, educate
other employees, deal with
compliance auditors,
perform backup regularly,
fight against ransomware

and viruses, and much
more” (Brooks, 2017). With
an IT staff of two to three
people, it is likely that their
consistent daily routine of
handling every IT matter
will result in mistakes or
potential threats being
missed. Because of this
recommends, hiring at
least one employee whoʼs
sole focus is security will
ensure that there is always
someone focusing on the
SMBs security with few
distractions. Alternatively,
hiring a managed security
service provider (MSSP) to
handle security is another
option for SMBs. By hiring
an MSSP, SMBs can get
corporate-level security
from a team of experts that
they otherwise wouldnʼt be
able to get in-house due to
budget limitations.
Amigorena, F. (2018).
Cybersecurity advice for
small and medium
business. CPO Magazine.
www.cpomagazine.com/

cyber-security/
cybersecurity-advice-for-
small-and-medium-
business/
Brooks, R. (2017).
Cybersecurity risks in large
enterprises and SMBs.
Netwrix. Retrieved from
https://blog.netwrix.com/
2017/06/28/
cybersecurity-risks-in-
large-enterprises-and-
smbs/
Running head: COMMUNITY YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER
GRANT APPLICATION
GRANT APPLICATION Lowe
Week 8 Assignment: Abstract & Cover Letter
Alexis Lowe
Walden University
April 20, 2019

My Grant Proposal Application
Researcher: Alexis Lowe
Research Focus: Homelessness and Communal Rejection
Institution:Walden University
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Contact: (941) 301-6658
Abstract:
My research will explore the issue of homelessness and
communal rejection among youths.
As per many writers, it is apparent that social exclusion is a
wide construct and that requires overlook of deprivation as well
as marginalization. The methodological decision that I will
employ in the study indicates my acknowledgment of youth’s
homeless and my obligation to socially just and fairness. In
order to have a deeper insight into the issue of youth’s
homelessness and marginalization, the study will treat homeless
youths as collaborators who will reveal their experiences as
homeless individuals.
The main objective of the study is to uncover the main micro-
sociological as well as macro-sociological suggestions that the
experiences of homelessness have on youths. To achieve the
objective, the study will examine this approach via the usage of
qualitative approaches that aid in unmasking the experiences of
homeless youths. In this line, I will seek to place who are
participating in my study as the producers of understanding.
This will be in line with my trust that every participant is taken
as equally able giving argumentative materials to help build on
scientific knowledge. The method of collecting data will be
completed via center groups in which the youths under my
guidelines will narrate their experience as homeless individuals
(Waldorf, 2001).
Having worked with homeless people for many years, I
developed a desire for social justice and equality. To have a
clear scope of the issue, I figured it is reasonable to conduct a
study to get relevant information from homeless youths from the

general population. As I gather information, it will be easier to
gain the help local organization. Simply, I hope to conduct a
meaningful study that will motivate me to be more involved in
voluntary works with this group.
To cater for logistics, the study will require $6000
Cover Letter
Alexis Lowe
School of Human & Social Work
Walden University
100 Washington Avenue South. Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55401
April 20, 2019
Community Foundation of Broward County
910 E Las Olas Blvd #200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Application for Social Research Grant Program: Raising Social
Awareness about Youths Homelessness.
To Whom It May Concern:
I am pleased to submit a grant proposal with the title Youth
Awareness for consideration under the Local Social Work
Research Grant Program Raising Social Awareness as discussed
with Program Officer Michael Brown.
The reasons for this grant funding request are:
As per many writers, there has been rampant homelessness
among the youths (Wright, 2007). The core aim of the study is
to reveal underlying issues in regard to youth homelessness. In
addition, the study will voice the voices of homeless youths.
Based on the setting of the study, homelessness youths who
have had experiences in the towns of Tri-Cities will provide
relevant information about the subject. In response, the
information gathered will act as reparation to the youths.

