The Project plan is composed of one or more Action Plans. Each Action Plan describes the specific community need you plan to address, the goal and results you expect to achieve, and how you will assess your progress in achieving them. Complete the project plan template provided, being sure identify which community need(s) (identified in Narratives, Need) will be addressed by them. Make copies of the template as needed.
You may create additional Action Plans as appropriate for your project design.
An applicant proposes a project that has two different programming areas:
1. Starting a child care program for welfare to work recipients; and
2. Enhancing a job training and placement program for welfare to work recipients.
The applicant may wish to create one Action Plan for each issue.
The Action Plan may contain as many Performance Milestones as you want. While the community need, and the goal statement should cover a multi-year period (the estimated length of time required to complete the proposed project), the performance milestones should only cover one year. In the action plan, clearly demonstrate:
A realistic effort to help bring individuals and families out of poverty permanently; not simply to make poverty more tolerable;
Proposed project results that are measurable and convey the actual impact the project has on the individuals, families, and communities being served.
Describe the specific need that will be addressed by the project component included in this Action Plan. The need should be measurable and include a reliable source to establish the compelling nature of the need.
Describe the impact your project will have in addressing the community need identified above. This goal statement should cover the three-year project period.
Describe what you hope to achieve in a particular activity area over the course of a 12-month period.
The milestone should be directly related to the goal statement.
Include quantity or number (e.g. Complete 7 presentations at…)
One milestone per text box. Select “Add milestone” to include any additional milestones
Indicate the project year and month that you expect this PM will be achieved.
What are you tracking or measuring to determine if this result has been achieved?
Enter the same number (amount) or percentage that is described in the Performance Milestone above. If you enter a percentage target here, make sure you include the number (amount) in the Performance Milestone [e.g. 75 percent of volunteers (55 of 73) recruited …]
Method by which accomplishment of target milestone will be determined.
Description of data collection: process or measurement process (who collects it from whom and when/how often)