Hosting a Class

704-540-0981

Sponsoring an Agency Hosted Grant Writing or Grant Management Class

 

First Responder Grants (FRG) is pleased to announce our “Agency Hosted Classes”, a more economical way for you to receive the grant-writing training you desire and need. We can partner with you for recruiting and marketing purposes and once we have secured a minimum of 15 students to attend, we will come to your department and present any of our grant training courses for all of the First Responder or Public Safety agencies in your regional area.

 

We understand that many of you are working with very limited budgets and that your time is extremely limited and valuable. Let us help you learn how to obtain the funding you need to stretch your budgets, increase officer safety, and get the equipment you need to do your job safely and effectively.

 

How Does This Work?

 If you are interested in hosting a grant writing or management class, call us:

  • If you are a State, County or local police, sheriff, SWAT, corrections or other type law enforcement agency, please contact Margaret Stark at 704-540-0981 or via email  at MStark@FirstResponderGrants.com
  • If you are a fire, rescue, EMS / ambulance,  emergency management or other First Responder / Public Safety type agency, please contact Kurt Bradley at 863-551-9598 or via email at KBradley@FirstResponderGrants.com
  • You can also go to the Contact Us form and put Hosting a Class in the product box.
  • We will discuss a future date for your class. This is usually at minimum 10-12 weeks in advance to allow you ample to time to prepare and recruit students to attend your class.

 

Give Me Details

  • FRG will supply you with marketing copy materials and a faxable flyer registration form that has been customized for your class listing the dates, locations, times, agency contact information etc. These can then be printed, faxed or emailed for distribution, posting to websites or organizational bulletin boards, emailed to various databases or organizations.
  • Cost to each student is $350.00 per student. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged to lock your class and prevent possible cancellation of your class from lack of attendees however; payment is due no later than the first day of the actual class.
  • FRG will provide a web based / online registration process. We can accept payment also via faxable registration form or via phone also. Payment is accepted via PO #, check or with any major credit card.  
  • FRG will handle all billing, invoicing and payment collections.
  • We will supply a qualified single instructor for your class
  • The instructor will be responsible for all their own travel expenses
  • Each student will be sent an electronic file via email, with all handouts prior to each class for them to print and bring with them to the class.
  • Students will have the opportunity to purchase optional CDs at the class which have our Grant Writing manual and/or examples of grant RFPs / Program Guidance documents and numerous funded narrative examples from various grant programs for emergency response and public safety agencies.
  • We will also market your seminar on our website and through mass emails through our existing database of clients.
  • Certificates are provided for each student attending the class.

 

What Are My Agency’s Responsibilities?

  • You are responsible for proactively recruiting students to the class. It is not economically feasible for us to come and present this training to you unless you have a minimum of 15 students registered for the class. The usual size of these classes typically is around 20-35 students however; we can handle as many as your training facility can legally seat within existing fire codes. Our courses are designed and targeted to ALL Public Safety and First Responder Agencies so you should target all of these type agencies in your regional and state areas. Our classes typically draw students from within a 300 mile radius. Proactively recruiting is a primary responsibility, as you have access to potential students and local/state professional organizations that we do not, especially within your own region / state. That is why we can hold these attendance costs down for your students however; we can advise you on methods you may use to get the students informed of the availability of the class and help facilitate your recruiting efforts. We are still the most economical firm that specifically trains Public Safety and First Responders personnel in these type grants.
  • Our classes have been frequently approved for In-service or Continuing Education Credits for many career disciplines. Most states require this be done on a class by class basis so, if you wish to have this class certified as such, it is your responsibility to submit the materials to the appropriate authority for approval. FRG will assist you in providing needed documentation to accomplish this, or we will advise you if it has been pre-approved for your area. Doing so sometimes opens the door to reimbursement from state training funds for attending these classes thereby making recruiting the minimum 15 students much easier for you
  • You must provide the training facility for the class. The training facility can be any room, in any suitable location, set into a classroom style and large enough to safely and comfortably accommodate students. We strongly suggest the training facility have Internet access available at minimum to the instructor and we are capable of wireless access. Internet availability to all students is highly desirable but not required. We supply our own laptop computers and can supply our own projectors if needed (please advise) but, a projection screen or white wall at front of room is needed along with appropriate electrical power access.
  • We do not provide or pay for refreshments/meals for your students; this is your responsibility. Hosts usually provide coffee and drinks during the class as well as some breakfast type snacks. Many hosts solicit a local restaurant or sandwich/pizza restaurant to supply lunch as a donation to their department. Many hosts have had success soliciting funds from local businesses to pay or supply these amenities themselves however; this is only a suggestion and not a requirement.

 

  • 30 days prior to your class’s arranged date, we will have a teleconference with you to check your recruiting efforts. If you have the required 15 students registered, we will “lock” your date in and our instructor will then make airline and hotel reservations. As these reservations are usually non-refundable for our instructors and some students, without incurring considerable penalty, you should encourage early registration from potential attendees. If at this point you have not attained 15 students registered, you may choose to move your date and continue to recruit or cancel the class without penalty.

 

What’s In This for Me?

  •  In exchange for providing the above, the hosting agency will be provided with two free seats at the class. You may use these free seats yourself or give them away, the choice is yours.

 

 

A Value Added Bonus

 Any student, including from the host agency, who signs up for our Annual Grant Services Package (AGSP) within 30 days of attending your class will receive a 10% discount off the normal price of $999 ($899) for one year worth of additional grant support services. These additional support services (Annual Grant Services Package) greatly increase the success rate of the students utilizing them.

 

Win a TASER

  

Additionally, anyone who attends one of our regular classes will be entered into a drawing to win either a TASER model x26 or a TASER model c2( model X26 TASER can only be awarded to law enforcement officers all others will receive a TASER model c2). All students who have attended FRG classes during that 60 day period will have their names submitted into a drawing with all other students who have attended a class during that 60 days. The winning student ‘s name will be selected through a random drawing conducted by our staff. Only one entry per student will be allowed. The winner will be notified by our staff and proper paperwork will be obtained and the TASER shipped to them. All monthly winners will be posted onto our website.

  

What Are the Advantages Of an “Agency Hosted Class”?

  • They are more economical to attend, saving the agencies significant money.
  • You and the students generally have no outrageous travel costs or hotel costs due to a regional approach.
  • Smaller class size provides more one-on-one time per student.