Nonprofit Montgomery’s Child Care Provider Assistance
Nonprofit Montgomery is offering free technical assistance to help child care providers
Grant Reporting webinars
To help center based providers who received grants to prepare for and complete the reports required by the County.
Thursday, October 29, 3-4pm: Click here to register.
Helpline and One on One Technical Assistance
For any child care provider, whether you received a grant or not, we are offering one on one technical assistance by emailing ecei.relief@gmail.com, or calling 301-349-6373 and requesting an appointment. Assistance will be available in Spanish and English, with Amharic available on request.
For more information visit our website.
County Executive to Hold Series of Virtual FY22 Budget Forums
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will hold a series of virtual budget forums to get input from residents about both the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Operating Budget priorities and the Capital Budget/Capital Improvements Program (CIP) priorities. All the forums will be hosted via Microsoft Teams. Click here for more information.
The FY22 Budget forums are scheduled as follows:
Thursday, October 8: Citizens Advisory Board/CIP Forum, Mid County at 7:00 pm
Tuesday, October 13: Citizens Advisory Board/CIP Forum, Bethesda at 7:00 pm
Monday, October 26: Citizens Advisory Board/CIP Forum, Up County at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, October 28: Citizens Advisory Board/CIP Forum, Silver Spring at 7:00 pm
Nonprofit COVID-19 Response Meeting Recap (from 9/16)
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What We’re Reading
COVID-19 Impact on Childcare (US Chamber of Commerce Foundation)
During This Time of Deep Need, How Nonprofits Provide Service Is as Important as the Service Itself (Chronicle of Philanthropy, September 1)
Transformational Capacity Building (Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2020)
How To Make A Less Racist, More Inclusive Job Listing (HuffPost, August 21)
Nonprofit and philanthropy and our bad habit of “both-siding” inequity and injustice (Nonprofit AF, August 31)
Professional Development Opportunity for Program Directors
FIRM for Program Directors is a multi-day workshop that provides program directors and department leaders with a deeper understanding of the financial processes, planning, and decision making that support strong program and organizational sustainability. Participants will learn about program level financial modeling, strategic budgeting, and financial reporting to build confidence and competence in making decisions that balance assets and outcomes (aka money and mission) for individual programs and the organization at large.
The program delivery will be a mix of LIVE and self-paced sessions over two weeks as follows …
- LIVE Sessions will be delivered using Zoom and facilitated by our instructor. The first one will be an orientation and introduction for everyone. The following sessions will be specific Q&A sessions around the topics covered throughout the program in the self-passed modules
- Self-Guided Modules – each module consists of 30-40 minutes of pre-recorded content along with linked planning tools and prompts – expect to spend about an hour with your team on each module.
Schedule:
- September 11, 9-10am: LIVE Orientation: 30-40min (3 content modules also posted)
- September 16, noon to 1pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 1: 45-60min
- September 18, noon to 1pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 2: 45-60min
- September 22, noon to 1pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 3: 60-90min
Click here to register.
Become a Maryland Family Network Family Support Center
Maryland Family Network is currently accepting proposals to operate a Family Support Center in unserved and underserved Maryland jurisdictions. Awards are for July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021. The application, details, and specific requirements are available here. Proposals must be received by September 11, 2020. Apply now.
Missed our July 29 Meeting?
On July 29 we met with various local leaders about the covid-19 response. Click here to watch the recorded webinar.
Congressman Jamie Raskin: Discussed federal relief funding available to nonprofits
Jerome Fletcher, Assistant CAO @Montgomery County Government: Provided updates on the County’s reopening fund and other County news. Some takeaways on the PHEG funding:
- There were 6755 grant applications, 2353 grants were awarded a total of $21 million. The average grant was $8,500. Nonprofit organizations received approximately 8% of the grants.
Vickie Buckland, COO, DHHS: Gave updates from the Department of Health & Human Services.
Heather Bruskin, Executive Director, Montgomery County Food Council and Jackie DeCarlo, CEO, Manna Food Center gave updates on food insecurity in the County. Click here to see Heather’s presentation. Here are some key takeaways:
- the estimated number of county residents considered food insecure pre-Covid was 60,000 people. That number is now estimated to be over 100,000.
- Montgomery County is setting up a food access helpline that residents can call and learn how to access food. Help will be available in multiple languages – the line can be accessed by calling 311. Information about housing resources will be added.
Also, Franca Brilliant, Nonprofit Consultant provided information on County and State relief funds for nonprofits. Click here to download a PDF of the presentation.
Grants, Government, and Community News
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Missed our July 29 Meeting?
On July 29 we met with various local leaders about the covid-19 response. Click here to watch the recorded webinar.
Congressman Jamie Raskin: Discussed federal relief funding available to nonprofits
Jerome Fletcher, Assistant CAO @Montgomery County Government: Provided updates on the County’s reopening fund and other County news. Some takeaways on the PHEG funding:
- There were 6755 grant applications, 2353 grants were awarded a total of $21 million. The average grant was $8,500. Nonprofit organizations received approximately 8% of the grants.
Vickie Buckland, COO, DHHS: Gave updates from the Department of Health & Human Services.
Heather Bruskin, Executive Director, Montgomery County Food Council and Jackie DeCarlo, CEO, Manna Food Center gave updates on food insecurity in the County. Click here to see Heather’s presentation. Here are some key takeaways:
- the estimated number of county residents considered food insecure pre-Covid was 60,000 people. That number is now estimated to be over 100,000.
- Montgomery County is setting up a food access helpline that residents can call and learn how to access food. Help will be available in multiple languages – the line can be accessed by calling 311. Information about housing resources will be added.
Also, Franca Brilliant, Nonprofit Consultant provided information on County and State relief funds for nonprofits. Click here to download a PDF of the presentation.