W6CF: What am I missing? (Other than $105,400) W5JBP: Shhhuuuss Jim. We are using the "new math" where we have to pay people to actually do work. ______ I'm pretty sure that Mary Hobart passed out copies of the grant proposal at the Board meeting. That proposal included a preliminary budget for the three years ($540k to train 5200 members). Mary and our program officer have had some back-and-forth on the details of the allocation of the $181k, but the bottom line is that CNCS is still comfortable giving us approximately $100 per student to deliver 1700 trained and certified volunteers in Year 1. This per-student cost is somewhat less than many of the other grant proposals they accepted, and is even less than our UTC Connecticut grant (250 trained and certified members for $33k, or $132 each). The $45 per student that we budgeted covers the expenses for CTDLC, the mentors, the clerical work that goes on behind the scenes in opening and organizing the classes, supporting the students who are having problems, printing and mailing graduation certificates, and the other administrative chores that someone will need to help Dan with to keep the program on track. The rest of the grant money covers things like salary and benefits and compensation for weekend travel for the program manager (Dan); printing and mailing training materials for the mentors; development and printing and mailing of materials to promote the program; an annual review of the course content; and travel (when Dan comes to your Division in the next year to give a forum about the program and meet with mentors and students in the area, it will be paid for by the grant). There is at least one required trip to a "grantees workshop" in DC for Mary and Dan and probably someone from Barry's staff to meet the CNCS staff and learn more about the program and the reporting requirements. There is a significant chunk for Administration. This is the piece that Mary always says "sticks to the wall". It covers things that we usually don't pay attention to, like Mary's time and my time and Rosalie's time in getting the program up and running. Barry and his staff have a significant effort in developing the tools and procedures to meet the grant financial reporting requirements. Jon Bloom is spending several days this week rebuilding the Web tools needed to register students and support the program. There will be more. 73, Mark K1RO