Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Grants Research & Proposal Development

Project Date: 2006 to present
Project Manager: Melissa Rodriguez
Clients: The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Locations: Statewide

Effective proposal development involves a number of factors: a good fit between funding opportunity, proposed project and sponsoring organization; close contact between grant writer and organization staff to ensure required information is correctly and thoroughly communicated in the proposal; adequate project planning to ensure that the project will be a success; and, often, adequate matching funds for leverage with the proposed funding source.

With these elements in mind, Agnew::Beck provides project and proposal development services to beneficiary serving organizations on projects authorized by Trust program officers in areas that correspond with the Trust’s five focus areas.  These focus areas include:

• Bring the Kids Home
• Affordable Appropriate Housing
• Trust Beneficiary Group Initiatives
• Justice for Persons with Disabilities
• Workforce Development (workforce serving beneficiaries)

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Grant Research and Proposal Development contract focuses on two main activities:

• Researching grant funding opportunities that relate to AMHTA’s five focus areas and providing bi-weekly reports to Trust administration on eligible opportunities.
• Project and proposal development.  Projects developed through this contract may be responding to opportunities found through the research provided under this contract, through the pre-development pool, through the Trust technical assistance contract, or through other means.

Through this contract, Agnew::Beck has raised more than $17 million for State and local-level organizations service Trust beneficiaries. Agnew::Beck is currently working on several projects under this contract, including:

Valley Residential Services
Developing a “blue print” or template for Housing Trust funding requests.

New Stuyahok Traditional Council
Securing approximately $1.8 million in additional funding for a family resource center and sub-regional clinic.

Tundra Women’s Coalition
Raising approximately $7 million to complete the design and construction of a replacement domestic violence shelter in Bethel, Alaska, and transitional housing units.

IMPACT: Evidence-based Depression Care
Developing a proposal for Anchorage Neighbhorhood Health Center to implement the IMPACT Model of depression care in a primary care setting.