FY24 City of Gaithersburg School-Based Nonprofit Grant

Programs awarded priority funding provide:

• Clear and committed collaboration partnerships with City of Gaithersburg departments, including Community Services, Sports & Youth Services Division, and the Gaithersburg Youth Opportunities Coalition (GYOC)
• Focus on extracurricular, in-school mentoring, and/or after school activities
• Engage in equitable and creative outreach
• Engage students within all cultural communities and various populations

Focus Areas

Below are the City’s School-Based Nonprofit Grant program focus areas. Through ongoing needs assessments, input from City youth, schools, Educational Enrichment Committee members, and area service providers, these program examples focus on educational support, mindfulness and enrichment needs, and student mental health. Examples of programming that may qualify include but are not limited to:

• Youth Mental Health Support: individual and group therapeutic counseling, mindfulness, sports, dance recreation, field trip, etc.
• Workforce Development: resume writing, interview coaching, training, career and employment development, and internships
• Parental Engagement & Support
• Addiction Prevention: social and emotional learning, recreation, gang prevention, parent engagement, and wrap around services
• Digital Access & Inclusion: student access to needed equipment, digital literacy courses, and trainings
• Early Childhood Development: parent classes, infant/child supplies, childcare for expecting and/or parenting students
• Mentoring & Education Support Programming: after-school tutoring programs, peer-to-peer support, and academic support to at-risk students
• Academic Support & Unfinished Learning: programs focusing on equity gaps, academic inequalities, and the need for digital learning opportunities for low-income students
• Literacy & Language Initiatives from Cradle to Career
• Grief Education and Counseling: guided conversations surrounding death and loss, expressive arts programs, and experiential activities