Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports Updates
CHRC/Consortium is Hiring!
The Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC) is pleased to announce that we are currently recruiting for three full-time positions within the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports. Details on the three positions may be found below.
The CHRC is currently recruiting for a Consortium Director to lead and execute Consortium activities. The Director of the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports is a newly created, senior-level position within the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC) with significant policy, budgetary, personnel, and management responsibilities as well as internal and external visibility. The Director must have a working knowledge of health care policy and administration, behavioral health and education disciplines, and health care finance.
We are also recruiting for two additional positions within the Consortium: Assistant Director Education Policy and Assistant Director Behavioral Health Policy. These positions will assist in developing and evaluating program goals, standards and controls to meet Consortium objectives. In addition, the positions will develop short- and long-term plans for program operations and resources and assist in the development of performance measures for all Consortium grantees and other data collection systems to demonstrate the impact of the Consortium and the programs and activities that it funds.
The application deadline for all three positions is October 25, 2024. Should you have any questions, please email Mark Luckner, CHRC Executive Director at: mark.luckner@maryland.gov.
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Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports is Seeking Public Comments
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports is soliciting public comment on key issues for the next Request for Applications to be issued in December 2024. Comments must be received by October 18, 2024 at 5:00 pm. Comments may be submitted using this FORM. *********************************************************************************************************************************************
The Maryland Community Health Resources Commission approved 129 grant awards totaling $111 million to expand access to comprehensive behavioral use services for children, kindergarten through high school, in every jurisdiction in Maryland. These grant awards follow the recommendations of the Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports. Programs will begin this spring and continue through next year. Funding to support these new programs was made available by the Maryland General Assembly under the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future (Ch. 36 of 2021). For a list of the awards, click here and for a list of grantee contacts, click here.
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The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports is a new, 25-member entity responsible for developing a statewide framework to expand access to comprehensive behavior health services for Maryland students. The Consortium was created by the General Assembly as part of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. The Maryland Community Health Resources Commission(CHRC) serves as the Consortium’s fiscal agent and is responsible for providing staff support for the Consortium. The National Center for School Mental Health is providing technical assistance. The Consortium began its activities during the summer of 2022.
Membership: Click here for a list of Consortium members.
Reports and Presentations for the Consortium may be found here.
Mailing List: To be added to the Consortium mailing list, please click here
