FIRST Grant – [date last updated]
FIRST Project Status Report 1. FIRST Grantee 2. Project Contact 3. Project Name 4. Project Purpose 5. Project Outcomes
Name: Phone: Email:
[Insert project purpose or mission statement] [Insert intended project outcomes] Name Organization Affiliation [Insert complete list of the 6. Project members of your core leadership Leadership Group group] 7. Describe your progress towards creating a sustainable regional collaboration that includes key leaders from business, workforce development, economic development, and education organizations. Describe steps you are taking to expand your network into these areas and the names of the organizations that are in your expanded network. [Insert response]
8. What challenges have you encountered in your FIRST grant project?
[Insert response]
9. What insights or lessons have you learned during your FIRST grant project?
[Insert response]
10. Describe your region’s economic and demographic status and trends
[Insert response and/or data analysis]
11. S.W.O.T. Analysis
[Complete SWOT table for your region.] Strengths Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
12. Regional Identify
[Identify your region’s competitive advantages based on the SWOT analysis and discuss your plans to create a regional identity and message.]
13. S.M.A.R.T. Goals & Performance Measures (see page 3 for S.M.A.R.T. Goal Criteria)
[Insert S.M.A.R.T. goals and measures for evaluating goal progress and success.] SMART Goals Performance Measure
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Reports are due according to the schedule posted at www.deed.state.mn.us/workforce/first/session.htm#dates Submit reports to Shelley Landgraf, FAX 651.215.3842 or shelley.landgraf@state.mn.us
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