This project is in conformity with the mission of NIH and
Walden University. As you will notice in the application,
Walden University’s Office of Research will be providing in-
kind resources in the entire grant funding period.
In case you have any questions during the grant review, I am
more than happy to answer your questions or provide any
clarification. I can be reached on any working day (Monday-
Friday) from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Please, you can contact me
through (941) 301-6658. Also, you can also e-mail us through
[email protected]
I am really grateful for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Alexis Lowe
References
Waldorf, D. (2001). “Homelessness and the issue of freedom.”
UCLA Law Review, 39: 295-324.
Wright, T. (2007). Out of Place: Homeless Mobilizations,
Subcities and Contested Landscapes. Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press.
Running head: COMMUNITY YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER
COMMUNITY YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER
Community Youth Homeless Shelter
Alexis Lowe
Walden University
Professor Nicole Hamilton

HUMN 6207- Grant Writing
May 8, 2019
Introduction
The issue of homelessness among young people has been
challenged especially with the increasing cost of housing. The
problem is becoming more worse when young people are in
schools and affect their educational programs. Homelessness
stresses young people so much because after carrying out their
activities during the day, they will not find somewhere to rest at
night. There are many challenges which are faced by homeless
youths. Some of them feel that they are hopeless and
despondent and sometimes can turn to the use of drugs and
alcohol. Abuse of drugs contributes to poor interaction with the
department of law enforcement hence interruption of the success
of the students. Drug abuse is linked to other criminal activities
because these young people will have to look for ways of
getting money to buy drugs. It also increases chances of sexual
harassment and transmission of diseases (Sieving et al, 2017).
Most people who cannot afford shelter, it will be difficult for
them to afford food. They will have poor health and nutrition.
The project will be focusing on Tri-Cities which are not an
exception of homelessness problems. A study which was done in
Tri-city showed that 34 percent of the population was living
with their families or friends. The chances of these friends or
families kicking them out are high since they are termed as a
burden to them. Therefore, the project proposal will look at the
issue of the homeless and how it can be addressed to build a
stable future for youths. The project will ensure that homeless
youths are provided with an integrated place where they can
connect to the resource and services. The project wills also
ensuring that there is a resource center which is located at each
of the three cities that is Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco. The

resource centers will help in identifying, tracking and reporting
cases of homeless among youths.
Need statement
The purpose of the project is to come up with strategies to
address homeless among youths in Tri-cities. Youths are faced
with housing challenges because most of them do not have
adequate finances to cater for their school fees, food, and
accommodation. Some are living with their friends and families
while others are living in the streets. Live is not easy when one
is homeless because he or she is hopeless about the future and
things which might happen in life (Utržan et al, 2017).
Homeless youths suffer from depression and they are more
likely to engage in criminal behaviors. Therefore, the research
will raise awareness on the issue of homelessness among
youths. It will lead to the establishment of centers which will be
reliable for identifying and tracking issues of homeless among
youths. Creation of awareness of homelessness among youths
will assist in understanding the challenges which they are
facing. Homeless youths will be able to give their response to
the problems because they are the one who is facing the
challenges. Homeless youths need mainstreaming of the
services which will enable has their long term success in the
future. Homeless youths need to be supported by ensuring that
they continue with their studies and they secure good jobs
which they can support themselves.
Goals and objectives
To introduce targeted prevention measures which assist in
supporting youths who experience the problem of homelessness.
This includes diversion of shelter so that all the youths who are
living in the streets have shelter. When youths have housing, it
will be easy to address other problems which are facing
homelessness youths. A stable housing makes the mind to be
stable and it becomes easy to look for a job which will sustain
other needs.
To ensure that there is access to education, health services,
employment, and other services. Recurrent of homelessness can

result when education, education, and employment of the young
people are not checked. Stability of a person forms around the
access of these services and without them it becomes difficult to
address them (Lou et al, 2018). Healthcare services are
essential for homeless youths so that they treated from the
diseases they are suffering from. Some of them suffer from
different diseases due to exposure to poor nutrition and sexual
abuse. They need proper assessment and diagnosis so that their
health problems are well addressed. Due to homeless, some of
the youths could not continue with their education and the
project will create awareness on the areas where such kind of
youths can be assisted.
To establish a resource center that will be identifying,
tracking and reporting issues of homelessness among youths.
The resource center will handle issues related to youth
homelessness and ensure that that they find a safe place to stay.
After identification and tracking of the issues, homeless youths
will be connected with their families or people who can assist
them. Social connectedness is very important because it assists
in preventing depression and lowliness. Some of the youths
who are experiencing homelessness live in the street and they
do not know any member of their families. Connecting homeless
youths with their families restore joy to them and ensure that
they live a good life. Their families will assist them and ensure
that they have gone back to their lives.
Methodology and evaluation plans
The study will be carried out in Tri-cities that are
Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco. The population for the will be
chosen randomly from the three cities and every homeless youth
will have an equal chance of participating. The methods that
will be used in the study ensure that there is free interaction
with the homelessness youths so that their problems can be
adequately addressed. The research will be mainly focusing on
the youths in Tri-Cities who have experienced homelessness.
The study will take six months for the three cities and it will
ensure that researchers have quality time to collect all important

