Grant Proposal Project

Let me introduce myself. My name is Jolene Benner. I have been engaged to develop strategies to access government grant money that is available for drug testing. Recently, I have been working to develop a template for a grant that can be used at any AccuDiagnostics location in CA or NV. I am working with the Lancaster location and with Doug Kimball. I live in Lancaster so this was the best way for me to get access to the information I need in an expeditious manner.

The scope of this project is to research the possibilities of obtaining a grant for AccuDiagnostics. With that purpose in mind, I found numerous possibilities from a Federal, State and private foundations level. As with most grants, if AccuDiagnostics “partners” with a non-profit for the grant, the chance of getting the funding increases significantly.

Most of the grants researched involve education and drug related grants with school use in mind. So the next step has been to research and talk with possible non-profits in that field who would be willing to be a “partner” with Accu in Lancaster in our grant search.

I have talked with several non-profits and I am narrowing the selection down to the ones which would be best suited not only for Lancaster but for all Accu locations as well.

As soon as the non-profit selection is in place, the actual writing of the grant application will start. There is a significant amount of money to be had in the grant arena and if the whole process is taken a step at a time and the paperwork is carefully written in significant detail, the chances are very great for the money to be awarded.