The City of Colorado Springs will host a Grant Writing USA two-day grant writing workshop on July 26-27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mountain Metropolitan Transit facility (1015 Transit Drive – off Hancock Expressway, between Fountain and Union). You do not have to be associated with the City to register.

The cost is $425 which includes tuition, workbook, a resource CD and lifetime, free access to Grant Writing USA’s Alumni Forums. Various Continuing Education and university credit are available for this class. For details on this aspect, visit http://grantwritingusa.com/ceu.html for details. The workshop is designed for grant writers from beginners to experienced ones. Grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. Topics covered include:

• How and where to find grants
• How to write winning grants
• Understanding the difference between organizational needs and needs of the community
• Developing credibility as an applicant
• Researching, measuring and objectively articulating community need for a proposed grant
• Measuring impacts
• Developing a budget and analyzing cash flow
• And much more.

For more information and/or to register, click here. Questions can also be emailed to cs@grantwritingusa.com or called into 1-800-814-8191.