information which is required to address the issues.
The study will employ a participatory method which will
be employed in collecting data on the challenges which are
faced by homelessness youths. They will give their ideal
experience on the state of homelessness and how it is associated
with other problems which end up affecting their lives.
Homeless youths who will participate through narrating their
experience will be chosen randomly. The group will be chosen
from those who have volunteered to participate. In participatory
approach focused group discussion will be used. Focused group
discussion will involve gathering a group of the homelessness
youths in each of the city. The topic of discussion will be the
problem of social exclusion from the families and how it has
contributed to the homeless state (Schwan et al, 2018). Social
exclusion, in this case, will aim at understanding the
deprivation and marginalization of the young people. Social
exclusion of the youths has deprived them education because
there is no support from the family members. The relationship
between social exclusion and education will be done by
analyzing how the two concepts affect each other. Through
drawing the analysis, one will be able to understand areas which
need to address so that social exclusion does not take place and
many of the young people remain united to their families.
In the focused discussion, homelessness youths will
explain the best response which they think should be taken to
address the issue. They will be able to give the views and
options on the best solutions which they think should be
incorporated by the government, private sectors and nonprofit
organizations to end homelessness among youths. Given the
opportunity to discuss it will be easy to understand how they
think the problem should be handled and how the government
has articulated strategies to deal with the matter. The study will
collaborate with the local authority and chiefs to ensure that
young people who are facing homeless problems will be able to
identify.
In the focused discussion, expertise will educate the

homeless youths on ways of handling the hard situation rather
than becoming homeless and being unable to cater to personal
needs. The project will also collaborate with the healthcare
facilities so that homeless youths who have urgent health needs
are immediately attended. Youths will know that when they
have problems in their lives they can be solved through sharing
their problems rather than being hopeless in life. There are
people and organizations that will be willing to assists and they
should not suffer in the street. Students who have become
homeless and unable to pay their schools fees will be
enlightened on where they can seek help when things are hard
for them (Sutherland, 2016). The study will also use an
interview with the volunteers who have worked with the
homeless youths and the challenges they face while addressing
their issues. The collaboration will include volunteer from all
cities and an interview will be conducted with them. These
volunteers know well the strategies which can easily solve the
issues since they have been working with the homeless youths.
Some of the members of the research team are people who were
helped after becoming homeless for quite some time and they
understand the problems very well. This will make interaction
with homelessness youths very easy. In data collection from
those who had experienced the state of homelessness and they
have been assisted will share their experience with
homelessness currently so that they feel free to share their
stories as well. Data collection will also entail encouraging
them to move to stable housing by seeking help from relevant
people.
The data will also be collected from secondary sources
such as journal and books. There are other researchers who have
done a study on homeless among youths in Tri-cities and this
study will ensure that the information is well captured. The
information will be keenly reviewed to ensure that information
on the past state of homelessness is captured. It will form a
basis for the recommendation and strategies which should be
taken to address the issues of homelessness in the Tri-cities. If

the number of homelessness youths is increasing, then the
strategies to solve the issues will have to be changed. The
questionnaire will be also used in collecting data on the age of
homelessness youths. It will include factors which contributed
to them being homeless and the duration which have stayed in
the condition of the homeless. It will also include other
personal questions on whether they are sexually active and how
do they get the partners of engaging in sexual activities. The
names of those involved in answering questionnaires will not be
revealed and a high level of confidentiality will be maintained.
The data will be also collected on how frequently they use
condoms during their sexual intercourse. The aim of this will be
assessing their probability of contracting diseases especially
sexually transmitted diseases. The questionnaires will also
inquire how many times they have been sexually abused or
harassed. It will also inquire on whether they reported the case
to the police and the actions which were taken if they reported
to the police. Understanding the cases of sexual abuse and
harassment among homelessness youths in Tri-Cities will assist
in knowing the safety of the homeless youths and this will
include both females and males. The questionnaire will also
entail details on whether the homeless youths have whereabouts
of their family members especially those living in the streets
and whether they wish to be reunited with their families. The
research method that will be used in the study such as
interview, questionnaires and focused group discussion will
include all the participants who had been selected randomly.
Budget, budget narrative, and sustainability plan
It includes all the cost which will be incurred in carrying the
whole project and ensuring that adequate data has been
gathered. The money will be used for the establishment of the
new centers that will be used in identification, tracking and
reporting on the issues of homelessness among youths. The
budget includes cost for researchers, equipment which will be
used in the process of data collection and construction of the
buildings. The total that will be incurred in the whole project is

