Draft of Budget and Funding

In Milestone One, you provided an overview of your selected agency in terms of its budget and funding through an introduction. You reviewed how they
impacted the culture of the agency. You also justified implementation of your proposal using your description of the budget and funding. In Milestone Two, you
further developed the workforce structure, which directly impacts an organization’s budget and funding. You will use that information in this milestone as you
detail how the budget and funding impact the delivery and quality of programs and grant funding of your selected agency. You should review the course material
from Module Four that provides details of budgeting and funding issues relevant to nonprofit organizations and how these elements impact the agency’s ability
to deliver services now and in the future.
For Milestone Three, submit a draft of Section III (Budget and Funding) using the sample strategic plan that you have selected. This draft should be as detailed as
possible in order to allow the instructor to provide significant feedback. The draft should also incorporate the research you have conducted up to this point and
the description of the budget and funding as provided in Milestone One.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed in Milestone Three:
III. Budget and Funding: Provide information regarding how budget and funding impact the delivery and quality of programs and grant funding.
a) Based on the relationship between the agency’s budget and the delivery of services, explain the need for maintaining a budget based on ethical
standards in human services. Provide examples of ethical decisions that will improve the agency’s service to the community. Consider including
relevant standards in human services to support claims.
b) Describe how decisions regarding personnel changes and the agency’s budget influence the quality of program services. You might also think
about which ethical standards in human services address this influence.
c) Analyze the relationships between grant funding and the delivery of services. How does grant funding help address gaps in agency budgets?
Consider the laws and regulations in relation to grant compliance.
d) Describe how the proposal may impact future funding sources. You might also think about historical and current trends in human services
programming, workforce structures, and funding.
If your selected strategic plan does not include all of the above information listed in the critical elements, you may add your own relevant and appropriate facts
that would align with the plan and support the final project.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: If you have selected to submit Milestone Three in the written report format, it should be two to three pages. If you have selected to
submit Milestone Three in the PowerPoint format, it should be four to six slides with speaker notes. If you have selected to submit Milestone Three in the Prezi or
video format, it should be no more than four to six minutes.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Budget and Funding:
Delivery of Services
Explains the need for maintaining a budget
based on ethical standards in human
services using examples of decisions that
will improve service to the community
Explains the need for maintaining a budget
based on ethical standards in human
services, but details either lack examples of
decisions that will improve service to the
community or are cursory
Does not explain the need for maintaining a
budget based on ethical standards in
human services
22
Budget and Funding:
Quality of Services
Describes how decisions regarding
personnel changes and the agency’s budget
influence the quality of program services
Describes how decisions regarding
personnel changes and the agency’s budget
influence the quality of program services,
but details are inaccurate or cursory
Does not describe how decisions regarding
personnel changes and the agency’s budget
influence the quality of program services
22
Budget and Funding:
Grant Funding
Analyzes the relationships between grant
funding and the delivery of services,
including how grant funding helps address
gaps in agency budgets
Analyzes the relationships between grant
funding and the delivery of services,
including how grants help address gaps in
agency budgets, but details are inaccurate
or cursory
Does not analyze the relationship between
grant funding and the delivery of services
22
Budget and Funding:
Future Funding
Sources
Describes how the proposal may impact
future funding sources
Describes how the proposal may impact
future funding sources, but details are
irrelevant or cursory
Does not describe how the proposal may
impact future funding sources
22
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that prevent understanding of
ideas
12
Earned Total 100%