Grant Writing Resources

Federal Funding Tools and Resources

• Grants.gov registration process: To apply for a federal grant, your organization must have completed the registration process. There are several steps in the registration process. This can take as little as three-to-five business days, or as long as four weeks if all steps are not completed in a timely manner. Please register early!
  • Organizations must be registered in SAM.gov as well as grants.gov to apply for federal funding. Click here for steps to validate and register an entity.
  • Additionally, organizations must have an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) in SAM.gov to receive federal funds. This is something that must be renewed annually. Organizations that have had turnover in their finance department (often finance staff are listed as the primary contact) may have an inactive UEI and be unaware of it. Click here for UEI Registration Renewal Steps.
• Grants 101: Learn more about federal grant making process
  • Grants.gov – Grants 101
  • Office of Justice Program (OJP) – Grants 101: contains information both specific to OJP and general federal grants info
• Types of federal funding opportunities
• Funding Search Request Tool
• Federal Grant Readiness Checklist

Grant Development Tools and Resources

Best Practices: public health programs, interventions, and policies that have been evaluated, shown to be successful, and have the potential to be adapted and transformed by others working in the same field.

• Healthy People 2020 Evidence-Based Resources
• The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Model Practice Database
• The Guide to Community Preventive Services: The Community Guide
• Community Tool Box Links to Databases of Best Practices

Supporting Data: publicly available data sets for community level statistics that can be used to demonstrate the need for specific services in your catchment area.

• Healthy People 2020 Data (United States Department of Health and Human Services)
• Missouri Community Data Profiles (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services)
• State and County QuickFacts (United States Census Bureau)
• Community Commons
• County Health Rankings (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Grant Writing Tools

• Grant proposal checklist
• Grant production timeline
• Partnership checklist
• Concept paper template: Brief document used to outline the type of program(s) that your organization would like to fund. MoCAP asks that organizations seeking assistance provide a draft concept paper at the onset of our work together.
• About your organization: In addition to a concept papers prepared on your proposed programs, it is important to have compiled specific information about your organization.