Transcript CROSS CULTURE RELEVANCE Gay and Lesbian People come

A Grant for Counseling Services for Gay and Lesbian
People with Low Self-Acceptance Due to Harmful
Exposure to Fundamentalist Christianity
By
Ann Russo
California State University
School of Social Work
May 2012
Grant Purpose for Gay and Lesbian
Community
To address
Goals
• Stigmatization from
Fundamentalist
Christianity on
• To educate and build
community in order to
promote
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Mental Health
Emotional Health
Physical Health
Spiritual Health
Sexual Health
Social Policy
– Self-acceptance
– General Well-Being
– Change Negative
Attitudes Regarding
the Gay and Lesbian
Population
Social Work Relevance
• National Association of Social Workers requires that
social workers affirm various sexual orientations
• Social Workers will inevitably work with gay and
lesbian people in
– Hospice
– Schools
– Department of Mental Health
– Hospitals
– Adoption Agency
– Child Protective Services
– Any Service Agency
CROSS CULTURE RELEVANCE
Gay and Lesbian People come from all
different cultures, ethnicities,
socioeconomic statuses, value systems,
and religious backgrounds.
Methods
• Target population
– Gay and Lesbian People
• Strategies used to identify and select a funding source
– Google Search and Organization Databases that have contributed
to gay non-profits
• Identify the funding source selected
– LGBT Funder’s website and The David Bohnett Foundation
• Projected budget range and categories
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Salaries and Benefits $145,722
Direct Program Costs $67,010
Indirect Program Costs $20,000
In-kind Program Costs $24,000
Total Annual Cost $256,732
Methods Continued
• Projected budget range and categories
– Revenue (anticipated)
– Individual Counseling
$25,000
– Retreat Payments $20,000
– Donations
$5,000
– Anticipated Total Revenue $50,000
• Anticipated total including revenue and inkind expenses $206,732
Grant Proposal
The proposed SA program involves a holistic approach
through education, support groups, community
engagement, friendship building, and individual support.
The program is intended to create higher levels of selfacceptance among the gay and lesbian population. Thus,
the program may positively affect the health and general
well-being of gay and lesbian people.
• PROPOSED PROGRAMS
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Group Support Session
Individual Support Session
Educational Classes
Events
Retreats
On-Line Resources/Presence
Program Evaluation
• Confidential pre- and post-test self-report surveys will be
completed by each participant in all group programs.
• Participants at the bi-annual retreats will also complete a
confidential pre- and post-test self-report survey
• Individual therapy will be evaluated via an online
questionnaire completed at the office prior to the first
therapy session and at the last therapy session.
• Events will be evaluated through interviews of at least 510 volunteer attendees.
• Quantitative researchers contracted to develop and
perform data analysis for each questionnaire and survey
for all programs
• Evaluation results for all program, retreats, and events
will be utilized to improve the SA Program and to garner
future funding.
Implications for Social Work
• Social workers operate from an ecological perspective; thus
individuals, groups, communities, and policies are entities
relevant to social work practice.
• Because of their focus on social justice, social workers often
work with disadvantaged populations. Being able to
generate funding to enable work with these populations is
therefore vital to social work practice. To provide bestpractice services to clients and communities, social workers
must remain up-to-date with current research and evidencebased practice. Social workers can develop programs
comprised of scientifically-tested elements to benefit the
populations with which they work.
• Program development is an important part of both social
work practice and grant writing. The ability to identify
potential funding sources, design a program, and write a
compelling grant is thus relevant to social work policy and
practice.
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Franklor, A. (2002). Retreat Finder: Retreats and retreat centers, retreat property for sale and employment
opportunities. Retrieved from http://www.retreatfind er.com/
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National Association of Social Workers. (2003). Lesbian gay and bisexual Issues. Social work speaks: National
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Public Religion Research Institute. (2010). Two-thirds see connections between messages coming from America's
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