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Grant Presentations and Conferences
Public Safety Grants Consulting
CHIEF Grants Certified Consultant Available as Speaker and Presenter for Your Grant Seminar, Conference or Workshop
"Your seminar was great! I have attended FEMA workshops in the past and found they only cover the grant process, saying where the narrative section is, not the way it should be done. After attending your seminar I have more confidence in how to write the narrative portion of the grant, I reviewed my narratives from my previous grants and feel they where pretty good... but I know now how they could have been much better. Thanks again!"
Keith Summers, VP, Elkridge VFD, MD
Kurt Bradley, Certified Grants Consultant for CHIEF Grants, is available to give presentations and lead discussions on public safety grant issues at conferences, summits, seminars and workshops. To discuss arrangements and what you need for your grants event, contact Kurt.
What Can Kurt Do for Your Conference?
Kurt is a retired police lieutenant with 26 years experience in public safety administration. He is also a grants expert who specializes solely in public safety grants. Since he began writing grants in 1997, Kurt has attained a 80% funding success rate in obtaining grants. Put Kurt's 20+ years of public safety, grant writing and grant administration experience to work for your audience
- Has spoken in front of audiences of over 2,500 members
- Can focus presentations for city government, fire/rescue, EMS, law enforcement and other representatives of public safety and civic agencies and departments
- Available for general grant writing instruction
- Instruction in grant compliance
- Grant administration and management
- How to devise and manage grant strategy
- Developing departmental grants programs for application processes
- Funding alternatives from private and corporate sources
- Fundraising programs in conjunction with grants (such as for raising matching funds)
"Just a quick thank you for providing an insightful, well-organized training session in Huntersville, NC. It was very informative and, I feel, helped everyone from those who have never written a grant to those of us with some knowledge of it. I think your method of teaching and the "relaxed" atmosphere was wonderful."
Sharon Harrison-Pope, Grants/Contracts Manager, Guilford County Sheriff's Office, NC
Kurt can also address specific grant programs, such as:
- Grant funding from the federal government, including
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Department of Justice. (DoJ)
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
- US Fire Administration (USFA)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Local law enforcment block grants
- Firefighter grant programs including Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFGP)
- FEMA Disaster Grants
- Equipment acquisition grants
- Interoperable communications
- 911 communication enhancement programs
What will Kurt bring to a grants presentation?
- Draws on 26 years of law enforcement experience and over 10 years experience specializing in grants and grant writing
- Has been a Certified Law Enforcement Instructor for over 20 years
- Keeps the event interactive and the audience interested
- Presents with an effective, dynamic and engaging delivery style
- Injects appropriate humor to keep audience engaged
- Breaks down jargon, regulations, legalese and bureaucratic processes into language civic and public safety professionals understand
"Thank you for the wealth of information provided over the past two days in Missouri. It was certainly worth my time to travel out there.... I appreciate the time you spent answering questions and discussing the AFGP, FP and narratives."
Alana T. Denton, Linwood, NC
Certified with the National Grant Writers Association
Kurt has attained certification with the National Grant Writers Association and holds the following certifications as:
- Certified Grants Specialist
- Certified Grants Administrator
- Senior Certified Grants Specialist
- Certified Grants Reviewer
- Certified Grants Consultant
Talk with Kurt About Presenting at Your Grants Event
To discuss bookings, speaking and presentation arrangements for your grant event, contact Kurt.
Recent and Upcoming Appearances
- International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference
Host: IAFC
Venue: Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn, Hunt Valley, MD
Date: June 1-5, 2005
Course: Show Me the Money
- 2005 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Application Seminar
Host: CHIEF Grants
Venue: Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport, Philadelphia, PA
Date: March 4-5, 2005
What is it? Make 2005 the year your department wins an AFGP award! You've told us what you want to learn about grant-writing and AFGP, and we're delivering it in our first-ever CHIEF Grants seminar.
- 2005 First Responders Grant Summit
Host: The Hawthorn Institute
Venue: Best Western Columbia Inn, Columbia, Missouri
Date: January 25-26, 2005
Course: Grant Writing Training/ Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
- 2005 National Summit on Homeland Security Preparedness for Public Health
Host: The Performance Institute
Venue: Sheraton Suites Galleria, Atlanta, Georgia
Date: January 19-21, 2005
Course:
- NIMS Compliance: Procuring Essential Items for Medical Defense Professionals
- Show Me the Money: Funding Opportunities for Public Health Entities
- Host: American Academy of Applied Forensics
Venue: Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
Date: November 3-5, 2004*
Course: Grant Writing for Law Enforcement
- Host: Relativity, Inc. (Law Enforcement Software Provider)
Venue: Grand Casino, Tunica, MS
Date: September 23, 2004
Course: General Grant Training for Law Enforcement Grants.
- Host: The Performance Institute
Venue: Washington, D.C.
Date: August 16-18, 2004
Course Content: 2004 National Summit on Homeland Security Grants for First Responders
- NIMS Compliance
- AFGP programs
- Interoperable Communications
- FEMA Disaster Grants
- Host: The Performance Institute
Venue: Arlington, VA
Date: July 20-22, 2004
Course Content: National Conference for Recruiting and Retention for Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement Human Resources Summit
- Presented and led Grants Workshop for HR managers from Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement agencies from around the US
Contact a Grant Consultant to discuss arrangements.
"Mr. Bradley has a warm yet professional personality that promotes communication and inquiry. He is very knowledgable and eager to share information, no "fluff," just meat-and-potatoes information that is strongly needed."
Renee B. Meador, Training Supervisor/Program Development, Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Academy, Weyers Cave, VA
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