Courses

(previously Intergovernmental and Intersectoral Management)

In recent decades, public problem-solving and public service provision have increasingly taken place through collaborations and partnerships among entities across the public, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors and between different governments. This course overviews how these three different sectors and governments can work together to tackle a wide array of public problems including human services, health care, education, environmental protection, and public safety. The course examines the opportunities, challenges, and strategies involved in the development and management of cross-sector and intergovernmental collaborations to create synergy between sectors for public purposes. These synergies happen between sectors, and at times concurrently, among levels of government.

Student will learn how to seek, solicit, and manage grant awards from foundation and government sources to support public and nonprofit programs and projects. The course focuses on the strategies and process of writing effective grant proposals. Students are guided through the development of a grant proposal and will explore topics that include: searching funding sources, writing compelling need statements, establishing goals for funding, developing SMART objectives for evaluation, and creating budget documents to support grant seeking. Students complete multiple written assignments that culminate in a final grant proposal document.