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Apply for Government Grant Money
To apply for government grant money, there are several important things that should be remembered. The US federal government is too big to make exceptions for any reason. For this reason, unless your department has great connections in Washington, make sure your application is submitted before this year’s deadline.
The deadline for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program is May 28, 2010 at 8 pm ET. For your application to be accepted and reviewed, this deadline must be met. If by some chance you miss this deadline, next year’s open application enrollment will begin at the end of April.
When submitting an application for free federal grant money, the application should be free of errors. The reviewers that process all of the applications do nothing but look at applications 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week. If your application contains errors, the importance of the message you are trying to convey to the reviewer might be missed.
When writing your application, being concise and to the point is the best approach to getting your message of what your department’s specific needs are. Being vague and non-descriptive sends a message that the need is not great. To help boost your odds of receiving a grant from the US government, get to the point in what you need.
The top priority for the AFG program awards is given to those departments that have a plan to improve the safety of the firefighters’ lives and those in their community. Keep this in mind when filling out the application.
Once you apply for government grant money, be patient. There are thousands of other departments doing the same thing. Last year, there were 14 rounds of awards given out, including the last one during this year’s open application period.
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