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Project Purpose
- Identify the Grotto Foundation priority area under which you are applying, and describe your project purpose.
- Identify the outcomes that your project seeks to accomplish. Outcomes should correlate with the Grotto Foundation's outcomes and measures of producing new language speakers and positive language environments. Please refer to the outcomes and measures listed in section VII, Evaluation Information.
Organizational Capacity
Please describe the capacity of your organization in the following areas:
- Leadership ? Briefly describe the administrative and educational background, cultural knowledge, and Native language proficiency of your organizational leadership.
- Staff ? Briefly describe the educational/practitioner background, cultural knowledge, and language proficiency of your staff. Please include the number of staff and their role in your program.
- Leadership & Staff Development ? Given the leadership and staff capacities you just described, what is the plan for sustaining and developing program leadership and staffing.
- Approach or model ? What led you to choose the model of language revitalization for which you are seeking funding?
- Planning ? Is your program based on established plan? If so, briefly describe the planning process and who was involved.
- Program and Fund Development ? Does your organization have a program and fund development plan? If so, please describe.
Community Capacity
- Briefly describe the tribal community you intend to impact with this project.
- Describe your targeted learners or the participants of your program/project.
- Describe any collaborations or partnerships, which may include official tribal, institutional, or community support.
- If your organization or program engages in policy or advocacy work in language revitalization, please describe your objectives and efforts in this area.
Language Capacity
- What is the tribal language and/or dialect you are seeking to restore? What is the history of that dialect in Minnesota?
- Describe the language status of your targeted community, including the number of fluent speakers, first- and second-language speakers, their average age, and the number participating in your program. (Indicate whether actual or estimated numbers.)
- What kinds of Native language activities, resources, and programs currently exist in your community? How does your program fit into this continuum?
- How will language be retained and supported over time?
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