Answer To: Task 1 Question 1: Complete the table demonstrating your knowledge of program planning principles...
Dr Insiyah R. answered on Aug 21 2022
Task 1
Question 1: Complete the table demonstrating your knowledge of program planning principles and processes.
a. Program design
Conduct needs assessment: For example, How should the community deal with HIV/AIDS?
2. What are the high-risk populations in areas
3. In that how much is at the greater risk
b. Program resourcing
1. Human resources
2. Networks resource workers
3. Client assessments
4. Professional bodies
c. Implementation systems and procedures
1. To Keep an Eye on Service Continuity
2. Respond directly
3. To Problems and Dissatisfactions
4. Determine where there are gaps in meeting client requirements.
5. Documentation upkeep
d. The feedback and complaints procedures
Approach also entails establishing a feedback loop for people affected by the program's results. An automated AI is the best example as it will be trained to answer feedback and answer on time.
e. Evaluation and continuous improvement
This entails evaluating the programme and taking into account any lessons learnt so that the programme and subsequent programmes may continue to be improved.
f. Accountability and governance
This entails reaching a consensus on the administrative guidelines and assigning accountability to those engaged in operating the programme.
g. Funding framework, including not-for-profit, government funding,
Government grants and grants awarded to non-profit organisations, together with the regulations governing their usage and transparency.
(Raissi and Reames,2020)
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Question 2: List three elements of a budgetary framework in planning a community program.
The three elements of a budgetary framework in planning a community program are :
1. Revenues: REVENUES are amounts collected, mainly as a consequence of the federal government's ability to force payment. mostly controlled by the Internal Revenue Code's requirements.
2. Discretionary Spending: DISCRETIONARY SPENDING is a result of the spending power granted by yearly appropriations legislation.
3. Direct Spending: is a result of budget power that is supplied by legislation other than yearly appropriation acts. consists of offset revenues, or a credit against direct expenditure (Bloom, Hussein and Szykman,2018).
Question 3: Discuss the features of a not-for-profit organisation.
Features of non-profitable organisations:
1. They Constantly Maintain Focus on Their Mission: An organisation's mission is its reason for being, its goal, and the direction it is "moving" in. Despite the constant firefighting that nearly all nonprofit organisations must engage in, a good nonprofit constantly keeps its eye on its objective.
2. They Put Their Focus On Receiving Funding From Others: Donor appreciation is at the heart of any successful charity. Donors are seen as more than just a source of financial support by this organisation. Any organization's efforts will be hampered unless leadership fully appreciates the importance of its contributors to the cause (Becker, Boenigk and Willems,2020)
Question 4: List three application requirements for government-funded programs.
The three application requirement required for a successful government-funded program:
1. Cover latter: This area is where users get to show off their professionalism, explain why they're qualified for the funding, and define the organisation or project.
2. project description: This part, often called the project narrative, explains how users intend to solve the issues identified in the requirements assessment. One should outline the objectives and target completion date and how they intend to track their progress and celebrate the achievements along the way. Think about how their efforts will affect the problem at hand.
3. Budget: The justifications for the financing request should be laid out here. Explain every cent that will be spent and provide examples of the time, effort, and resources it will take to complete this project (Ho,2018).
Refrence:
1. Becker, A., Boenigk, S. and Willems, J., 2020. In nonprofits we trust? A large-scale study on the public’s trust in nonprofit organizations. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 32(2), pp.189-216.
2. Bloom, P.N., Hussein, P.Y. and Szykman, L.R., 2018. The benefits of corporate social marketing initiatives. In Social Marketing (pp. 313-331). Psychology Press.
3. Ho, A.T.K., 2018. From performance budgeting to performance budget management: theory and practice. Public Administration Review, 78(5), pp.748-758.
4. Raissi, S. and Reames, T.G., 2020. “If we had a little more flexibility.” perceptions of programmatic challenges and opportunities implementing government-funded low-income energy efficiency programs. Energy Policy, 147, p.111880.
Task 2
Requirement of this Task, Read before you do your task2:
Activity 1: Carefully read the following scenario:
This task requires you to work with your classmates in the simulated community services environment within the classroom, while basing this task on your own personal work placement organisation.
You will not actually be implementing this program within your work placement organisation – but will be implementing it during class time using your classmates and assessor, who will role play your colleagues as and when appropriate.
Basing it on your real work placement in the community services sector will enable you to further study the organisation and its goals, practices and policies and make it relevant to you.
Ideas for a service program within your organisation’s setting could include:
∙ A volunteer program (e.g. companionship)
∙ A wellness program (e.g. leisure, nutrition or interest-based)
∙ A mentoring program (e.g. buddy or big brother/sister program)
You could choose one of the following programs as the project you plan for your assignment:
· A volunteer program (e.g. companionship)
· A wellness program (e.g. leisure, nutrition or interest-based)
· A mentoring program (e.g. buddy or big brother/sister program)
Or any other program that suits the goals of the organisation, discuss your idea with your trainer if necessary.
The guidelines for the program are as follows:
∙ It must run for at least four weeks and not be a once-off
event.
∙ There is a budget of $5,000.
∙ You are restricted to using two existing staff members (these can be existing positions within your work placement organisation), and new staff cannot be recruited. You can
make use of volunteers if necessary but you would be responsible for recruiting these people.
∙ Approvals must be obtained after the planning stage is completed and then again after the program development has taken place prior to implementation.
Activity 2: Plan your program
Please use the template below:
Service Program Plan
Overview of service program
In this...