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Economic Development
The AUM Center for Business and Economic Development's (the Center) Economic Development Unit offers a wide range services to nonprofit organizations, state and local governmental entities, and units on the AUM campus.
The Center strives to assist individuals in Alabama, the Southeast, the United States, and the entire world in efforts of economic development in an attempt to improve the quality of life. This includes working to provide the public with good schools, accessible transportation, cultural venues, athletic venues and sporting events, adequate health care facilities, and access to nearby recreational facilities.
Listed below are services provided by the Center's Economic Development Unit.
Grant Services:
- Perform research to identify possible grant opportunities
- Draft grant proposals to assist with the grant application process
- Manage partial or entire grant projects to ensure program and reporting requirements are met
- Assist with the preparation and submission of reports to ensure compliance with grant requirements and provide feedback to funding institutions
- Evaluate program activities to ensure compliance with grant requirements and enhance program success
- Conduct grant writing and evaluation workshops to enhance skills of grant writers and administrators
Economic/Community Development Services:
- Perform strategic planning services to define organizational mission
- Conduct community and organizational assessments to identify needs and resources
- Develop and conduct surveys to obtain information for projects, studies, and/or grant proposals
- Facilitate community planning meetings to assist with revitalization projects
- Provide leadership and other training to enhance professional development of employees and community leaders
- Develop evaluation plans to measure project success
- Evaluate programs/ projects using process measures, outcome measures, and observational systems to identify weaknesses and enhance performance
- Design policy and procedure manuals for grant projects to increase understanding and consistency of project activities
- Conduct interview skills training to increase job opportunities for un/underemployed citizens
- Analyze tourism and travel activities and prepare reports to assist with the promotion of tourism
Some of our clients include:
- Aid to Inmate Mothers
- Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
- Alabama Latin American Association
- Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee
- Calcedeaver Elementary School
- Community Care Network
- FACES, Inc.
- Family Sunshine Center
- Kid One Transport
- Lighthouse Counseling Center
- Montgomery Partnership for Education
- Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce
- Respite Care Foundation
Our clients say…
“AUM Center for Business has been a great help to our organization by finding leads on potential sources of funding which enables us to continue our mission of bringing quality healthcare to the needy.”
Leon Davis, M.D.
Community Care Network
“With the research provided by your professional and experienced staff, we were able to learn about many grant opportunities available which allowed us to expand our mission of Kid One Transport benefiting Alabama’s medically ill children.”
Russell Jackson
Kid One Transport
“I can’t thank you enough for your assistance. As a nonprofit organization with a small staff, it is difficult and time consuming to research available grants. It is great to know that the Grant Unit can assist us in locating and applying for funding opportunities.”
Kathy Midgley
Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
“Our agency applied for a grant that had a due date just weeks away. Within a couple of days, with little notice and in spite of other commitments, the Grant Unit pulled together a complex budget for us. There is no way that we could have completed the application without their help.”
Carol Potok
Aid to Inmate Mothers
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