THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ACTIVE: IT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE LEAPS.TV GUIDE Finding Funding: Public Safety Recovery Act Grants An insiders tour of some lesser-known aspects of recovery act grant research to help find the money you need and increase your chances of getting it.  A pre-recorded, no cost, program is available now.    RATINGS: [GW]  Program Description The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will provide over $4 billion specifically for law enforcement and public safety with additional funding available to resourceful agencies who know where to look and how to apply. Law enforcement agencies, emergency service providers and other public safety organizations can qualify for a large portion of this unprecedented funding, but the window of opportunity to apply is brief, and the strings that will accompany Recovery Act funds differ from the requirements with which grants-management professionals are familiar. This one-hour web program - delivered by two grants professionals who dedicate 100% of their professional lives to helping agencies find all sources of grants and funding - will delve into specific grant programs available to public safety agencies and explore the stringent new spending and accounting rules. By the end of this session, participants will know what funding sources to investigate - including some that are not earmarked specifically for public safety - and they will have a clearer understanding of the regulations unique to Recovery Act grants. [Recommend this LEAPS.TV program to a colleague.] Presenter Bios Don Hoffman, Executive Editor Thompson Publishing Group Don Hoffman is the Executive Editor of Thompson Publishing Group's Grants Library. With more than 29 years' experience in the grants field, Don has written extensively in all areas of grants, from grant seeking to grants management to how to be a successful grant professional . He has been involved in the writing and editing of dozens of grant-related publications, including Local/State Funding Report, Single Audit Information Service and the Federal Grants Management Handbook. He has also authored the best-selling 1st edition of Winning Strategies for Developing Grant Proposals and more recently edited three new books for grant professionals: References in Grants Development and Management, Questions & Answers for the Grant Professional: Achieving Excellence and Collaboration in Grant Development and Management. Over the years, Don has been a part of the creation and launch of numerous books and subscription products covering every aspect of the grants field for state and local officials and nonprofit organizations and has recently started speaking at grant-related meetings and audio conferences. Jim Patterson, Editor Thompson Publishing Group Jim Patterson is the editor of the Guide to Federal Funding for Governments and Nonprofits, Thompson Publishing Group's A-Z grant -seeking reference manual; he also edits GrantsWire, Thompson's latest online publication highlighting current federal and private grant opportunities. Since December of 2008, when the economic stimulus debate was just getting started, Jim has edited and managed the Economic Recovery Grants Center Web site, tracking the legislation when it was first introduced in Congress and the ensuing arguments in the House and Senate concerning the package 's final size and scope. Since passage of the bill in February, he has written extensively on the wide range of federal grant programs funded by the law and attended numerous agency conferences for media and grantees to get an insider's perspective on how stimulus -funded programs will operate. Jim's particular area of specialty is analyzing the diverse line-up of agency requests for grants proposals and working with agency grant officers to understand how grantees are selected or rejected when applications come in. Sponsored by This program is being made available at no charge to the law enforcement and public safety community thanks to the generous support of The Law Enforcement And Public Safety Channel.