Nixon's Grant...request for proposal

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Earlier this evening there was a post about a $2,000 mini grant proposal...

Here is the application which I will also put in the files section:

Notice of Mini Grants Available

Micro Industries for Self-Advocates

Offered by Life's Plan

Life's Plan is a non-profit organization that provides Special Needs Trust

options for people with disabilities and their families. Life's Plan is a

Medicaid qualified trust providing supplemental care and services through our

personalized trustee services and pooled investment strategy. Our individual

pooled trust accounts do not jeopardize key public benefit programs such as SSI

and Medicaid. The families we serve have an alternate choice to spending down

their loved one's inheritance with the use of a pooled trust. Life's Plan has

been serving individuals with disabilities and their families throughout

Illinois since 1986. If you would like to learn more about Life's Plan Inc.,

please click on the link: www.lifesplaninc.org

What: Mini grants of $2000 for Adults with Developmental Disabilities.

Who is Eligible: Adults with Developmental Disability living in Illinois

Limits: No more than one individual or one partnership per social service

agency will be selected. A total of ten (10) awards will be made up to $2000

per person or partnership.

Focus: To fund start-up money for micro-industry business that allows adults to

earn wages. A micro-industry is a business run by a person with a disability

with support from staff to allow the person to be more economically independent.

Examples of these types of micro-industries include but are not limited to: a

shredding company, jewelry making, used book resale, greeting cards, etc….

Requirements: Proposals should be limited to no more than four (4) pages.

Proposals should include:

1.Basic demographics of person applying

2.Summary of the micro-industry purposed

3.Projected outcomes from the business

4.Budget on how the funds will be spent

5.A one (1) page work plan with time frames

6.Indication of who will support you in this endeavor

7.Willingness to submit a 1 page final report by 12.31.10

8.Indicate to whom or to what entity the funds will be dispensed so that the

individual's government benefits are not compromised.

Application can be e-mailed to: snixon@...  or mailed to

Nixon, Life's Plan, Inc., 2801 Finley Road, Downers grove IL, 60515.

Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 PM, February 15, 2010.

No phone calls for clarification will be accepted.

[Guest guest]

Earlier this evening there was a post about a $2,000 mini grant proposal...

Here is the application which I will also put in the files section:

Notice of Mini Grants Available

Micro Industries for Self-Advocates

Offered by Life's Plan

Life's Plan is a non-profit organization that provides Special Needs Trust

options for people with disabilities and their families. Life's Plan is a

Medicaid qualified trust providing supplemental care and services through our

personalized trustee services and pooled investment strategy. Our individual

pooled trust accounts do not jeopardize key public benefit programs such as SSI

and Medicaid. The families we serve have an alternate choice to spending down

their loved one's inheritance with the use of a pooled trust. Life's Plan has

been serving individuals with disabilities and their families throughout

Illinois since 1986. If you would like to learn more about Life's Plan Inc.,

please click on the link: www.lifesplaninc.org

What: Mini grants of $2000 for Adults with Developmental Disabilities.

Who is Eligible: Adults with Developmental Disability living in Illinois

Limits: No more than one individual or one partnership per social service

agency will be selected. A total of ten (10) awards will be made up to $2000

per person or partnership.

Focus: To fund start-up money for micro-industry business that allows adults to

earn wages. A micro-industry is a business run by a person with a disability

with support from staff to allow the person to be more economically independent.

Examples of these types of micro-industries include but are not limited to: a

shredding company, jewelry making, used book resale, greeting cards, etc….

Requirements: Proposals should be limited to no more than four (4) pages.

Proposals should include:

1.Basic demographics of person applying

2.Summary of the micro-industry purposed

3.Projected outcomes from the business

4.Budget on how the funds will be spent

5.A one (1) page work plan with time frames

6.Indication of who will support you in this endeavor

7.Willingness to submit a 1 page final report by 12.31.10

8.Indicate to whom or to what entity the funds will be dispensed so that the

individual's government benefits are not compromised.

Application can be e-mailed to: snixon@...  or mailed to

Nixon, Life's Plan, Inc., 2801 Finley Road, Downers grove IL, 60515.

Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 PM, February 15, 2010.

No phone calls for clarification will be accepted.