The City of Gaithersburg is seeking not for profit, 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) agencies in the Gaithersburg area to apply for the 2024 Mental Health Support for Youth Grant.
Donor Name: City of Gaithersburg
State: Maryland
City: Gaithersburg
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2023
Details:
The design of this program funds support to qualifying agencies that provide youth mental health services to City youth.
The City strongly encourages collaboration among businesses, agencies and organizations to foster comprehensive, coordinated/cost effective equitable service delivery to City students. our City students.
The appointed members of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) provide funding recommendations for Community Service Grants to the Mayor and City Council. The mission of the CAC is to engage in ongoing City and partner events to stay current on community needs, effective and equitable outreach and programming, and gaps in services.
Program awarded priority funding has provided
- Clear and committed collaboration partnerships with City of Gaithersburg departments, including Community Services, Sports & Youth Services Division, and the Gaithersburg Youth Opportunities Coalition (GYOC).
- Engagement in equitable and creative outreach.
- Services to students within all cultural communities and various populations.
Services can include
- Development and implementation of community based educational seminars and mental health resource materials for outreach and positive mental health promotion in multiple languages.
- Professional in person and/or virtual programming for individuals and/or groups.
- Peer support training and implementation.
- Positive mental health promotion programming (mindfulness, group therapy, trauma intervention support).
- Provide professional in-person and/or virtual psychiatric services, assessments, individual and family counseling, as well as medication management.
Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants are sought to provide holistic, professional and culturally competent Mental Health Supportive and Direct Services to a minimum of 75 (unduplicated) uninsured and underinsured City of Gaithersburg youth (identified as up to and including the age of 21).
- Required participation in quarterly meetings with the City of Gaithersburg Youth Opportunities Coalition, the annual Youth Voice Workshop and various youth events.
- Each program must have a separate application.
- The program budget(s) information must be complete, including calculation of per unit service costs.
For more information, visit Mental Health Support.
