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Commission for Women to Host Listening Tours

2020-11-09T10:38:28-05:00November 9th, 2020|Events, MoCo Government News|

The County Commission for Women will host its Listening Tours to provide a virtual microphone for the women in the county to share how they have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the current social climate and other concerns. The feedback will help guide the future work of the Commission. Click here for more information and to register.

Monday, Nov. 9 – Bethesda/Chevy Chase
County Executive Elrich and Councilmembers Friedson, Glass, Jawando, and Reimer
Tuesday, Nov. 10 – East County
County Executive Elrich and Councilmember Jawando
Monday, Nov. 16 – Upcounty
County Executive Elrich and Council President Katz, Councilmembers Friedson, Jawando and Rice
Tuesday, Nov. 17 – Mid-County
County Executive Elrich and Councilmembers Friedson, Jawando, and Reimer
Friday, Nov. 20 – Silver Spring
Council Vice President Hucker, Councilmembers Albornoz and Navarro. The meeting will take place in English and in Spanish.

Big Train Base Ball & Holiday Auction

2020-11-09T10:39:31-05:00November 8th, 2020|Events, Member News|

The Big Train Base Ball & Holiday Auction is coming back – in 2020 style in virtual form – during four consecutive Sundays from 7 to 8 p.m. on bigtrain.tv. They’ll feature speakers, presentation of awards to volunteers and best players of the previous season, updates on the season, and auction items. Click here for more info.

Speaker Lineup:
November 15 – ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian will discuss the 2020 Season & World Series
November 22 – Hank Thomas will talk about the life of his grandfather Walter Johnson
November 29 – USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan, best selling author Kitty Kelley, and Big Train Founder Peggy Engel discuss: “Women love baseball. How can baseball love them back?”
December 6 – Maury Povich will talk about his Hall of Fame father Shirley Povich for whom our ballpark is named.

The highlight of the Sunday night events will be online auctions with spectacular baseball memorabilia, family takeout from local restaurants, and fun baseball experiences.

Funding Opportunity: Health and Wellness Educational Services for Asian American Communities

2020-11-09T10:48:13-05:00November 7th, 2020|Grants & Funding|

The Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI) is excited to announce a funding opportunity for qualified Offerors to provide health and wellness educational services for Asian American communities. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is soliciting bids for the procurement of health and wellness educational services for Asian American Communities funding opportunities that meet the criteria listed in the solicitation.  CBO and FBOs serving the Asian American community or have interest in working Asian American communities are encouraged to apply. Please see below/attached for details for this informal solicitation, or click the following link to view the solicitation posting online: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS-Program/Resources/Files/OCOO/CMTSol/1124002packet.pdf

Informal #: 1124002
Informal Title: Health and Wellness Educational Services for Asian American Communities Funding Opportunities
Posting Dates/Times: Between 10/30/2020 12:00:00 AM and 12/4/2020 3:00:00 PM
Scope of Work: SCOPE OF SERVICE

  • The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Community Affairs’ Asian American Health Initiative is seeking qualified, responsible and experienced service providers/organizations/entities to provide health and wellness educational services to assist Asian Americans to live healthier and more holistic lives.
  • The educational activities must be designed to enable participants to learn about various topics pertinent to Asian Americans that fall within the following categories: disease prevention and management, mental health, and other wellness topics.
  • The Contractor must deliver content of educational activity in preferred language(s) of the community, such as Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Nepalese, Sinhala, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
  • The County is using the Informal Solicitation procurement process to contract with up to 20 successful Offerors, who will then be required to respond to Task Order Proposal Requests (TOPR) to be issued by the County. The annual compensation for each winning Task Order will not exceed $5,000 contingent upon annual fiscal appropriations and encumbrance of funding for the services described in this Solicitation.
  • Upon completion of the educational activity, the Contractor must complete the Outreach Outcomes and Evaluations Report (template is provided) and invoice for costs incurred.

 

MINIMUM CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS

  • The Contractor must have a minimum of 2 years of experience delivering one or more culturally- and linguistically competent services to ethnically and economically diverse Asian American communities
  • The Contractor must assign a Project Director who will coordinate and manage the project’s planning, participant recruitment, implementation, and evaluation efforts.
  • Health and wellness educational activities must be facilitated by trained and certified or licensed healthcare/public health/other professionals (MD, DO, NP, RN, RD, CHES, CHW, etc.) in a culturally- and linguistically competent manner for a specified target audience.

Nonprofit Montgomery’s Child Care Provider Assistance

2020-11-09T10:35:52-05:00November 5th, 2020|Events, Training Opportunities|

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.