$ 4,012,938 and the amount is expected to cover the whole
process in the Tri-Cities. The costs of consultation for the
whole project $ 2,750. The consultation will be done in the
three cities and it will involve all the relevant officials in the
cities (Robinson, 2016). The total amount which will be
required for the contracts is $ 3, 456,000. The contract cost for
building new houses for the homeless in the Tri-Cities will
include everything that is needed in the construction of the new
buildings as well as renovating the old ones. This includes
buying the materials which will be used, paying the contractors
and the labor that will be used in the process. The cost for
elevators, drainage system from the building areas, kitchenware,
painting, and water piping. The cost traveling will be $10, 000
in the course of the whole project and there will be $ 883 that
will be incurred for the travel fuels.
Some of the equipment which will be purchased to be used
in the Tri-Cities are safety equipment that will be utilized by
the staffs. Safety is very important for the workers and needs to
be given key consideration. It will also entail safety of the
researchers who will be attending the street homeless youths.
Computers, laptops, desktops, printers will be also be purchased
to be used in the office of the resources centers for reporting
homelessness issues related to youths. The cost will also be
$1000 and the expenses for the supply will be $3, 500. The
supplies for these items include printing papers, stationery,
files, and printers. Other expenses will include electric bills,
equipment that is used in the first aid, insurances and this will
be totaling $ 9, 000. Another cost will be incurred in the
payment of the staffs and researchers. There will be a project
manager who will ensure that all activities run accordingly in
the organization. The project will also be evaluated after it has
been completed and project evaluator will be paid for checking
whether the project has been completed according to the
standards and to the terms and conditions. The project director
will ensure that all activities during the project period are
carried out very well. The project coordinator will be paid

$9,822, clinic coordinator $7, 124 who will ensure that the
safety issues and health matters of the homeless youths in the
Tri-Cities have been well covered. Project evaluator will also
be paid $ 7,124 while the secretary will be paid $ 6, 978. They
will also be enumerated for sitting allowance when they will be
planning activities of the project. The project will take six
months and the planned budget will cover all those activities.
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Dollar Amount Requested for Salary
Dollar Amount Requested for Fringe Benefits
Grand Total Dollar Amount Requested
total for the whole project
Dr. Johnson Davis
Project Director
$ 9,822
$ 500
$ 10,322
$ 123, 864
Eng. Trevor Ramsey
Project Coordinator
$ 5542
$ 400
$ 6942
$ 83,304
Prof. Nancy Williams
Clinical Coordinator
$ 7587
$ 345
$ 7932
$95, 184

Prof. George Williams
Academic Coordinator
$ 4357
$ 253
$ 4,600
$ 55, 200
Mrs. Joel
Project Evaluator
$ 7124
$ 345
$ 7469
$ 89,628
Name #6
Project Secretary
$ 6978
$ 231
$ 6209
$ 74,504
Consultant Costs
n/a
$ 2,750
n/a
$ 2,750
Contracts
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 3,456, 000
Staff Travel
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 10,000

Itemized Equipment
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 10,000
Supplies (itemize by category)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 3500
Expenses insurance
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 9,000
Subtotals
$41, 410
$2,074
$43, 474
$521,688
Grand Total Direct Costs= 4,012,938
Conclusion
Homelessness is a challenge which is experienced by many
youths in Tri-Cities and needs to be addressed. The project will
address these problems which are faced by homeless youths in
Tri-Cities and come up with strategies of dealing with them.
Some of the problems include drug abuse, poor health and
nutrition, sexual abuse and harassment and depression. The
objectives and goals of the project will ensure that homeless
youths are provided with shelters, awareness is created on ways
of handling homeless state and ensuring that no one suffers due

