Bridging Cultural Gaps in Mental Health: Enhancing Family Well-Being

This project aims to explore how cultural norms and stigmas influence mental health access within different communities and how families can embrace mental well-being practices. The goal is to create resources that help families better understand mental health, break down cultural stigmas, and improve communication around these challenges. Learners will gather and organize information to develop tangible resources, such as directories, handbooks, and presentations, that promote culturally sensitive approaches to mental health support. The project will emphasize effective team communication, research, and presentation skills, preparing learners for real-world collaboration.

Non-Profit Grant Writing

We are looking for assistance in finding and completing grant applications that support our mission and vision statement. We believe this project will include: Comprehensive grant and funding searching and of applications to enable our organization to achieve it's current objectives. Develop a needs statement that characterizes the community problem and justifies the need for our project and funding. Identify potential sponsors and funding opportunities that are a good fit for our organization and project. Interpret a request for proposal (RFP). Improve the clarity and persuasiveness of our company's grant proposal writing. Collaborate with the team and Executive director on partnerships and documentation Track successful grants and funds while also ensuring that grant submission deadlines and requirements are met

Financial Business Plan

We are looking to officially launch Valid Dreams Foundation and would like to involve students in this exciting time as we work to develop a financial business plan. We can provide access to internal documentation and other information as needed as well as access to key contacts. Based on our unique goals and constraints, we would like students to develop a strong, competitive financial business plan, which we can present to investors and potential sponsors. We would also like student involvement in researching ways we can increase revenue as an organization to reach our financial goals. The plan should include: Sales forecasting Expense budget Income projections (conservative and aggressive) Assets and liabilities Break-even analysis Pay periods for employees and future positions

Grant Writing, Business Development

Our organization is interested in addressing societal issues, newcomer support and supporting social justice causes. However, we are currently facing funding challenges. We would like to collaborate with students to find and complete grant applications. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarize themselves with our vision statement and a project we have defined. Develop a needs statement that characterizes the community problem and justifies the need for our project and funding. Identifying potential sponsors and funding opportunities that are a good fit for our organization and project. Improving the clarity and persuasiveness of our company's grant proposal writing. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Identifying new opportunities for community projects.