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Please complete and return this form six and twelve months after receiving the grant to the address shown above (attention to Amy E. Newlon, PCMR Education and Development Coordinator). If the total amount of funding granted has not been completed twelve months from the funding date, another progress report will be expected upon completion of the project. Please keep a copy of this progress report to submit at the end of the project/ grant period. Please contact Amy E. Newlon, Education and Development Coordinator if you have any questions or if you'd like a copy of this form sent to you as an email attachment in Microsoft Word. (Direct line: 202-541-5408 or via Email: anewlon@usccb.org)
| (Arch)Diocese: | |
| Name of Diocesan Contact Submitting Form: | |
| Contact Address: | |
| Contact Phone / FAX | |
| Contact EMAIL: | |
| Project Title for which Grant Funding Was Used: | |
| Tier Level of Funding: (I, II, or III) |
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| Date Grant Received: | |
| Grant Amount: | |
| Grant Amt. Spent To-Date: | |
| Expected Date for Completion of Grant Money: |
| Evaluation of How Needs Have Been Met: |
| What difference has this initiative made in the lives of those whom it is intended to serve? (Please refer to the needs assessment contained in your original proposal to document how the situation has changed due to the funding you received through this grant). |
| In what ways has the grant contributed to increasing the welcoming capacity of the (arch)diocese? |
| How has this grant enabled you to expand activities that you were engaged in prior to funding in order to better address the needs of the newly arrived and ethnically/culturally diverse groups in the diocese? |
| How does the (arch)diocese intend to build upon this work in the future? |
| Evaluation of the Outcome-Based Objectives: |
| List each of the objectives in your original (or revised) proposal and explain how you are measuring success in meeting each of these outcome objectives? |
| Objectives | How do you measure your success in meeting this objective? | Milestones/ Activities involved in accomplishing the objective |
| i.e. Ethnic communities brought more fully into parish life | i.e. 1) 50 new ethnic leaders have been trained in parishes across the diocese; 2) in a survey of ethnic communities' leadership 80% report that their communities feel more "directly involved in the life of the Church" as a result of seeing more members of their ethnic group as leaders within the parishes; 3) the Korean parish is experiencing a 25% increase in attendance at Sunday liturgy | Ethnic leaders training - March - 10 leaders attended from 5 parishes Ethnic leaders training - May - Ethnic leaders training - September, |
| Evaluation of the Outcome Based Objectives CONTINUED: |
| List each of the objectives in your original proposal and explain how you are measuring success in meeting each of these outcome objectives. Also please briefly list what activities your diocese has employed towards accomplishing each objective. (Please just list your major activities or milestones in meeting your objectives here; there will be more room to elaborate below). |
| Objectives | How do you measure your success in meeting this objective? | Milestones / Activities involved in accomplishing the objective |
| Evaluation of Your Approach |
| Describe the methods or activities you have undertaken to address the needs outlined in your needs assessment? Please describe how these activities are consistent and have assisted with the implementation of your diocesan action plan? |
| What are some challenges or obstacles you have faced in your approach? What specific actions have been taken to overcome these challenges in order to achieve your objectives? |
| Budget Expenditures To-Date |
| Please list below the expenditures that you have used grant funding for to-date. Also please show diocesan contributions (in-kind or services) for each budget category. Lastly, please note how much grant money is left in each budget category and the approximate date in which you expect that the money will be spent. |
| Budget Category | Amt. of Grant $ Spent To-Date per Expenditure | Amt. of Diocesan Funding Contributed Per Budget Category | Amt. of Grant $ Left per Budget Category & Approx. Date by which Funding will be Used |
| i.e. Training Materials | $500 to purchase parish
kits for lay leadership
training $250 for training binders $200 to Xerox training materials |
$500 to purchase bibles in Chinese and Portuguese for lay leaders | $1000 left in "Training Materials" budget, will be expended by September |
Copyright Release
If you would like to give us permission to share information about your action plan, grant proposal, progress reports, or any enclosures (such as photos) on our website or in print-format with other dioceses as part of these "best practices" publications, please sign the copyright release below. (This is the standard release form of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and must be signed in order for us to post your information on our website or reproduce it in print format of any kind.)
Diocese grants, assigns and transfers to USCCB all rights, title and interest in written material it submits to USCCB regarding its progress reports or enclosures therein including but not limited to photos, testimonials and letters, and Diocese agrees that USCCB shall be the sole and exclusive proprietor of the Work and all rights therein now and hereafter, including, without limitation, the copyright therein, together with all extensions and renewals thereof, throughout the world in any media, whether now known or hereinafter developed.
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