to lack of housing. A resource center will also be identified for
identifying and reporting cases of homelessness. The data will
be collected using various participatory approaches such as
interview and focused group discussion. The individual who
will be participating will be randomly chosen and every
homelessness youth will have an equal chance of being chosen.
Questionnaire s will also be used in addressing personal data
especially on the age, causal factors to being homeless and how
they have sexually abused or harassed. The total budget of
which project will be $ 4,012,938 and it accommodates for all
activities which have been planned in the project.
References
Lou, M., Wang, Q., Stumpf, J., & Ravdin, J. (2018). HIV+
Youth in the Twin Cities may be Engaged in Case
Management but not Retained in Medical Care.
Monn, A. R., Narayan, A. J., Kalstabakken, A. W., Schubert, E.
C., & Masten, A. S. (2017). Executive function and parenting
in the context of homelessness. Journal of Family Psychology,
31(1), 61.
Robinson, J. L. (2016). Lacking the Safeguards of Home:
Experiences of Youth Homelessness. Sociology of Home:
Belonging, Community, and Place in the Canadian Context, 133.
Schwan, K., French, D., Gaetz, S., Ward, A., Akerman, J., &
Redman, M. (2018). Preventing youth homelessness. Homeless
Hub.
Sieving, R. E., McRee, A. L., McMorris, B. J., Shlafer, R. J.,
Gower, A. L., Kapa, H. M., ... & Resnick, M. D. (2017).
Youth-adult connectedness:: a key protective factor for
adolescent health. American journal of preventive medicine,
52(3), S275-S278.
Sutherland, S. P. (2016). Transitional Planning and
Homelessness of Youths Emancipated From the Child Welfare

System (Doctoral dissertation, Walden University).
Utržan, D. S., Piehler, T. F., Gewirtz, A. H., & August, G. J.
(2017). Stressful life events and perceived parental control in
formerly homeless families: Impact on child-internalizing
symptoms. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87(3), 317.
Running Head: HOME FOR THE HOMELESS
1
HOME FOR THE HOMELESS
HOME FOR THE HOMELESS
Alexis Lowe
Walden University
March 31st, 2019
The homelessness has been a serious problem facing the general
population because of the high cost of housing throughout the
country. The problem is worse when youths are involved when
they are still in school. It makes studying problematic because
of the stress involved in carrying the personal effects the whole
day and finding the spot to spend during the night. For the
future of this country, there is a need to find a stable home for
such youths so that they can build their future along with the

future of this nation more securely. The budget below includes
all that is needed to build homes and renovate the available ones
to create enough rooms for all the youths in this state. All shall
be required for this project to be completed from personnel to
the numerous equipment and machinery. The budget below
shows how the project is broken down (Von, 2016).
The total budget for the whole project that will involve the
construction of building from the ground and renovation of the
old ones is $4,012,938. This amount is expected to cover a total
of 25 sites corresponding to the tertiary institutions in this state
and shall be broken down as explained below. The leading
members of the project are the director, project coordinator,
secretary, academic coordinator, clinic coordinator, and project
evaluator. Most people are supposed to work full time because
the project is large and demanding.
Salaries for the people coordinating the whole process is
significantly large because of their qualifications and skills
which was a requirement for transparency, efficiency, and
competence that were needed to accomplish the project.
Among those working full time are project director, clinic
coordinator, project evaluator and project secretary who will be
paid $ 9,822, $ 7,587, $ 7,124 and $ 6978 respectively. Per
hour, each will be paid $ 61.4, $ 47.42, $ 44.52, and $43.61
according to the minimum wage requirement in their respective
job group. Each one of them will be working a maximum of 40
hours in a week, and all of them will be reporting to the project
director. The whole project will take a whole year to complete
the above-mentioned salaries, and their benefits are monthly for
the whole year. In one month, salaries will be totaling to $ 41,
410 and the benefits will be $ 2,074 which sum up to $ 43, 474.
In a year this will be $ 521,688. Project coordinator and
academic coordinator will be working part-time since they are
the employees of one of the tertiary institutions in the country
where they will still be serving for the most part of their time.
The cost of consultation $ 2,750 for the whole year. It is
not possible to break it down into weeks since consultation will