Friday, November 13 from 11:30am to 12:30pm: Click here to register.
Tuesday, November 17 from 11:30am to 12:30pm: Click here to register.
Wednesday, December 9 from  3:30-4:30pm: Click here to register.
Tuesday, December 15 from 11am-noon: Click here to register.

Special Topics Webinars

Accounting and Budgeting for Child Care Providers
Friday, November 20 from 12pm-1pm: Click here to register.

Doing Business with the State and County for Child Care Providers
Thursday, Dec 3 from 12:30pm-1:30pm: 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.

Grants and Funding

2020-11-09T10:34:05-05:00November 5th, 2020|Grants & Funding|

City of Rockville – Community Organizations Grant

  • Open to nonprofit organizations that provide services to Rockville residents.
  • Application deadline is December 18, 2020.

Health and Wellness Educational Services for Asian American Communities
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is soliciting bids for the procurement of health and wellness educational services for Asian American Communities funding opportunities that meet the criteria listed in the solicitation. CBO and FBOs serving the Asian American community or have interest in working Asian American communities are encouraged to apply.

Impact100 Grant
Organizations apply in one of the five focus areas described below – Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Family, or Health & Wellness. Online workshops will be offered from November 30-December 18, 2020 to walk potential applicants through the application process.

MD Department of Labor: COVID-19 Layoff Aversion Fund
Designed to support small businesses undergoing economic stresses due to the pandemic by preventing or minimizing the duration of unemployment resulting from layoffs. The award (up to $50,000 per applicant), will be a quick deployable benefit and customizable to the specific needs of your business to minimize the need for layoffs.

MD Department of Health: Promoting Community Health Resources RFP
Supporting innovative, replicable, and sustainable projects that serve vulnerable populations and promote health equity​ is the grants program of the CHRC. The program will award grants to community health resources serving Maryland residents.

Nonprofit COVID-19 Response Meeting Recap (from 10/28)

2020-11-09T10:35:09-05:00November 1st, 2020|Uncategorized|

The Impact of Covid-19 on Montgomery County’s Nonprofit Sector and Resources for Renters.
More than 170 County nonprofit responded to the Covid-19 Impact Survey in August. Nonprofit Montgomery conducted the survey with Maryland Nonprofits, Nonprofit Prince George’s and other regional partners. Click here for the presentation. Some takeaways:

Impact on staff:

  • 45% of respondents reported that 20% or more of their staff have children under 12 at home.
  • 43 nonprofits reported a staff member was diagnosed with Covid

Impact on programs:

  • most nonprofits either continued to operate in person programs or shifted to virtual.  Very few stopped or severely decreased programs.
  • 57% saw the demand for service increase or stay the same; food and human service providers were most likely to see an increase.
  • 30% of respondents are offering services in person.

Impact on funding:

  • Fee for service revenue was most likely to have decreased since March, 2020 (63% reported a drop in fee for service)
  • 37% reported a decline in individual giving.
  • 28% of nonprofits responding had less than 30 days of cash reserves pre-covid.
  • 77 nonprofits (of 147) received help from the Paycheck Protection Program.
  • 26 nonprofits reported receiving a Montgomery County Public Health Emergency Grant.

Amanda Harris, Chief of Services to End & Prevent Homelessness, DHHS
Resources for Renters

  • DHHS Rent Relief information. Or call 311 – if unable to complete an online application
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): OVID-19 Planning & Response for Homeless Assistance Providers office hours.
  • Homeless Prevention Index: Indicators

Grants and Funding

2020-10-27T09:57:09-04:00October 27th, 2020|Grants & Funding|

Community Development Block Grant Program
The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons. Rockville is accepting applications for an anticipated $263,000 in federal CDBG funds it will receive in fall 2022. CDBG money can be used to provide grants to housing providers for housing and community development projects that benefit low- and moderate-income households or neighborhoods. Applications are due 10/23.

Children’s Opportunity Fund
The Children’s Opportunity Fund is focused on funding innovation opportunities that close the achievement gap in Montgomery County. Applicants must submit a proposal via The Community’s Foundation’s online application system no later than 4pm on October 26. Click here for more info.

Community Action Awards, part of the three-part VoicesDMV initiative, are small grants of up to $2,000 for individuals and nonprofits in Greater Washington working to make our region a more equitable place for everyone to live, work, and thrive. Deadline: 11/2

COVID-19 School-Age Subsidy Program (CSSP)
For low-income families with children at MCPS schools who attend a qualifying full-day childcare program. Short term program which may provide assistance paying for childcare between October and January. Find more information here.

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