Getting Started
Characteristics of a Successful Proposal

When GBF reviews applications, a successful proposal includes these characteristics:

• Demonstrate commitment to social change



• Are innovative and nontraditional



• Build on girls' strengths



• Provide a safe space for girls and young women to openly discuss their lives



• Demonstrate involvement of girls and young women in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the program



• Reflect the diversity of girls and young women within the community, including race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, and economic level



• Maintain a board and staff that reflect the program's participant population



• Provide environments where women and girls can learn from each other



• Make available a full range of information about reproductive health options in programs that deal with health issues or in response to girls' and young women's questions or interest in these issues