proposal
Sample 1
Executive Summary
Project Mental Education is a proposal for Community Outreach Grants with Tigers in
Action Foundation. It grants $1,500 for student-led projects that involve ECU students in
meeting community needs. Project Mental Education provides access to mental health classes
that are open to the public and free of charge. Project Mental provides classes utilized at
volunteer locations, to provide mental health awareness to the community.
Outlined in this document you will find the proposal for Project Mental Education
which will benefit the community of Ada and everyone who attends the free classes. Giving
everyone the knowledge and information they need to assist fellow community members and
better inform themselves with mental health problems in the community and the United States.
Providing these educational classes to the community will provide the knowledge they
don’t currently have and can provide additional support to mental health patients. Providing
informational packets, specific classes, support groups, health facility specific classes, along with
additional classes to the community. Our goal with Project Mental Education is to ensure that the
community understands mental illness in a way they haven’t before.
With the assistance of local facilities, along with local community members we can better
educate the community in a way that can change the mental illness stigma.
Sample 2
Introduction
Community is almost as valuable as your home. It can bring you a sense of belonging and
peace, it makes you feel wanted and needed. Project Mental Education provides educational
classes to members of the community about mental illness. Project Mental Education will speak
with local health faculties in the community to gain volunteers in providing education classes
regarding anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and how to handle stressful
situations which one might find themselves struggling with.
Utilizing the Community Outreach Grant, we can purchase pamphlets and information
that can be handed out during the educational classes as its important people are provided
information. “In the United States, almost half of adults (46.4% percent) will face a mental
illness during their lifetime” (Kapil R). These numbers can be scary if you really thing about it,
“14% of Americans have at least one disorder” (Kapil R). It’s important we talk about these
problems as individuals for those won’t understand them or know how to deal with them. This
helps to remove negative stigmas.
Utilizing local facilities such as Urgent Care, Mercy Medical System, Chickasaws, with
other local facilities we can provide classes which offer information along with certification
classes to the community. We can offer certification classes such as CPR for individuals who
want it. Along with diabetic care for all adults. “Michigan State University released a study
which surveyed 4,600 people in that study 32% percent of the people couldn’t identify the signs
of prescription drug abuse, 80% percent didn’t think that it was a treatable issue” (JR Thorpe).
Sample 3
Project Plan
Project Mental Education will provide easy and free access at volunteered locations
within the community, which will provide educational classes giving information, tips, and
knowledge the community needs regarding mental illness. Working to provide awareness the
community needs to assist others and themselves regarding mental health awareness in the
community of Ada is the goal.
We can do this by ensuring the volunteer buildings are being utilized, volunteer class
teachers are reaching out to provide educational classes and along with overall community
attendance. We know this is attainable as we can work with the Irving Center to provide classes
to the elder community, and work with the local high school’s to provide points, or achievements
for attending the classes. Utilizing the class to gain volunteer hours for graduation and providing
educational information which can be utilized in life will be going the extra mile.
Project Mental Education expects to spend six (6) months organizing class teachers and
locations for one (1) year in advance. Working with local health facilities, we can provide
educational information relevant for problems consisting in the community’s health
organizations. We will spend that six (6) months encouraging community members to attend.
Placing flyers on health facilities and department stores will reach the community audience.
Once the program as been implemented for one year, we will review classroom
attendance to track the most beneficial day for the classes to be held. We will look at the best
geographic location for them to be held along with the most popular type of classes. Graphing
this information out will be prudent in understanding the community needs. This will ensure we
are teaching classes the community members need/want.
Sample 4
East Central University is home. East Central University has helped me understand
organizational skills. Assisting in events at work has helped prepare me for event schedules such
as this, which will help with the strict time management the project will be under. Working
management level careers have provided me with additional assistance in running teams and
meeting goals.
Sample 5
Budget & Timeline
As previously stated, Project Mental Education wants to have the entire years program
already planned and organized before its first class. We will spend 6-months organizing and
creating the program before we work on implementing the classes. Below reflects the outline of
the Project Schedule along with the Budget outline.
Project Mental Education Schedule Timeline Start Date Days Calling Host Facilities 1-Jan 60 Locating Class Teacher 2-Mar 60 Purchase Equipment 1-May 10 Hanging Flyers 10-May 15 Calling Community Members 26-May 5 First Class 1-Jun 1
Sample 6
Project Mental Education Budget
CATEGORY/ITEM DESCRIPTION FORMULA EXPENSE TOTAL
CLASS TEACHER Volunteer $0.00 $0.00
FACILITY Volunteer $0.00 $0.00
PUBLICATION Paper & Presentation Pamphlets, Booklets, Photos, Flyers
$250.00
TRAVEL Providing rides for volunteer facility faculty members based on class teachers needs
(100 Miles accounted) $2.60 * 100 = $260
$260.00
EQUIPMENT Projector & Screen
$500.00
TOTAL $1,010.00
BALANCE REMAINING
$490.00
GRANT TOTAL
$1,500.00
Sample 7
Conclusion
Project Mental Education can provide additional benefits for community members that
are not as mentally aware. Mental Education is important for adolescence to learn about as the
suicide rate can only go up. In studies it shows men are more likely to commit suicide than
females. “In 2017, young men
between 15 and 19 killed themselves
at a rate of 17.9 per 100,000” (Healy
M). These rates can be changed with
mental health awareness. The stigma
that comes with mental health needs
to be broken. Many individuals
consider themselves slightly informed
about mental illness according to the
survey of American Addiction
Center’s” (The Stigma of Mental
Illness). Ada needs public access to community provided mental health education classes.
Utilizing local community health facilities, we can better educate the community to provide
better information to the public regarding mental illness. Utilizing the grant provided we can
start Project Mental Education which will better the community of Ada and will ensure everyone
is mentally aware. With “80 percent of top university executives saying that mental health is
more of a priority on campus” (Bauer-Wolf J). Its important that we understand how to deal with
it. Project Metal Education is a step in the right direction for the entire community of Ada.
Sample 8
Citations
The Stigma of Mental Illness. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2019, from
https://www.mentalhelp.net/aware/the-stigma-of-mental-illness/.
Bauer-Wolf, J. (2019, August 12). College presidents prioritizing mental health more than in previous
years, new study finds. Retrieved November 22, 2019, from
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/12/college-presidents-prioritizing-mental-
health-more-previous-years-new-study-finds.
Healy, M. (2019, June 18). Suicide rates for U.S. teens and young adults are the highest on record.
Retrieved November 20, 2019, from https://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-suicide-rates-
rising-teens-young-adults-20190618-story.html.
Kapil, R. (2019, February 6). 5 Surprising Mental Health Statistics. Retrieved November 20, 2019, from
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/2019/02/5-surprising-mental-health-statistics/.
Thorpe, J. R. (2017, May 8). This Study Shows Why America's Ignorance About Mental Health Is Hurting
Us. Retrieved November 22, 2019, from https://www.bustle.com/p/this-study-shows-why-
americans-ignorance-about-mental-health-is-hurting-us-55314.