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We are a certified apprenticeship 501(c)(3) program in search of funds to continue and upgrade our training and retraining program.

You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov – these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants — all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.

For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org . It’s a subscription based website ($19.95 per month is the cheapest I think)

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Or a company that will train someone to be a grant writer?
In Dallas Tx. mainly.

Dallas County Community Colleges have a small business program in which grant writing is one of the featured specialties. Here’s a link that describes the course at Brookhaven: http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/brookhaven?q=grant+writing

If you want to see if another DCCCD campus offers a similar course, you can go to http://dcccd.edu and then click on the various campus names.

I happen to know that the Grant Writing courses at Brookhaven College are included in the Continuing Education Program. I don’t know if there are credit courses along these lines. I suppose there would be in their business program.

Hope this helps!

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I recommend you read the article "How to be a Grant Writer" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/grantwriter.htm – the article covers how to get started in this business, what you need to start, income potential and links to associations and useful websites.

Other resources you may want to check out are:

Teaching Yourself to be a Grantwriter http://www.grantproposal.com/starting_inner.html
Minnesota Council on Foundations Writing a Successful Grant Proposal http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm
American Association of Grant Professionals http://www.grantprofessionals.org/
Non profit Guides http://www.npguides.org/
GrantExperts.com http://www.grantexperts.com
Association of Fund Raising Professionals http://www.afpnet.org/

I also recommend that you check out the following books to get in-depth knowledge of the grant writing business:

- Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You REALLY Need to Do to Get Grants
- I'll Grant You That: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Funds, Designing Winning Projects, and Writing Powerful Grant Proposals
- Winning Grants: Step by Step, 2nd Edition
- Grant Winner's Toolkit : Project Management and Evaluation
- Grant Writing For Dummies®

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Ask the school if they have a financial aid office. If they do go to it and tell them your situation. If they do you will be filling out fafsa papers which will enter you into a database where they can figure out what aid you qualify for.

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Mostly on-the-job.

Let’s start by assuming that you have good writing skills, the capacity to think logically, a bit of ability at persuasion, and proper business comportment. Those are your initial qualifications.

Successful grant-writing involves knowing who offers grants for your client, then approaching those grant sources to ask for guidelines for applicants, and finally following those guidelines to the letter. Establishing yourself as a successful grant-writer, networking with the officers in charge of grant approval, and knowing specific ‘buzz words’ that can enhance your application’s chances are advanced skills.

There are grant-writing workshops out there, if you want to pay for one. I would not bother with seeking out specific college degrees–grant-writing is a field where your success rate is all that matters.

To get started, I’d suggest contacting local charities that you like, and asking them if you can volunteer to help with grant-writing. Eventually one will hook you up with whoever they currently employ, and you can start to learn the ropes and hone your skills there. After you get credit for helping with some successful grants for several charities, you can start to consider volunteering to be the lead grant-writer on some applications. Once you have a solid record of success, you are ready to start applying for paying jobs.

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