Need to talk? Call or Text 988

Written by Susan Augusty on December 12, 2022. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, infoMONTGOMERY, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Resource Guides

Need to talk? 

There is hope. If you or a loved one is struggling with thoughts of suicide, anxiety, depression or problems with drugs or alcohol, reach out to the 988 Lifeline. You can call, text or chat with a caring call specialist who can assist in directing you to information and resources in your area. you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 immediately. In Maryland, you can also call 211 press 1 or text 898-211 to be connected to crisis services. Or chat online: 988Lifeline.org

Call or text 988

Thoughts of suicide
Depression or anxiety
Problems with drugs and alcohol

EveryMind Crisis Prevention and Intervention specialists are available by phone, text and chat every hour of every day, and knowing that will save lives. The community can also look to EveryMind for mental health professionals who are prepared to talk about warning signs and ways that we all can help to prevent suicide from ending lives far too soon. Every suicide is a tragic loss, but when a public figure takes their own life, the ripples are felt by so many. Kate Spade’s passing earlier this week and Anthony Bourdain’s passing today are only two of the more than 7301 people who die by suicide each week and nearly 105 each day in America alone. Suicide can be prevented and YOU can help. You do not need to be a mental health professional, you can simply be a caring friend, neighbor and fellow human being. If you think someone may be considering suicide you can: ASK, KEEP THEM SAFE, BE THERE, HELP THEM CONNECT and FOLLOW UP.Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (SPAM) resources from NAMI
Call or Text Montgomery County Hotline: 301.738.2255 or chat
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
American Association of Suicidology

Announcing Request for Proposals # 2023-77 Care Coordination Services using the Wraparound Approach

Written by Susan Augusty on September 8, 2022. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Early Care & Education, Finding Help & Information, infoMONTGOMERY, Workforce Development, Youth Development

Request for Proposals # 2023-77 Care Coordination Services using the Wraparound Approach

Proposals # 2023-77

Care Coordination Services using the Wraparound Approach

Issue Date: September 7, 2022

Questions submitted in writing by September 19, 2022

Deadline for Submission of Proposals: October 7, 2022 5:00 p.m.

No submissions will be accepted after this date and time, 2022

OPEN SOLICITATION #2022-75

Purpose of Solicitation:

The Montgomery County Collaboration Council is seeking a qualified vendor to

1) deliver care coordination services to families in the County that maintain high fidelity to the wraparound philosophy and;

2) to develop and maintain a network of service providers to deliver community-based interventions for eligible youth.

Preproposal Conference Dates:

September 22, 2022, 1:00-2:00 pm

September 23 ,2022, 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Offerors may choose to come to one or both.

All questions (either live or pre-submitted) will be answered at the conferences. Sessions will be recorded and the recording will be shared upon request.

Link for pre-proposal conferences can be attained by emailing meredith.bowers@collaborationcouncil.org with the subject heading: RFP Preproposal Conference Link

Click here for the full RFP

September is National Suicide Prevention Month

Written by Susan Augusty on September 6, 2022. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, infoMONTGOMERY, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Resource Guides

September is National Suicide Prevention Month

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 immediately. In Maryland, you can also call 211 press 1 or text 898-211 to be connected to crisis services.

According to the CDC suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, with 45,979 deaths in 2020. This is about one death every 11 minutes. The number of people who think about or attempt suicide is even higher. In 2020, an estimated 12.2 million American adults seriously thought about suicide, 3.2 million planned a suicide attempt, and 1.2 million attempted suicide.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. While some areas may be currently able to connect to the Lifeline by dialing 988, this dialing code will be available to everyone across the United States starting on July 16, 2022.
EveryMind Crisis Prevention and Intervention specialists are available by phone, text and chat every hour of every day, and knowing that will save lives. The community can also look to EveryMind for mental health professionals who are prepared to talk about warning signs and ways that we all can help to prevent suicide from ending lives far too soon. Every suicide is a tragic loss, but when a public figure takes their own life, the ripples are felt by so many. Kate Spade’s passing earlier this week and Anthony Bourdain’s passing today are only two of the more than 7301 people who die by suicide each week and nearly 105 each day in America alone. Suicide can be prevented and YOU can help. You do not need to be a mental health professional, you can simply be a caring friend, neighbor and fellow human being. If you think someone may be considering suicide you can: ASK, KEEP THEM SAFE, BE THERE, HELP THEM CONNECT and FOLLOW UP.Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (SPAM) resources from NAMI
Call or Text Montgomery County Hotline: 301.738.2255 or chat
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
American Association of Suicidology

Announcing Open Solicitation #2022-75: Strategic Planning Consultant

Written by Susan Augusty on February 2, 2022. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Early Care & Education, infoMONTGOMERY, Workforce Development, Youth Development

>Identifying Vendors for Strategic Planning ConsultantsM

OPEN SOLICITATION #2022-75

Strategic Planning Consultant (OPEN SOLICITATION #2022-75)

Issue Date: January 28th, 2022

Deadline to Submit Questions: February 11th, 2022

Closing Date: February 18, 2022

OPEN SOLICITATION #2022-75

Purpose of Solicitation:

The Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth, and Families (the Collaboration Council) seeks a vendor with demonstrated experience in developing successful consensus-based and community-driven strategic plans.

