nonprofit montgomery news

Grant Writing Q&A: Ask a Grant Writer Anything

2022-09-23T13:12:44-04:00September 24th, 2022|Events|

Join us as we host DeaRonda Harrison, founder and President of June First Firm, a grant writing firm specializing in assisting black-led nonprofits. Submit your questions in advance or ask at the event and have your pressing grant related questions answered by an expert.

When: October 13, 12pm-1pm on Zoom
Who: Open to everyone. Click here to register.

FIRM Fall 2022

2022-09-23T13:17:15-04:00September 23rd, 2022|Events, Training Opportunities|

Build your organization’s financial confidence and management with FIRM

All nonprofits can benefit from this deep dive into understanding and strengthening your financial model, particularly now in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on programs and organizations. As organizational leaders navigate dynamic changes and pressures to adapt how their organizations operate, understanding the role of financial leadership and strong fiduciary capacity becomes more critical to success and longer term sustainability.

FIRM provides tools, models, and frameworks that strengthen your ability to identify, manage, and assess the assets you put to work to achieve organizational outcomes.

Who should attend: Nonprofits attend as a team of up to four people including the Executive Director, Finance Director/CFO, Board Member, and Program Director.

The results: Better connection between your mission and internal structure, increased clarity on outcomes and the assets needed to support them; greater strategic budgeting and reporting process; and improved financial conversations across the organization (board and staff).

Full Intensive (In-Person): October 26 and November 2, 9:30am – 4:30pm at Main Street Connect, Rockville, MD
Light breakfast and lunch will be served on both days.

The fee for Nonprofit Montgomery members is $40 (group of 4). The fee for non-members is $540 per organization. Please reach out to us if you have any questions about FIRM.

Job Opportunities (Full Time)

2022-09-23T13:14:44-04:00September 23rd, 2022|Job Opportunities|

Rebuilding Together Montgomery County: Development & Communication Coordinator (target salary $40K) and Development Senior Manager (target salary $60K)
Jubilee: Housing Specialist and Bookkeeper, Custodial Accounts
Primary Care Coalition: Population Health Program CoordinatorDirector, Diabetes Programming, and more
Montgomery County Government: Program Manager II (Incoming Grants Program Manager) and Program Manager II (Outgoing Grants Manager)

Nonprofit Brand Identity

2022-09-23T13:12:11-04:00September 23rd, 2022|Events|

Do you want your organization to go from a best-kept secret to captivating and memorable? It starts with building a FLAMAZING brand.

Your brand is your reputation. It’s the first thing people think or feel when they hear your brand name, see your logo, view your business card, or interact with other elements of your brand identity. Brands shape experiences and help create an emotional connection between you and your audience.

So, how do you shape the way your audience perceives you and create a connection with them? Join Captiva Branding in a fun, virtual workshop to learn the fundamentals of branding — your verbal and visual brand identity, brand promise, and brand messaging.

When: September 29, 11:30am – 1pm on Zoom
Who: Open to everyone. Click here to register.

Jubilee: Bookkeeper, Custodial Accounts

2022-09-20T10:50:44-04:00September 20th, 2022|Job Opportunities|

Title:                                    Bookkeeper, Custodial Accounts

Supervised by:                  Accounting Manager

Classification:                   Full Time, Hourly non-exempt

Starting Pay Rate:            $28.85 per hour

Position Summary. The Bookkeeper for Custodial Accounts helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with financial management. This includes paying bills, making deposits, reconciling, reporting, and managing custodial, ABLE and trust accounts.

 Responsibilities:

  • Provide great customer service and clear communication while helping people with disabilities manage their finances.
  • Monitor client asset levels and support Medicaid and Social Security eligibility through annual reporting, spending planning, and use of ABLE and trust accounts to keep assets below required benefits eligibility thresholds.
  • Prepare and post deposits.
  • Review and post payments.
  • Process invoices, check requests, and petty cash.
  • Assist with month-end account reconciliation and analysis, annual audit preparation, financial report preparation, analysis, and distribution.
  • Cross train for coverage of other duties on the Accounting and Finance Department.
  • Recommend processes to mitigate discrepancies and errors in related operations.
  • Anticipate and proactively suggest ways to enhance efficiency or quality of work and recommend when appropriate.
  • Be a team player across the organization and participate in regular meetings of primary team, management team, agency wide, strategic planning, and such.
  • Assume responsibility for tasks or projects delegated by the Accounting Manager.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Starting Pay: $28.85 per hour and very competitive benefits, including health/dental/life insurance, 4 weeks vacation, paid parental leave, student loan assistance, $1000 annual staff development fund, and much more.

