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Thank you for your assignment. You were to select a small to medium size nonprofit to use for the class project and assume the position of the organization's grant writer and apply for funds to run one of the nonprofit's programs. You have selected to use Restore Hope as the nonprofit. To comprehensively describe a program that serves an entire state would be beyond the scope of this project. Basically, too much information would be required to complete the project well. You did not even include a project narrative which is required. You want to focus on only children, but most children get assistance specifically through their schools if they are low income. To think that you could then just provide food for the children's other food needs at dinner and on weekends and it would not be shared with other family members is unrealistic. You may want to have Restore Hope serve one community in New Mexico or at least only one area. For example, The Food Depot serves the northern part of the state. Here is a link to their annual report, https://www.thefooddepot.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TFD-Annual-Report-FY-15-16.pdf. You could use it as an example of the type of program you are conducting. You were first to provide a needs statement. In this section you are to establish a need exists in the community the nonprofit/program serves. The current information indicates the Restore Hope serves the entire state of New Mexico. You need to reduce the area the nonprofit serves. Also consider providing food for all the people who lack food in the area versus just the children or in the project narrative you will need to explain how food will be provided to just the children. The target group needs to be specifically identified. You provide data that a need exists but that will need to be revised some to also provide data that the need exists in the specific community or area the nonprofit serves. Please continue to work on this section. You are to provide a one sentence goal statement. The goal statement you provide is one sentence, but it conflicts with your needs statement. You state only children will be served (which hopefully will be changed) but this is not indicated in the goal statement. Also, once the specific area is selected this part of the goal statement should reflect that. You also may want to use significantly reduces instead of eliminated as food insecurity will unlikely be totally eliminated by one program. You do include two objectives. Each objective includes the elements of time, place, target population, and anticipated increase or decrease. The objectives need to include much more specific information on how the goal will be achieved as well as the four components. Next a program narrative is needed. Specific, detailed information needs to be provided about the program services both for who the program serves as well as who provides the services. You need to add this section. You were to include an annual budget and budget justification in the assignment. You included a very brief annual budget, but it is not completed well or comprehensively. Please look at the example provided by the link in the assignment instructions. There is not an income section. There are not line items for the majority of the program expenses. It is not realistic based on the number of children in New Mexico that are food insecure and the goal to eliminate food insecurity in the state. Look at the budget of the food pantry that just serves one part of the state. There is no buget justification included and one is needed to understand the details of each line item of the budget. You were to include a cash flow budget based on the annual budget in the Excel worksheet template provided by the link in the instructions. You include a annual budget instead that is not consistent with the annual budget in the assignment. It does not balance and does not reflect the other annual budget or even include food? Please refer to the grading rubric provided in the instructions for more details related to the points earned as the category points are missing from this one. Please make revisions based on the feedback for W5A2.

Expanded Grading Rubric for MPA6105 W3A2
Criteria	Unsatisfactory	Below Expectations	Emerging	Meets Expectations	Exceeds Expectations	Score
	Assignment Components:
Criterion 1 Identified a concrete community problem and included a description of the target group.	Does not identify a concrete community problem. Community problem is not well-thought out or substantive.	Identifies a concrete problem but does not identify the target group adequately or the applicability of the problem.	Identifies the problem and target group, but narrative of the problem could be more substantive.	Assesses the problem and target group. Description sets the stage for further discussion.	Assesses the problem in a broad and complete manner, clearly indicating the importance of this problem.	13 of 20
	Comments: in the wrong section
Criterion 2 Provided justification for the problem, sufficient to be convincing that the problem actually exists.	Does not provide the justification for the problem nor is there sufficient information to understand the importance of the problem.	Provides justification for the problem but does not comprehensively explain the importance of the problem, nor relate how the problem can impact an organization.	Provides justification for the problem. Adequately provides information to understand the context, though not in a substantive manner.	Provides justification and persuades the audience on the importance of the problem, including sufficient information related to the issue.	A compelling reason is given for the problem, and the justification is specific and clearly related to the impact of the problem.	15 of 20
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Criterion 3 Submitted a goal statement of not more than a sentence that relates directly to the needs assessment.	Goals statement is neither specific nor compelling. Does not relate to the needs assessment.	Describes the goal statement, but does not provide a specific nexus between the goal and the needs assessment.	Provides a goal statement and relates it to the needs assessment, but the goal statement could be more concise.	Connects the goal statement to the needs assessment and the goal statement is concise.	Provides a solid connection between the goal statement and the needs assessment. Audience is able to deduce the importance of the project and the impact of the work.	17 of 20