be done once for every site that shall be open where about 25
sites are expected to open in the whole state that corresponds to
the number of tertiary institutions in this country.
For contracts, the whole amount needed is $ 3,456, 000 which
include all the subcontractors such those who will install
lighting and elevator, ventilation and air condition, drainage,
and water piping, doors, and kitchenware, painting, among
many others. Travel will cost around $ 10,000 for the whole
year where each month $ 833 will be spent on fuel for traveling
from one site to another attending meeting in the many sites.
Itemized equipment includes site safety equipment for staff,
office furniture, printers, and desktops in the office that will
cost around $ 10,000 the whole year. Supplies will only cost $
3500 for the whole year. Supplies will include printing papers,
ink for printers, files, and stationery for the whole year. Other
expenses are the insurance, electric bill, water bill, and first aid
equipment. They will cost approximately $ 9, 000 for the whole
year (Von, 2016).
Personnel Name
Personnel Title
Time/Effort Percentage (%)
Time/Effort Hours/Week
Dollar Amount Requested for Salary
Dollar Amount Requested for Fringe Benefits
Grand Total Dollar Amount Requested
total for the whole year
Dr. Johnson Davis
Project Director
100 %
40 hrs
$ 9,822
$ 500
$ 10,322
$ 123, 864
Eng. Trevor Ramsey

Project Coordinator
50 %
20 hrs
$ 5542
$ 400
$ 6942
$ 83,304
Prof. Nancy Williams
Clinical Coordinator
100 %
40 hrs
$ 7587
$ 345
$ 7932
$95, 184
Prof. George Williams
Academic Coordinator
63 %
25 hrs
$ 4357
$ 253
$ 4,600
$ 55, 200
Mrs.
Project Evaluator
100 %
40 hrs
$ 7124
$ 345
$ 7469
$ 89,628
Name #6
Project Secretary
100 %
40 hrs
$ 6978

$ 231
$ 6209
$ 74,504
Subtotals
205 hrs/ week
$41,410
$2,074
$43,474
$ 521,688
Consultant Costs
n/a
n/a
50 hrs ( for whole year)
$ 2,750
n/a
$ 2,750
Contracts
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 3,456, 000
Staff Travel
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 10,000
Itemized Equipment

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 10,000
Supplies (itemize by category)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 3500
Other Expenses ( insurance )
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$ 9,000
Subtotals
Grand Total Direct Costs

Reference
Von, D. L. (2016). Fiscal decentralization and budget control.
Running head: RAIKES FOUNDATION FUNDER
RAIKES FOUNDATION FUNDER YOUTH HOMELESS
SHELTER
Week 2: Raikes Foundation Finalized Project Funder: Youth
Homeless Shelter
Alexis Lowe
Walden University
HUMN 6207: Grant Writing
Professor Marine Carroll
September 8, 2019
Part one
The description of the grant to be used in this paper
includes the promotion and fostering of community partnerships
to reduce homelessness in various communities. In essence, the
project is intended to engage both provincial and territorial
government levels to join the effort of aligning homelessness

investments and priorities with the ultimate goals and objectives
to prevent and reduce the aspect of homelessness especially in
many youths (Forchuk, 2018). To elaborate, the grant is a
unique program based on community affairs with the ultimate
goals of eliminating if not reducing homelessness issues within
various communities. Moreover, the project is aimed to
accomplish this by encouraging funders to directly provide their
support and funds to about sixty designated communities across
all territories and provinces that are possible to reach. The most
appropriate hyperlink for identifying RFP is:
https://raikesfoundation.org/our-grants
One of the significant factors that make this grant to be
worth and for one to gain the confidant of pursuing it is the fact
that it has been witnessed working for other countries. For
instance, the grant was given just this year to the Legal Counsel
for Youth to improve on the well-being of young people by
advancing their legal rights. Also, The funds were well utilized
by focusing them on, especially youth and young adults of age
fifteen to twenty-eight. Based on that, it is a potential grant that
I believe if well managed it is worth to take the risk as it
guarantees the reduction of homelessness.
For evaluation purposes, several questions were identified
to assess whether the grant was aligned with the objectives and
goals of eliminating or reducing the aspect homelessness in
various communities within the country. Furthermore, there
were designed questions that aimed at assessing the progress of
the program in its implementation including coordination,
communication, reporting, adherence to housing first principles,
monitoring as well as an assessment of early outcomes of the
grant.
In accomplishing all the necessary criteria that were required by
the project, I utilized Bing as my search engine for the task.
The goals and objectives of the selected funding agency
are to ensure that it provides all the necessary resources that
can enable the non-profitable organizations with its purposes of
fulfilling the intended impact towards the communities

