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The City of Rockville’s Human Rights Commission hosts an event for MLK Jr. Day and gives out two awards. (1) A high school student who lives in or attends school in Rockville and has worked to fulfill King’s dream in their school or the community will receive the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Award. (2) An individual, organization or business that has helped to improve the lives of people with disabilities in the City of Rockville, such as through efforts to improve accessibility or raise public awareness, will receive the F. Michael Taff Award.

Find and submit nomination forms by December 5.

• Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain (November 22)
• In Montgomery’s long neglected east county, a new map stirs hope for stronger representation (The Washington Post, November 10)
• Redistricting 101 (ACLU)

City of Rockville: FY23 Human Services Nonprofit Grant

• Required Application Technical Assistance Meeting: December 3rd, 1-2pm or December 14th, 11am-12pm.
• Application Due Date: December 22

• will hold an online workshop for nonprofits interested in learning more about 2022 grant application and process on December 13, 5-6pm. The grant application will open for online submissions on January 7, 2022. Click here to register. Email for more information.

• up to $15,000 that does not need to be paid back
• Deadline is December 10, 2021
• To receive this funding, you must be eligible. As you prepare to apply, please review the eligibility criteria and application instructions.

On November 9, the Montgomery County Council is expected to introduce legislation for the creation of a public-private early care and education coordinating entity. This legislation is informed by extensively researched, community informed recommendations developed by MMF. Visit here to find out more about MMF’s work on this topic and tune in to the live session next week.

Members of the MMF Leadership Group will be testifying in support of County Council Bill 38-21, Local Business Child Care Grant Program on November 9. Councilmembers Albornoz and Navarro are lead sponsors of the local business child care grant.

Click here to read more updates on our website.

• ‘Disrespected’: Maryland’s struggling child care providers see delay in state rollout of COVID relief funds (The Baltimore Sun, October 25)
• County to try income-boost program in which 300 households get $800 a month (Bethesda Magazine, October 26)
• Unconscious Bias Training That Works (Harvard Business Review, Sept-Oct 2021)

ICYMI: Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) featured nonprofits of Montgomery County in a recent newsletter.

We’d like to welcome Meher Hossain to the Nonprofit Montgomery team! She is Montgomery Moving Forward’s newest Program Coordinator. Meher is a first year graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park in its Master of Public Policy program. In her free time she enjoys reading, cooking, and visiting cafes.