Qualifications:

  • 6 credits of college level accounting classes.
  • 2 or more years accounting experience.
  • Excellent people and communication skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Very strong technology skills to effectively use these systems and applications: Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Dynamics, MITC, LTSS, ISAS
  • Enjoys working in a fast-paced, team-oriented, results-driven environment
  • Demonstrated ability to use good judgement and take initiative and make recommendations in resolving problems
  • True passion for the mission of the organization; desire to work with and learn from people who have intellectual and development disabilities

About Jubilee. Jubilee Association of Maryland is a faith-based nonprofit that provides opportunities and support for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to live in and enrich their community while fulfilling their personal, family, social, and spiritual needs. Jubilee was started by Hyattsville Mennonite Church in 1978 as part of the movement to bring people with intellectual disabilities out of segregated institutions and into the community. Since then, Jubilee has grown to be a leader in person-centered disability services, currently supporting more than 140 people who are included in their communities across Montgomery County, Maryland. The organization has a staff of more than 300 and an annual budget of more than $20 million. Through partnerships, innovation, and attentive care, Jubilee is a leader in providing the highest quality services and helping its clients demonstrate the power of inclusion. Learn more at www.jubileemd.org.

Jubilee Association of Maryland is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, physical characteristics, veteran status, or religion. 

Help provide input on Child Trends Study … closes 9/30

2022-09-19T13:55:33-04:00September 19th, 2022|Uncategorized|

Do you own/manage an early childcare facility or work with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers at a childcare facility (e.g., a preschool, Head Start, public pre-K program)? Or provide childcare out of your home? Or are you a teacher or caregiver at a center-based or home-based childcare or early education center?

The NORC at the University of Chicago is looking for folks to participate in an hour long zoom interview and you will receive a $50 gift card as a token of appreciation. If interested, please call 1-800-487-4609 or email:  NSECE24@norc.org  

Jubilee: Housing Specialist

2022-09-16T14:18:55-04:00September 16th, 2022|Uncategorized|

Position Summary. Jubilee is a leading provider of Housing Support Services for adults with intellectual disabilities in Maryland. The Housing Support Specialist is a key member of a small team of professionals who provide one-on-one services helping people identify and navigate housing opportunities, address, or overcome barriers to housing, and secure and retain their own home. The Housing Support Specialist will directly serve participants and assist the Housing Support Manager in advancing Jubilee’s housing support program.

Key Responsibilities

1. Provide Housing Support Services. Provide direct housing support services in accordance with each participant’s Person-Centered Plan, service authorization, and goals for where they want to live. Services may include, for example:

· Searching for housing.

· Scheduling viewing of identified houses with realtors, property owners, agents, and property managers.

· Viewing Houses with the beneficiaries and their representative(s) (if applicable).

· Assessing the living environment to determine it meets accessibility needs.

· Coordinating with Office Manager, Program Manager, and families to facilitate move-in process.

· Assist with Scheduling and attending Walk-in session during move-in and move-out processes.

· Requesting reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act.

· Completing application and recertification for housing vouchers.

· Applying for, processing and recertification of housing voucher programs.

· Assisting with monthly budget development and setting up payments systems for rent, utilities, and other housing related expenses.

· Assisting with applications for utility assistance, rental assistance and other benefits related to improving housing affordability.

· Maintain regular communication with participants as needed to help them reach and maintain their housing goals.

2. Medicaid Billing and Compliance.

· Maintain housing support professional training certification as required by the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration.

· Comply with all Medicaid and Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Requirements.

· Track and record services provided to participants in Jubilee’s service tracking database (currently Therap) to support billing and Medicaid reimbursement.

3. Meetings and Record Keeping:

· Participate in Jubilee’s team meetings and other meetings relevant to the role.

· Record and prepare minutes during Housing and Transition Meetings.

· Filing of documents both online and in hard copy formats.

4. Complete other duties as assigned by the Housing Manager.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree.

· Minimum of 2 years of professional experience delivering community-based services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

· Experience and knowledge related to affordable housing programs preferred.

· Bilingual with fluency in English and Spanish preferred.