concerned. Besides, the agency is aimed at addressing the
essential issues relating to homelessness of especially youths
and young adults within different communities.
The primary reason for selecting the RFP is accompanied
by the fact that community-based programs tend to be more
reliable and effective when it comes to dealing with issues
affecting people in societies. In essence, it is much easier to
identify such problems through community initiatives as they
tend to understand which issues affect them and the core roots
or foundation of the issues. Also, since the issues are
community-based, the people living in such communities have
experiences in regards to how they face the problems and how
they tend to reduce the issues by the limited resources available
for them (Belone, 2016). As such, I select the community-based
program because homelessness is an issue that can be explained
by the community itself and the people living in such
communities knows why many youths and young adults find
themselves on the streets without a place they can refer to as
home. Also, they see the foundation of the issue and how well
they can utilize the funds provided by the funders to reduce and
eliminate the aspect of homelessness within their respective
communities.
Part two
The project Intend to choose is the Homelessness
Partnering Strategy which is a unique program that aims at
working with various communities. The primary goal of
partnering with community-based initiatives is to attempt on
eradicating homelessness situations, especially for youths and
young adults. Substantially, there has been a significant
increase in youths and young adults with no place to call home.
As such, I intend to propose an effective and efficient way that
can help to reduce the number of people without shelter in
various communities and for a long term, completely eradicate
the issue from all communities across the nation.
The significance of this grant is that at the end of its
implementation, all youths and young adults without homes will

be provided with a shelter they can refer to as their homes. On
the other hand, the innovative thing about the grant is that it
tends to include the community as its major partnership.
As I toured different communities within our country, I
realized that since I was a little child, the number of youths and
young adults who tend to sleep across the streets have
drastically increased to a significant amount. Therefore, I saw
that there was a need to give the matter attention since the
conditioned could even be worse if not attended to. For this
reason, I think that my project should be considered and the
funders should fund it because I have no adequate resources to
implement it.
The concerned project is better since unlike many projects
with similar goals and objectives, the Homelessness Partnering
Strategy is a program or project that aims at promoting and
fostering community to work together with our organizations in
identifying the issues that typically results to homelessness and
which ways are effective in dealing and eliminating them.
References
Belone, L., Lucero, J. E., Duran, B., Tafoya, G., Baker, E. A.,
Chan, D., ... & Wallerstein, N. (2016). Community-based
participatory research conceptual model: Community partner
consultation and face validity. Qualitative health
research, 26(1), 117-135.
Forchuk, C., O’Regan, T., Jeng, M., & Wright, A. (2018).
Retaining a Sample of Homeless Youth. Journal of the Canadian
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27(3), 167.
Running head: METHODOLOGY AND EVALUATION PLAN
METHODOLOGY AND EVALUATION PLAN

Week 4 Assignment: Final Project Youth Homeless Shelter
Methodology & Evaluation Plan
Alexis Lowe
Walden University
Professor Marnie Carroll
HUMN 6207: Grant Writing
September 22, 2019
Methodology and Evaluation Plan
The methodology is one of the most important sections in the
grant. This particular section is concerned with addressing how
the project will be carried out. Over the past few t years,
evaluation plans have become increasingly important documents
for prospective funders. Competition for grants is very intense,
and therefore funders must feel confident that finances will be
well spent and that projects can be evaluated appropriately. This
particular document also assures the organization that the time
and effort put into a project proves that the objectives are
attained. This paper seeks to outline methodology and
evaluation plan for a project aimed at the issue of homelessness
among the youth living in Tri-Cities.
Methodology
Program description
The program seeks to come up with various strategies that will
effectively address homeless among youths in Tri-cities that are
Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco. Youths are facing a lot of
housing challenges because most of them do not have adequate
finances to cater for their needs such as school fees, food, and
accommodation. The program will recommend some targeted

prevention measures which will assist in supporting youth who
experience the challenge of homelessness. This particular
program will also ensure youth get access to education, health
services, employment, and other services. This is because
homelessness has hindered youth from accessing these
important services. Finally, the proposed program will establish
a resource center that will be used in identifying, tracking and
reporting issues of homelessness among youths. This particular
resource center will be handling issues related to youth
homelessness and suggest a solution to the problem.
Research design
The study will be based on a cross sectional correlation and
survey designs. Qualitative approach will also be used. The
qualitative approach will be used in that it gives precise and
testable expression to qualitative ideas. The study is cross
sectional because it will be carried out across participants over
a short period of time. Survey design is preferred because it will
allow the researcher to get data from many respondents. These
methods that will be used in the study will ensure that there is
free interaction between the researcher and the homeless youth
so that their challenges can be adequately addressed.
Human subjects (sample)
The researcher’s focus will be on the youth who have
experienced homelessness in Tri-Cities. The population for the
study will be chosen randomly from the three cities and every
homeless youth will have an equal chance of participating.
However, due to constraints such as time and resources, the
researcher will find a convenient sample.
Study validity and reliability
In order to ensure validity, the researcher will mostly use
his/her expertise with regard to the homeless youth. Multiple
methods of collecting data will be used in order to enhance
reliability.
Assumptions and limitations
The key assumption is that there will be minimal errors and the
collected data will be very accurate. The major anticipated

