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This ONLINE workshop will provide the following instruction and practical skills necessary to develop a successful SSS proposal:

1.) NEED Section: Part 1
2.) NEED Section: Part 2
3.) BUDGET Section: Staff & Programming Structure
4.) OBJECTIVES Section: How Low/High Should You Go?
5.) PLAN OF OPERATION Section: IRS, Needs Assessment, Plan to Provide Services, Timelines & Management Plan, etc.
6.) INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT Section: Tangible resources and administrative/academic policies committed by the College
7.) QUALITY OF PERSONNEL Section: Qualifications/Experience of Project Staff & College's Plan to Hire Personnel
8.) EVALUATION Section: Formative & Summative Methods to Measure Project's Success

The fee is $1,500* per Institution (unlimited number of attendees) or $500* for Individuals. *Registration fee includes free access to all follow-up Proposal Writing Workshops, resources, and a free subscription to the SSS Competition Forum.


NEC provides services nationwide to institutions and agencies in areas of project implementation and technical assistance, professional development seminars, compliance assessment, external evaluation, as well as proposal development and technical reviews of proposals.

Please note that this is NOT an allowable cost and must be paid with non-federal funds. 
§200.460 Proposal costs. Proposal costs are the costs of preparing bids, proposals, or applications on potential Federal and non-Federal awards or projects, including the development of data necessary to support the non-Federal entity’s bids or proposals. Proposal costs of the current accounting period of both successful and unsuccessful bids and proposals normally should be treated as indirect (F&A) costs and allocated currently to all activities of the non-Federal entity.

Student Support Services (SSS) Proposal Writing Workshop 

On-Demand Recordings

of the February 21 & 22 workshop are now available for purchase in the NEC Shop! 

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