· Advanced reasoning abilities and good judgment.

· Advanced written and verbal communication, with strong interpersonal skills. Use of Person-first language and thinking is essential.

· Excellent organizational/time-management skills and attention to detail to effectively manage documents and project lists.

· Strong technology skills to effectively use Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, Zoom, and data systems relevant to the position.

· Desire to work with and learn from people who have intellectual and Developmental Disabilities required.

· Jubilee Association of Maryland requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID, included booster shot if eligible. Requests for health and religious exemptions will be reviewed.

We are currently operating a hybrid workplace model for most administrative roles. Candidates should live within commuting distance of our Kensington, MD office.

Salary Range: $60K and competitive benefits, including health insurance, vacation and sick leave, paid parental leave, dental, life and disability, holidays, student loan assistance, periodic reimbursement for vacation expenses, a $1000 annual professional development fund, and more.

About Jubilee. Jubilee Association of Maryland is a faith-based nonprofit that provides opportunities and support for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to live in and enrich their community while fulfilling their personal, family, social, and spiritual needs. Jubilee was started by Hyattsville Mennonite Church in 1978 as part of the movement to bring people with intellectual disabilities out of segregated institutions and into the community. Since then, Jubilee has grown to be a leader in person-centered disability services, currently supporting more than 140 people who are included in their communities across Montgomery County, Maryland. The organization has a staff of more than 300 and an annual budget of more than $20 million. Through partnerships, innovation, and attentive care, Jubilee is a leader in providing the highest quality services and demonstrating the power of inclusion. Learn more at www.jubileemd.org.

Jubilee Association of Maryland is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, physical characteristics, veteran status, or religion.

Grants & Funding Opportunities

2022-09-16T07:50:02-04:00September 16th, 2022|Grants & Funding|

Montgomery County DHHS/Asian American Health Initiative
The Asian American Health Initiative has launched Healthy Communities Fund to accomplish this goal. In partnership with the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County Maryland Inc. (PCC), AAHI and PCC seek to fund programs in behavioral health, senior wellness, and health & social support services.

This Request for Proposal is to solicit applications from eligible organizations to provide health services to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Montgomery County Maryland.

  • Applications open:  September 1, 2022
  • Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, October 2, 2022.

Many Hands Grant: Grant funds must be used to serve women, children, and/or families in socioeconomic need. There are four grants each year, one in each of four focus areas–economic empowerment, education, health, and housing.

  • Applications open: October 1, 2021 at 9:00 am
  • Applicants will have opportunities to ask questions prior to the application deadline:
    • Written questions by email to grants@manyhandsdc.org, October 1–15, 2021.
    • Zoom meeting, on October 19, 2021, at 10:00 am.

WorkSource Montgomery: Workforce Recovery Network 2.0
This funding opportunity is intended to support the expansion of existing workforce development programs serving Montgomery County job seekers and small businesses. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, WSM intends to expand our WRN by adding 10 new partner organizations to our existing network. Program models should be proven, innovative, and contribute toward Montgomery County’s local workforce recovery efforts through the provision of workforce development services to residents and small businesses negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE): Maryland Rebuilds
Maryland Rebuilds is a grant opportunity designed to support the state’s child care system in utilizing federal funds to stabilize, strengthen, and sustain the child care system and mitigate the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 2022.
  • Learn more here.

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE): Therapeutic Child Care Program Grant
This new grant program will incorporate the services originally provided under the Medically Fragile grant. This grant will provide funding for non-profit, health/medical-based, child care in coordination with early education services to children with medical/special needs requiring specialized care.

  • Proposals are due no later than 5 p.m. on September 30, 2022.
  • Learn more here.

Montgomery County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust: Clean Water Montgomery
This grant program to support watershed restoration and outreach projects throughout Montgomery County. This program aims to promote initiatives and projects which will improve water quality in Montgomery County’s local streams and waterways through public engagement, education, and on-the-ground restoration.

  • Deadline is: November 17, 2022 at 4PM EDT
  • Learn more here.

Montgomery County Government: FY23 Abortion Access Grants Program
The County’s Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Grants Management are seeking applications from qualified Community Based Organizations (CBOs) providing direct services that support the right to access abortion care in the County.

  • Virtual Information Session: September 9, 2022 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM
  • Application Closes: October 10, 2022 at 9:00 AM
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