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Public Safety Agency (Police, Fire, EMS, Emergency Management) Grants Consultant |
 Kurt T. Bradley is your grants consultant for fire/rescue departments EMS agencies. Kurt's experience as a public safety grants consultant and retired public safety administrator will be invaluable to you as you apply for the grant money your department needs. Certified Grants Consultant
Kurt has attained certification with the National Grant Writers Association and holds the following certifications as:
- Certified Grants Specialist
- Certified Grants Administrator
- Senior Certified Grants Specialist
- Certified Grants Reviewer
- Certified Grants Consultant
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30 Years Public Safety & Grants Experience |
With 30 years of law enforcement experience, Kurt retired in 2001 as a police lieutenant with the Lake Alfred Police Department, in Central Florida. He was the commander of the communications and criminal investigations division for his department. After the events of 9/11, Kurt served with his local FBI anti-terrorism task force. Kurt also was the grant writer for his city.
Upon retiring from law enforcement, Kurt worked for the City of Lakeland Housing Authority, writing grants for that agency to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He also wrote grants to corporate and private foundations for social service programs. He was involved in the administration of the $24.5 million HUD HOPEVI grant awarded to the Lakeland Housing Authority and had responsibility for $3.2 million of social service programs for that agency. Kurt's work, while at this agency, resulted in several state and national recognition awards while he was employed there.
Kurt has attained an 78% funding success rate in obtaining grants since he began writing grants. Since 2004, the first year of Homeland Defense Journal Grants' operations, Kurt has helped hundreds of public safety agencies win more than $123,000,000 in grant awards from corporate/private foundations and federal and state grant programs.
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Available as Speaker/Presenter at Grant Seminars and Conferences |
| Kurt is available to give presentations and lead discussions on public safety grant issues at conferences, summits, seminars and workshops. He regularly gives grant strategy and writing presentations at public safety grant seminars across the country. Learn more about Kurt's availability for grant presentations » |
Uniquely Qualified to Help with Your Grant Application |
Kurt is a published freelance magazine journalist and guest columnist to public safety industry and Homeland Security publications. He was a staff columnist to several local newspapers and wrote a weekly law enforcement column. Kurt was the editor of his agency's newsletter and won both the FAHRO and SERC-NAHRO "Best Newsletter" awards for a housing agency in 2003. Kurt is a featured guest columnist for FireRescue1 and the Homeland Defense Journal.
His broad range of experience in public safety, grant writing and journalism makes him uniquely qualified to handle the needs of public safety agencies seeking grants to supplement their shrinking budgets.
As a grants consultant and retired public safety administrator, Kurt brings a unique perspective to this field both as a former agency administrator-in-need, and as a grants professional. His experience will serve your department well as you compete for the billions of dollars in grant monies that have been made available through the Department of Homeland Security and other public and private sources of grant funding.
Kurt is married and has 4 grown children and 10 grandchildren. He lives in Auburndale, Florida. |
Contact Kurt |
8am-5pm EST, Mon-Fri
Phone: (863) 551-9598
Fax: (866) 300-5769
Email: kurt.bradley[at]HDGrants.com
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Margaret Stark
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 Margaret Stark, SR. LE Consultant, Grants Training is a public safety grant specialist, providing grants services for Homeland Defense Grants. Margaret Stark was the law enforcement grant specialist for ITT Industries Night Vision since 1998, and CHIEF Grants since 2004. She is responsible for personally assisting thousands of police departments across the US and directing their efforts and applications for funding to obtain Federal, State and Foundation/Private funding.
She was previously employed with the Pulaski Police Department in VA, and was the grant writer/administrator for that department during her tenure. She has an additional five years experience in writing grants and fund raising for nonprofits as well. She is an accomplished speaker and instructor, and has presented grant-writing training at national and regional conferences for the past ten years such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) annual conference, the American Society for Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET) annual conference, Virginia Chief’s Association, The Performance Institute, and Sigarms Academy, University of Virginia Command College, Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA), Congressman Steven LaTourette Annual Conference, as well as various other academies and law enforcement facilities across the U.S. Margaret is a certified by the National Grant Writers Association as Senior Grants Specialist, Grant Consultant, Grant Administrator, and Grant Evaluator. |
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