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CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Seminars

Are time and travel costs preventing you from attending out-of-town or out-of-state grant training? If you can't come to us, we will come to you, with our CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Grant-Writing Seminars!

Learn all about the benefits of bringing CHIEF Grants Seminar training to your jurisdiction, and how you can make arrangements with us to host a seminar.

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Low-Cost Grant Training That Comes to You

A CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Seminar is your chance to offer professional grant-writing training to agencies in your local area, at a greatly reduced cost.

Save the Gas & Hotel Money

Instead of the travel and manpower costs of putting someone on the road for out-of-town or out-of-state training events, CHIEF Grants will come to your jurisdiction. No missed shifts. No expenses for hotels, gas, or plane tickets. Just in-town grant-writing training that can give your personnel the skills to write successful grant applications.

This is especially helpful for agencies with limited time, limited training funds and without incurring significant travel expenses. An agency-hosted seminar is easy to host and cheaper for everyone.

Two Days, Only $349 Per Student ($299 for Early Registration)

Your CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Seminar will last two days, with opportunities for one-on-one consultations following each day's classroom sessions.

Cost to attend is $349 per person ($299 "Early-Bird" Special, if you register more than 30 days in advance).

That is a $150 savings over attending one of our regional training seminars, not to mention the money and resources saved in personnel and agency expenses. And, payment is not due until the first day of the seminar.

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Seminar Format & Benefits to Public Safety Agencies

Who Would Benefit from a CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Seminar?

  • Beginning-to intermediate-level public safety grant writers
  • All public safety agencies: Fire, Law Enforcement, EMS, Emergency Management, Corrections and more
  • Grant writers who have had their applications rejected
  • Grant writers seeking to better understand the grant process
  • Administrators and board members, so they better understand what grants can truly do and the process involved

Why Attend?

Can you answer "yes" to any of the following questions?

  • Have you gone to grant seminars in the past, but still don't understand how to actually "write the grant"?
  • Are you a rookie to the grants game?
  • Are your grant applications being rejected?
  • Are you receiving "Dear John" letters instead of award letters?
  • Do you want to succeed where others have failed?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you want to host and/or attend a CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Seminar.

Give CHIEF Grants 2 days, and we'll give you the skills, answers and resources you need to write winning grant applications. Here is an overview of what you'll get out of each day of our grant-writing training.

What Do You Get in an Agency-Hosted Seminar?

2 Days of Focused, Personalized Grant Writing Training on How to Write a Public Safety Grant Application

  • Industry-specific training for Fire, EMS, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement and Corrections
    • Kurt Bradley leads presentations for seminars focused on Fire and EMS
    • Margaret Stark leads presentations for seminars focused on Law Enforcement and Corrections
  • Winning examples of real-world, current grant applications that have been awarded funding
  • Unconditional, every-penny-of-your-money-back guarantee (more on this below)
  • Your seminar will be led by certified grant experts Kurt Bradley or Margaret Stark. They are two of America's top public safety grant consultants, and both come from public safety career fields
  • FREE grant writing manual, tailored for public safety agencies (more on this below)

Classroom Sessions

  • Day 1, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Day 2, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • 10 most common mistakes departments make on applications
  • Reasons why applications get rejected
  • How do you prepare your agency for a grant program?
  • NIMS compliance updates and how NIMS relates to your grant efforts
  • How to write a grant application and narrative
  • Where do you find funding opportunities?
    • Federal
    • State
    • Corporate/ Private Foundations
  • Grant-writing tips and strategies on what your department can do to write stronger, more competitive grant applications
  • How to research your application and find the information you need
  • E-Grants vs. Paper Applications: How are they different, and when do you use one over the other?
  • What is a needs assessment? How do you conduct one for your department?
  • "What do they want from me?" How to translate grant guidelines, program priorities and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) into real English
  • How to "think outside the box" when seeking funding or allocating resources

Career-Specific Instruction

  • How to write and structure the strongest, most detailed application possible
  • Specific grants for your career field. We'll customize this based on the time of year, currently available or soon-to-open grants, and/or specific requests from your agency. Specific grants covered may include, but are not limited to:
    • Assistance to Firefighter's Grant Program (AFGP)
    • Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
    • Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
    • Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP)
    • Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program (FP & S)
    • Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP)
    • Polaris Ranger 6x6 Utility Vehicle Donation Program
    • Special Program Assistance for Needed Tactical Officer Assets (SPANTOA)
    • Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Services (SAFER)
    • Review of guidelines and RFPs for career-specific grants and assistance programs
    • Practical examples: see winning applications and learn what made them stand out (including AFGP, JAG, ONDCP, CEDAP, FP&S, and more!)

After Each Day

Unwind with Kurt or Margaret and they will make time to deal with your individual questions and agency concerns after the seminar each day. This is a great opportunity to have one-on-one discussions with Kurt or Margaret about grants and situations specific to your agency or jurisdiction.

FREE Grant Manual

Each seminar student will receive a free copy of Kurt Bradley and Margaret Stark's grant-writing manual, Writing Successful Public Safety Grants.

A $50 value, your free manual is something you'll turn to again and again after your CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Seminar. It will assist you in developing any grant application that you are working on.

