Question by radical_truth2000: Grant application question- “Do you forsee any risks which may affect your project?”?
The project involves providing workshops (on parenting, mental health, relationships, finances, housing, legal etc) to young parents under the age of 25 and assisting them with access to employment and education. We will also be providing a bus pick-up service, lunch and childcare.
This is my first grant application and I am unsure as to which catigory of risks they are referring.
Am I supposed to include our organisations whole risk management policy and proceedures document?
Does it include risks to clients attending the project, such as the bus crashing on the way to a workshop?
Or is this just risks to the project such as the co-ordinator going insane and stooting them all?
Please only answer if you have knowledge on grant writing for social services.
(No, being ON social services doesn’t count sorry)
Best answer:
Answer by dimples
They basically are asking what potential problems may arise that would affect your project negatively. Being affected negatively would be things like running out of funding in the middle of the project (you didn’t ask for enough), city/county regulations changing, what happens if you can’t get the enrollment you wanted to have, potential problems with the bussing issues, staffing issues, etc.
Not risks like something insane happening. They just want to know that you have thought of possible obstacles you might face along the way and how you would deal with those challenges to overcome them so that your project will be completed (they want to make sure they won’t be funding a project that is destined for failure).
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