FCCLA, Jump$tart Washington Financial Fitness Grant
Assurances
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The district assures that it will match any grant dollars used toward student travel with the
dollars equal to the costs of the advisors travel to a regional and/or state event.
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The district assures that they will support the project financially until reimbursement
occurs upon completion of the project and acceptance by FCCLA for the final report which
is due April 30, 2014.
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The coordinator assures that a regional and/or state presentation will occur in conjunction
with MONEY Smart week as well as a STAR event, or poster display.
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The coordinator assures that a pre- and post-test will be given to member participants as
well as the project participants, and the data compiled and submitted to FCCLA by April
30, 2014.
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The coordinator assures that all promotional materials will acknowledge the funding
source, Jump$tart Washington
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District officials have read and understand these
assurances.
FCCLA Affiliation Number:
Name of Authorized Representative:
Position/Title of Authorized Representative:
Date: (example 11/15/13)
Fiscal Period: November 15, 2013-July 30, 2014
FCCLA, Jump$tart Washington Financial Fitness Grant
Six $2000 grants, supported through a Jump$tart Washington grant to WA-FCCLA, will be awarded to
affiliated FCCLA Chapters in Washington State for projects that attain the four measures listed below.
The major focuses of these grant awards are to increase the financial literacy of high needs populations,
increase the number of chapters that apply for FCCLA recognition for Financial Fitness, and to create
best practices or tools that are replicable or scalable. FCCLA members will plan a project to promote
financial literacy with chosen project participants. This project will meet the criteria outlined in the
FCCLA Financial Fitness National project.
Measure 1. Engage FCCLA members in a Financial Fitness project that reaches a high needs population in
the community in which they live.
Measure 2. Demonstrate that engagement in a Financial Fitness project increases financial literacy as
measured through selected pre- and post-tests.
Measure 3. Increase the number of schools that and youth who create a project that qualifies them to
apply for recognition for participation in FCCLA Financial Fitness National Program Recognition.
Measure 4: Create an electronic document to be shared with other FCCLA chapters that provides
guidance for replicating this project in another community.
Applications for this funding must be emailed to Debbie Handy, WA-FCCLA Executive Director by January
29, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at fccla@wsu.edu. The email subject line should state: Financial Fitness Grant
Application. Grant awardees will be announced by Friday, January 31, 2014. Preference will be given to
communities that did not receive financial education grants in 2010-2011. Chapters who received
Jump$tart grant funds in the November 2013 award process may not apply again.
Final grant reports will be submitted by April 30, 2014. Processes for submitting these reports and a
copy of the project guidelines will be sent to chapters receiving the awards by January 15, 2014.
Describe the proposed project by responding to the following questions.
Your Responses to the following questions will be used for the scoring of this grant application. The
points for each category are listed with the section titles.
PROJECT PLAN: (30 points)
1. Which unit of the 5 units from the FCCLA Financial Fitness project will be the focus of the project,
and why is it the best unit for your community?
2. Do you have any partners you will be using for this project, and who are they?
3. What are the project goals and the activities supporting these goals?
Provide details of the student activity.
4. What will the format of the activity be?
5. What will the estimated number of planning members and the estimated number of participants
be?
6. Describe the group who will receive the financial training and the recruitment strategies for the
participants.
7. How did you determine this was a high needs group for this project?
PROJECT OUTCOMES (10 Points)
List the expected outcomes for:
1. Describe the expected outcomes for the FCCLA member participants.
2. Describe the expected outcomes for the project participants.
3. Identify potential pre- and post-tests that will be used to measure changes in financial literacy based
upon the project (i.e. Financial Fitness for Life – elementary, middle, high school level as
appropriate; other)
MANAGEMENT PLAN (20 points)
Describe the management plan for the project by responding to these questions.
1. Describe the role of each partner that you might have.
2. Create a timeline including the sequence of events for your project.
3. Describe any follow-up activities you will complete.
4. Describe the evaluation activities that will be used.
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (20) points
Project advisors are expected to keep an electronic file which might include a PowerPoint, video, or unit
plan about the project to be shared the following year.
Describe how you will create this electronic file.
1. What will the planned content be for this file?
2. What will the format be for this file?
Describe how you will disseminate information about your project at each of the following levels.
3. How will you be involved in Money Smart week?
4. How will you be involved in the FCCLA regional and/or state and/or national meetings?
5. How will you disseminate information about your project at the community level?
6. How will you acknowledge Jump$tart and FCCLA?
BUDGET NARRATIVE (10 points)
Describe your proposed budget.
1. Describe how you will use the grant funds for your project.
2. Describe any matching funds that might be used and the source of those funds.
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