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Sources To Fund Your Implementation of Ripple Effects Software
Ripple Effects software fits the guidelines of many public and private funding sources. Some of the major ones are listed below, along with specific information on how the software addresses each source's key issues. You can also email us and we will send you a free grant proposal template.
In addition to grants listed below, consider self funding through your school or district: the software can pay for itself in a matter of months via your district’s increase in revenue or reductions in expenses due to the use of Ripple Effects programs.
Using results from effectiveness studies on Ripple Effects software you can show a 900% to 2500% return on investment for Ripple Effects programs after just one year of use! In other words spend $8000 at your school and you can net a savings of $83,000 to $240,000 on the school’s budget. How? By reducing truancy or summer school referrals. The returns are even higher if you combine the results!
Safe and Drug Free Schools Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- puts best practices in prevention all in one place
- is based on research in prevention, education, and victimology
- has built in assessment tools
- carries a guarantee tied to positive outcomes using objective data
- covers all areas related to drug, alcohol and violence prevention
- matches the Principles of Effectiveness - find out how
Character Education Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- uses proven, research-based strategies to promote character
- covers a comprehensive character education content base
- can be used school and community-wide, to provide systematic character building
Tobacco Prevention Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- includes behavior techniques for cessation
- appeals to motivators (such as fear of manipulation and appearance issues)
Title 1 Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- gives teachers skills they need to improve student achievement
- addresses socioeconomic issues with topics such as "embarrassed about family," "neighborhood," and "poor"
- addresses low performance issues with topics such as "failing in school," "learning style," and "dropping out"
- includes hundreds of assisted writing exercises
- provides individualized learning style assessments to boost academic performance
- can be used school-wide
ESL Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- has direct sound-to-text equivalents and illustrations or photos for all screens
- includes ESL and immigrant topics
Special Education Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- is broken down into thousands of simple modules that can be combined in nearly infinite ways to meet the learning needs of each student
- includes language art exercises
- practices language constructions such as "if/then," that provide the cognitive structure necessary for predicting consequences.
- includes built-in, simple screening tools for ADHD, dyslexia, and more
Teacher Training Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- has programs that develop the ability to teach to different student learning issues, behavior issues, socio-cultural issues; and includes built-in, simple screening tools for ADHD, dyslexia, and more
- offers an entire program devoted to teacher training issues, including how to present Relate programs and how to deal with delicate issues such as the disclosure of abuse
- has customized site training available for all products
Technology Funds
Ripple Effects software's:
- familiar social content makes an ideal bridge to technology, especially for students (often girls) intimidated by complicated software programs
- fail proof design overcomes fears about doing the "wrong" thing
Americans with Disabilities Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- is accessible to hearing impaired students who can see text and pictures for every screen
- is accessible to visually impaired students because they can can hear almost all screens
- includes language arts exercises
- is accessible to students with attention deficits who can manage the 60 second or less length of each screen
- covers a wide range of disability related topics
Student Services Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- provides counselors accurate information for hundreds of topics
- is a communication bridge for troubled students reluctant to disclose their issues
- matches to Principles of Effectiveness
- provides comprehensive student assistanceviolence, substance abuse, eating disorders, health issues, behavior problems, etc.
Health Education Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- matches national frameworks and standards
- provides health education curricula that are genuinely comprehensive both in terms of topic areas and broad skill training
Desegregation Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- treats racial, ethnic and religious diversity from both structural and personal perspectives
- includes photo images and videos of students from a wide spectrum of ethnicities and backgrounds
- promotes diversity through empathy training
Crime Prevention Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- provides targeted intervention strategies
- includes a tracking system for behavioral problems ranging from truancy to shoplifting to rape
- is based on research in victimology that clearly shows a correlation between Relate's Seven Key Skills and the risk of being a victim or a victimizer
Gender Equity Funds
Ripple Effects software:
- provides information in gender related topics for both boys and girls, from anorexia to steroid use, from PMS to rape
- includes assessment tools and skill training for dealing with gender related issues
Foundation Funding
Ripple Effects software:
- uses proven strategies, applied in cost effective ways, with clear outcomes and evaluations
- fits specific guidelines for youth development, violence prevention and pregnancy prevention
Private Giving
Ripple Effects software:
- appeals to community groups (like sports teams, Lion's Clubs, or Rotary Clubs), professional organizations, church groups, businesses and private individuals
- can be customized with the insertion of a corporate sponsor's logo at the beginning of a program (for volume purchases serving 20,000 or more learners)
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