When: Available On-Demand!

Cost: $75

Who Should Attend: Nonprofit professionals who want to be prepared to navigate the federal grant process with confidence.

More and more grants are asking questions about how you know the services you provide will have the impact you claim will result. These questions may be worded similar to this: What is the evidence-level of your program, model, or services? Is there research or other evidence demonstrating that this program can be successful when implemented in accordance with the program model on which it is based? What documentation do you have of your evidence-based or evidence-informed approach? This session will not only describe the most commonly used five-tiered evidence levels, it will also provide insight on how to describe programs which may use research or evidence to guide its programming but do not use a specific research or evidence-based model with validity.

What you will learn:

  • Clear definitions of evidence-based and research-based
  • Commonly used evidence levels
  • How to describe programs not based on specific evidence-based models, but which still use research to guide its programming

This is a self-study course in which each participant is required to complete all elements of the training to receive any and all CPE credits and CE units.

These elements include:

  • Watching all video content in full
  • Completing all embedded engagement activities
  • Completing all evaluation forms
  • Completing the final assessment with a passing score of at least 70%
  • Completing all course elements, including the assessment, within one year of the date of purchase or enrollment


Instructional Delivery Method: Self-Study
Recommended NASBA CPE Credits: 1.5
GPCI/CFRE Approved CEU Credits: 1.0
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Knowledge Level: Basic
Prerequisite Education, Experience, or Advance Preparation: None

Presented by:
Tracey Diefenbach, MA, GPC

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Assel Grant Services is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org

Course curriculum

    1. About this Course

    2. Meet Your Instructors

    3. Course Materials

    4. Video: Federal Grant Development - Evidence-Based Programming

    5. Post-Presentation Assessment/Quiz - Evidence-Based Programming

    6. Course Evaluation Form

    7. Instructor Evaluation Form

About this course

  • $75.00
  • 1 hour of video content

The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute, Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association, and/or credentialed Certified Grant Management Specialists (CGMS) through the National Grant Management Association. All of the trainings in this series align with the CGMS exam classification system and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute’s competencies and skills, and are approved for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by GPCI and CFRE International.