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Every once in awhile you have the pleasure of meeting someone who excels at what they do. I had that opportunity when Alvarado Parkway Institute (API) engaged Aaron Rome as a grant writer.  Aaron was exceptionally quick at translating the complex world of behavioral health and academic medicine into a professional, easily understood grant application. His ability to weave timelines and milestones to budget into a comprehensive Gantt chart was the best I have seen. Aaron has an uncanny ability to develop both outcomes and a return on investment. Aaron was easy to communicate with, has a delightful wit and never missed a deadline.  API was awarded $2.5 million dollars in grant funding as a result of Aaron’s effort.

Working with Aaron has proven to be a positive, easy, beneficial process.   He is professional and efficient, and, in our first year of working together, he assisted in securing $1.3 million in federal project funds for our 501c(3) youth development nonprofit. Aaron is knowledgeable, fair and pleasant and we look forward to working on more projects in the future.

I really appreciate Aaron’s approach to grant writing. He is with the PI throughout the entire process from development to submission, which is critical. He takes the time to really learn about the science that is being proposed and then helps with the technical parts – the writing, organization, etc. to make the proposal make sense from the first page to the last. This is very different than an editor. We just scored in the 6^th percentile on our first NIH R21 grant together, so if that isn’t proof he is excellent at his craft, I don’t know what is!

Aaron was amazing and helped me organize writing my first U01 <NIH grant, $3m+ which we won!]. I would highly recommend working with Aaron, he is fantastic!

Aaron helped us tremendously in getting started with our proposal. He had a nuanced sense of what each organization was looking for in their specific SBIR and therefore offered us a variety of ways to tailor our proposal. He also counseled us as to how to get the best advice from Program Officers. For an academic with no experience in a start-up, I cannot overstate enough how helpful he was. We are still in the early stages of our proposal but I am very relieved that we are in great hands.

Last year I became aware that the Department of Veterans Affairs released a notice of funding for their Grant Per Diem program, which was just the help we needed to sustain and grow our organization. However, the level of technical expertise needed to navigate the requirements, develop program services and write the grant, caused me to hesitate. Luckily, I found Aaron and he explained the process and requirements, setting me at ease. He walked me through the entire process, patiently counseling and offering suggestions on how best to express our program. This month, we received notice that organization has been selected for the Grant Per Diem award, at 100% of the funds applied for. Throughout this competitive process we were recognized for the quality of the proposal submitted – We owe many thanks to Aaron for his help!

I am writing this unsolicited letter of recognition in support of Aaron Rome, Grant Writer for his help in gaining our organization a Federal Grant award. I operate the Veterans Accession House, a nonprofit organization providing transitional housing to homeless veterans. Last year I became aware that the Department of Veterans Affairs released a notice of funding for their Grant Per Diem program. The grant program was just the help we needed to sustain and grow our program. However, the level of technical expertise needed to navigate the website, develop program services, and write the grant, caused me to hesitate nearly not apply for funding. I search for a grant writer and learned that their are few actual nonprofit grant writers available. I discovered Aaron Rome, but was hesitant to contract with someone halfway across the country; how would that possibly work? I took a chance and reached out to Aaron and learned that he has an extensive background in nonprofit grant writing with a history of successful awards to his credit. He explained the process and requirements, setting me at ease. He was in constant contact with me and helped outline a grant developmental plan, which involved so many considerations I could not have anticipated. He studied the grant requires and educated me on the perimeters, limitations, and important possibilities for use of the grant. He walked me in, and through the entire process, patiently counseling; offering suggestions on how best to express our program purpose and intention for the grant funding. As a result, the grant was complete on-time and rated high enough to be selected for final consideration. This month, we received notice from the Veterans Affairs, that our organization has been selected for the Grant Per Diem award. We have been awarded 100 percent of the funds applied for. This was a considerably competitive process and throughout the process, we were recognized for the quality of the program proposal submitted.

We owe many thanks to you Aaron, and look forward to our next project!

Aaron is the most knowledgeable, skilled and competent proposal writer I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. His strategic approach, innovation, highly evolved intellect, humor, great character and experience are the best qualities the industry has to offer. After losing our State contract, which had been renewed each contracting period for over 24 years, Aaron wrote the most compelling and well crafted proposal that landed us a State Contract to provide Family Preservation Services to our community. Not only did he help save our business, but he assisted in creating jobs and providing much needed services in our communities in Lake County, Indiana. We owe a debt of gratitude to Aaron – THANK YOU SO INCREDIBLY MUCH

I am a solar sales and installation company.  I had the pleasure of hiring Aaron to apply for a first time, new, State of California solar grant.  My solar client was easily approved for the maximum grant of $300,000.  Aaron is easy to work with, knowledgeable and reasonably priced.  I hope to have the chance to use his services again.  He is well worth it.