limitations are finance constraints and time constraints.
However, these limitations will be addressed through adequate
funding and scheduling adequate time to conduct the research.
Timeline
Due to the nature of the study, the timeline for carrying out the
research will be a minimum of two months. But the entire
program activities will be undertaken for a period of maximum
of ten months.
Analysis
The data which will have been obtained will be analyzed using
various analysis techniques such as descriptive statistics and
Pearson correlation.
Non-personnel resources
There will be some facilities, supplies and equipment that will
be required. They include writing materials, gadgets, computers
etc.
Personnel resources
There are a number of personnel who will be assigned some
tasks to undertake. They include Project Director, Project
Coordinator, Clinical Coordinator, Academic Coordinator,
Project Evaluator and Project Secretary.
Management plan (Work plan)
The project director will ensure that all activities of the project
are undertaken. There will be project team members who will be
assigned some specific tasks. The project team members will be
required to complete their tasks within a period of three months.
The project will be managed by the overall project director. The
head of each project team will be answerable directly to the
project director.
The Evaluation Plan
Description of the specific criteria that will measure the success
of the project
It is important to measure the success of a project once it is
completed. This will give stakeholders an opportunity to assess
the effectiveness of the project. The first criterion will be used
is the scope. This will assist in determining whether the project

achieved its objectives within the given framework. The second
criterion is the schedule. This will help in assessing whether the
project was able to hit its milestones on time and whether the
project was delivered on time. The third criterion is the budget.
This criterion evaluates whether the project was managed to be
delivered within the budget which had been formulated. Another
success criterion is team satisfaction. The project team that is
satisfied is an indicator of success of the project. The final
criterion that will be used to measure success is the quality of
output It is important to track quality and make changes where
necessary.
Explanation of data that will be collected
The data that will be collected will be pertaining to the
activities that were undertaken. The data on the specific time it
took to complete each project activity will also be collected.
The data on the amount of money that was spent will also have
to be collected. The data on the quality of output will also have
to be collected.
Explanation of the data collection plans at the beginning, mid-
program, and final evaluation
The data which will be collected at the beginning will be
obtained from the project coordinator. He/she will indicate how
the program was rolled out and state any challenges
encountered. The data which will be collected at the mid of the
program will be obtained from the heads of respective project
teams and it will be pertaining to the progress of respective
project activities. The data which will be collected at the end of
the project will be obtained from the project director. This data
will indicate whether the project was able to meet its targets.
Evaluation instruments that will be used and an explanation of
why these instruments were selected
Two evaluation instruments will be used. The first one is the
value of outcomes/deliverables. The final outcome of the
project is supposed to have met its initial objectives. The value
of outcome will be low if some of the goals and objectives of
the project are not met. The second evaluation instrument is the

stakeholder satisfaction. If the project stakeholders are
interviewed and they state that they are satisfied with the
deliverables of the project, then that particular project will be
deemed to be successful.
Plans for writing the periodic reports to keep the funder updated
The project secretary will be tasked with documenting reports.
He/she should be in a position to generate quarterly reports.
These particular reports will be presented to all stakeholders
including the funder.
References
Forchuk, C., O’Regan, T., Jeng, M., & Wright, A. (2018).
Retaining a Sample of Homeless Youth. Journal of the Canadian
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27(3), 167.
Monn, A. R., Narayan, A. J., Kalstabakken, A. W., Schubert, E.
C., & Masten, A. S. (2017). Executive function and parenting in
the context of homelessness. Journal of Family Psychology,
31(1), 61.
Schwan, K., French, D., Gaetz, S., Ward, A., Akerman, J., &
Redman, M. (2018). Preventing youth homelessness. Homeless
Hub.

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