Purpose of Project:

To create a comprehensive product that builds a compelling case for organizational importance to the community, successful future visioning, and our stated goals/what we plan to accomplish. The product will serve as a dynamic guide which communicates internally and externally how we are striving to make an impact in the community.

Please submit any questions to procurement@collaborationcouncil.org

Announcing RE-ISSUE OPEN SOLICITATION #2019-68 Identifying Trainers/Facilitators for the Youth Development Community of Practice

Written by Susan Augusty on January 28, 2022. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Early Care & Education, infoMONTGOMERY, Workforce Development, YDNow, Youth Development

Identifying Identifying Vendors for Trainers/Facilitators for the Youth Development Community of Practice

Issue Date: January 31, 2022

Deadline for Submitting Questions: March 14, 2022

Closing Date: March 21,2022 4 p.m.

The Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families, Inc. (the Collaboration Council), is a quasi-public non-profit organization and the Local Management Board for Montgomery County, Maryland. The Collaboration Council’s mission is to improve the well-being of children, youth and families through collaborative partnerships. For information regarding the Montgomery County Collaboration, its initiatives and programs, visit our website at www.collaborationcouncil.org.

Interested vendors must create an individual or organization account and submit their Solicitation Responses through: https://collaborationcouncil.smapply.io/prog/

Please submit any questions to procurement@collaborationcouncil.org

Community of Practice for Youth Development Practitioners

The Youth Development Community of Practice (YD CoP) of the Collaboration Council coordinates the training and education for youth development practitioners working in youth-serving fields such as workforce development, mentoring, and recreation. The practitioners we serve are those professionals working in out of school time programs, with disconnected youth, with homeless youth and with court-involved youth in Montgomery County.

This open solicitation for letters of interest seeks to identify qualified trainers to deliver live or developed webinars or workshops to the YD CoP. The content and activities of each webinar must include principles and practices that supports/aligns with youth development philosophy, social-emotional learning, and cultural linguistics. Facilitators are encouraged to submit webinar topics and agendas relevant to youth development practitioners and communities/organizations supporting youth & their families, specifically webinars that increase attendees’ understanding of: • Providing supportive programming and opportunities to address the unique needs of Black girls • Promising practices to support youth experiencing homelessness and disconnection from supports and opportunities, especially youth in newly settled communities in Montgomery County (Afghan and Latin American youth and communities) • Program strategies that support youth and communities coping with accumulated traumas including pandemic-related traumas • Engaging and supporting the development of youth leaders and youth as advocates for their own needs All approved webinars will be recorded and archived on Youthdevelopmentnow.org for future use by practitioners in Montgomery County. Qualified trainers may submit multiple proposals for separate topics, or submit a proposal for multiple session trainings.
ReIssue OS 2019-68_with SMApply link Jan 2022

Announcing Open Solicitation #2022-74: Identifying Vendors for Montgomery County Community Youth Support & Engagement Program Hubs

Written by Susan Augusty on January 28, 2022. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Early Care & Education, infoMONTGOMERY, Workforce Development, Youth Development

MoCoCYSE YSI Spring Summer Open Solicitation 2022-74 Jan 25thIdentifying Vendors for Montgomery County Community Youth Support & Engagement (MoCoCYSE) Spring & Summer Program Hubs & Youth Sports Initiative OPEN SOLICITATION #2022-74 Montgomery County Community Youth Support & Engagement Program Hubs Issue Date: January 28th, 2022 Deadline to Submit Questions: March 14th, 2022 Closing Date: March 21 , 2022 The Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families, Inc. (the Collaboration Council), is a quasi-public non-profit organization and the Local Management Board for Montgomery County, Maryland. Further information about the Collaboration Council can be found at it’s web site www.collaborationcouncil.org. The Collaboration Council’s mission is to improve the well-being of children, youth and families through collaborative partnerships. Interested vendors must create an individual or organization account and submit their Solicitation Responses through: https://collaborationcouncil.smapply.io/prog/ Please submit any questions to procurement@collaborationcouncil.org The County recognizes that youth from low‐income families face significant challenges as a result of the economic impacts resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic and social isolation arising from the need to prevent the spread of the virus. Continued limited opportunities to congregate safely with peers, due to COVID‐19 pandemic prevention measures, have increased feelings of alienation and isolation among young people and has impacted engagement of students in school The purpose of this funding is to increase accessibility to quality youth programs, focused on the positive development of and the academic, social-emotional, and overall well-being of the County’s students. Montgomery County Collaboration Council has been designated by the County to provide these program services as a pilot targeting the communities in the following MCPS Cluster areas: Gaithersburg, Wheaton, Paint Branch (East County-Downcounty Consortium) and Watkins Mill in partnership with MCPS and through the engagement of the youth serving provider community in contractual publicprivate partnerships. 2 For complete details and how to submit your application visit https://collaborationcouncil.smapply.io/prog/ Please submit any questions to procurement@collaborationcouncil.org