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Criterion 4 Submitted two objectives measurable in terms of time, place, target population, and anticipated increase or decrease.	Did not state two objectives that met the criteria of the assignment, including time, place and target population.	Provides two objectives but does not adequately discuss the objectives in terms of the criteria required.	Provides two objectives, but only addresses some of the specified measurable terms.	Diagrams the two objectives in relation to the specified measureable terms. Objectives are clear and concise.	Expertly diagrams the objectives in relation to the specified measurable terms. Objectives are crafted in a way that shows a clear understanding of the relationship between them, the needs assessment, and the community problem.	13 of 20
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Criterion 5 Submitted a well-argued explanation of how the goal relates to the needs and how the objectives would ensure progress toward the goal.	Did not explain how the goal relates to the needs, or how the objectives support the goal; disconnect was apparent within the logic.	Provides an explanation of how the goal relates to the needs, but the linkage is not explicit and could be described in a greater detail. Does not address how the objectives support the goal.	Explains the relationship between the goal and the needs, and how the objectives support the goal, but the explanation is not well-argued.	Connects the goals and needs. Provides a justification for how the objectives support the goal. There is sufficient support for the argument and the nexus is solidly determined.	Provides superior and well-argued statements about the relationships between the goal, needs, and objectives. Facilitates the understanding of these aspects of the assignment.	0 of 20
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Criterion 6 Used applicable headings, subheadings, and account names from the “Uniform Chart of Accounts.” Include a budget justification.	Did not list and identify the primary elements of the presentation according to the Uniform Chart of Accounts.	Identifies the primary elements of the presentation, but needs to use subheadings and account names that are more descriptive of the assignment.	Identifies the primary elements of the presentation with reasonably adequate headings and subheadings associated with the Uniform Chart of Accounts, but could use greater additional headings for ease of understanding.	Design of the assignment is applicable and consistent with the Uniform Chart of Accounts. Headings are clear and consistent for the assignment parameters.	Excellent design of the assignment; design facilitates the flow and understanding of logic, which facilitates the understanding of the work.	5 of 40
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Criterion 7 Created the month-to-month cash flow budget using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and did the following: · Used the suggested format. · Ensured timing of income and expenses is consistent. · Ensured the cash flow budget is consistent with the activities described in the project narrative. · Ensured the cash flow budget is free from typos and math errors.	Did not create the month-to-month cash flow budget according to requirements. Major elements were missing from the required documents.	Presents major parts and components of the cash flow budget; however, components are either missing or are not presented in the suggested format or consistent with activities described within the narrative.	Presents the month-to-month cash flow budget according to the required elements. Format is adequate, though could be presented in a more understandable manner related to format and consistently with project narrative.	Delivers a convincing presentation of the month-to-month cash flow budget. Components are designed in accordance with the specified format, and a solid understanding of income and expenses as they relate to the cash flow is evident.	Presentation of month-to-month cash flow is expertly presented and is clearly consistent with the project narrative. Excellent timing of income and expenses and professionally delivered.	0 of 20
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Presentation and Writing Components:
Communication: Use of tone, word choice, audience, transitions, and progression of ideas.	0–5 Points Submission contains no discernible overall intent in author’s selection of ideas.	6 Points Submission contains random presentation of ideas, which prevents understanding the majority of author’s overall intent.	7 Points Ideas are presented in a way that forces the reader to make repeated inferences in order to identify and follow the author’s overall intent.	8 Points The reader can follow the author’s overall intent as stated.	9–10 Points The writer’s overall argument and language are clear and tightly focused, leaving the reader with no room for confusion about author’s intent.	10 of 10
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Mechanics: Use of grammar, sentence structure, and spelling.	0–5 Points Errors in basic writing conventions are sufficiently numerous to prevent reader comprehension.	6 Points Errors in basic writing conventions are sufficiently numerous to prevent reader comprehension of majority of the work.	7 Points Errors in basic writing conventions interfere with, but do not prevent, reader comprehension.	8 Points The reader noticed a few errors in basic writing conventions but these few errors do not interfere with reader comprehension.	9–10 Points Text is basically error free, so that a reader would have to purposely search to find any errors that may be present.	10 of 10
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Academic/APA Formatting Use of citations, references, and structural formatting including such elements as title page, running head, page numbers, introduction, headings (As appropriate), and conclusion.	0–11 Points No attempt at Academic/APA formatting in presentation.	12–13 Points Academic/APA format is attempted, but errors are significant.	14–15 Points Academic/APA format is attempted but errors are distracting.	16–17 Points Using Academic/APA format, accurately. Errors are noticeable but minor,	18–20 Points Using Academic/APA format proficiently. Text is basically error free.	20 of 20
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Summary Comments	Total Score 103 of 200