Unconditional "Every-Penny-Back" Satisfaction Guarantee

Want to know how confident we are of the quality of our CHIEF Grants Agency-Hosted Seminars, over other grant training?

If you complete a seminar, and don't think it was the BEST public safety grant-writing training you've ever attended, we will refund every penny of your seminar registration fees.

An unconditional, every-penny-of-your-money-back guarantee - that's how confident we are of what you'll get out of our grant training!

Remember: No grant writer or consulting service can, or will, guarantee that you will get awarded a grant. That decision is strictly up to the funding source. But we will give you the skills and information you need to write stronger, more competitive grant applications.

Free After-Seminar Support

After the seminar, Kurt and Margaret are still available to help your department with your grant-writing and applications. Other firms charge for their additional services; CHIEF Grants consulting is FREE and unlimited!

CHIEF Grants, the website, and our expert consultants are available for FREE, as a customer service of CHIEF. See how CHIEF can help your agency with gear and equipment: go to CHIEFsupply.com or call (888) 588-8569.

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How Can My Agency Host a Grant-Writing Seminar?

Our costs per student are greatly reduced, over that of a regional seminar ($499), because the agency who is hosting the seminar agrees to do some of the work involved in recruiting students, as well as provide the training facility for the seminar. Here is what your agency will agree to do:

Provide a Suitable Training Facility

  • Provide a suitable training facility large enough to host a class of 15+ students
  • Table and chair space for each student
  • Restroom facilities
  • A projection screen suitable for LCD projection (we can provide our own LCD projectors if needed)
  • Coffee/juice/bottled water and an afternoon refreshment break are recommended and greatly appreciated by your students
  • Facility should be conveniently located, such as your own agency, or a rented or donated hall (e.g.; Lion's Club, Bingo Hall, City Hall Auditorium, School Auditorium, School or College Classroom, Training Academy Classroom)
  • Classroom needs to be equipped with power extension cords for projector and computer equipment, as well as "hard line" or "wireless" Internet access
  • You will be responsible for copying and reproducing the provided handout materials. There are approx. 30-40 pages of handouts per student
  • Optional: It is a nice touch to obtain 4-8 door prizes from local merchants to be given away throughout the seminar

Recruit the Students

  • We require a minimum of 15 students to bring this training to your area
  • 21 days prior to your seminar date you will have the opportunity to cancel or reschedule your seminar if you have not recruited the minimum number of students
  • Due to the nature of non-refundable airline tickets, hotel reservations etc., after that date you will have a financial responsibility for the tuition fee of any students, less than 15, once we appear. (Example: if we arrive and only 14 students are present, your agency would be responsible for one student tuition fee of $299. This rarely happens, but since the price of attending these seminars is greatly reduced over our regional seminar fees, we must guarantee a minimum number of paying students to ensure that we cover our expenses)
  • For every 15 students that are recruited and appear for the seminar, you will earn 1 free seat in the seminar which you are free to use or give away as you desire
  • You will be provided with proper advertising and marketing materials suitable for faxing or email/web posting use. This information should be distributed to potential students through local websites, bulletin flyers, postings on bulletin boards, fax, email list servers, Statewide Professional Associations and memberships, etc.
  • You will need to maintain a current registration/contact list sheet (provided) that is emailed to us weekly until your seminar date
  • You will be provided with an online registration site for students to register at, specific to your agency's event, and you should be able to receive faxed registration forms from students and forward them to us weekly
  • Your event will be posted on our website and promoted in email marketing newsletters
  • We will need a specific contact person to serve as a contact person for students to answer their local questions and who will coordinate the registrations and required activities for us, prior to our arrival
  • Who can attend? Well that depends upon you, It can be only fire/EMS or Law Enforcement/Corrections and we will tailor the course specifically to that audience. We do however recommend that you open the class to ANY public safety agency to attend. This in the spirit of "interagency cooperation" and allows the hosting agency a much better chance of recruiting the minimum 15 students

What's The Next Step?

It is a really simple process. Here's how:

  1. Call Kurt Bradley (Fire/ EMS/ EMA) or Margaret Stark (Law Enforcement/ Corrections) at (800) 992-0272 or fill out and submit our online contact form
  2. Kurt or Margaret will review your information and contact you to discuss the details and arrangements to act as a host and will get the process started
  3. Set a date for your seminar and get on our schedule
  4. Sign and return the contract that will be prepared for you
  5. Start recruiting!
We look forward to bringing our CHIEF Grants training to your area soon.

Call (800) 992-0272 or Email Us Today!

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Current Schedule

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  • Call (800) 992-0272
  • Per Student: $349
  • Early Birds: $299 (register 30 days in advance)
  • You will not be billed or invoiced until after the seminar
  • No penalty for cancellation
May 19-20, 2008, Portland Police Bureau, Portland, OR
June 9-10, 2008, Moore County Sheriff, Lynchburg, TN
Feb. 7-8, 2009, Fannin County Fire Chiefs Association, Bonham, TX

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Your Instructors

Kurt T. Bradley, Fire and EMS Grants Consultant

Kurt Bradley
Fire & EMS Grants Consultant
CHIEF Grants
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Margaret Stark, Law Enforcement Grants Consultant

Margaret Stark
Law Enforcement & Corrections Grants Consultant
CHIEF Grants
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