Youth Sports Initiative 2021

Written by Susan Augusty on December 1, 2021. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Healthy Living, MoCoCommunity, SummerPrograms, Youth Development

Youth Sports Initiative 2021(YSI)

On September 15, 2020, the Montgomery County Council appropriated CARES Act funding to the Collaboration Council to help carry out the Youth Sports Initiative in partnership with the Montgomery County Recreation Department and Montgomery County’s Office of Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF).

Many thanks for the collaboration and support of representatives from the Montgomery County Recreation Department, Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame, Montgomery County Public Schools Athletics Department, and Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Student and Family Support and Engagement (Counseling and Restorative Justice Units)–and a big thanks to Councilman Gabe Albornoz, who led the charge in funding this initiative! Our partners showcase their work here:

Notice of Issuance for Request for Proposal: Evening Reporting Center for Juvenile Justice System Engaged Youth (Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2022)

Written by Susan Augusty on October 14, 2021. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Finding Help & Information, infoMONTGOMERY, Mentoring, Social Justice for Youth, Workforce Development, Young Adult

ANNOUNCING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #2022-73

Seeking service provider for EVENING REPORTING CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ENGAGED YOUTH

FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2022 (renewals possible)

Issue Date: October 8, 2021

Deadline for Submission of Proposals: November 15, 2021, 4:00 p.m.

No submissions will be accepted after this date and time

Click here for more information including preproposal conference details

Questions? Contract procurement@collaborationcouncil.org

Note all questions will be answered at the preproposal conferences.

Questions may not be submitted to any other email address nor directed to any individual Collaboration Council staff.

Preproposal Conference Dates:

Monday October 18, 2021 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Offerors may choose to come to one or both.

All questions (either live or pre-submitted) will be answered at the conferences.

Sessions will be recorded and the recording will be shared upon request.

Link for Pre-proposal conferences can be attained by emailing meredith.bowers@collaborationcouncil.org with the subject heading: RFP Preproposal Conference Link Request

Preparing to Return to School

Written by Susan Augusty on August 30, 2021. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Finding Help & Information, Healthy Living, Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Youth Development

A reminder and #repost from our partners @EveryMindInc

As summer winds down, we are prepping for a return to school and, for many, a return to in-person work at the office. Events in the news and the changing landscape of the pandemic have given us real reasons to feel an incredible range of mixed emotions. Excitement for our children to return to critical social settings. Anxiety for their safety. Relief for some normalcy. Yearning to provide our children with the tools they need to thrive.

EveryMind is here to support you and your children. Reach out to us for supportive listening and resources, including trainings to identify signs of mental health distress in your kids, yourself, and your loved ones.

Please share our hotline information with your children and teens. Many have anxieties about returning to school after nearly 18 months away, and we are here for them, too.

EveryMind Hotline Call or Text: 301.738.2255 Chat: Every-Mind.org/chat/

Announcing Open Solicitation #2021-72: Identifying Vendors for Montgomery County Community Youth Support & Engagement Program Hubs

Written by Susan Augusty on March 11, 2021. Posted in Children With Intensive Needs, Early Care & Education, infoMONTGOMERY, Workforce Development, Youth Development

Identifying Vendors for Montgomery County Community Youth Support & Engagement Program Hubs

Montgomery County Community Youth Support & Engagement Program Hubs

Issue Date: February 18th, 2021

Deadline to Submit Questions: February 26th, 2021

Closing Date: March 12 , 2021

The Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families, Inc. (the Collaboration Council), is a quasi-public non-profit organization and the Local Management Board for Montgomery County, Maryland. Further information about the Collaboration Council can be found at it’s web site www.collaborationcouncil.org.

The County recognizes that youth from low-income families face significant challenges as a result of the economic impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation arising from the need to prevent the spread of the virus. Continued distance learning in public schools and limited opportunities to congregate safely with peers, due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures, have increased feelings of alienation and isolation among young people a

nd has impacted engagement of students in school. The purpose of this funding is to increase accessibility to quality youth programs, focused on the positive development of and the academic, social-emotional, and overall well-being of the County’s students. Montgomery County Collaboration Council has been designated by the County to provide these program services as a pilot targeting the communities in the following MCPS Cluster areas: Gaithersburg, Wheaton, Paint Branch (East County-Downcounty Consortium) and Watkins Mill in partnership with MCPS and through the engagement of the youth serving provider community in contractual publicprivate partnerships. 2

For complete details and how to submit your Letter of Interest with Cover Page Click here

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline